209 20 8921 https://archive.councilbluffslibrary.org/files/original/f369289aa4401ba127a8e489c9ed18a2.pdf 1f7c9b931873c6f8418b92de1cd36aa9 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. 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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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 1864 1865 1866 civil war General Grenville M. Dodge Union Pacific Railroad https://archive.councilbluffslibrary.org/files/original/d69f964e79dd675c9a08201d39d4c363.pdf 91059fb430169cc3e5d27ddeacf0071f PDF Text Text . -i - March, 1S67. • t oirji.1 T ■ I reoominend George Whlttaker for Supt. of Court and Cur.tom. I Jt^i^Hduse here. He is a practical architect and Master builder and can ■' gat all the reconuuendations and give all the bonds required. See to it that he is appointed. John Browne, an old copperhead, has applie ^ for the place. He is a d --d old Rebel and utterly incompetent and *'®*;"''must not be appointed. I would like to control the Custom House mat- , '^^^ter as far as possible, hfv-w rt i.-y. God's sake push'the Post master matter to success: Use '"''every means necessary. Tell the® "hat you please about, me. r»0de C. Cole to Gen. Dodge, Des Moines, April 1st. ^ ' • tf,-.- George Whittaker of this city is a practical builder of much experience anrt unquestined integrity, le is Just the man to have the im."eaiate control and direction of the work in erecting our new Post-office building. There is no man in the city, nor, so far as I know, in the State, who is superior to him in practical know- •S" ledge or rellatfl.- Integrity as a builder. _ He has been a Kasson man, but IS reliable for us now and hereafter. Secure him the appointment of superintendent er whatever it is called, for the P.O. if possible. By the way, I have been shown one or more confidential ■'"''"letters by Kasson's friend to candidates for Governor, in which they •■^pronise support, if they are assured of reciprocal support for Kasson 01 mi Awf 4 1 mA Look wQll tfO thftt matfsr. for Congress time, xxjok woxx CO I ff** el I / - April, 1867. , # ^ .tttC U. Snyder to Gen. Dodge, Omaha, 3d. SfJtJ «' -rr" Yours of Llarch 23d received Monday last. We are just • • through with a two weeks snow storm, worse than any ever before known here. If'it is not followed -by freshets that stop trains again, we win be hnppy.., , . Carmichael is about ready for the Black Hills. Has started part of his men and outfit and will go himself with the balance in a couple days. *We have also started some men and teams to finish grad ing on 4th one hundred miles. The frost there is still more than a foot deep and work cannot yet be pshed rapidly. • • Business on the road is fair. We are getting all the Denver trade at present. Government supplies not yet started to any extent. River open a little north of St. Joseph. Bean is a good man as Master of Transportation. My appointment would not disturb him at all. His position is better than th.-t of Gen. Freight Agent. He is a good worker, understands the movements of trains prefectly, and attends closely to business. Our intercourse has always been very pleasant, to the best of my knowledge. For Oeneral Freight Agent, the road needs a man experienced in that business, honest and with a long end. There Is no one-here Whom I know of to fill the bill. ' will be easy to get some man who has filled that position, from some other road, and I don't want them to send me a New Torker, who knows too little or too much. The Gen. -Freight Agent of this road will have no easy task if he does 61s duty. . nl' ■' •) • March, 1867. .WI , £lfqA -f ■■ ■ '" Mr. Hann, the Auditor arrived today and is looking over our accounts. All right here, JWOilJ O.:.. Ic 1 -UTJ* t ' t" n*, ytM •" ■111*" Telegraa to Gen.Dodge from J. N. Dewej- & Palmer, Des Moines, April 2nd.' Appoint Dyer H. Yotmg, Des Moines, Supt. of'Court House;'' . .;vi' Partdculara by letter, ■ • r ■ ■ '-.MB 91 " 3 i*MMf -bBWa »mr . p. Palmer to Gen. Dodge, Des Moines, 2nd. •"neili irto.. ■ 'Wo recommended Dyrr H. Yorng as Superintendent of Construc tion of the tl, S. Court House and Post office in this city over any I" other person named for the following reasons - y Now *0 belie ve in rewarding those who have been with us in | itJaejTthe past, are with us at present, and will surely be ith us in the AIR future, instead of thc^fle who have been and are still against us. Mr. »iBrown ever has been, and is still a Copperhead; has been their candia date for an important State office. Mr, T-hittaker ever has been and ^3 is st 11 a warm partisan friend of Mr. Kasson. During the time of his last visit (he left thta morning) he was almost constantly with him, and it was by Kaa,son's, advice that he became a candidate. He is his candidate - his man. If he did not cast the ticket last fall, and it r. 18 believed hw did, he did every th ng he could to serve his friend ' and Gen. Tuttle but that. Mr. Young is, and always has been righ^fc. . . Amni B. Young, formerly Supervising Architect of the TreasVM u, ury Department, who is livin - in Washington (near Wiilard(s) can tell you whet er our Young is properly qualified or not. March, 1867. ^ r ' a:: Telegram to Gen. Dodge from Geo. Tichenor, C. C.Cole & Others ' Des Moines, April 2nd, 1867. I t#** Whittaker is an Accomplished architect, carpenter and Mas- ^fer "builder. Appoint him. . .. .. n- . -r -5 : ' v-d - ' 6S tatm ' Gen. Dodge to his wife, Washington,-Apr il 2nd. I received tw - letter from you today and only wish I had you instead of the'letters. I am held here looking after some R.R. mdtters; the appointment of the Engineer of our road, who is to de- ^ cide the east base of the Mountains, and trying to break Kasson's' slate; I think I made a move today that will bring it about. -> As such as that is done and I get the appointments, I shall go to New York, then'home.' I suppose eight cords of hard wood will about do for you; if it does not, buy more. I am in hopes to get ^ut more than ever in my wood business-but cannot tell. George can go over and look your wood matters at any time., I told him to do so. I wrote you fully pretty much what my duties vere here and who my associates were.' 1 see very little of Logan, Butler and this crowd do not suit me and there will not be much danger of our running together. I have enough to do. If you think not, wait until you get here next winter. I receive about fifty letters a day from all parts of the district add it takes no small part 6f my time to answer them. ^ If you wore onl- a politician puu could appreciate me. I want you to get a gull idea of the work, see the turns &o. and you will never look i. -j. ii:- . A . -10 April, 1867. back on my past life with anything but admiration. "l notice Gen, ■JVebster called on you. Do you know where his head quarters are? I shoi'ld like to see him. D oes he remember the Tiskalwa widow? It seems to me that I remember her in a very kissing or touching relation to Webster on a ride to some place.' btrrf ' '1 I m Luther S. Bent to Gen. Dodge, Omaha, 3d. , , — ' • We have been fighting snow for the last three weeks. I hdVe just returned from a ten days campaign out west, doing all that could be done to keep the road opdn but it was too much for me. I never saw the like of it east or west. The quantity of snow west of Golmbus is beyond conception. We are all right at the present writing. They are crossing the river on the ice with teams but it is not considered bery safe. The graders are sending their outfits out to their work.. Boyle has 80 miles, Boy' & Doc. Reed 10 and Lacy has 10. My brother has taken an Interest with Lacey and will go on to'the work. .They alttt their teams up today. They have a good force and would like tb continue on the work. Anything you can do to keep '*■ them on th»' inside for more work, will put me under renewed otltgaiions to you. itny-t T .tf \ > . eiispatch was received on the. let notifying that the "^^mVany would take the road on that day. I think Mr. Reed is still 'under the impression that he will continue to have the general superI ''' intendence of all. A Mr. flann from Clinton reported here today to audit accounts &c. for contra ctors. A telegram just received states ' rt '*' ' April, 1867, « -f I. . that it is snowing and blowing as hard as ever at Grand Island. I do not know what will become of us if we ever do have a thaw. Prominent .. citizens of Oma^a say that they sent a Committee to New York to fight i ^ I' the bridge question for hem and their interest, they - these promi- ' nent citizens; paying the expenses. The Committee returned with a tie contract in their pocket, but had no report about the bridge. They think they have sent their last reliable men to the New York office to look up the interest of Omaha. .■:.k Maj. Gen. D, H. Rucker to Gen. Dodge, Washington, 3d. ' I have the honor to trans .it copies of the several Anniial Reports for the Quarter Master General for the years 1861, 1862 1863, 1864 and 1865. , Sv- I ■■ • r-:- f'luom H. McCullough, to Gen. Dodge, April 3d. Since our conversation this morning relative to the nomina tion of Mr. And4rson as Assessor in your district, I find that Mr. Koel'B r«noval la strongly protested against by prominent persons In the State and before I take any action I deem It my duty to lay all the facts In'the case before the President. ^ ^0, Telegr«n to Oen. Dodge from P. K flthrow, Des Uolnes, 4th. ew I , Uhlttaker ought not In any event to be appointed. «e has .itwwn ver- bitter oi> you and your frlendd. Young is altogether hi. superior professionally. ' ^ 488 i**' • I April, 1867. .vmt tiimA F. W. Palmer to Gen. Dodge, Des Moines, 4th, (Telegram)^ «rf> We believe Whittaker voted for Tuttle last fall. We know JdSll he is owned by kasson. Young is far better qualified professionally. :c . - :'H' Telegram to Gen. Dodge from Geo. C. Tichenor, B. F Allen and e. C. Cole, Des Moines, ..pril 5th. m ' " Whittaker did not vote for Tuttle. .1 insist on his appoint ment, Answer. to ^ * .1- .11 aiQ.: oj; wme * Thomas Ewing to Gen. Dodge, April 6th. ® • - 1' . t, 1 a. fenevet. j saw Randall last evening who said that the application by W8C Tichehdr for the Des Moines Post office was not settled yesterday but ^ would be early next week. I then got Mason to write a letter recom mending the change? he told me a change would be for the better, I will try to get Mason to call on Randall about it, as he- will have ,.so e influence from his locality and his knowledge of Teesdale. nt mr - you could by telegraph to Benton get him to-telegraph applica i XXUtoTj to Randall, it would ave an excellent effect. ' \ ' ^ ffcf'.t ^ Gen. Dodge to his wife, Washington, ^.C. 5th. . ^ • rtJJ . ; I leav. har. In Uie morning for New York, having complete •»«! aia . m, bualn«SB here today.' I shall only stay in New York long •' enough to finish my R.R. business, when I shall nsh west. I am tired out and half sick. This is the slowest of all slow places. I have been a full week doing what ought to be done in a day. . April, 1867 Congress, I fear, will come, togeth r again in July," still I hope not. "Andy" since the Connecticut election has been getting stiff. I have made arrangements with two colored boys and one girl to go west on Monday next, or week from Monday, to live with us. 1 have given them a letter to you, and shall want the boys to go t on the Plains with me. The women is a good lively woman. Has lived in ..New Hampshire and has good recommendations. I think she will suit you ^ Most of the members are longing for home. Kasson stays here to watch and block. He the inside trqck with all the Departments, .. ' -r. • - Andy, &c. and gets pretty much iihat he wants. nmUwup mm 11 ' ■ '0. c. Cole to (Wn. bodge, Des Moines, 5th, ^ ffw.i nm" ' Young in a'reiiable, faithful architect snd superintendent. and I recommend him as such. vad I "' ■ ■■IdiJlil . /■ . .T. . . . . - _ r • i A. R. Anderson to Gen. Dodge, Sidney, Iowa, 6th, JJI . You r very kind and complimentary favor of the 18th ult, .«s received by me yesterday. O.lng to absence at court, in Page and Ta"Xor Counties, did not got it till this late date. General, words cannot express my thankfulness for'the kind and •n complimentar manner in which you have been pleased to resiember me, «>d whether your efforts in my behalf come to naught or no, will not .hawc* or vary the degree of my gratitude. 1 take the will for «,» dead, and accord'the measure of thanks that would be rendered ofn '■ • vA to gUCCOSB. 1 regret that 1 cannot at this time give you a list of our ■■'TIP- . • • I ' April, 1867. lodge, "but will' do- so riext week. My alisence has retarded "the or ganization; tonight it meets and .I.wUJ. take the nexessary steps to comply with your request. . 1 Tichenor to Gen. Dodge, Des Moines, 7th: tHU ri .! 1 ■w I Hoyt Sheraan starts to Washington tomorrow to '^ook after Court House matters and will call on you for help, he bears a let ter from me to you 01 wri , I - ■ • - By appearing to co-operate with him in a hearty and friendly manner, you can control him and secuc the influence of himself and John Siierman (U.S.Senator) in appointments and other matters; and if the question of Post master here is not settled, I believe you can help me through him, if you w^ll help him. You should, however, get him fully committed to you 'before you do anything for him. I have been at work to break up and demoralize the Kasson "Ring" and I am in a fair way to succeed effectually. If Wlittaker ^t;i8 appointed through your influence the breach is started, as it fiflu »ould place him and Allen firmly in my hands, and you can manage Sherman. I had Whittaker and Allen bound tight before I would re- *• t • fc ajB 'commartd Whittaker. palmer and Dewey have worked against as they are indiscreet ttnd very party managers, and I did not care to explain matters noJ%liem as it would not do to blow now, for the reason that Kasson r»uet be used^^^^hile longer in some mattersL ' fhey (Palmer and Dewey) I'COnimilHitid an old fossil neiraed Dyer H. Young, whom everyboyd u IX m ttox : , , ,t a t 462 '' April, 1867. '5'f*rr ,!!':•"• .execrates.on account of our "Court House swindle" years'ago. His appointment would make you any number of enemies and no friends; ■Irtu Qyj contrary, Whittaker is very popular and controls a large number of voters, and is a most thorough man an' reliable.Republi can; he has been one of hhe leading Kasson leaders, but voted for you,''and, as I said before, by getting control of him we get Allen, Sherman, Clap and enough others to literally demoralize the Kas son "clique." •c'-" I "Jlrjx -nl'■ ■ That have you done in regard to Post Master? If you have 'failed heretofore, tr and force Sherman to make a strong effort tith you for Teesdale's removal and my appointment, If I do not get the" Post office, I would like to have the disburse ment of the Court House money. « v-i : f' " •What have you done relative to the Uaval Cadetshi^ I felt sure that my little brother-in-law (E.P.Getchell) would be nom inated by you, and has made all his preparations to go, and if you do not give i€ to hiia, it would prove a great disappointment to us all. Pnlmer referred the matter to me and I thought it settled. Clark has appointed Aleck Bowers his deputy here, instead of GooarWi, irtileh proves to.us all his oblleations to"Kasson, and that you were entirely deceived. If 70U can get T.esdaie and Noel removed and Anf.rson end my ..If appointed, by tracing with the,Copperhead., you t.tter'do it. All .0 :ld approve it end it would strengthen you ver> much. April, 1867 iC . Col. J.'H.. Kizner to Gen.Dodge, Fort McPherson, Neb. 7th: ; . I presucie you are awarer that we were snowed up for a g-od portdii of last month, and consequently cut off fron all mail communi- -^cation. I made a trip to Omaha in Pebhuaryi but arrived there just after you left for Washington, and was sorry I could nob see ■ you. I received the pass and also the p-pers you sent me from , . -Washington and was much rleased to find that I was not_forgotten even amidst the excitement of Washington. ' ' Allow me how to express my high appreciation of the kind in terest you have Always manifested^in me, and to tahnk you for your manj' kindnesses. "di.. f n C . I am still at MCPherson, although Ool. Oarrington Is nov. oom- W mandlng tha post, and I have been expecting to be sent farther_west. 'l understand from den. Augur that my companr will be employed on ^ the S.R. in this vicinity,.And my family will probahly remain here. I suppose worh will soon bs rssumsd on the road. I hope you will ' " find time to pay us a visit when you come out. . -'■ ■■ With kind regards f«m Urs. M. and myself to you ami Urs. Dodge, lo ' tr' An. „ Gen. Itodge to wm. Mysrs, Hew York, Sth; .Ignc-r I saw Preeident Saturday. Got Grant to write -dm! also Brown- . ing. He said h, would send It "in today. I cannot understand his .,1 aetion. Hodges * Sakton lay on table with you. .. „ Wm. Hale to Geni Dodge, Glenwood, Iowa, 8ti>. • - It waa the agenoy of the Pawnee Indians that Mr. Ooolidge wanted. April, 1867. .XiUfA M. bobbins to Gen. Dodge, Kansas City, BthV -' -X ^rCeo , Your letter and the draft came safely to hand, I send enclbVd'a'note for the amount of the draft, as you did not say anything about how you wanted it fixed. The Radicals carried our city at the charter election, elect- " ing all the ticket for city officers by from one to three hiindred Majority, and electing six put of eight councilman. We elected a New England Yankee for mayor. Pretty ^-e 11 done, for Kansas City, I think, ' ' Id r . . .. . i-Sf-- going'to have a horse railroad from the Pacific ^.R. depot to Westport, It will run either past my house pr within half ft square of me. «ftd ia-n F" Thoe. F. Withrow . to Gen. Do^ge, Des Moines, 9th:' 'I , Yours of the third came to hand this morning. Thanks for your attention to the bualnese of the Superlntendenoyoff the bulldlns. . Palwr read me your letter to him of the same date. Our '■ friends here.were very reticent In regard to you^ plane, even 1 did not.know that yoi. regarded a change In the aesessorehlp ae among the poaelblUHee. There Is a copperhead operator at the telegraph office', who drlnketh much whiskey and trains with' the men «,o Fould be mawng Inquiry. The probabilities 'are that It gof out through him. or was received from Washington. There le eaether matter about which I want to talk with you frankly, end that 1. the post office. Ithen we commenced the fighlS for you last sm-cr. Brandt was^promlsed distinctly and unqqulvo- :••;» .• i •' V. v--" > ;■' ■ ■' April, 1867. cally that if a change v.as made in the post office and your friends . ,v coi^ld control, he should have the place. Palm r sqys they talked with Tichenor before oommitting himself and did it with Tichenjrr's approval. Brandt liked you and hatpd Kasson, but he has been once "•■ ' deceived and-disappointed by Kasson and was averse to taking any 'active part in the contest. Any appointment of Tichenor uhder the 'circumstances woul'i embarrass us much, and would be even more em barrassing to him. 1 have said this, with no feeling of unkindness tft Tichenor. I am his friend. He has no better friend all the •'town over than Palmer. Yet I have -v'ritten this at Palmer's suggestion and with hie request that I would say to you that it fully express- ^ ed -is views. We all understand that nobody is under any obligation to Uyers, and nobody feels badly because he 'is out. Some of* ua felt that bencT, , . tween him and Thompson there was little choice politically, that everythlne else being equal it would be better to keep the office in the district. Thomson's connection with the friends at the CohTressional election last fall has made him odius, and as matters no. Stand no capital can be made' out of his confimation. Those ,ho find fault with it curse the Senate,"and I have heard no one complain of, you. Some of the papers in HubbaM's district have pitched into Hubbard holding hi- r«ponsible and charge him with a bargain. , . The Sen.Ur.'.lll have a good time explaining some of these ..^ppnfirmations.^ Th^ people'expected much from the Tenure of Office ARR ' >f. , ' , » -V April, 1867. . "'"T , Ui " bill ani they are sadl3r disappointed. I have heard many declare that they would pefer to see everything in the hands of the Presi dent's friends than to have the present piebald arrangement. It (Jo Senators good to come home and visit a while with the people 2" Kasson left here saying that he would probably go to Europe on postal business. It is understood here that he is mak ng his arrangements to give you a fight next summer. Your friends here do not trust Clerk. He appointed Bowers in the face of^the united recommendations of your friends for Goodrell. Now, General, I send this letter reluctantly, because I think it possible I may be misunderstood'. Tichenor took offense at my declining once before to see the interests of all our mutual friends in his promotion. I regard him as caable and steadfast, and I would gladly see him promoted to this position, if it did not in- -wolve Palmer, myself and himself in an apparent breach of faith With Brandt. I have written to you frankly, confident that if I am not miiunderstood you will approve my purpose, if you do not agree with me in judgment. ^ ^ f ' nvwofi , .. ^ Baltimore City, Md., March 9th, 1867 M I ;:. iL ' ' li 1 ■ Uy dear General: > ' ' Tour kind ansiier has Justlreaohad me, and I must 'und.r-rat. your ability as a Member of Congress. Members have power, and as you kindly expressed your williness to assist Aptil, 1867. • vtjwi me, I feel quite sure that I'shall succeed. And now allow me to state as concisely as possible what I desire, I have always had an ambition to study law; but as a wife and child demand my efforts to support them, I cannot give any portion of my time to the attainment of my object. My only chance is to obtain a permanent situation in "S^ashington that will only require a portion of my time,* leaving me the balance for study. I shall, of course, be glad to receive anything you can-obtain, but as there is one particular place which would fill the bill exactly, I shall take the liberty of asking for it. There are certain men appointed by the Doorkeeper of the Housei who are called permanent assistants ho hold their places all the year round, and last as long as the Doorkeeer's place lasts, but it will give the assistant all or part of the time between sessions. This, you will observe, would afford me just the thing I want. Now, as you have elected and exofficer of the army as your new doorkeeper, he will have all the appointments to make, an'if you should represent to him that a soldier of your command, who has once been dismissed his situation for being 'a radical, desires one of these permanent places, I doubt not, he would glw, it to me. But if this should not suoceed, I an prepared to be thattkful for a ything, and I have witnessed too many or your flank movements to entertain the belief that you will fail to overcome an tllitiois officer, - hiob I believe your doorkeeper is. pardon my freedom. General, and believe that I am truiy grate- ■j V*' - ' April, 1867, ful for your disinterested influence, I hope to hear favorably^ from you sccn._ Respectfully, ^ Chas, W, Hildreth. , iT j r; •; T ' S.MPbriaanency is, above all things, what I desire, .®.' -i^Ac ,. Williamsburg, Long Island, Dec, 14, 1868 a R ' , • 3 L . • I am tied up hand and foot with disease of the lungs which incapacitates me for working at my business, (printing) and 1 must either look to friends for favors, or remain housed up for some time. What I wish 'to ask is, that you will pla'oe me on your list of remembrance, when Orant comes Into powe'r. Theh will of course be thousands of folks ousted and thousands put into their places, and It will matter little to the Administration who fill bhese offices, as they will, as heretofore, go to those recommended by Member, of Congress. Such a place as you obtained for Ensign would bo e good thing for me, as my lungs require warmer air than this latitude affords, and this being my first winter north for years. It Is rouah'iu my lungs, and anything that will let me Hue in Washington or south ef It. would be a big thing for me. l.kno. It is over two months before Orant comes Into power, but I wished simply to h. reme^ered when the time comes. My confidence in thus addressing you, grow, out o^ the fact that It would be a novelty, , + Bflk a favor of you that was not at least consider- , Indeed, for me to ask a favor oi y ed. and If possible, ccmHed with, though I hope I shan't ride a A 1 , I 'W;; ■ . '% April, 1S67. free horse to death. I , utrnx noTt Xi#t A word "from you would he gratefully received,' .L*, , . . Yours respectfully, ♦ rxlB"*- I iiir^ XlB Bvou * • * Hildr tfof iMft oth-, Gen, Dodge's DfaVy Mea,, April 10th, Left with H, C, Crane 600 shafies of'2^,' W," GonS"Co, stock as j + t. collateral on the company advances. qc ^ " ; f . I See' about brick machine, i<tot/lv «prruX ■ •- Jioor •: ;f- T ' „ Gen, J, A. Williamson, C,C.Cole, B, P. Allen, Geo, C, Tichenor, to Gen. Dodge, Des Moines, April 12th, 1167, Your best friends ard everybody else protest against y ou re commending Young instead of Whittaker, ; t Tichenor to Gen, Dodge, Des Moines, April 14th: ,, , se^^la ■ one.r-faf Benton sends a strong telegreim to Randall for me and said he would write, I learn^ however, from Seward Smith that Kasson blocked the' game with Randall, as he wrote Smith and Teesdale, that he had fixed you on Noel and Teesdale effectually. He is welcme to all he can make b- holding Teesdale then? now, as I have succeeded in getting up sufih a row aAoagst is friends that the strongest of them will desert him oh that very account, and they will now go with me and against him. The disaffection ag^^inst him would have •been still greater if you hr-d recojpoa^i^^ftf^ which I hope ? • *. t, you Ifcriow by this time. »di ? j. ^ ^ For my part, I am tmly glad you did get Thompson confirmed April, 1867. as against Myers, and since my last,I am satisfied it will do you good here, especially as Thompson is to move here, Y/hen I wrote last, I did so under impressions got from Palmer, Withrow and Dewey, hut since talking with the masses, I find an entirely different feeling all good Republicans say that you did just right, and you have made hundreds of friends by it. The Register came out in a severe article on it, but that will do no harm. The truth is. General, you cannot be guided by a certain influsnoe here, and 1 tell you frankly that the less you consult Withrow and Dewey, the better. Palmer is all right himself, but' ye yield? too reaUly to Withrow. God knows i regard you and ad vise you as a friend whose Interests I study; while others here ' are governed by their own interest and not yours, in their advice and suggestions, and sooner or later"you will find this out and unUegs you are warned in time you will learn it to your sorrow. If you hearken to the advice and suggestions of those men you will op- :p0Be me f,or we differ widely. You can therefore choose for your self. I find them disagreeing with me in almost everything. You soug-t my wg.«»endation of a man for Supetintendent of the Court House, and I, in gqod faith, reoommended Whlttaker, and Palmer agreed with me in it, but Dewey and Withrow (wanting to till me off) got Palmer to unit* with them on Young, . ■ i HOW. 1 certainly think, that after asking me i. recommend a man you ought to have avided by my recommendation. Your failure to do " 3 '19 April, 1867. .ffWII ,XiT A ■'ifl T,is-, " - - - « f.,- ,. .«., ,,- so has placed me in a very emharrassing and disagreeable situation; « . • r I- • and I think farther, that it was certainly very disc urteous in these men to volunteer to try to head v^e off, after you had placed the matter in my hands, and they knew it, and let me assure you that I V ill make them regret it if it take a life time. The knew that Whittake'r did not vote for Tuttle , and they know furthermore that he was the best man, but they wanted to kill me in your influence, and to head me off from getting a pwer that I could control here, and which they foun' I might not use "dst asi .they might dictate. But let me assure you", that they will get theworst of the battle everytimc they cross swords with me. And if they think they can fix up another man for Congress against you, they ore fearfully mistaken. As God lives, I believe that their i^game has beento kill Kasson, then you, so as to make room for rn -q their "pe^" intending to stand by you next time, however, if .necessary to beat Kaeson, but not otherwise. * I had made up my mind to move to Council Bluffs, if you did ,«>t set me anything .atuaehlngton. but I have now about oonoluded to remain here and fight it ouft, as my friends are anxious 1 should J do, and I have thought some of making overtures to.Thompson when « I i Wi dj i -r he comee here. «« a about that cadetship to Naval Academy^? '• - -t ' ' ■^'Fvri Junction City, Kan. April, 14, 186 Dear Sister:- I have been wanting to write to you for a long time. April, 1867. and have been prevented by the ;^ny little troublesome circimstances incident to a re-6penins of business in a new place, distant from my family, and without the conveneinces we have been used to for so long, and having to supply ever thing necessary for carrying on the business. (Everyt-iing- was destroyed in the fire, and very many things that I never missed until now.) , f Was at home a week ago. today and saw Letty and her new babya fine but not very pretty (don*J» tell her I said so, though) boy two weeks old last Monday. She was then sitting up and quite smart bodily, but exceedingly, low-spirited. I had but a few moments time, "and did hot succeed in eljioiting her confidence, but^ suppose that the prime cause is her feeling of poverty, and occasionally the idea that she is neglected, not fully appreciating, perhaps, how many urgent calls Artless and you and I have on our time. She feels tadly about bolBS in dabt, but I told her that was not only useless, -but decidedly .rone: that their creditors would not disturb them, and would like it better If she did not fret over it. 1 suppose Dootor 13 really nearly as low-spirited as she, but Is more reticent, and I wish eh. would not give way to such feelings- for which she in reality•Ka» dc adequate ouase. 1 . P. Brown. Thos. H. Ben ton, Jr. to Gen. Dodge. Marshall town, Iowa, 16th. Some day. .Inc. I telegraphed the Postmaster General recom mending the appolnW of Col.Qeo. C. Tlohenor for the position of Post-aeter at De. »l.l»ea in place of Mr. Teesdale. dapt. Cross was my first choice for the place, but having failed in his oa.e. April, 1867, . E , ' I do not hesitate to recoiaiaend Col. Tichenor, and you may so advise Gen. Raiidall. 9n the score of merit and services to the government I think the change should be made without delay. ^ r ■ Gen, Dodge's Private Mem. 16th: f .- , urtlv rl ,-noX .1 IgliSfl: 'Charged up funds on my books to N.P.D. B ooks up to this date. .. . . r ' n "'C " ^ ®eorge M. Bailey to Mrs. Dodge, Omaha, Neb. 17th: «- ' j in a dilemma. The hotel on which I had counted so much has been rented and I am left out in the cold; the boarding house ■ *Wepers have raised th6 price of board until how I am compelled to ■ pay my wages i.e. $75 per month for board. The cause of my boring you with this, is that if' you do not object, I would be glad if ^ 'you wo\nd ask the General to increase my pay when he returns. " f t,* > . ' Geo. C. Tichenor to Gen. Dodge, Des Moines, 18th:- ' God bless you.' The dispatches of this mooning announce my , I, - - appointment and confirmation. I have no words to express my grati tude to you and "can only^'say that I hope you know me well enough to + /N realize rfaaTi7.Pi how how very vBTV tlisnkful tliankful I I sm am to to you. you. ' ' 'loj jo.' A day or two will serve to make matters all right withrall our friendsl although'l shall continue to feel that ^ithrow. Palmer and others have sought to do'me very great injustice without the least cause or provocation, and while I am most anxious for peace and friendship, I will make them no' concessions, and they must come to me. Th<^y have misrepresented me in the grossest manner, in connec- •'■••.(jr''. w,h. April, 1867. tion with my efforts 'for iihittaker, as well as that Post office, God knows that I have done, mn both particulars, what I thought right and best for both ourselves and you, and it will t.ake but little time to prove me right. They tried to create the impression that there was a trade between Whittaker and myself, wh.ich was a wicked and malicious lie. I recommended Whittaker because I knew him to be a good man, and because I knew his appointment by your Influence would effectually demorali-ze the Kasson clique. Kasson hastened from here to T/ashington for the. especial purpose of shut ting you off on t' ^is'post office matter, and the day he left Wash ington he wrote Sev/arfl Smith as follows; "I have effectually headed off Dodge and Tiohenor, both as to the rost office and Cole Foel,"'&C. ■ '• I shall make no fight on the nwh-«llo have thns sought to In- 'jSre'me'ln your esteem, as they have been your friends, but if they want peace and my frieBtehlp hereafter, they must come to me and take back all they have said and done. ■ Whittaker, Allen and all of the strong Kasson men swear by you now", and If Whittaker Is appointed, Kasson won't have ten friends In town.' I 'know this. j.'nl -n ' Please telegraph oh write Ewlng to hurry forward my letter of appointment. IMiiLif^Annle. , Slkhorn, Nebraksas, April, 19^ 1867 . I feel as though I ought to do something for myself. If I had a. piemo I could get plenty of music scholars. noie ion . ■ r ,** t j - «• • April, 1867. ^7r'.vr Sue says, please bring Laura with you. I have not finished the ottaman yetj Emma has had no chance to. send the zephyr out, and I have none. Truly, Estelle. • aj . A B. Mullen to Gen. Dodge, Treasury DepartiBent, 20th: T 'f? v T I have to acknowledge the receipt of your telegrams of the 19th Mnst. ^ jr . ^ aanlGeo. C. Tichnor to Gen. Dddge, Des Moines, 21st: #4wfn 1c Teesdale and" his friends are fearfully taken aback at my apI *i^fntment, and as Teesdale .threatens his old dodge of starting an- jl other paper, some of our weak~kneed folks aie frightened and I have an intimation that they have written and telegra]phed to Harlan to have my confirmation reconsidered, and on yesterday I had a tele gram sent to Harlan sighed by Cole, Williamson, xillen, bourse and others, expressing the greatest satisfaction on part of the Radical Republicans at TeeMal's removal and my appointment. I think P. ii. Mills and others of the Register, together with EasSOn^s special friends, are at work with Teesdale and M . Harlan, and I am informed that I api represented as a Conservative, an that my appointment was secured by Conservative influence, &c. &c. ^ If the Sena+e continues in session, and you think it necessary ; would like you to telegraph Harian not to let these infernal scoundrels deceive him'. I have feared that your own'and other '.mwea miOit be forged to telegrams, as I believe Teesdale and one or two of his advisors would not scruple at anything. Mills would not stoop to anything of the kind,^but others here would. ■ \ y ' *■ '.'• ^ ■>; ' ^ >■■ " "'i' ' ■ . April, 1867. . -""-of yy, ■ ■ The fact is that the Republicans, he re as a mass are rejoiced at my appointment and propose to give me a complimentary aupper. ' ,I have almost dislocated my right hand receiving congrautlations from all sources except cops and a few of Kasson's puppies and two or three weak-kneed Register men. Whittaker and TJilliavason are both appointed and are happy and everybody is well pleased that amounts to anything. Your final recommendation of TThittaker has -^one'you great ood. - -saxe Hoyt Sherman has got home with the plans'fdr the Court House, If anything can be done,to remove Cole Noel and appoint Ander- ■feon, for God's sake, do it. We intend to get up a record of Noel's conduct that we think will remove him. Kasscn^a friends say that-he will have to account to them for keeping Noel after he (Noel) had^ boltfed the ticket and did the other Copperhead work that he has,^ ^ Teneyck Beekman was appointed Post master at Lewis and sent on his bond, after wRich a Mr. Chappell was strongly recommended for ^he place ond the'?. M. General hesitates about issuing commission to Beekman. Both Beekman and Chappell I learn are Copperheads and politically there seems no choice between them, but I know Beekman is a No, 1 young man and often votes for Republicans. He has a store at Leels, enU he .eke »e to say that he aould like you to ^ ,Ptte St. John B. L. Skinner, Asst, P. M. Oenl., sayine he is a wor thy capatli »o«hg man,, eminently qualified and well eateemed.- .8 he eertalnly le. Lyman oan tell you all about It, I suppose, of course, that no Republican could get the office, and moraovar ■ ."^'' ^ Tr./ r^V'..:; -j " ■ , . i'"/- 1. , y 'lA'" 1 t« ' , ■ ,■ 'L ' . I .7* .." 'i-> • - April, 1867. it only pays $350 per year. Beekman wants it because it would draw trade to his store. J, iti.i.h I - Judge Cole has returned home and is sorry he'did not see you. Gen. Dodge's Private Mem., 22nd: -.0 E.r-OiU.if' Missouri River at extra height and is higher than ever known. •^rte ' At Lower Landing it is even with bank; at Omaha covers all ground except sand ridge, shops, out, &c. Covers Lane and ground to depot grounds of N.T'.R.R. also covers side track at that point. J. L. Williams to Gen. Dodge, Fort Wayne, 22nd: As to the Transportation Company, I told Mr. Creighton in New ^'york that I left very little.interest withyou and him, and that if you concluded to sell out or cloee up, I wanted my stock to go with yours. He remarked that as my stock had not been issued, it . need not now issue, till you see how it turns. I was gratified to learn b y letter from Mr. ^Carter that the friends in New YoPk'fta^ arranged for a million^ of dollars for the work, " ' l/ t go iflih' you to Salt Lake, as I hope to do, it is rather important not being so light aS yourself, that I have a good horse. Mr. Creighton thought that among so many army horses, and ' others, that would'be at Omaha, one might be obtained. Will you have some friend who is a good Judrre of horses, look out for .:e, The^ ' ifft".- work. ♦ ^ 1 UtTY f i qualifications are: J®. - ' * - i i ... 1. Ji.. 9 r.i'f a."» MdJ to April, 1867, — •• . < t!. ,ri; , 1st. Sure footedness, that |ie_iiay not stumble as did "Cling IVater, t f,nn. i ^ ^ i. (tMH .1 ^ 2nd. A fast ^Ik for common gait. , . ^ Tei;sr. •: •II' 3rd. An easy lope for occasional speedy, movement, r aiJi ^ For a man weighing 200, much of comfort and health depends up on' the horse. • , . ' ' After completing the expedition about Salt Lake and Wahsatch Range, I presume I shall find it necessary to hurry back to the stage, leaving the horse there, or turning him over to others. I am just starting to Pa. with my family to attend the marri age of my second son. Back soon. Shall be glad to hear from you. KiVid regards to Mrs. Dodge. , - V. • a a tt F. "C. Hills t Gen. Dodge, Denison, 22nd: -rgi, : if9 X Your telegram of the 10th inst was received, ai^ the people arrived here the some afternoon. I have paid them as follows: 28 Meals at Denison at 50 cts, ^ . |14.00 Paid fare to C. Bluffs, Private Conveyance 36.00 ^0.00 I do not think trains will run through in a week or two, and * « 'their board hare for a week would amount to more than fare paid. Oeo E. Ford to Gen. Dodlge, Philadelphia, 22nd. . : You know,wheneyou were here, you spoke about a captaincy being vacant in the U, S. Cavalry, which you thought I could get., I have April, 1867. ,VdCl , r.i 1 concluded to enter^*the service, if i b'btain even'a Ist Lieutenancy So, if you can do anything in furtherance of my object, you will confer a great favor. •1. O i TjI*' J; If*, however, you think I am t,oo late, and the popition filled, "' ''what kind of a berth can you give me, (if any) on your road? I am determined to leave this city, and my choice is, first, the Army, and failing in that, next, the T^est. I have not the capital myself to enter into business for myself in the west or any other place, and «o not wish to obtain It from my father. I wish to go to, work - and push myself up by my own Individual exertions and no thanks to ahybody. TmiB. .i Dijf' J 07 I am a good bookkeeper, and am n.ot afraid of work, and think I ought to be able to make my own way through the world, and not 'depend, aa I am forced to do here, to be bolstered up by my fath er's good name. I only want the slightest pretext for coming West (If I do no't succeed In getting a commission) and wlU quickly ac cept any positioner situation that will insure me my expenses the first year. T. L. Tullock to Hon." a.' Dodge, Washington, D.C. 22nd! ■' '* The receipt of the mohe-y will W> promptly acknowledged. p. *. Palmer to Gen. Dodge,. Dea koines, 23rd: Vlted , Bswa arrived here last week of Tlchenor's confirmation by the "MiI i «nG * suHpose you learned of It as soon as we did. Brandt April, 1867. .r>6 f . came ov.er to see me, and felt considerably worked up on the subject, ( particularly as certain Kasson men who had known of his P. Li. Aspi rations, had reminded him that they had told h m he would be cheated by George, &c. He desired me to write you, and ask if there was to be no change in his behalf after next Presidential election, in .. case cur ticket should be successful. Of course, I have used my ihfluence to keep peace betv/een George and Brandt, and have urged George to go over and have a frank talk with Isaac. I'urdged him to do this the moment I received your letter notifying me"that you had recommended hi... . If he had done this, then all trbuble would have been avoide-'. I fear he has not done it yet. By t^e neglect « he has caused embarrassment to you and to many of your friends ^ here. If you can think of any encouraging thing for the future ^ ^ that you can write me, .to be shown to Brandt, please do I not ask it on my own account, but that we may have harnomy among our friends. . o'! «*-■ n f >i--' . i ; i wc r 1 '■ Whittaker ^nd . «lllia.ison were appointed before you could have reached Lewis, t i , ,^1^ ' Please remember .me kindly to Urs. Dodge and to Hub. , u. L. Morgan to Gen. Doflge, Ft. Leavenworth. 24th: . ,• i : ... It 1. a quarter to three o'olock, and iM hod not etopped •to i« « qu.Btlon I would have" been ..rltlng to you when- we had Juet no. t*o aietlnot earthquake shocks. The house' In which I have ,y off lew, »y own;hW. "hook as if the, were rolling all the stones . t lO of April, 1867. ,£Y^ up stairs at once from orie end of the building to the other";' " - '.T" . 1 have just got back from an inspection tour which lasted a little beyond a month. I did not find it very pleasant, but I hope i earned my mileage. THien I got back I found my commission as Brevet Brigadier General and papers from you. Tho brevet suited me in every particular. You know that I thank you for this, and ' o these and other things. I judge from the Globe that you have been; at work on our' sutler business. When you have it completed, it will be a good thing for the army. You are very kind, I was very much pleased to see that life. Myer's name was finally sent in for confirmation. It is humiliating to an honest and able man to be passed over, while a man like one of our acquaintance is promoted apparently without question. ® I was very sori^ for poor old Abadio. • His case is the first within my experience of that kind. He entered the Army in 1836, and is now thrown out in his old age for no faxolt of hi.s own. The Army is beccming too much of a political machine, and the sooner it is stopped the better it will be for the Amy and .the country. . I suppose you see the reports of Hancock's doings in the Mis souri pemocrat. The Indians are hostile, but will not again, in my opinion, meet him In any numbers. If he had gone out to fight, that is to chastise, he had a chance to do it. He met mo Cheyennes and Sioux who pretended t^ friendly, uhtii hight came, when they stole off, leaving their standing. Ouster is after.them, April, 186 but he Tfcill not catch the..v.. They will scatter and carry on depre- 'dations on bodies of men who are unprepared for them.y rv I a Remember Remember me to Lirs. Dodge. ' Note: J.- 7?. Paddock to Gen. Dodge, Omaha, 24th (3rd Assessment W.T.Co.) ' • ' « ' Philip Henson to Gen. Dodge, Corinth, i-iss., 2 5th;~'; n^Iwa!! After my best respects, I would infor you that I am located at this place, still in the Government service, publishing a paper, the Union. It is emphatically what its name imports, the Union. I send you a copy in the hope you will so far interest yourself as to aid me in procuring a good list of subscribers in yovir locality and forward to me. ; • Be sure to write to me, and I wish to procure our. signature to some papers in publishing a book. Wi^en I hear from you, will write more fully on the subject. Please do all you can for me, and write to me at your earliest convenience. , ^ Gen. Dodge's private Llem. 26th, , ^ ^ ^ ^ , ^ ' Oliver Ames and Carter arrived to^ay. I River. j nnff nnion Train and others Mr. Carter crossed* Lynn, Duff, Dino arrived at night. , yy^. ^ ' -fMHl Note:- J. t. Brown to Oon. Dodge, Saint Louis, ^Sth. 'Oeo. 0. TlBhenor to Gen. Dodge, Des Uolnes, 27th. "* •' I have your favor of the aiet. Ton are rljht in jour view of Wie crse, jet I regret to fee) that you are not clearlj advised of ■' the true condition of matter, here. certain gentlemen here dld^not talk to jou as they have to ,■ 'a:-' . April, 1867. . >0 t < I J Tt others, and h^ve not acted as their pofessions to you woiird. indi cate, I was .confirmed by the Senate on the 17th; on the 18th tele grams were sent from here of such a nature and over such names as to cause Harlan to have .my case.d called up for re-consideration. Oi;i the 20th, I had Cole, Allen, Williamson, and Godfrey telegraph Harlan tti my favor, and Harlan .now w> Ites them that my case was pending in the Senate when he received the telegram, and on the strength of their endorsement he had me confirmed." Now I have it pretty well figured down who signed these pro tests to Harlan, and Iti a few days I shall have all the facts, t name s, dates, &c. &c., and we shall then see who is right and who is wrong. Now, God knows, I have sought no split with anybody and I have given no cause for any. I did not object to palmer and Withrow . recommending Brandt; they did right in so doing, and I told them so at the time, and I prdmlsed that in case of my appointment, I would make it all right with firandt, as I intend to do. The truth is, the difficulty between them and myself had nothing whatever to do with the Post- ffice; it all" sprang from the Court House Super intendence, and I will give you its hist ry, which is simply as , ./ .\i Sill. , ^ho'. ♦ re# oj follows; . . - On receipt of yo'ur letter telling me to ^recommend a man, I took the letter to Palmer add asked him to recommend. After keep ing the letter three days, he failed to recommend anybody, and when I called on him I told him i thought I would recommend Whittaker April, 1867. .7-.S. -it :m:- to which he agreed, and after I reccciiaended Wleittaker, I told him I had done so, and he said, "All right." Well, in a day or so, I found he and others had recoininended Young, and were telling you in telegraius that I had recommended a Tuttle man. Not only had they., done this, hut they talked publicly about my fellows hip with the Kasson men and said that they would fix me with Dodge and all . that kind of thing. :-i. . . L Now, in recommending "hittaker, I recommended an old and warm personal friend and tha best man that could be found, and I knew that in doing so, I could do more to kill Kasson, than Palmer Wit^-row could do in a thousand years, and as'to toadying with Kasson's friends, god knows that the m^^n who intimates such a thing is an infernal liar. No man here has fought Kasson more bitterly and will not, than myself. , . ' , ,j) ' For your sake, I am determined not to do anything to make^ trouble amongst thOBe here *0 pretend to be your friends,^d .ill do all I can to bring about peace and good feeling (and there ia the best of feeling existing between myself and all your friends, except the three or four parties in question) but if they persist^ in a fig-t on me, I .m make them sick of it. You ought to knm ho. dear-your interests and .'iehes - re to me, and that I would not go counter to your wishes, unless fenced to in order to preserve my own rigjits and self respect. • rX Je-i" I enclose your letter to Tluompson. I wlH =" and agree upon some tody for Twmtiswfc'e clerkship. ... ; ■ * 1) ' • . . ■ ■' i April, 1867. I i( -i Since iTeesdale failed to kill my confirinaiion, he has gone to t work with the Copperheads and has got them to send on a remonstrance id Randall and the President asking that my commission be withheld, and I learn that it was signed by most of the leading Copperheads. I have not received my official notice of my appointment, and am in clined i'o believe I will not soon, unless somebody there looks af ter it. Do you think I better go to Washington,, or can you tele-- graph down there an^' have it attended toj Harlan has left. 1 think ;^ou better recommend liiajor A. Anderson to Thompson; he could go into partnership with Thompson in the practice of law, and also share the Penslnn Agency. This would be better than to. recommend anybody hdre. Let me know whether you do this. Capt. David Patee, late of this place, has removed to Al ton, Dallas County, Iowa, and is engaged.in:selling goods, and he wants the Post officer there and says fche people there want him to have it,'and that the present incumbent don't want it an^' longer as it don't pay anything. I hope you will recommend Patee as ho is al'excellent young man. wee a gooH soldier, and Is a sound.Radloal Republioan. He .ants to know If It IS, psoassary to get other recommendat ions. . I . "' Note:- '^ol Q«n; Circular, No..13, Li.O.L.L. U.S.29th. 0«n. Dodge's privat«^imoranda|, twiibc v, CoMienced laying t*ack today. I'oa ■ ; ' (kiol Tlchenor to 0.n. Dodge, D.s Uoines, 89th: Since writing y<M ye'atsrday I have seen Palmer and he heartily April, 1867. ^ ^ . concurs in the opinion that the best thing you can do is to get Anderson in v/ith Thompson. Anderson is a promising young lawyer, and could go in partnership with Thompson, and as the Pension Agency pays about $5,000 a year, Thompson ought to give him at least $2000 If in future you could get hold of the Assessorship, you could give it to him and he would be here where the Assessor's office should 1 be, Anderson is well worthy your assistance. * I had a long, free and candid talk with Palmer and arranged our little difference mutually satisfactorily, I will see'Brandt and Withrow today ^nd tomorrow and hope to tell you that all is'^ ' right, I have no hope (and not much desire) of coming to terms ' irith Dewey, You can be assured that Palmer and myself are all right as heretofore, and hope our late misunderstanding may be^speed- ♦ '■ A ily fofgotten. \ My brother-in-law, Ed Getchell, had been examined by a physi cian who thinks he will not pass at the N'-val Academy, and in con-\ sequence we feel that we will have to abaondon the thought of sond-| .ing him, which we greatly regret, I will see if Brandt wants the . 'u - place for his son, • t. J, L, Vlilliams to Gen, Dodge, Cincinnati, 29thj "-rfn-n - I am convinced that a broad and strong combination'is being formed between the St, Louis, Cairo & Ohio Valley R.R. interest on one l^nd, and the Chicago & North western and Lake Shore intereat on the other, for passing throu^ the next session a bill i|iving sufficient Government aid to both the Northern Southern Pa cific Railroads, At the meeting of the Pt. W, & Chicago Road in € April, 1867. ,vmt N. Y. on the 22nd, Gcv.Smith being on hand, Mr. Ogden urged with ' all his persuasive force and influence, which you know is not small, that inasmuch as the Northern line was sure to be built, our Board had better favor it with a view to a shore in the traffic which would reach Chicago through the Minnesota connection, and I regret to say that he uucceeded in getting the Board to lend its sanction, • • though against the judgment of our soundest men, such as Lanier and Tilden. iir, Harbergh did all he could to resist it, as I should, had I been present. J. Edgar Thompson, also a member of our board, was, of course, influential in the same direction. Of course tether leading East and West lines north of the Fort Wayne, as well as^ ghe Baltimore and Ohio will favor the combination. And when the Southern members get fairly in their seats, I see not how this Log • ' 't f. rolling combination is to be defeated. 1 i ' ' " ' Mr, Ogden, whom.I met at Pittsburgh a few days ago, informed -ime that kr. Thompson told him,the Kansas line would diverge towards Santa fo, not going even to Denver. If this is so, Colorado and the min ng interest can look only to our line, and it wili be well to arrange for a pharter and for funds to build the branch. • . : Prom what is rumored of Indian difficulties, I appehend that parties will be hindered in their surveys and that '' Vo" Hill pi'o'laWT defer your reoonnolsanoe to Salt Lake. If you can ■ upSn'^ome oentral point «f intersection for the line over Rat ■ tlesnake Pass, and the line or lines north of llediolne Bow, S. Pass, ' MV at or east of Brldgers Pass, could you not nake throBgh surveys « ' ■ J1 ; :■ Epril, 1867. ( f» >■.• •■ ' ; . ( ■ . ■ ■ . to that point, so as to fix the location this summer for 100 or 150 T miles west of La-amie River? Then if enginering operations must ' '> be suspendeii further west and the location to Salt Lake deferred to another year, no ^^elay of the work would result. But it may be that the ^ndian depredations <?ill quiet down. The survey and campaigns of various routes, if made under apprehension of Indian raids, will not be thoroughly made. - . •»-" Shall be glad to hear from you at Fort Wayne. 'erf j, L. Williams, to Gen. Dddge, London, Ohio, 29th. ^ What I said in my letter of this morning, so far as it speaks of the action of the P. Ft. W. & C. Board, you will please consider confidential. T ose who pushed it through may take their own way Of publishing it. I ought not to do It. It was not the deliberate < eti' judgment of the Board when all are present, and will amount to nothing. 1 named It to you that you might be forewarned. Br. Lanter has since said it was wrong, and so will others. One main Pacific R.R. and branch should be the policy until the amount of through business is tested. This log rolling syatern may hazard all and break down our principal system. . Gen. Dodge to Hon. S. St. John Skinner, Counoll Bluffs, 29th I .^apeotfUlly request that Hugh H. Burke of Council Bluffs, lowa, be appoint^l Route or Mall Agent on the N.W.R.R. between Clinton and eouncll Bluff. Iowa. I understand that two or more new agents ere, to be appointed, and recommend Mr. Burke fram^A perii«kr tiiowiedge Of his fitness for the positlm, is Integrity, and ... . army, and ask the appointment solely on these ; « I April, 1807. , IfJf* ■- ■ ' ■ .ii grounds. He entered the amy in 1861; took part in all the cam- . ; ' ■■ ■ ''k:\ paigns and battles of the Army of the Tennessee under Generals • ] '! Sherman, MoPherson and Howard; and was honorably discharged at the termination of the war. He was a brave, active, faithful soldier, and I trust you will see proper to reward hiva. J J. i.:. Brown to Gen. Dodge, Saint Louis, 29th. (Note) J, Teesdale to Gen. Dodge, Des aloines, 29th: ' An acquaintanceship extending back ten years (at least.four years before you knew that there was such a person as Geo. Tiohenor In existence, and s.ix years before'he-became a member of tbe Repub lican party) Justifies me in addressing- you. It is all the more fitting, because of the fact that I have'been charged with abandon ing my political party and voting against you. This charge has been made at Washington, as I have the authority o-f Senator Harlan for stating. By whom tlia charge was made, it n eods not that I should state. I presume that if you made it and sought to Justify, my re moval on that ground, you did so believing it. There can be no mistake as to your informant, and truth requires that I should state that he is a liar and slanderer, who cannot ever plead igno rance for his assassin-like traduction. A soldier ought to know .bow "to appreciate a men who thus stealthily stabs a neighbor. I am a member of your own political organisation, and have not swerved a moment in my allegiance. I was infoimed that if I sup- .,,.rted Gen. Tuttie I should have d, office guaranteed to me. J.fte- ^ cloned the overture. I was told that if I did not. my decapitation WM inevitable. 1 replied that I was prepare d to abide the conse- j AQ0 April, 1867. quences. My reaoval was detemined upon and the place pledged tq • J L 0 X another before election. Gen. Tuttle visited Washington to make the pledge good. He failed. I had been apointed for a second term, by the recommendation of nearly all the leading Republicans and business i^.en of Des koines. I have served but 15 ..onths since, my confirmation. The Tenure of Office bill had been passed. I had faithfully performed the duties of my office, and supposed that there would be no inclination to disturb me during my term, as no ^ cause for such disturbance would be alleged. It is true that, with three-fourths of the Republicans here, I had fqvored the re-nomina tion of Mr. Kasson, even before your name was connected with the canvass as well as after. But it was a choice between friends, which is not considered a political crime. My opposition ended with your nomination. I supported you in good faith. I did not suppose it necessary to fawn like a sypophant and tel^ of my services; I con fided in our old time friendship for due consideration and justice at your hands. While thus confiding, I am thrust from the office I hold, at your instigation, without the slighfest warning, withouy a hearing, without a petition ft«om a single soul in favor of my successor, without consultation of the community doing business at th9 office, and against the advice of' your own intimate friends. , ^ NOW I ask', sir.'with all-earnestness and plainness, is this night. t.'this just.- IB this What I had a right to expect from nr.t<nir .horn I "tts threatened with and expect an old friend, for eupportlne 4 4. A +vioi Tilftin. unvarnished facts; I subm ,a o«t.racl«f I have recited the plain, unva hatter sense of what 18 due between honorable, them to your own oetx-er seri»o -%-V '.V April, 1867 ."^C «U««A fair-dealing men, associated in the same cause, t-" -S?»D'*or^ Had my term been at a close, had thefe been complaint against my officia] action, had there been an open expression from my own party against me and for my competitor, the case would have been different. But none of these events -transpired. The blow was struck at the close of the session, when there was no opportunity or time for counter action, and a man is selected for my place whom I kept iri my office as a clerk (when I first took possession) until I was ?/aited upon "by Republicans with a formal remonstrance ^ y against keeping him in the office, on the ground that they no confidence in his honesty. , •>,. ■ v That I feel keenly such a blow you need not be surprised^ 4S it such troatmentas I had a right to"expect? Mrs, Dodge to the* General, March 5, 1867. J foi : T. '• — i Today your letter from N.Y. Came, written soon after your arrival. . f f'J ••ll'mW, Reynolds to Gen. Dodge, Des Moines, 30th: ^ Hr. A. T. Hall has been appointed Asbt. General Su|). of this road, vice G. h. Beardsley, and some changes may be 1 made in subordinate positions along the line, to suit the wishes- ^ of'the new incumbent. I do not know that I will be interfered with As I think Mr. Tracy, Gen], ^pt, Mr. Cook, Secy, and Mr. Viele, Gen. Ft. Agt, are friends to be depended upn. Mb, Hall.may, how- "^Vv'eri make changes without the knowledge of Mr. Tracy.' SlJsOif T informed by a Mr. Brown (Fatty they call litm) has" X ha 'istf Mr# Aril, 1867. and is now Travelling Agant for the N.Y'.R.R. that Mr, Hall ex pressed a desire to have him (Brown) come out to take charge of our affairs here. I presume it was done through Brown's pcrsisten cy, as he, I understand, will probably be dispensed with on the N. P. R. soon, and he wants this point badly. I resigned my position in Washington City to accept thi?, on aondition that when the road got here I was to have charge of this point, if I wished it, at a reasonable salary. This Brown, considering his ignorance, • • will need more salary than I, and he ma get the appointment, but as I have stood the brunt of the battle so far, I should like the * control of matters here under more favorable circumstances. In ydars gone by I have worked hard for this company (from 1856 to 1861) and flatter mycelf that I understand the duties which pertain to an agency or station as well as any one they might put here, and my acquaintance has been extended considerably since my return here, -r:? I would now, in view of these facts, respectfully ask your kind aid and powerflkl influence by giving me a letter to Mr. John T. Tracy, President and Genl. Supt., and if possible laying the matter before him personally, and referring to the question of salary, which is little enough at $135 per month; Brown wants $180. I have let-ters of recommendation lying in Mr. Tracy''s office : rom Hon. fiPrice, J. W. primes. J. B.. r^rinnel, W. B. Allison, S. J. Kirkwood, S C Pomeroy, Jos. S. Wilson, Genls. ^ *. Rice, Belknap, Hedrick, Chip®an, Ac, In regard to this, Mr. Price will also aid me, as also Mr. B. F. its 1 V. ' . !r , , " ■ ■ ' ■ . I April, 1867. I •-. Allen. For th'is favor," General, I will be under great obligations and if all can be arranged right, I hope to be able to reciprocate on some future occasion. Geo. T^hittaker is well pleased at receiving the appointment hi as Superintendent o'f the building to be erected here. Hnyt' Sherman made special trip to Washington in his behalf, so I am told, I presume that Ur. Brown will not be the only applicant for this position. Mr. Webstter started for Lewis this morning with a;' party to make further examinations and' to run line from that point to the Bluffs, ^ A, L. Chetlain to Gen. Dodge, Salt Lake City, U.T. May 2nd. Your favor of the 5th of March enclosing note to Mr. Snyder; for passes was received yesterday. Accept my sincere thanks for the favor. I think I wrote you that through Mr. House I obtained of ' Genl, Supt. Stevens passes for self and wife. '1 We have been here six weeks. We had a long and tedious trio . ^ • • ■'■mI of it coming through. We rode 400 miles in an open sleigh after i leaving Denver. My wife stood thfe'hardships of the journey fetter I than I supposed she would. Everybody has treated us with considera tion since we arrived. We have a pleasant home at Capt. Hooper s, ,^8l.g8U to Oongreas, who Is'an old frlsnd, fomerly of Galena. , W« have made the acquaintance of several firrft class Gentile fami lies, and will therefore not want for congenial society during our stay here. I called of Ura Dodge on my way here, "as glad to see 494 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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Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Book 1866 civil war General Grenville M. Dodge Union Pacific Railroad https://archive.councilbluffslibrary.org/files/original/96d5b6f2d18cd1b15392cd24ad96fe33.pdf 2627c7744fb7f4a92a59c64ff906030b PDF Text Text July, 1867. but the accoamodations are so poor at Julesburg that I may not do so. '4, " ■ ■ . . TOliver Ames to Gen. Dodge, New York, 1 (Telegram) Let the line be located and under bontract immediately. Oliver Ames t Gen. Dodge, New York, 1: ■' . I t , ' ' 4 V, • 1» , I wrote you yesterday in answer to your letters of July 20th from Cro" Creek, ^e are in receipt today of one of July 11th from some place in which you express a fear that Biickensderfer may take all ♦ summer to mak© his decision. This will be unfortunate for us, as I hoped he would have felt the importance of an early decision of this question that we might have the liberty to issue our bonds in advance of the mountains regions. I hope you will suggest to him that the road is in actual need <if an early decision of this question if it is to be pushed with the speed that the people of the country require. I said to j'ou yesterday that we wanted to comlete the road as far west as possible this season, and that any grade or curve within the limits of our charter might be adopte"! to hasten the work. I do not, of course, mean by this that you should put in a heavy grade or short curve aeroly tp save a little money, but to save time so that the Eradlng may at all times, if possible, be haead <k thS track-laylng- ■ and we shall not merely for a eood alignment run into heavy outs that will iWp th. progress of the track for months.' Our reputation today eepsnds upen rapid coBStructlon. When ihS road Is co»»st»d *o can Improve ths grades and eurves though It will be" k heavy additional • ■■ ■ ^t1 August, 1867. cost. . ►-V&er ■. .rfr-c:?.''' • iJS Your call for, engiu'^ers will be answered as soon as we can secure - I ^ * the ri-^t men. A Llr. Mansfield (a son of the gentleman whw got up our pamphlets advertising our bonds) wh has had considerable experience in \ i • the Rocky Mountains we have applied to, and who has an application for a place on the. road, but h-^ve not yet got his answer. We will be able 'if, ,in a few days I think to get the right sort of men; of young and in- ^experienced men we have any nuantity of applications, and I have been working over the large file of apJ)lications here for places as engi neers on our road, but they all seem to be too old now to answer. I have in view a very good locating engineer and have written him but • he has not yet answered. , , , V In,,your urgent need of men why not take House and some of the «-ia«n fr?«fthe office until you get supplied with competent engineers, .i. %:do axKU locaJ;^ the, heavy work of the mountains and to look after the construction, you war>t, men of experience and not the diass that ftlfijit have looked. after the work on the Platte Valley. ^ ' '.ff ' - . • , t .rdt . Mrs. Dodge to the General, Council Bluffs, l':-' * » , I, have at last reoelvad three lettere from ybu, began to -dleooerwd! U .as three weeks before I he'd'a letter, miKkise yon r not to Ta..' f nave not written very' lately, ddd not kn.-.here to dlre.t »nd anppos.d you h-d left Sannders long before your telegram ttwULKe you had Just arrlv?«. - ■ • ■ ".j "o» y • ■ set along ,, at yow " ''ilk , ^ iT • August, 1867. • « rate of travel you wont get back till winter. How strange that you will do every other man's work; not much advantage in being "Chief Engineer," when you have to take all the work of those under you. I send you nearly all the papers. You send a singular name • . * to send your mail to, I cant m'~ke it out, and have no Idea where the North Fortk Platte line stage station can be, and no one seems to knowl All matters about home are in first rate or'^er; horses fine, garden first rate, shade trees nearly all living- every one in front. They are harvesting out to Elkhorn; crops good, but corn will be late. Bailey is slow about his fence, had luiuber all ready though and guess they will have., it up this month. Cattle all first rate. Your brick blpok drags , . . Little Annie^ better; she calls "papa" and does not forget the t .1 •»' •' , Indian, J. L- Trillioms to Qen.Dodge, Fort Wayne, S; 1 wrote you a few days ago to Fort Drldger, In answer to yours froB rheyepne. Of course, I will not"be misunderstood in regard to lowering the BWimum grade on the Black Hills. I an in favor of it if a careful re-»*aB*natlon on correct engineering principles shall indicate it as proper. Col. Seymour has large experience In close IflMwfcHatlons of thia kind-more than I have-and it is well that he h., undertaken a thorough re-exmnination-,' for which he-is wery compe tent. I meant to sug^Bt_^a caution, which 1 presume is uiinwOeosary, against top much In «nd out curvature to" ovoid rook cutting tad flUa (- .»)• t V . ,. , •■' . ■ •: fr- , . ^ ; > ■ August, 1867, *-,► r r t I . ^ ^ . . .. , ... .. ,, ^. .. .. I - . 1 , Of only moderate cost*. We'must expect to encouJiter some work In the mountain section and with a mountain subsidy. The Col. no doubt will present his maps and profiles to the'Board and tfien I shall be better fitted to advise. I am against an undue idcrease of distance. Figures and estimates ought to sh'ow just how much to increase distsnce and curvature for lO ft. lower grade. I start on the 51jh to New York. Board meets on the lEth.- What Will ypu do for experienced locating engineers in place'of those valu able men killed by thn Indians? I fear I shall become'an Indian hater. . Haa npt^the race fulfilled its mission on the earth? I have never been more laboriously employed in engineering in- ^ vestlgatlons than ,,lnoe 1 parted with you at Julasburg. Staged a week at Oaaha, then two days at Kaneae ony-extreu.ely hot weattferi then at St. Loule and St. Charles four days, then a day at Quinoy, -and n<Jw for two and a in the railroad of floe here; All this time on the bridge investigations. Som,,one,should go again to Kansas City and dulnoy ,t.. oetober, after the rjv.r.shall'have fallen;and some Bf the fotodatlcns tvio full benefit of all "their etperionce ftto lt will ' f in. We can get the luii oeneiAi- HofOoever. hy helng a year;behind these brldfths .0: could bU, their outfit of pile drivers, dredge maohAes'. anchor cables, boats. AO. at half price. Ur. Ohanute has expended -frb»:tt.±nty to . . ,ort, thousand doH.V.> -tiit °i fls kind, Including ten thousand • - ^dbiur.; fe. a eteamboat. At' cp^lnoy cost of outfit la -u6h larger. Mr. Ohanute aounde the river every week o^two. It deepened V August, 1867. by the floods from February to July from, 5 to 18 feet and in one place 30 feet. This la^st was owing to washing around a protected point above where the Santa Fe contractors used to land. At St. Louis the whole bod of the river was, scoured put 18 feet, Dont you think it must deenen in the spring and summer at Omaha in places and „then fill up before winter where you took your soundings? Te ought to have had a system of soundings to ascertain these changes, I presume no definite action will be taken upon, bridge location until you return. The season will .be jtop. short after the meeting of ^hfe board in August to put in foiindation this fall, though the bridge is much needed and should be commenced somewhere soon, yet if you will notice the operation ait i(^saa City and ^uincy you will see that it must .rfct "be too anoh-hurried, iiy concern is chiefly to find a perfect- ' " « I . ly secure plan of foundation in the sad , and .ona which is practicable to be put in, and at such roaeonable exp nse as will not tfefeat the object. Of course, pitas and rip rap will accomplish it, but it must be deep and tide and pt in just right. The company, and not th^ crnlracto mist put In th» foundations. perhaps you *111 have obtained some good, general views on loca tion from Ur.' feliokenVlefer. Get ail the light you can from aU sources for the benefit of our great natiwl work. Write me about Rattlesnake Pass and Bear River^. - , ^ ,, . ^ ^ , OeA, Oodgi to his wife,TI<»i^ R.R^^rosaing, 3:.^^.; ^ , I '1 ♦ • ' ' •• . i*.h * ' •- ,■ , ■ August, 1867. I telegraphed you from the Medicine Bow River and have sent dispatch today to stage station; when messenger returns I expect to hear from you. Mo'nday I shall push west from here and shall telegraph you from some point dn road, v/henever I strikd it say 100 miles o r more west. 150 miles more takes me out of Indian country. There has been more interest in this country to me t"han ever; it 1^ mountain piled on*mounta4n, immense canyons, upland hills and per pendicular walls of stone; something new daily to attract the attention, eomething to develop, and as I travel over it I often think what scenerhtthere will be from the cars- I can take you through and show you all the prominent points. Yesterday I named the three prominent ^ peaks of the west Rattleshkae Range, ri^t where we crossed through there, Ella, Lettie, Little Annie. The centre peak is highest, the left next and th right amallest; all are joined together like three little girls should be and they will always he prominent points on the route,"1 hadbtrtr artist take sketch of them with a part of the party'on^^llha'^lfeheSt, which I-ehoUld judge was 7500 feet above the sea. The North Platte River is ^ bold mountain 2100 feet wide, skirted with small groves o^* cottonwood* C.lear^ cold water flows in it, all coming from the snow or the gi^nite peaks. After travelling two days without running VUter," the whole earth impregnated with alkali, in places some of it a foot thick, it.is .a great relief to strke such a country aft tAlS. oditotry otherw^sa is barren, rocky, alkali, ^ of sage brush, grease wood and cactus. It can be of no earthly use, August, 1867. « and so I think far a long time w3,ir s^« nothing grow or live here except it be the mountain inhabitants who" get .us wood, lumber, &c. The monhtains to .our south are full of 'fine timber, pine, nnd down the mountain streams, it will'come by the. millions of feet to our line, thence to go east or west. Coal aboun'^s I .think all along the line, and it will furnis^- us plenty of fuel, . I can hardly describe this country by letter, -but I can show« it to you next year and'point out all its inviting features. Elk lio^^ntain is the great land mark through here; at its foot lies Rattlesnake- Pass, Fort Halleck &c. In going Vest I stri'l^ into a^ entirely noW covuitry only developed partial ly by my own parties; from-here I can see 60 iailes west, it looks smooth and good for railroad purposes. From Fort Saunders I hear I have got a good line and the parties are to work locating it, changing, making new explorations. Sec. In ten days I expect to be at Green River or near there; thence to Fort Bridger, It is 60 miles; to Srlt Lak e 200, I wish I was there, I suppose you are having hot weather while out here it is cool, ccmfortablsi have had no very hot daysj now and then the AttftTsums but I have worn thick olothee, woolen shirts and sleep under-iti or three blankets every night. Our only trouble yom here west will be wate-r; j,t is scarce, but I have good guldee and'think I shall have-no trouble. I hope to get a long letter from you tonglth or Ih the morning; will ' i " 1 I ^ r, 0i4lW finiah this after uiefiUMin^ors get in. I- . r, a«W./ rr i-' •' ' , ■ ■y,. August, 1867, . f* Messengers have just got in, "but b'o letters. Send all mail here aCter to Fort £ridger. Got lots of papers. Mr. Appleton of Brown's party arrived today. They are in a cotuntry out of water and halted. I shall have to take them through, I- also hear today that Mr. Evans was called to Omaha on accoTint of severe illness of his family. . I leave here today, Llondiay, pushing -West. It may be ten days or two weeks before you can hear from me, ,^Loye to all and kisses for all. I look anxiously, fisr yojur letters. _ ,r • > '- ■ S. Seymour to Gen. Dodge, North Platte River, D. T. , 4; ,3. v^iiaving somewhat hastily expressed my views to you this morn ing in welatVon to the objectionable features of thfe route^between ■Fort Saunders and .this place over which we have just passed, as well ss the by which I thought .they mi^t be avoided, I embrace a * ' t ' f^w raqppjfcents leisure ,8t*t9 little more explicitly and in writing the reasons why I have allked you to extend your surveys considerably m ta .northwar(3^ of any route heretofore examined. My objection to ii 'th preaent route Mje,briefly these: 'Tav ■ r * nl3t. Although considerably cheaper than the route surveyed by Evans through the Rattlesnake Pass, yet it is very expensve. 2nd. Alt ough Brown's Pass is several hundred feet lowfer-than Rettlesnal^e Pass, yet ^he undulations of grade over thfe divides between streams flowing into the Laraaie and Medicine Bow RlverS makes a large aggregate of rise and fall, with, in several cases, heavy August, 1867» • 'tr>' maxinium grades, which should'be avoided If possible, or i 3d, The great scarcity if not absolute absence of running water over some portions of the route doming the greatest portions of the year will cause serious inconvenience and considerable rdditional expense in building the road, and, very much fear, render it compara tively useless for business purposes when completed. There is no permanent living water on the woute betv/een the Medicine Bow and North Platte Rivers, a distance of nearly fifty miles, and I judge from the formation of the comtry that an adequate supply for operating the road cannot b-obtained by the ordinary process of sinking wells, if at all. ' ' A road with the traffic ^i'dh we claim must pass over the Union Pacific Railroad, with subh grades as necessarily ihtervene over this portion of the route, shduld have ample supply of water at inter vals of not leas than ten miles in order to operate it with safety and success. "During the meftihg of the snow, say from 1st of April to 1st July, water tanks may be adequately supplied from the surface draingge, during the balance or three-fourths of the year I do not believe that a sufficient supply can be obtained to keep the trains moving upon the road. This tO my mind is therefore the most fatal objection of the three named. I belive as a general rule that the road shall follpw, as near as may be the principal water cdureee of the ocuntry through which it passea, partlcul-rly whan they lead in the general direction of the 1 . »- •.'^1 August, 1867. route which it^ is proposed to travers-although this theory pf •location would in :uany cases increase the distance materially, yet the saving per ®ile in first post in rise and fall of heavy grades, in facilities for abundant supplies of water, in avoiding a succession of cuts where snow 'would obsitruct the trains, in genera lly developing a better coun try, and the greatly diminished cost as veil as additional certainty of operating the road successfully* in my opinion, very far counterbal ances any. obj ection that may be urged ta the elongation of the line within reasonable limits. . , , j-t was upn this general principle that I recommen^^ed a change of location insnediately west of Omaha, and for the saiue reason I have ^ always urge# ft c?»»eful Stirvey of routes up the North Platte and through -the Laramle Cahert* It 1« rimit sett^^d that thd road is to come over the Black Hill Range of the Rocky idountaina at Evans Pass, • nd there fore I duty *8 .ponaultlng engineer to urge the adop tion of the proper"?principles in the location of the line^from that point westward* ' ' i ■ ■ .j,- ' * My knowledge of the topography_of the country is, of course, to-^' limited *t the tlM to. enable me to state with much particular ity the preoie* points or details of the location which I would recom mend but eenerelly I would follow down the westerly slope of the " Black Hills, with the leant pmotloab^r grade to the ^rmle Piains, end thence along tW north-e-berly aide of the river until by crossing 11-1 i»6«!d *%old all the streema that flow into It from the_eouth and August, 1867. .7X1 WWnr west, as well as the divides betwe^^jthem, and-at the same time enable me to cross the Rattle.snalje Hills either throu^ the pass made by the Medicine Bow ^^iver or some more favorable depression north of it and thus reach the valley of the North Plat^e at same point near the mouth of the Sweet TJater which flows into it from the region of the South Pass. If the valley of the Sweet T^ater is well supplied with water and also practicable few* ft rv^ad, and if^the countrj' southof it is barren of Water, I noul'd follow up this valley to the most eligible point for crossing the •divWt® Continent. ' "•*'11: have become so thoroughly impressed with the importance of this general houte and its great advantages as .compared with the routes al - • ready survftyftd that I must a»k you to have it caref^>lly surveyed and • * ' r f y ■ reported xipon'in oonneptton routes to ^4ch you may submit to the Board of Directors, (Mem, penciled on margin of above letter by Gen. Dodge) - August 5th. Col. Sey»<^.'8 stated he did not consider a railroad woul^ be built and j-un ovar, the route we .had travelled, but that we must work into the Nqrth I^ork of Platte and run up the Sweet VTftter. Vie also stated this to Gen. Rawlina denouncing the whole route as wrong and that r*ilf*ol«l would never be built over :t. ■ i Afi#® to Gen. Dodge, K. Easton, 5; ' j tf'.*! am tn ^^^eip of your favor of Wly 21st, and also letters 'from Seymour in rafftTftlHj^ t© locPtion of line to avoid high britlge over Dale Creek and take other changes that he thinks will lessen the grade and not increase the aost. ti if, oc rouse, -desirable to do this but it August, 1867. is not the desire of the Construction Gominittee to attempt to ,le63en a grade when It is going to delay- the -work. If "by putting in-practicahle curves that will throw us out of heavy work and the cost .and time of conistruction be reduced, such a change will meet the approval of the Committee. .t o* Vfe hoped that Carter #oHild have been able to go over the line with W end that yoursel'f. Carter and Seymour, after looking careful ly over Evan's line, tould have been able to suggest such alterations as would hasten the'construbtiori and save hundreds of thousands of dollars. As the road progresses the public become more impatient for its comi>letion and will be satisfied with nothing but most rigorous ^ prosecution of ^ e work. To '^o this we mu-t get the best line and ^ill have io slcrifice a perfect 'aiighment to rapidity of construction and to bring the cost within the paying benefits.. If we make the road ^ cost trvTmu^h it' will'neUr pay dividends. All-tha»e .things are to jbe taken into consideration, and to get the best -line the. best engiiltarir)^ talent will be required that can be procured. • ' Mrs Dodge to the Generalf Cound'll Bluffs, 5: * ■ I have felt bo ill for a week past-have-not wrlttenj aont think 1 .hall got much heller till 1^ 1= cooler. ' .e have hot, .ukty, St..-• . thinks w^l be a great deal of sfl^h«bs during this and next month, there is oon.lderahle among children no. and ..veral have died. do '.,in August, 1867. .■r"" "'" , Anni^ wes ^tfafeeh quite ^ick last evening and w&s bTuining with fever all night; cant tell yet whether it is from her teeth or chills aad fever. She i& mucir better this evening but has no/appetite and is very fretful. I have had to hold her nearly all day The papers in your district pblish a letter on your going west; cant Imagine who you could write it tp, whic'h. says the sole cause of your going was for your health,-as though ij.,was ^or pleasure instead of business. I." . «''a/'I'i''- , ■ I guess you'have plenty of phpbi'S.. Hoxip says hr., Snyder sen'is you h'good many. I have had no letters later than July 20th. Omaha^ August 5th. Dear Annie; I did not IteJlerfctand yolxr letter until yesterday when Mother told me trhftrt you had said» Mr. House said, "'hen he told the General that I ims In the habit of neglecting my-duty and going shop ping with my wife, he knew he was telling a base falsehood and telling it without the least fourt^fatHiom' . Ifte pay fixed t)y th^ Gs»e*»sj for was $75 per month. Mr. House has reduced that to $65* - r ^ Geo. U. Bailey. Geo. U. Bailey. Di(i^^"3istsr: Monday, August 5h» 1867. ;.i ' ii.'fj Poor.Mr» Brwwn, it is too bad. miat luck they are having! and Mrs. Evan^ died Saturday. George and Emma came rut Saturday night and wont tack yesterday. Minerva* j.. 'i;. •' ' *. » August, 18P7. r^Y^' r!J"..' it . James F. "Wilsdn to Gen., Do'^ge, .Falrifield, Iowa,!. 5«*. tc ' I leam 'that It is in contemjbation to have an excursion over -the U.P.R.R* next month*. If. this is so, I want yoix. to have , invitations extended to'the several members of the jujSioiary committee. They are all anxious to make the trip and see the country. The members are Geol.S. Bout1»ell, Groton, Liass; E. Woodbridge, V^rgines, Vt. Cuhchill, Ofe'wego, N.Y.;.Thos. 7/illi:ims, Allegheny City, Fa; Frank Thomas, Cvimberland, Maryland; 7?m. Lawrence, Bell fountain, Ohio; Sam. Marshall,. Illinois, C. E..Eldridge, Fon du Lack, Wis. and myself, Most of these gentlemen, want to., take their, wives or daughters. Marshall unfortunately ha,s neither. I wish you would manage it so as ^ to have this excursion go off. . ,? 1 did not-e^hd ths. preemption claim to. the recorder as you dire- ' cted', for I did not know blit place In a position which wbulff require explanation ih the evteht of an investigation being . ordered to ascertain irWat ioombohs of Congress are interested in lands. &c. onnthe line of the U.P.R.R. If It is not too late I can send the claim in the name t>f another I would like to have the interest, and see dcRhrn^ ifPbrt^ % it, but than®?h%» ^|i^about publSc men being Interbsto'd in property along the line of the road thdkt I do not want to do anything that would place me. in a fa^^^ position or ^e require-explnn^ tlon. ^ ,*i ■ ' Let'me hear ^ 'M WVb'hn as yt,n jffet this. . •'-» - j August, 18C7. L. Pe?Lt)Ody,,to-Oen. Dodge, Lynnfield Centre, Llass. 6: In looking over a late number of Harper I see yo^^^ name as engineer on the Pacific H.R. now so- raidly being constructed, and th thought, occurs ■^to,:rae that you are in just the position to enable- -you to. give me some desired information. My business at Savannah, Ga* owing to rebel influence proved a losing game, and I am now out of business and desire to get it again. My preference is for the law,^ and I think a new coimta?y very desirable where a business 'Will grow up and I can grow with it. If I can hit upon the ri^bflocality on your road, I have no dowbt I can, by industry and hard work, atone for the failure down in Dixie. Now, do you-know of the desirable locality? pne which I will not probiibly stand still hut on b^e qontry take a 2:40 stride In growth? My ci-rcumstanus^^ not edmlt of expensive prospecting and hence is a heoerslty with me'to icnow about where I am going before I start. ' _ . .. '^ile my preference Is to go back to my jirofession, becaus'e I the capital for that and have no money for land urchases, y^till f am willing towork at anything honorable Which will liiake me a living and In the end give me a home for my f^ily. So, if you have.in mind anything in connection with the'road which I can do 1 shall paeased to have you mention it, 1 do not Intend to take my faiuily (wife and one child) with me, but wait till'I can make a home for , » - i Dean and Matilda are In Lynn, and as well as usur.l. feuelnesffimf all August, 1867. ' * ' ^ kinds Is verV dull and we can Yiot see* much prospect of a* change. Gen. Dodge to his wife, In camp 30 miles west of North Platte 6: I have an opportTinity to sent^ to the Stage Poad hy Gen, Biggon who returns in morhl'ng. I am here on the last water, and mean to try the 60 miles or more we«t without it after one days rest. We have no grass to speak of aii'^ this ds truly a'barren, univiting coun try. - .1 -I Brown's party have been here two weeks unable to get.west for want of w^ter*. I shall try to get them through" to water to the west with'me'. Since I left North Platte have improved in health. Seymoxir *and Buckens derfer leave me to go Ea,st tomorrow. Soymoi^ has been nothing" W a <»rawback to me ever since he haa be n with me, ^ and even to" the cbinpany, and in my opinion is doing 'all he can to give the company trouble. I hope hereafter they will drop him. If you see Dillon you can sdy to him privately what 1 write. T suppose, however, they wnd^arstand ^ thing-when he^ is gone it a to J^e., < - . j , . I hopeffheii I reach Stage road again to get letters fromall of you. Got non. at Sortn FotiJ of Platto, tut left word If any came to send theffl forward to Oreen River. Thlo Is the hardest and I believe th..«»8t responfsible trip I ever took. The country does not meet my expeotmtions. The kllUne of my engineers, the demoralization that cam from It and the dlffioultlea to surmount' are iftOUEh to set any August, 1867. . t one but me back., I believe I am master of the situation nov; and will make it win. As long as I can keep well I have no fears, and, I, must say. Gen. Rawlins has be^n of great help to me. He enters into the spirit of the matter; takes as much interest in our road as I dol '• t • ' ' ^ ^ ,^8 soon as I get through this cotxntry and strike Bitter Creek I shall telegraph and, wpite. tell ing you all about it. Am plunging into # . ■ * • I a country that very few have ever travelled.an^ I hope to develop something that will be of benefit to us. Water is our ,great trouble. I ^^CradeSj work ,a,i3d everything else is favorable. Coal exists in great quantity but timber is scarce. n r SI r 'r > <7-, I must close as it is gettipg^ l-te. Kiss t^e ,girls and baby and Move to all. lOif, * it ' -noJ J. H* Brpfn. jtQ lirs. Dodge, Saint^Anthon-", 7:- ^ At last I am domicilled in this health and strength renewing place and this radically Hygienic Instituion, You have doubtless ; . "had enough descrllJions of the piace and the country so I will say . hcxthlng on thai,, subject^ ojccept, that it is beautiful and delightful. The air is pure, cool and bracing. The Falls are grand, and if we had no Niagara, would be sublime, ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ The diot is not very attractive to an epicure, but with the baths , ftc. it lis oure to cure any ailing that human ingenuity is ''-M, able to cure, and no mistaAa..^ There are patSAAts here who in one, two I and thr#e'»i»%hP trt*tJB«nts have gained 20 and 30 pounds and one man told me he had gained 60 in less than two months. t-v r-rt M. Aggust, 1867. * . « Tell Ocean I have just finished reading first volume of Julius f- ■* .. Caesar "by Nap. 3d,'and if he wishes it will send it to him by mail. 1 shall be pleased* to hear from you or him. * * -I • " -i ♦ ?"f i: -1 E. E. Edv/ards to Gen. Dodge, Chariton, lov/a, 7: An effort is bein made by some Democrats in this place to have our Post*master, James H, Weaver, removed. Mrs. Dodge to the General, Council Bluffs, 8:- I If it is not bf muc I use to write you for I much doubt if yo ever get the letters. I expect the Indians will make a bonfire of all mail that go«r or comes on the TJ.P.R^R. and if they topthdre we are fortunate; but I shall nbt wonder to hear of all work being stoppp'd now, since they have commenced tearing up tracks and stopping trains as you will see b^ the papers. How foolish you were to persist in going out there this sun.ier. I pray you may get through all right but I have very many misgivings. -- - ■ r * f ■ "V ^ . r 4 t - Lettie and Ella are away to a picnic and I wish fh»y were homo; am afraid they will make themselves sick. Little Annie ha« beeh'Guito sick for several days'. Dr. l^r s* giv'i^n'her medicine today. * t orf? Jas. A. Evns to Gen. Dodge, 'Omaha, '6 (TelegramJ mwI.-. r,i. : d .t »{ ■ • . ! thinlc It is advisable that you should Vettii^ to Saunders, do watch change in location. This: is important ^o .preyaat.Jl^ft^dr. Jas, A. Evans to Gen. Dodge, •Omaha, 8!*- ' ' '• ,eni c * So far as outward appearances ahe concemad tor the preser; i^ 'V August, 1867. . r ^ , fiRy great agony is over, through the great kindness of ay friends hero, I was pennitted to follow the^remains of my beloved wife to the grave yesterday* - She died oij Satusday while I was at Denver on my way. The weather being very warm, it was only b2( great exertions that the sad event could be postponed till I arrived on the evening of the 6ththrough the kindness of being furbished with a special train. My dear sir, I am in great affliction, and I much fear that God visitations are not yet eneded. The shock to..my oldest boy, a very sensitive nervous subject, makes me tremble for his safety. H.e^.is verj' low, and I cannot le^ve him. 7<liat my .course may be hereafter I know not. I feel that at present my duty is at the side of my sick ohll(^. I know how badly I am wanted at Fort Sanders and west'of' there, "l5ut the ways of Providence are not our ways, and at present T canned . At Denver in much agony of miijd I wrote you as much, with regard to this matter, as I was anxious you should make some proviS-onfl for what 1 coneiderOd.a very prpbable q^ergency and the let thing that I would require would be that business and friends • ■ should suffer On account of my troubles,, 'J-' r * ' ' ■ O'Neill will, 1 presiime, take up the profiles an^ maps from Laramie over weist and do the! best we can with them. I have so written "i him. He is quite reluctant to proceed without my help, chiefly for the reason of friendship-to me, but I have talked to him about the ^ «itter and'If you ©an so manage matters aa to give color to the idea that t'fiave not 1i«4n»ill treated, he wll] remain and make a useful -J-f ,. , August, 1867. • « '• servant, f desire^^r ia^s" iake that this impressi'on should prevail and that he should be with you. Mr. Laxwell I am sorry to say I am not so confident will take up what you want should be done for the want of proper instruction, seeing that ha is unacquainted with the country, and unless you have received telegrams of mine sent to North Platte, I so fear that he will be delayed in knowing what to do. As you v/ere going over the line I thought it was best that you should fur nish him with instructions as if I attempted to do it without going with him over the ground I might be wrong. I shall telegraph and write to both of them today or tomorrow. u, . After you left m-e eft Sanders I commencerd platting the original locattlon. I t'-oughl/'Hhfs was necessary as it rwould enable us to pt on the*changes arid show the whole matter. I have the maps here with so far as conibleted and have 'arranged it so that the changes will speedily. " " « ' . , going Dillon requested me to write him about matters in the Bladt^Htlls, and I do so today, enclosing jou with this a copy of my letter,.for the reason as you are my superior it is rlBht that yoli DhotiW fcniiT'lilX t&a), .1 aa.j ahout business,mr tters. I regret that Voh Ini noi h«K» to saa it bef«ro it is sent as you might wish 'to modify it. Ui Jr.. - . v • " . : " And now, sir. I wie'^ to say thie. .-Lei no consideration of frlen ahip for me lead you in any way to compomise yourself; do and act in reapeot ta think the case demands, looking solely to business, , ' : '0 August, 1867. only, I fear much that there is a disposition to injure you if possible. How sad it is that people for private ends will forget that glorirus golden rule. _ . Please give my kind regards to GeVi'.Rawlins and the rest of the party and be assured that whatever may happen, I shall always con tinue to" be y-'ur sincere friend. ' ' " ' l-'i - ■ Jas. A Evans to Sidney Dillon, Omahfe, 8: / ' t Sometime in Jxme when you Iras at Omaha, yo.u asked me (as it was then evident that I should soon go" West ,to resume labors In Black Hills) to write you upon my reaching there, I was delajred Qn the^ way there, chiefly in completing the work that Mr , Hills was so tanfortunately prevented from doing. A great, affliction has now brought me to ObtaHli, tfhich will I trust explalU'Jitfiy I write you from, here. To tome to matters at once pertinent, and of interest to you, I find that there is a disposition to change and question the location ovdr the Black Hi11a Which it was my fortune, in the pursuit of my duty, to make. The means t«kOn to effect this are briefly as follows: where grades of 90 foot are t»ed arguments will be pressed in favor of SO ft, per miie Wider the asfliiilptiati tkat^for so desirable an end additional expenditures are warrahlSd#' ' i'l-f-r: - The first 90 foot grade we have on the original location of Crow tJreek, occurs where We leave the valley of a crest to get up '"*'oh the divide. It by Col. Seyswjur to throw the foot of the grade sufficiently further east to get up with an 80 instead August, 1867. . ; , ■ of 90 foot grade, hanging to the side hill,for a greater distance. This matter can be accomlished by additional expen^^iture for excavation and embankment. Here it is simply a question of cost and if the coni?hy will incur additional expense, I know^..an;d have always known since I became familiar with the locality that the court<ry was there for either^grade the company felt disposed to pay for. I have in my location acted up to my instructions and all the light I had. That a line of Sv ft. grade will in this valley require additional expenditure, the profiles when they ooiae in will shpw un- '■ mistakeably. It is ^ purely a financial question, that I am not called upon to deterfaine the. uattef aftd I dismiss it with the simple and selfevident remark that the lowest'.grade is, of. course,-, the best, every ( thing being equal, and if ndt obtained by sharp curvatures. After surjif^ting the divide rwith .either grade as wi-sdom may deteraine-the grades can fbr a distance be made below either maximum. On the qrlginal locatiO^ they are ed with a single exception wbich, while in com pany with^Oen.'^dge Eoldg b^r'tbe line I recommended and felt ^e- ^ r T ■ ■ ■ ■ sirous to chsnge. ■' '' ' This explanation brings u4 to Sta. 870. ifcere on the orisinal location a grade of 90 feel occur, again and continues to Sta. 973. mil^s oui oVi,r the g«md hy using oonsldorable curratuns I so ohangcd the profile as to rMucs *«Hr-.rltho«t ehanging the grade. If an eighty foot gradi irf the profile ,.111 he. quite August, 1867. « heavy an<^ work will be increased largely. The fact is'that here one line occupied the summit of the divide and drops away from even a grade of 90 ft. and there is no argument in favor of an 80 ft. grade that is not equally applicable to a 70 ft. ^rade, namely the willingness of those who furnish the money to use it for such purpose and I am very sure that had a lighter grade been used than the one given, similar argianents with-the same incentive would have been brought to bear in favor of a change. ' • , '' ■ Tracing the line still westwarjii.:brings us to Lone Tree Crossing, the change here is definitely adopted,.the chief-engineer having honestly but unwisely I think, sanctioned the change under what seemed to him a sort ^ necessity and-causqd chiefly I apprehend by the fact that In opening.the cuttin«ffcji|o^good building stone was found for pier and abutments. • . , • - I Want to be.quite understood with regard to this change of line and sttail he io'ffcP'txpllCit ei to make known what governed me in seiectlng the craAslng-of the canon'over the line now substituted for it. It couia not have blen.th'-ir ignorance as preliminary lines of mine 'ky be found cfoaslng the ground covered by the new line.^ The depth of the canon if bridged I was disposed to consider of small importance; it is -uite narrow not measuring so much as the grade line as fills that "Will b% found occur on either lines. 1 desired in every inatwnoe possible to place the line when , -tn-o r - • • 'i August, 1867. .; ) it could 'be done without sacrificing profile too much in a position giving freedom from snow obstructions. The original location running as it does on the south side of'canon and valley would always have been free from it, whereas I fear, in fact I know, that the change now being made will in winter be subject to continual annoyances from snow accumulations and is only a<iaisso.ble by availing itself of most of the excavations already done on the original line, 'The change is further allov;able by excessive curvatures and the use of a large amount of temporary superstructure such as trestle work &c short lived and of doubtful safety., -tu « ; The above is the only diVergenqe" from-my locati on up 1^ the tim^^ ^ was coMfJailod to leave; it cdmes into -feha original line several miles west avoiding a short piece of 90 ft. grade using instead 80. ft. at the expense of a cut; this is a little summit 24 feet deep in the hi^est place and'^000 feet fro A grade to grade. It would be easier to get an 80 ft, gHtila ower the old line than ower this change as where the lines approach, the grade line of thA Change is below the original line causing this cut above referrsft tC. There are other points where 90 ft, grades occur fdr short distahues. ■At these places the line curve will be put on prot'ila of changesi. get it will show at irtiat cort. i M ; - > With re^rd' to the line as located by me l have th;.s tp say and I W confl(J«it the future *1.11 warrant the a3euuy.tilen that taken all In all In point of pofile, alignment and freedom from snow h'i.iii >» 'c' ■ ■ - Augus t, 1867 . ' ' I it is on the right groimd. I do not say but there may be points where engineers and athers might differ in minor matters, as for instance the policy of increasing curvatureto reduce profile and vica versa, but in general terms the resiilt will show that the selection of ground for line over Black Hills has been judiciously and wisely made. On the western slope as near as, I can learn an entirely new line will be attempted. You .will then s^e what skill your consulting en gineer possesses in selecting ground of his own; a different thing 1 take it from passing" over the result of others labor and criticis ing. • . One word as to cxirvature that some, gentlemen on the road are So flippantly nlspoaeld to Ignoro. Tha, opinion that I have is that shnrpcurves are obJ^etlonahle and whan t'loy- are used for the purpose of lightning gradis'lt freqiwntly happens-that what ,ic gained in the one respect is lost in another. So important is this_matter consid ered that on BngUsh road, they are restricted to curves of.1-2 mile radius (about 2°) by aot of the legislature! based upon the opinion of men of sbility, man whoso work and rentation will live after theu, long after that of thwHHOMwnt consulting engineer of the U.P.-.RWill have dbnk inth meritad oblivion. I rear that the only result will be delay: as fast as the changes come in you will De notified of th.m, I regret much that my sore trouble comelled me to le.T. the Laramie Plains before all the data Vas obtained. ' ^ > uSit. . - j J ,/j 670 August, 18C7. . , 'r I haVe wirtten this letter first because I promised, to do so, anrl in the setond 1>14ce it WllL. perhaps lead to sQ»e way by which I can vindicate my labor frob." the aspersion of those whom I cannot believe are honest, or working as they should do, for the success and speedy comietion 6f this enterprise, ' *c , . vo "v 11 - I send a copy to Gen. Podge. ■ " ; 0 I ' Oliver Ames to" Gen .Podge, N. Easton, lO"; , :■ ' r■ -r V ' ' Your favor of 26th is received. I entirely concur with you in opinion of Seymour as an indolent man with a strong desire to crit icise other's work and do nothing hijnself. He has been from the beginnlng a supporter o/all the Dr. p'rojeets and has *ieen kept more for th^ purpose of wrltlW the Dr's reports .an " doing hie oorrespondepae that meets the public'eye,'and whitewashing his (the Dr's) rascalities than for any real engineer service he has done or will do the company. Jlr, Jesse t: ffllilame thtnka Seymour has a-very good idea of location and his opinione'nlj W of some service. We do nqt, want to put ourselves in any poeltlon'where Sejmour or "ura t.may,charge us 'with not giving all proper attention to their suggestions.for improvement of our line and t hove telegrhphad Seymour to make a survey of this proposed changes and report thf rfbmparatlve gain. If he. has found a better llne' u' 'U our duty to adopt It. If a 8 or 3 curve will throw U8 out of Mai^'ork and hasten completion-of the road I should do it. We ouot bake the beat possible road in the shortest time. You August, 1867. understand our views; and for the present act up to them. After Qctoloer we shall stand heater. Duff is sick with a fever.- I will write you tomo^r^DW. Oliver Ames to Gen. Dodge, II. Easton, 12; « / , I wrote, you Saturday in regard to Seymour. ".Tiat I wish now to say is that however much we may feel that Seymour is a lazy, inef ficient man prone to criticiJie others and.do nothing himself, we must acknowledge he ie an extremely plausible manj, with excellent ability as a writer land if 'h§ has anythingiOfia show for a decent line he will be able ■ to'make* the most of It. " » Now it will not do for us to.adhere to any line that we think can be amended by adoptiSi;^ his suggestl-ns. ite have a reputation to sus tain and ho line of any engineer of ours should be approved merely because' It la Our line. Seymour If he han make a point agajnst us and in the intera-st of Durant, vlll do It. As our consulting engineer and as long aa he retains this position, it 1. our-duty to. In all doubtful oases advlso with hlo and If he has any practical notions to get the,.. He has herAtoftfre sal up In his offlos and done, us very little good. If wo can'no. make him work and see how other people earn their money though hi'-ay be of no aervice to ur wa can feel that wa got a little wJrk'oui"'of him for the money he gets. , ,, ■ '' "Uur fdellng a» t have heretofore written P"®" thework ' with'the higUtt'-prMtiirtiBle speed, and we want mep„enough put on the ■? i ' i?.jf "jv: August, 1867 7' J' -It vork to put it through so -that the tracklaying may not be delaybd'i If we can get this-winter throbgh the Black. Hills doing the light work before vinter and the heavy cuts in the winter so that we can run over the Laramie Plains'to Bridgera Pass next year we shall fully answer the hihgest expectations of the country. But all these expecta tions.will fail if Government does not give us more efficient protec tion against the Indians. The idea of a Goverment like ours perc^itting these roving bands of Indians to take possession of the country is a perfect outrage upon its citizens who have settled in this coun try with full assurance thn.t they should be protected. I wrote to Government on receipt of telegrams of.the disaster at Plum Creek ask ing iimftedlate and efficient, protection. I suppose they will sajr as they^did'once'beftrlltfcdd. the matter is fiaced in the.hahds of Gen^ Sheman and their dont know of any better way to protect us. I think if you would write a dtrong ^Letter to Gen. Sherman and the Government settit^g forth the difficulties of" our .situation that it would be of great ae UB. I feel bout the engineering question that in running over throu:" a broken mountainous country, w© want to run a great many lines to fully develop the country and show us the best routes, and to do this we want active, enterprttia- and competent engineers. It is utterly Impossible to gat the'best line withopt fully perambulating the country and whenever a favprahle opening presents have it surv:ayed up and whenerar ypacticable running curves, will throw us out of ho- August, 18G7. ■ . j ' t work I should put them -in. One or two years use of the road will pay all the amendment that may he necessary to make it a perfect line. I hope your health will improve so as to be able to continue your work. Drff is now Gi«k with typhoid fever of a low -type; is so tht * • he' is confined to his bed. . . -1- , ' We have one of Grant's special meetings this week-to .see if he cant get soiJle contract that will enabla him to again take direction of the road- I think that "he will be disappointed. His injunction does not work to stui him. He will sobn find that he is not general manager. irbte;- Gen. t)'od£^e to Gen. Simpson, Aug.^ 13; (21DR280) ■ Gen. Dodge to his wife, Pqint of Rocks, 13. - . . . j. ^ . '«. Just arrived here, all well. Answer to Green River. ^ JameS Maxwell tb Gen. Dodge, Fort Sanders, 13: '' First dHattee of (80) eighty foot grade causes.heavy work and poor aliyiment. Secorta'one; impracticable. Last change gives high " crossing^'ot^r Crow Cveek hat no heavy cuts or fills; all other changes ^ save work. Qvene9 Stations (70) seventy and (1100) eleven hundred. Cannot^t me^n fof .secort. Stevenson wont. let detachment pass here. ■ . ■ To "oien; iWJtf K" Wother, Couno:i Bluffs, 14i- ^ • ■ fnw.Ilo|.th Platt.o orosslng, 25 "lies north ' of'stagiroh; is' received. 1 *,v. not .rltten ^ou for'Reason that l.ttire .hlch'^t. vr^e Wh during first part of, your Journey .ere not received by her, and I did not bellove thooe sent from here August, 1867. . ■ , would reac>- you this side of Salt Lake Ci^ty. I telegraphed you the mibstance of some matters which I thought of interest to you, sending dispatch to Fort Sanders before your arrival. It seems you did not receive it so I will write in. this more fully. First, the Nonpareil. Ur. S. P. W.alUer of Bellefountaine, 0., purchased^. N. Uaynards interest for'$2500- including good will and new outfit but not the accounts. Your claim in good shape, vi>i:-cash _ $1000, Maynard's-note (secured by Walker's n-te of $500j for $300- dated about Ist January lext- and Walker 4 Chapman's note for $800 due 1st January next. fn'sHort, you .have $11Q0 against Walker 4 Chapman due 1st of January, both good men, s^fe and prompt. I think you can safely say the fire w«s'a benefit to.you, for our anticipations in 1 placing Uayriard at the head were not realized. He took but little interest ih the paper, exhibited far less energy and-ability than in former times. Chapman was the live ma,! ewhen li. reinstated Burke Chap man became greatly dissatisfied and nothing west harmoniously. He sold out to Wa ker but Kaynard would not consent; after a time Walker bought Uaynard. They are collecting Assa. Accounts, have paid. $350 of the Uaynard 4 Chapman note $500. Walker comes highly recommended by Ohio State Pf ficnrs as a succia'stul publisher and editor; appears very gontl««a\ly, quiet ,„d'inda»trious-clos.-in financial matters. Ur John T. Baldwin IflfOirne m.imi' Officer 4 Pusey do not con sent to close'- up With him at thih Ume. h..«e^ his arrangement with August, 1867. you is indefinitely postponed. rv ' ► ' f . - - - - , . . . .. . ■While engaged upon t>acific . R. T "believe VCiu* can do better with ' f . money in operating in Real Estate and loaning than by engagin in business to which you cannot give personal attention. What has paid better than your investments in this town? T-^ke the investment I made in 1863 and 4, pincipal paid up and nearly $5000 real estate on hand. . \ I Your block goes slow. Wisconsin firm broke up soon after you I'^ft, and scattered; work re-let to Lir. Bond (friend of -Judge Baldwin) from Pairfield, at $3 per ct. for laying stone and $6.50 -for laying brick. Mr, Bond commences today; it a good and reliablejbu-il^ der and will push forward the work fast and do it well. • : f The fever for building rages high; new foundations laid every day; I could not begin to enumerate- Court House looms up, Sem nary progressing well, everything in and about the town looks promising. Strangers who come here take a different view of things and concede C . . our future to be promising. ' Cdllectlons have' come fitl^'w^ll and" I have over $10,000 lying idle, waiting for use; dare not let It 6ut, not knowing wljat your plan may be, now that the mill arrangement does not go off. I could make some r good loans, small amounts, improved real estate security, one years time; could buy some schooY orders at 75 or 80 cts- dmw 10 per ct. int., can get $1500 of them. "We hoid'now in the office $3500 of this paper and receive installments upon theb twice .each year. It is the 7 ^ m • vr.; August, 1867. : .M-'tI"!,, ,: ,i opinion of Mr, B. and myself that w.e. "better separate at expiration of • 4 our partnership ter^i - Sebember 1st, 1868, after that I can handle y ur .funds to better advantage. Judge will give his attention to law. Anderson nominated for State Senator; Ross wanted it but found chances againr t him and would not permit his n^^e to go before convention. John C Ballard's son, Elias, young man of 10, is here seeking • clerkship, no opening offers yet. There is a good opening here for a surveyor. Davenp ort is about, c/osing up to give his entire attention to an Express Co. I need a yojing^ man In my office who understands surveying i f •/ ■ Father and Jim heve been hauling hay together- have filled yoiir^ stable. I ■ , . ■ Wilson »ant» H>«|loiary (Jp-lttee invited on next exourslon they want td to r-iv v iiif - - • , . Oliver Ames to Gen. l^odge, Kew YonH .15: , 3ii»ve no recent letters from you and have nothing to fix . Lj ' your locality, so to Omaha \o be forwarded to you. Duff Is now siok with typhoid fever of a laild type, but every B^dt-Of.tnis fever is bad. He feels anx ous r bout John and wknts to •■h.en from Mm end low,. Sl..whereabcuta.' The last letter we had from ' yon wee from Fort th®n said that the Indians hbld the country west of you, mnd I Inferred that you would not proce'ed Uhtil you were satisfied the country was clear. | August, 1867, .v'snr ,.»r I would like to have you make a report that I can present to the annual ra eting of the stockltolderg on the 2d day of Qctober; say, - report what amount of road haa-haen surveye^d and definitely located, and say generally what you think may be of interest to stockholders. The report may-be up to September 1st, : SBfBiQB Maxwell to Geo, Dodge, Fort Sanders,. .15, *By teles^®-?^) Change between eight (8), sixty (60) and ine(9) forty (40) per eighty (90) foot grade impracticable. Change between three (3) eighty (80) and seven(7) thirty (30) causes heavy work and poor alignajeWt'but no Fock cuttii^. , ,, I think t at Hurd will adopt the Evans line from eight (8) sixty (60) to three (3^ fifty (50); below that he took my changes; he chang ed the Evafti"line from eight (8) sixty.(60) to nine(9) forty (40) and his workUinnot be • Iwprove % b • ut it wfjl not suit an eighty (80) foot grade and is the eontrolling point on that divide-save work on all changes between eleven (11) and fifteen(15) hundred-from there across crow Creek length-ning line eighteen hundred (1800) feet, get an eighty ^ftO) foot grade-«n,d do not think that the work is increased, T^ill send maps and profiles as soon as possible and write in full, Oan. Dodge to JaaSS" A. Evans, F^jrt. Bridge r, l5i ^ •' rfWatweltf "80 ft, grade impracticable, O'Neil reports 80 ft.'grade and improvement on both old lines. *11U»»8' ori«lilllg 18 Md. What line 18 Hurd bulldinc I get righi jt- ■ ■■ '• August, 1867. r # * . « ides the lUld' to build on is your line as improved on east'side, and the new 80 ft, line on west side. See Reed, and'answer. ' . rrt « ■ Gen. Dodge to Lir. F. Hiird, Port B'ridger, 15: ' » ■ * - 'What line are you building on? llaxwell reports 80 ft grade on east side is impracticable, but change made in Evans line a's help- ? . . ing it. 0*Nell says new line on west side with 80 ft. grade is best line. How is it? Answer here. " ' Note:- To LIrs, Dodge from'her Sister'Minerva, ^Iklioi^nplS: '■ ' •Q S. B. Reed to Gen. Dodge, Sanders, 16? ^ Have you decided on line-over Bladfc Hills? .1 think 80 ft, grade impracticable. -(jo.- . i * James Evans to Geni Dodge (JdUk>ia, 16 fr.) If ei/^ty (80) is impracticable on east side, better take old line all way through improvingiit all we ban; this will be better for company. Reed is on way to Black Hills) will telegraph 0 Neil to see him; if'he'cant, telegra^^ UiiJ at Sanderwj re-send it to Carmiohae\. ( t: ■ ' 1 start for Ponnsylvanl on" Monday,'will return^ here assoon as * • possibl . Do you want Me to go to "NbW-York? o(e.. Gen. Dodge to S. B. RweKt 3ridger, 17: (-Peleia^) line from whai I can leam as bost is Evans* line as 'ohanged'to save work by Mzxwell and Hurd. They report 80 ft.grade impractliable on east aide of Black Hills; on west side the new.line Atlgust, 1867. of 0'Neil's they report "best, get one there anri can (Jivlde. better than I can.. . ■; j i Oliver Ames to Oen. Dadge, N. Easton, 18: . K Your favor dated North Fork Platte, Aug. 4th is received, ^e ha4, been-without advice from you since Jujly 27th from. Fort Sanders and begun to feel anxious about you. ^e are new very glad to hear . . that you are all rights Your letter from Fort Sanders said the Indians held the country west of you and we naturally felt anxious • .. . for your safety. . , . , ^ have beer^ a jlittle stirred up here about our matters and from the cause, af Burant, ,who can never be relied upon. iVe have felt a little anxioutS that things should run smoothly until the annual election, the 2nd ^f October, when we calculated to put enough reliable men in the Board of Directors to have things in the future run on correct ly , We had a special, meeting last week and gaveout a contract to my brother, Ur, Oakes to construct the road 667 miles beyond the y MOO meridianj this takes the road on 914 ailes beyond Omaha and accord- i ing to jmr last report within 110 miles of Salt Lrke: This dontract has ho proTision to favor Durant or any other Individual and, will be managed ver much as the rped construction is now being managed, only we hope -tp^^very year have additional economies carried into the - 0ori8tirtistion »od by better line and better management make'the road instiv^^ton. t We want, now that w« are In the mountains wfain) the besfShginee' ing talent le regulred, to bar* an abundance of the beat men to aid Aucust, 1867. * ♦ ' you in finding the best line shtat can be procured, and then the best men to see that the construction is properly done and honestly meas ured. • • « • I have not h^rd anything from Seinuour since I received your '-" J' ; letter of Ju"'y 2 th. I suppose he is looking over the line at his leisure, and if he can make impVovements enough on it to help pay his salary it will be the first useful thing he has done since my connGCtion with the road. Gen. Dodge to his wife. Fort Bridger, 18: ' ' ■ -fl I got twolttterz today, one aboUt little Annie's sickness and one enclosing' last sheet of George Bailey's. I feel very anxious ^ •ft ' about little Annie, and have telegraphed you twice but got no answer. You write short and very complaining; if you knew the amoxint of anxieSy ^ have and the desire to get back I think you would not com plain so much. I dont understand you you mean by strange stories ' ' I since you left. I suppose there are plenty who will do all they can to injure me, but no manVo holds my position is free from attacks op who is not,free from Jealousy, especially those wh^ fear my power, and who are mad because I am in the U.P.R.R. The Durant crowd will do all they can to injure me, but 1 care not. v Kow abput George. I think he is certainly aimisSfa irtxsrtlt m treatment of him. I left ail my private mattter^ With him; he Wmfi gone When,! laft, but Left a slip for him I had n<3 one in Omaha to attond ... .1.- ^ ^ If rV* ' lo to," ". A, it M 68l ^ ni i 'nipilpWip^pp^riiPT August, 1867. . , , • I t the lumber. I went to see Snyder about it myself. He agreed to melte a voucher and give Ur. House and Llr. House was there and agreed to attend to it. > ., r If Mr. House dees not attend properly to his duties there.is a 0 sure and quiet remedy and I shall apply it. He never said ne word to me m about George except in his presence and desired me to raise hi wages. I censured him for leeting George.overdraw his account so much and House said he could not live on his salary; however, when the master is away no one cal tell what is going on. . .. You write very short letters to.my very Ing ones and think I am loafing away my time; while here all are fighting me because I work day apd night gnd take no rest; so it goes; if you only all keep well I can s^apd it. . ►rr . > • If I get home in time I shall go to Kansas City to look st the ■j bridge building there, perhaps, to St..Charles and you will go also. As long as the cholera is prevalent down there I hope you will not go, but as soon as weather is cool and there is no danger you oan go; you are best judge of that# , . I am just leaving for a two days trip to St. Louis Gap trhough river and .the basin to look at my lines run there. Shall then push on to Salt Lake and then start East. Wrote «na and Lettie two days sgo. Oot Jules letter and yours up to August Mki *ts» the.girls and keep good heart and spirits. - ' August, 186V. ■ S. Seymour to Gen. Godge, Port Sanders, 19: 5e Arrived here on Saturday*and found no serious difficulty in passing through the country vfliich had neVer he fore." been crossed with v/agbns. r>t "I ■ijo ' G»of- •* • • I* , - r - _ Hy observations satisfied me thrt there is a route still north of Brown's line that is worth at least a careful examination. I do not think there is a good route north of the MedicIHS-Bow through the Rattlesnkae Hills, and think perhaps that the Medicine Bow Valley f • . k itself may be too expensive, although its grades must be far superior to any other. You will f nd a route, however, between the'Medicine Bow Canon and Brown's line' which to me looks very favorable, and the summit of the Rattlesnake Hills see' lober than Brown's Pass. If the valley in which we camped on our return-tripi After leaving the divide between the Platte and M'ddiclhe Bow valleys runs down to the Platte, so as to"" strike a wide, open plain'or Valley lahding from the Platte towards the Sweetwater'Mountains, ^ ' Semoho Gap -(in wich we also campod) I shaD.l think if'fe^v^y faVbl^Um route,-for the reason that I can see no serious diffiw'ltife& between that point and this place if the line is carried north df Coopei^s Lake and possi bly around the north bend of Rock C^ek'above its mouth. And I under stand there is no difficulty lb goiftg'westwrard fraa- Semino Gap to the :.t:t • 0 Southward, of titter Mountains. '* ^ 1 would not heatiate to make all the northing necessary to seciue August, 1867. a cheap line and low grades, also plenty? of water, evdn at the sacri fice of several miles in distance, as I take it forgranted that our company wish to build a road not onl:/ as cheaply as possible but one that can be operated as successfu.lly and economincally as the country will admit of. I trust that on your return trip you will explore this country through which we have just passed, and I have no doubt'that" yPTi will arrSrve at the same conclusions that I have. J. Blickensderfer, Jr. to Gen.- Bodge, Port Sanders, 19: TTe arrived here agSiin on Saturday afternoon, from the west. after a trip marked by no imusual occurrence, and without ertcountering any difficulty in passing through the country. Our.first.day's march from Camp Separation was down the valley to the spring we found on descending from Mount ftawllns. The next diay* we moved northward on the Pla ts road about 7 or 8 miles^and'th«n diverged eastward over .1 , 1 . - aaplain across two ridges into a wide, smooth valley running southeastwardly, apparently to the Platte . Xn this valley are niaaerous lakes, mostly of ,good water, but'some impregnated witH alkali. TJe encamped just east of the Ga^p, at an excellent spring with plenty of grass and remained there over Saunday not knowing how far eadt df us the. river was. On Monday we marched over an easy <mufttry inclining toward the river and struck the stream at 8 or 9 miles at thelmoathof Medicine Bow, found a good forda bout two miles above the mouth of Medicine Bow, passed over and moved along^the valley to near \ ¥ I . ..i. August, 186V, ^ - r the mouth af Modicine Bow .and encamped,spending ^ • .the -l : balance i of .J C- the• day in exj^loring. On Tuesday I directed the train to follow the divide between Platte and tiedicine Bow, while I took one company and rode over Medidine Bow northward about five miles to examine the country. Found north of .Medicine Bow broken and rough, and ascer tained the Platte did not deflect • to eastward . as . . . fannis supposed, tut flows almost due north from mouth Medicine Bow into the canon by which It,paasaa Black Hills, md that Kelloegs Creek which rises on south aide.of Black Hills flows south-westwardly, not into the Platte, - bat into Medicine BOW.about two miles above where the latter enters ■ ■ the-Platte. Pas,ina back again crcsalng Uediclne Bow acme 8 or 9 milei(|| ■ above its mouth .w.-nide the trail on the divide and found the train far ahe«i of «a having an excellent road. We overtook the train a little bsdtore SiWiSiovn, they having descended into the valley of a small stream (dry) westward into the Platte where they foudd an excellent sring- .md some grass. Our march this day is estimated at ^ sr, Qd 86 miles hut without water. The latitude of this" eamp Is 41° 52" mom. -three or four miles north of Brown's Pass. tednaaday w, started due saat up the valley over the sumr,.lt and down a ravine toward.,„lIEdioine Bo i whioh ended in two laked of good water. Between this st-mlt and th.se lakes we found wagon trails and a stake Showing that your enginesr. had been continued on nearly due oast over country, h"avln8 a valley on Our left whicl^ August, 1867. • ' « can be followed to Lledic "ne Bow. After getting well away from the hills we bore off to f^ur right rather more than I designed and struck our-westward trail about 5 ot 6 miles fro;.-i our old camp on Medicine rP' Bow. This we followed for some time and then bore off to the left and encainped, oti Medicine- Bow a few miles below our camp when going west. The next day w'e bore" off more to the northward and made Rock Creek o"ver ' a good road with several lakes of fresh water. Friday we marched from Rock Creek north of Cooper's Lake over an excellent country to Laraiuie • " 'about ohe tftll'e lidthaw-'function'of Little Laramie, and Saturday arrived « here, '^'s stated beforo'. ^ The entire trip-iras very satisfactory to me and has given me, 1 think, a good view of.the country within the limits of which you ' will locate your road.- ¥y impressions are first that you will not find a go6d route north of Medicine Bow. and.-probably not by" following that stream to Its m-«>itth» Second, that ycu will find « goOB p3 p.^SlnZ north of Cooper's Lake, following In or near lha wallay of. Hook Creek to^ Its mouth, down liedlcine Bow 6 or 8 -lies north, and then up the valley we descended fr from the silmmlt piWiife the lakes befove desorihed, crossing Rattlesnak Hills 3 o 4»iles north of Brown's Pass, down,the Ta}.ley on which we encamped (Uarthats Creek) to the Platte and thenca westward by the wide valley and like. W p*»k»« of cont*l.ri©n• S ji '» *1 iSfufoi iinKro i T inttttt 1,0 'l^ilj-rwoesS • i V August, 1867. The most difficult part of this line will be in getting from Medicine Bow to su;.imit of Rattlesnake Hills, but I think careful examination will result favorably. By this line I think you will reach the North Plntte without encoiintering southerly branch of Rattle snake Hills and thus probably avoid canons and heavy wofck, and I tnink the summit of the northerly branch of these hills will not have an elevation exceeding YoOO ft. and probably less, some lOOtbo 150 ft. lowO er than Brown's Pass, I have thus, as you desired when we parted, given you a pretty full account iDf the country through which .we i»»sed.. 'If , you will ' permit, I suggest that you should have' surveys made to fully develop 0 the country as'fir north as Medicine Bow valley,and-espeoially along the route last Indicated ShBve, throuih the.divide of the continent. This line will'he a little longer than your present one, but I thinh ' will be so'mich mOre easily wbK^wJ when pompleted. as to be commercial- ' ■ ly much more valuable. 1 wish, for Uie. e^e of your professional ' 'reputation, that you should know you have occupied the best ground the country afior*d8, ' ;c • • » .. moith of Medlcin; -katUHdv^?" 3'. -uth Rock Creek about M'. I will send yuu ai my dateminatl,n^of latitude and longitude When worked ^t at '" ■ " Morth anii «ou1».-*.f Mwdlttlne Bow there is an abundance of coal. I found a good vein Just befors we d.econded f™m the divide into the^ valley of Martha'. Creek we.t of .r»ait on Prleday evening, which wa. August, 18G7. . , f . . 7 feet thick of godd bituminous coal, ef which I have specimens» . We start eastward tomorrov.- raornin^, and I expect to finish up and reach Omaha by the 31st. I find that ^ambert is at Cheyenne without a party, and ^axwell is here with a party but without an escort. He has agreed to^accompany me to make.surveys between Evans Pass and Cheyenne. VJH saw some Buffalo, plenty of Elk and any quantity of Anteldpe, My health is good and the-command apparently in good spir its, • ■' : ■ - Oliver Ames to Gen. Dodge, New york,t81; - lo hiMtor . I" f- . ' . . Wo have a telegram from Seyrmour today saying th'atithe grade on eastern aloe has so much work dohe on it that he does not think that any change is practicdble'to redudo it. t have telegraphed him today that he may examine*thd western slope and leave his report at Port Sanders for your examination when you return. I hope amongst you all that scsnetiiing first rate will be adored. Dillon is sick out at Morristown and I shall' go out there this evening to see hhu, Bushnell has had an intermittent tever sin^e his return and la now confined to his bed but will be out shortly. Duff still confined to his bed. S'eward Q. Payne to Gen. Dodge, Grinnell, IbWa, Sis - . . report of the' 4th Iowa Infantry, after the battle of Pea Ridge 1 was wotmded at that battle in the head, was afterwards transferred to the Invalid Corps and in 1864 promoted tC Lieutenant In V, V.C, and in 1865 was mustered August., 1867 • out, T ■ ■if'- !• ,- r0tr ' trrt luf'i 7 . .K ^"Oliver Ames^tb Gen. Dodge, New York 22: (Telegram) .T' , t' - Seymdur favors your eestern slope*' • Will examine western and report to you and iDoard* * ,« ""Jesse L. Will lam S'>to Gen. Dodge, West Chester, Pa, 23: to ! TGiile resting at a frieijds house 1-2 a day I will write you, -• 'Havb been in!New York 10.bays. Saw kr* Huntihgton yesterday. In his mind their general route from the west seems to be settled. They.will run north of Salt Lake,^not crossing tbe^narrow point hut.Keeping entirely on north aide and. thence to the mouth of the Weber. He has no i^ea of going up Bear River. His engineers have run up Weber Canon| and ho thiwks it not very difficult, probably requiring no grade over 90 ft. I wish I could be there with you. ^ Saturday your dispatch from Fort Bridger was received by kr. Ames. I am glad you are getting along so well, hope your helath is improving. Ool. Seymour was, ab- ^ort Sanders on the 20th but we do "•*: ixfrti; hear frow»k.r.. Dlckensderfer, • ' .I cou^. not vote in the new board for the new contract. Price very hi^h, #80 to 196,000 per mile west of Crow Creek, not including the Wahsatch Range» but etopplng just east of it. fhls heavy work ghould with the light or'else the first contract stopped at wXJtMMiw Kiver. There are other objectionable provisions but I preAlMM# COpffwy will at, the proper time build thrbugh the itahsatch ^ i.v^ J#I3W rr, , .v. . «i. i . %ufi oJ "htj 1867 Range. > , . .. . -v. ... On your way back I think it would be well to note particularly r ■ - which of the bridge foundations should go in this fall, so that the t • • - - work may not be hindrered by higti water, particularly at Lararaie, Medicine Bow, &c. , I think it ma not,banecessary to lay the track over any of the t - heavy cuts or fills at the Black Hil 1 Range with temporary track. Examine and see if by putting on force in time you cannot take out the cuts so as pot to delay the track materially. This runnmgg over the cuts so as not to delay the track materially. This running over work with a promi'-e to cut down^in a year or two is a great cheat on many rofids. The cutting down is often not done for many years and the norjt is xliscretiable to all concerned. The bridge crossing remains unsettled and no doubt will until you return. I read to the hoard a preliminary report,*giving estimates of the three crossings with iron bridge at each. If I had a clerk here I k. I would send you a copy of results. I may say the difference between all thB e crossings is leas than I had supposed. I embrace the idea » of cutting down and filling up to 30 ft. grade in all the lines.. I made a suggestion in regard to starting point A. I think it ought to bQ pieced about a mile farther north bringing it in line of the bridge 'if South Oa&ha is adopted) avoiding the cnwe On the high tMStle and shortening the connection with the North-western one mile and with the Rock Island ft St. Joe slightly. I do not think the August, 1867, company would make any great sum out of their quarter section in section 2. As tn section 3, it has no value in either case except for cut lots. But I will talk wit-"! you -bout this, LIr, Dillon, who was there though the company's ground ought not to be much regarded. The board desire me to continue my investigations. I hope to go out in October and examine at low w'e^ter, taking Kansas City and Quincy 4 . . •• fin my wqy. I go to Havre de Grace tomorrow to examine bridge. • There is one fact about the l^iosourl soundings that had not oc- ■ " f-,- curred to me. The channel deepens in high water and fills up in low water, so that soundings taken on the ice are not conclusive as to the . .. X ' ' depths in high water. Llr. Chanutes' soundings at KansasCity show a difference of 5 to 18 ft. between February and May. At St. Louis t^ie river deepens 18 ft. Wien we get our pier in it will scour quite r. •) . '-a.. ■ .•, *#» I.., - .j-r ^ •" djeepbetween them. ^ ^ « '£oo: ■ tf . ' " > tae-t I . . ^ . I expect to be at home in 10 deys. (fwi Mrs. Dodge io the General, Council Bluffs, 25: I received a telegram Monday from Fort Bridger. You'did not .ay whwe to, satid I'ettara after le-ving there. You *111 Wv^ry slow If you f'Jay there a week in getting to Salt Lake. you wont have much time if you dont return here till October. Congress meetfi In November and I suppose you want to go to New York first. . . We.are suffering here from dry weather and unless it reins soon eota.and potatoes are gone up, we shall lose bur crop with the reCt * ■ » ' ■ "-r-J rttJtm t. Auf^ust, 1867. .. . ... » iinless ifc^rains. Minerva is in from Flkhorn; returns tomorrow. House . sen' nut and got the mules just as they commenced harvestinn;, so that horses have, to do all the work. T want to go down to Kansas City in about a weekj if the weather is not too warm. Am- not well, but hope to be soon. Hope you will * hurry back, I fear your stores will not be finished this fall; they proceed very slowly. Dont put your money in the mill. Have no,t had a letter of date later than August 6th. How shall you return? Have you plenty 43f escort? . ► Gen. Dodge to Oliver Ames, Fort Bridger, 27; Tha- ^0 ft. grade on Black Hills reported impracticable by the engineers aijd by Mr, Reed. I have instructed llr. Reed to build '6n Fvans line as changed by me to run west. ^ 1 see no necessity of an- further surveys in the Black Hills. Seymour hAs taken back Maxwell's party that was on way west to com mence location, i need th't pa-ty badly west of us. Wish you would teleeraph that .ork cannot be delayed for any more enrveys. ' ' 01lv<Bv ktaim t^o Gon. Dodge, New York, 28: ' 1 haae n telegra. from Ur. Seymour today sayi - that he add Blickensderfer have Texaainad eastern slope of Black Hills and find that it will cost by a slight variation of line $120,000 less on an 80 ft. maximum grade than it will co-t on present line, and I have . - • ' ■■ August, 1067. advised him that the chartge would be'iccepte'^' ir - as a favorable as re ported.' He also thinks the western slope may be improved and we have authorized him to make these examinations and report. *** . If he shall be able to present to us a ver^" much more favorable line, then our duty to our stockhblders and the-public aJfld -to bur reputation as engineers will force us to accept it, I hope your labors at Salt Lake will not be'^long, and that you will take good care of yourself and not overdo and break down your health - ' ■ Geo. C.Tichndr to Gen. Bod^e, ^es Uolnes, SB:— '-t It has been a very long time since I heard froBLfyo^. I pre sume you have a thousand thlngS to eneage your time" and attent on, K more Inportant than ;.ere letters of friendship, and while I would not seek to engage your attention to your annoyance, 1 beg te assure you J,hat an occasional letter from you, to who.r, I am so gre»t,ly indebted 'and to whom I am so durably aUcohea, would be most agreeable to methough more .0 Since so msr.y nueitione are askad m, dally regarding your health, whereabouts, *o. «.c.' "ou hava vSry.many warm friends all about here who feel a very great merest W you and-whose solicitude has heen awakened in behalf of youf"health.' 1 trust you will not forget those good friends amongst whbm -1 ^leg yen' flo class me. The late gwrrilla raid of the rreelhent afsn loyalty, in the remowl of stanton, Sheridan ani Sickiee, 1. generally regarded as tba "UBt hair whlbh ia to break the CWtlW »«ek", the general ( August, 1867 feeling now being that he must be impeached. Ll^^ny who have hitherto tT;, ; : • • -f, opposed it now favor it, and I am now clearly of the opinion thftt the sentiment of the next session will be much strengthened in that direction;indeed, I doubt not the pressure of public sentiment will necessitate his arraignment as amongst the first acts of the next I ■ * Session. Oen. Grant^s late action has removed all doubts in the minds of Republicans and has rendered his nomination for President a fixed and irrevocable fact. All that he lias to do Is to remairi' fixed • • and fim in the line of conduct his late action indicates, and the great voice of the loyalists of the l^d," radical or moderate, will proclaim him Presi'ent, while history will declare him the second Washington; yea! a greater than he. You were doubtless astonished to hear that. Kasson is nominated in this County as one of our candidates fo^ the'Legislature. When I see you 1 will give you an account of the mhnner in which it was done ana the'reasons for doing it. You can rest assured, however, that to ' . i I him it is no vi'^tory; it will prove the lost stroke of final and etemsl defeat suid political ruin to him and his friends. His envies nominated him, that is, they duped his friends into doing it. I have just arranged a list t>f'appointments fbr Frank PaLner to speak in nearly every county in the district. Withrow will also make a number pf speeches, and efforts are being made to haveCrimes, Jim Wilson and Harlan makes speeches at the Bluffs ant Other good points • , Jin j . , • ' ■ ' f* j . f ^ t \ i:/"* August > 1867. •- •' ■ • ,* " , -f ♦ • ■ "■"■; : in the district. T'* had a bloody fi^t in our county convent ion j as a • ♦ t ■ ' ' , ■ delegate myself I never fought so hard. Although Goodrell was beaten for treasurer ve nominated "'^odge men" for every office as vrell as ■ ' ■ ' ' • (Capt. Rapry Griffith) chairman of the County Committee. Severanl gentlemen here, of capital, are anxious to learn some- * « thing bbout that aabrpo City-Cheyenno, at the base of the mountains. If you can give me, hourself, or through some one else reliable information regarding its present.status and future prospects, please do so. The C. R. I A: P. P. R. is completed within four miles of our plac and the trains will run here regularly by the 5th of next month, which ' - M you are aware is a consummation we have long prayed for. ^ You haye doubtless heard of the death of Llrs. Spencer, as occur- ' * ' ♦ ' , *4 . ' ring at Tuscaloosa, Ala, a few weeks since. I get letters from Spencer regularj-y. He seems much cut down and grieved. He tells me that hi-s office (^g^ster of Bankruptcy) will pay $20,000 this year. ,, ; Barns'8 lroo,;|.en factory investment has proven a failure. He writes mi that he has lost every dollar Is had, and is now penniless and out of employment. He wanted me to say to you that he would like a ' • situation on t»i« r.P.R.R. Jf you can give him a conductor situation or something of■ the kind, please do so. • • , I am getting along very well, and all haAds seem pleased with my admin-tratlon of the Post office. Frank'Palmer wants to k'ow Whether that o.detshlp Is still vaeant. We have an eicallent < '' ; ' J., .»r>iv%.i f : v Ir< '. ' * '•' August, 18G7. . i-, \ , . 1 •'" 'v'"i condidute for it now.. Please, write me about it at qnce^ r LI. F. Hurd to Gen. Dodge, Fort Sanders, 29: (Telegram) .Cant get any grades he,re from suamit west; parties are -^t Dale Cfeek waiting for work. * ' ' * , Gen. DO'^ge to. his wife, Salt Lake City, 30:- .) i a..;. . , I arrived here Tv>es.dpy, Am refitting trains and stock which I hope will be finished tomorrow so that I can start back Uondgy. I expect to reach Fort Sanders in 30 or 40 days; am going over rou^ « . country and shall not be, able. to communicate with you until I arrive there, , i . . ^ •• . I got your•telegram that you were going to Kansas City; hope weather is getting cooler ao you y.ill. have a pleasant trip. THien one strk^s this valley and city after being two months in a wilderness, * * it strikes him forcibly. Its wheat and oat fields that cover every available corner of land; its gardens and orchards, its fine fruits and wines are all very »lcej.,bui when o^rco?ues in contact with its people and realizes how much oimre <the same labor would bring in any country, he cannot see anything that would induce him to settle here. As I look at the systswm here I cannort see how any intelligent, upright prsdn cEwi for one mtator* ogee any^thing but vhat is disgusting and abhorent I hiave seen Brlgham, hl« wives and children, and all the dignita- • • rles, but as yet I have not seen a woman suited but all appear to desire and wish that polygamy was a relic of tha. .past, an^ it must soon fall. August, 1807. ' * "■ .1 . . I stay camped 'at Camp Douglas three mil'es from the city. The gentiles mostly call on" us, though the momons give' us 'great attention. Brighaia Young was r t" the head and was very talkative. His wife, Amelia Folsom, of the Bluffs, that was,* was with him. She has how a fival, I "beDieve, or Is to have. "The'temple, tabemacl,'e Brigham's houses and gardens, the City Hall, State House, &c. are all fine build ings. The theatre is the best I have seen west of Chicago, better than Debars at St, Louis and about the size of W ailacks, New York. It has the finest scenery, appointments, &c.that I have seen; equals any New York. Couldock and his daughter are starring it now and the stock company of native talen is excellent. I have been twice; seen him'as lago and as thb Advocate in the Lost Cause* Everybody goes to theatre, men, women and children* All trade here i^ barter, swap, no money* Saw whole settlements with*not a hundred dollArs in i"'.* They'go'to \he theatre and pay in wheat; to church and pay iTi onions, &c. The numbeT of children is a^tondshing; it beats All I ever ' saw. I stood on corntr of one block and counted 72, all belonging to tha block. ' ' ' . tlrrf, chotlain, Lirs. fr^cy and sevei41 of the gentile ladies have been very attentive; send us fruit, get up parties nightly, andmlrs. Chetlain and Oerf, C. desire eepeclftlly to be remembered to you. Mrs. C. goes East this faff they Will never get her back hero; is very bitter on the I hope to see you before long; the days and nights begin to grag. \ 'M. ' ■ ■ ' August, 1867. ^ . Time goes fast as-Jt'ha-''e so much to do. I got a long letter fromNate ,a bout matters. JEverything goes jright except my lumber. House says that' Snyder would not receive it as it was badly sawed and rotten. I have written him. iiatters East in my department goes from bad to worse and keep me In hot water all .the time. Evans being gone, Hill and Brown killed, it p\its me to my trumps to keep things moving. I am glad you get along so well at home., garden and trees. iVe will have to leave for Wg^shington about November 15th as Congress sets ' Stovember 21st, and 3rou want to prepare; make up your mind what shall - Jbe done with house, horses, carriages, &;c. I think I shall sell off most of the stock this fall. I wrote « you that Bailey could sell to build barn with. If he has good luck he oufi^t to mak some money this season, Nate says he has $10,000 in 'bank now of adne and there must be 8 more in Omaha, St. Louis and New Yor, or coming in. , ^ I am glad Bal^iin did not take me in on my proposition, as the wheat and flour trade will be precarious this season. Shall put money into sdme^hing that will pay when I return. I am certain now that Dr. Robttlns can do well with us if he is not doing well at Kansas I City and while we are at Washington he can have oxir house, if he w&rts it", however, they know beat wh-1 to do. shall hava •<> short a time at home before we leave for Washing ton tWat I want to gilt mgr things in, shape. Kim 1 would like to keep, to look after our houaa, horses and f^rden and haul wood, &c.and I AiJgust, 1867. , . /' suppose you ' ill take one of. the girls on to Washington. George is the best, neatest and quickest boy I ever ha^i. -I meant to set out some small fuirt trees iftiis fall and will do it yet if n©t too late rhen i return. ••• ■ ^ Write me to -Fort- Sanders. Kiss the girls', the baby and let me kncrw how you get along. ' Do you' get rll my letteT^ now? Remember me to* the folks at Kansas City- Dr. Lettie and^'children.. n T ■ S. SeymcAir*^ th Gen. Dodge, Cheyenne, "M; *. ' Have received orders from President Ames ,tb. adopt 80- foot maximum grade on eastern'slope of mrcktf ills, and to examina and j:>eport ori western slope. I desire your co-operation in thi's matter |and as haste is important* mxist have maps and profiles of preaent line to work'from on both slopes, also Uaxweil's party during time necessary, so that work wi'll not'lse delayed and facilitate maps and profiles for Blickensderfer. Please telegraph necessar- authority and instruct ons "immeiiately. Blickensderfer makes 22 feet dffference in levels from summit to Crow Creek. jess.-^ L. Williams to Gen.'-ffSdge, Fort I'ayde, 3lt iVrote you whild East two istt'-rs-to Salt I^ke and to Fort , .'O-* ;,'C r<ff ■ „ ,, . Bridger. The everlastlnfe briige qfieitKn U ■still m-eltled. The report "«.lch 1 read to the board «a« uflfcVetood t'- be preliminary, awaiting further look at river Vt low and hl,o the euo(W»f at Rnnoas Argiist, 1867, City, Llr, Chanute writes iliie that they hope to get all foundations in this fall. He has a boat and fixtures/ and sounds tbe depth of the water aJTtSr every little rise, and finds deep s-curing which is rather unfavorable, especially for* the Omaha site. The July flood washed away the aahd bar just wM^e one of his piers vidre to stand, 30 ft. deep " This freqrent sounding in the summer we have rather neglected. Kr. Rouse has sounded once at the Omaha side at the Li. & LI. Crossing, and found some changes from last winter but nbt Very great. I wish we had SOuh'dlft'^ in liAy after the^bi^ flood. Llr* Ames says he will go out with me In October. 1 will then ask you to put oh a party for two or three weeks or so to make r ' additional and aoareful surveys at certain points, fhe exact location of the li. crossing should be made, sites of lines exactly fixed, ».' • - I f* '- ^0, The exact location should be made through South Omaha so as to" get the rif^t of way and the feasibility and codt af cutting -^town 1 the summit hereafter^ with the grades I propose (different from Evans) tested. Then at Child's crossing, I should like to have the curves run through *the ridge and the cost of an ^00 ft. tunnel estimated. I made this deep cut from the profile much more favorable than you T * did, but I m8^ be in error. I mention these surveys now knowing » that you may be scarce of engineers. Perhaps lir. House or Evans could 7 do it or some new man the board may be sending out. ' There iS another reason far surveys- it ^ill help get the rlglit of i^dy. Eor this August, 1867. . ;■■ ■' , ' • A purpose too, everyth;ng should be kept indefinite until the right of way is obtained on both lines, , ' . ' ; ' To enable you to make proper fiqal locations from Black Hills to Salt Lake, you must have two or three additional engineers more expereinced^ in hilly location and construct ann than- those you havej '^i^^hout^ th-tS, no chief engineer coi^ld be expected to take the responsi bility-seeing the line as he can, but once or twice a year. You ought to have two $5000 engineers. I have stated to the committee earnestly that they should be willin- to spend $20,000 in additional salaries for the purpose. They seen »illing but dont know where to find them. I esteem Evans very highly for the work he has been dging for three years past. He is a man of good alignments, but probat-ly has not ' ne mijch at definite location and construction; however, I may be • - - « . , mistaken. Evans in the future might answer very well for one. The selection is wit^ you. Advise me ,at what time you will return. Grant's lettei^ to Johnson and other issues will make him the Union nominae-and. aXoct him. T t j'.'i: sso • . Gen. Dodge to Col. S, Seymour , Salt Lake, Sept. 1. f 4 1 have no maps or profiles with me of Black Hills; they ' ' • L, . must be at Sanders or Omaha, Maxwell's party must move west. Lam- ' ' ■ ^ " .-'A . : ■ . ' . bart's iaPty can.Jae used for Black Hills surveys. Judge *,.-A. Carter to Gen. Dodge, Fort Bridger, Sept. 1; ■ - !>«||, ■ , Your favor enctosing pass 6ver the TT.P.R.R.for myself and • < > 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. 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Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Book 1866 civil war General Grenville M. Dodge Union Pacific Railroad https://archive.councilbluffslibrary.org/files/original/8fb81312804b9c567e3a3655656fd4d0.pdf 4347b2eda677e02ba123b2e9db015f98 PDF Text Text December, 18G7. . , could geti I have never in estimating any work takeji more pains, though' there may yet be . contingencids. and changes iprelative cost; yet it is as near right as .fcaot be.JbacU In estimating the cost, I add at lower Omaha and also for 4 piers at Child's Mill. I have conferred with both Chanute and McAlpinv At Child s mill some of the 4 piers may possibly be fotmded in some different way but I think the'dost will be a;bout the same. As a matter of course I did work better at moddrate-depth much easier and^much cheaper, and so the estimate shows. i ^ ^ , ... - Col. J.. 0. ' Hudnutt » came f over #and staid a day with me this week • • 'A# left with me for you a copy of his report, estimates and profiles.^ •hiesd I will send you 08,11 tod£^. ^ ^ « . Oi 1, Clark to Oen. Dddgo, Des joiner , 1; ' ' If you have not already made the acquaintance of Josiah MoUioa;'fldq.,-you will allow me to introduce him to you as an old comrade end very parti«»laf Jrl.»d o;C^mlne. He la ono of your oon.otltuents and has been for ametlme a clerk In the 2nd Auditor's office. Jas. A. Evans to Oen.^ Dodge , Port^Sanders, 1- yoU« leVt9ra.of the nth, 17th ai^d 23d of Hoveubor arc here • g, last letter fro. Oaati. oonaldor.d aVeply to oil exoeol the latter.- I4.e-n your l.tt.r .f ^.tructions'reaohed me the In charge of Morgan had pa.a.d hep. on their way to'Omaha. Mr. U. has as December, 1367, . ' •' j i-",' you know left the road, Appleton.and two of his party are here now doing office work. !, '■ Bates has gone East; his party has gone to Salt Lake City, He ' • (Bates) wasted several weeks §f good weather here, and now the weather *'is such as to make outside work impossibl at present, I have watched "the movements of this party and coae to this conslusion- that aside from the man Smith they re as a party nearly useless. The present head of the party is certainly not^the man you require in the emergen cies of next season* W ,, - Maxwell's axvA O'Neill's parties are here now, weather-bound. Location finished by O'Neill to Updicine Bow- and thence by Maxwell line to North Platte and from Medicine Bow to siumnit of BrowN's Pass, I am keeping the parties here th.inking that perliaps the weather may yet enable us to finish work east of North Platte. Winter commenced here in earnest one *«k since; it has been stormy since and is snow ing now. The mncationa are ralther unpromising, still v.e may have after this'stormy time some'godd weather yet and by taking hay with us may be able to" finish, T am particularly desirous to'mkke connection from Maxwell''s ll«e to Brown's. , The changws spoken of in one of your letters east of Medicine : BOW are made andt the line now is final. VliUe this bad weather continkel the'parties «Mt:do office wofk, and as soon as it improves will ^ke'e'^er* available man out there and settle the question. It may • " December, 1867. . J if result in the loss of our animals. What you .say about lines over Black Hills cannot be otherwise than gratifying to me, and now to f, crdwn the Whole absurdity I am told that in consequence of some mistake in their levels they have a 90 fobt grade after all. As soon as this pressure is oter I itend making a elose cas&i5arison between the lines, which, in the shape 'of a report to you, will, I hope, sometime be per mitted to see'daylight. If you can, where you are, make some arrangements by vhich our new town here can be made --eoure so that we will haye no trouble with "outsiders. Ithal I would eug(?S8t la thkt'it be oonsidered a military reservation as at present and so far ba" outsiders are concerned |in the future. You will un«erstand by 'what 1 say that whaUcLs required U_ that we have emclualve right there-perhaps If would be well for you to write to Augur about it# With reference to next seMoiis wdrk I have this much to say that aside from your.elh I am 'fa'dt losing respect for all in hlyh position on the r.P.R.B. the last dsvelppmsnt Is- thaf beoauas I was honestly and isgltlmatsly making a little In my tie orntract-they must need go back and curtail It one half. glYlng It to two parties whom 1 verily relieve eteal more from them annually thwi-lcshall make In a proper " from my little eontraot. tt kioms to me now that this country Is to be m,"fut»rs 'home fo^ all tl4llHMtA». oohneotsd with the R.R. or otherw'lse. and for the' next .Wson lf ation can be made to^ ^ December, 1867. warrant my devoting my whole time to engineering., I will take charge iinder you cf the work to Green River or to Salt. Lake, if you wish it. When in Omaha and in connection with the curtailment of the tic contract Dillon t'ld me that they wante-^.me to continue in the engieering. I told him that I cared nothing about it, that there was nothing to be made pecuniarily, and that if, a desire were shown to make a li,ttle reputation srme one woiild bo furnished an opportunity to steal it away. The fact is I suppose that I am disappointed in men, and, I am very sure that had it not been for my. promi^-e ,to you to see to this work here I should have dropped it then. A. J. Poppleton to Gen. Dodge, Omaha, Nov. 30: Yours of Nov. 21st enclosing letters to Oliver Ames, Pres. from,Charles W. .Hamilton, in relation .to the preemption of lirs. Augus ta D.sreenle® is received. • . I,d0 not feol satisfied with the Coimlssionor's decision and I have had this deoieion reversed so often by the Secretary of the int erior, that in myraatter of my own nt clearly hopeless, i should always appeal. If, however, the dompan, t^lnk Itbest to withdraw the appeal, 1 Will take ploasdhe In followins any diro-tlon to that effect. l!ere n my own matter t would press it to the tribunal of last resort unless at least h's hslesdmid tb the Compan, sufficient ground for tation and depot purf^os^. ^ , I Knew t:rs. Creenl.si during the whole time ehe was In the country / itJ •- fe' December, 1867. * ' t ^ • • T . . - • , , In my opinion she *was in no sense a bona fide settler. She was simply a paramour of'Oeor^e Bridge, who used her, among other purpose s, to make the pi''eemption for his benefit. She lived on it just long enough to t"' e the oath and then left T-Tebraska and has not been here for 8 years, rK'-J Ifotc:- 11.' P.. Morgan's lots, -blieyennej* - - Note;- Checks- drawn in favor of G. m. Dodge in check book, not included in vouchers. ' Note:- List o "checlcS drawn on the 1st National Bank, that."do not appear on the stubs of checfk book. ' i * ' ; s.. ^ Seymour to r?en.Dodge, Nev/'York, I have received this morning by mail from"Port Sanders a dispatch of which'the following is a copy^ "Omaha, .Oct* 'SSth, 1867. Col.S . Seymour;- Suspend all further survey^ in Blfick Hills* ^r, Lambert's party Is needed for other work; (Signed) G. U. Dodge Chf. Eng. V.'ill you be good ertotigh to inform me at whose instance or by whose authority tfte afeove 'ISpHtOh was sent and oblige. _ .. ^ W, SnydT to'Oei^. fco,3.'^e, Ottah*-* « ' ,**» , ■ ^ • J. thlnW'Hyira tiers Is flgmrlrrR for promotion and will probab ly ask you ti assist film. I dofiH know how he expected to work It, bu It has always'appeared to me that ho triad to black us In accounts instead of aaslatlng. It may be that ho wanto.to hol,J the rod over U3. If ho has any favors to' ask I th»ali:U no more than fair that he ^ !»■ .■'ill' i") Deceraber, IS 67. i should first audit some of our qld accounts, at least put through his office claims that we are justly entitled to and which ought to have I been paid months since. We want nothing but what is just, "e stand no show with speculators; have to bog hard for everything we get and furnish passes for all his relatives, friends apd acq^iaintances, J. F, House to Gca. Dodge, Omaha, 2:- I sent tills day by Merchants Union Express map of 6th hun- t ■ ^ . .. dred miles. I hope it will prove correct; have endeavred to make it so. -The discresancy in stations is unavoidable; there are so many breaks that it is almost impossible to get the correct distances. I have looked it over crofully, added and subtracted differences and am. oonfldont tha (Sth tandred'miles ).lll end about «here It is placed. The Commissioners.EO out tonigh tto examine frcM the 490 mile post fo the 610th. Track la laid beyond the 526th and Is measured to thot point. 1 have ordered L-mbert In rnd am non engsrsed In settlnE up- his aooounts for the qettleBent.' I shaU let him go,- we can do ♦ noch TDetter than retain hln. t am surprlswd J"" ' .-•e have been kept so ouch at other business It is hardly more than oo-e«.d. 1 will Pbt as many men at work n It as ban- be employed «.ct will eet It off as soon as possible. Ur. Lamhecl* will probably not b. called off to do other work till it is finished. He thinks it December, 1867. will take to the last 'next week. I smi sorry that it couad not have been done before; one map of the 6th h" ndr^ed miles and work done for LIr. ^lickensderfer took up so much time that It was impossible to do more. What action was taken in regard to the bridge location at the last meetin.':; of the board? I received this morning the profile of Ifr, ITudnutt's line through town,'and the telegraph crossing, •bu'' no expla nations. The river is still open and" the weather quite pleasant, but little snow on the ground. Baldwin was here yesterday; all well and prosperous at the-Bluff: He will finish.''is grading this week. I hear nothing further regard ing the clahm to yur lot on Jackson oi». . Llr. Poppleton is now absent and will be awa'Jr o bout 20 days. When he. ceturns wl^l find, out whether there was any action taken at this tena of court. J. E. House to Gen, Dodge, Omaha, 3: t , Enclosed please find L,r. Henry's estimate of th-e Ist hun .red .illes. I did not.find the original j'ou spoke of, In fact did not >ake a thorough look over the prpers in your desk but this.is an ,«ei- «py of the basis we u'ssd-as copied In the bisk and is what was Ussft a bMto for estimates to oontraotors after tlie' line was ohsnged down Mud Creek, I oannot make a basis for new estimate till after 1 get the quantities; am now busy mkktng out estimates from the 100th vr-■ December, 18G7. ,•« .v. r,*> ■ meridian'to Cheyenne; will finish it as soon.as I. can-; ' . U Ur; Van Lennep has coiae in and is engaged nt the present for me on plans, maps, ^-.c. He works at )is.report during spare time, also is getting,up plan for case to hold speciments 5^0. I propose closing .j. , 'the upper part with sliding glass windosw. ""hat do you think of it? Note:- Admission fee, received, Military Ord;er of the Loyal Legion. Ren. Dddge to J. E; House, Washington 3: * ■ I enclose the Wilson contracts, whic'. cancel and change. Set out aJtount of 1st payment so that they will not stand on books aga'insl me.' Make .out Quit Claim Dee a for .them to (blank) and send \ them^tome, Ho Cr.Jwill be given at present to let accounts for Mmt. but iota wtll be macked-n^HH as other lots, where ^Qnit Claim Deed is sent out* "• * h j. * ' Gen* Dodge to Jr House jr Washington 3.- I haTS mo profile I.- her^ . trpm Fort Sanders , -T to Sta. 4727 located line, t got today profile fro^ 4727 to 5280 and to 358 (7th hundred. Send M a# ebWn possible profile,from Fort Sanders to 4727. note:- Idat, Of Washington correspondents. * . ■ ■ ■ a Note:- Bruftk 1867* . " ■ '-o.j-l i- . j[#T a 1 f» J". ,E. House to Oeji. Docjgo.^ . I send yau this dwy by Merchants Union Express tracing of map OfCheyenne. 1^have not^put on the Denver Branch as y u requested, not knowing where it will come in or in what part of the town I left a ' December, 1867. . ' . r , it off. You can mark it on with pencil for'the lithorgraphers, or if you ^111 wait 8 or 10 daj'S tlie line will be run and then it can be located v/ith some certainty. . , ■ I an at work upn a. fire proof building for paints, oils and. varnish for Kr.. Snyder. iTie Size is 20 x 32, 15 ft. story in the Clear with flat roof; outside wallstto be.16 ft, high^ ' The wor' still goes on slowly briding the riverj unless they get to driving piles soon they will have but little ure for it, for the winter will be half gone before the bridge is flnlalied^- ' Our bank account to date is overdrawn $803.32, I,®^jpect a small remittance from Talpey today or tomorrow which I .hope wiil carry us j along till you authorize *me to draw or forward me a draft. I have three blank drafts signed by you as Chief Engineer and by ordering me to draw by telegraph'1 could make it to meet the present wants. Mr, Snyder went Yest with Commissioners last riight to look after yho west end of the road. It requires a great deal of work to make it suitable fo winter; tanks and houses are in bad condition, in fact there are no tank hou sea west of Potter; pums are oUt. of order and it is almost impssible to keep a euppry of water on hfwid. The weather here is still m'ild and the river' d^an'; water has fallen greatly since oold weather c<?mmenced, '-^e elefation of surface of waur today is minlaium 1.15, the lowest watSr we have ever had. The Ferry has difficult work crossing. BV/ h'ta 1. H December, 1867. f .1 have vouchers on hand to date, viz: ■ • ■ . I-L. L. Hills, $4086.51. Vv. f- "• Hodges. ♦ ji I ,, Van Lennep ".'liy-'f: ■' I I 'f, 'i Jas. A. Evans. Thos. H. Bates % P. T. Brown J. E. House , . Thos. H. Bates y&n. Lambert I Thos. H. Bates J, E. House i ,r.- 7099.67. 605.25. 5040.47 6254.54. 3498.69 4851.63 2817.06. 3428.81 3320.46. I 'Oil f;- Vf 2 .11, . * f a-'-i/c n IZ^-hn ..,' 1 897.96 Town lot. - ^ ' Shall I forward them to yoti at Washington, or to. New York or hold them till yo^i arrive here?" Appleton's and Maxwell's have not arrived. When ^as here there were some of his vouchers incomrlete and he took them west to correct. _ Jas. A. Wvans to "Gen. Dodge, Fort Sanders, 4: . ^ "^Maatwell anrf O'Neill left for the Rattlesnake Hills yesterday f follow Vhis^evening "and ovetn-ake them rt Rock Cre~k. We shall take forage*and hay *lth u8 and settle;i.he queation east of Platte River. The winter has fairly Set in and there will be but little more work done; ne heavy snow close, up everything. The last decision * * *■ with reference to Dale Creekie to trestle it. ^ ^ December, 1867"' * ' • • T I wis'-^ you could make? such arrangements with regard to the new town as would Jbace us ab'ove* the caprice of'anybodj'- he-re. It seemo to me that an intimation from'Gen. Grant or Gen. Sher*man' to subordinates o n the ground ^c-Ud be 'sufficient. If I have anything to dowith it it would suit me best to piace the milit a*ry and everybody on equal footing as nearly as pos'sible; of course, parties'here would have the advantage of being on the ground and it would be impossible t-^ neither is it desirable, tp proevent it. When the time cctoeS to lay it off, I propose with your consent doing it in this way. ffrst, taking a much smaller area than at Cheyenne and second, making tho lots smeller in the business part of the town. A8 tot the oodo Of'selling-I reoomiend thafa iMmlmuin price be fixed and that tM afeent be paid a:peroentage upon all sales, resefving risldiy tW alternate lota until-the lots on either side of.the reserv^e'ite dlspneed of, then increase tho ^Initauni price ^ certain per cent. Thines hero on We V^ad ,8o far aa gradinB la concerned are movinc along Verj- nicely but at great expenso»-.Wis work must be costing in the Black 'Hills'fully 50 tier cent more than if it was done by contract, ' moat of It being done by the c<aap4ny under Superintendents. I estimate there will be conelderable delay at the Sale Creek,crossinc '•The folks aVo after S.mH. wry -aharp and it Beams to me with out much cause. He sMst have tho paUence of a m-rtyr to stand it. December, 18G7 . < sufficient tp.j justify an attempt to return; I am therefore anxious to have,my salary increased so that my early return may be facilitated. :in your efforts to promote me last spring you succeeded admirably and no doubt you would meet with lilce success now. J.' E. House to Oert. Dodge, Omaha, 6;- ilr; ' Yoiiro of the 30.th ult. 'jdst received. I have forwarded no matter whatever to New York except to your address and that ohly for a short tima. All-maps, .profiles, &c. have been sent direct to Wash ington. * Hhen Lir. ^urant was here he too k away with him a tracing of the '' • twwn of'^heyenne with the Idts..colored up that contracts were issued for, also those that were reserved noted. I can think of nothing more that has gone to'the New York office. He demanded that and took it ^ direct from this oi'fice, Mr.-.Hedge's profiles an'i maps were sent ^ ilov. 50th; Dec. 3d, map of .6th hundred.miles was sent. I sent to your ^ address New York about Nov.* 12th pr'files of Black Hills line to Laram e Hlver. All coaiiurUcatiOns^ and information received at this office has'bee^ forwarded to you proojittLy and to n- one else. Mr. Snyder has just returned from the West, saw him about estimateHe says he sent it to yotS-soiiieitime agoj^irected to the New York office. He has given me the original, am having-a oopy^^ad® and will send as , Boon as completed." • f, , < 784 • ■ » , ^ | ■ December, 1867. A part of Maxwell's party came in this morning; will settle with them'tpday. Mast have some funds as soon as it can be sent. The remittance from Talpey was consumed before reaching here, bding mostly orders drawn by chiefs of parties and vouchers for himself. Mr, Evans ^.eft Sanders on the 3d with Maxwell anri O'.Neill to make the connection between Maxwell's, line west of the divide and Brown's line dpwn Pass Crebk. It seems from what I can gather that Maxwell gets a good line over .the jaoutains, but connects with Bates at mouth of Medicine Bww. Brown gets a godd line on west side^t North Platte, Bvaas wants to make the eastern part of Maxwell s line available and the western part of Brvwn's to North piatte. He thinks it can be done and has gone out for that puriM>se. -The party started sometime ago, got atorm-bound at Little Laramie and were obliged to return. There is about 10 Inches 6f snow at Sanders, none to speak of in the Bla'ok Hlllo. The track la t»elTe ulles west of.Cheyenne. The meesurecl dletance from the Initikl'point .to Sta. 0 oT lir. Evan's Black Hills line is 518 miles and 256 ft, • • I am Esttlng alone nicely with the Oregon mapj pushing It with all the force tha't can work on it. The lot. mr-tters ore pretty well worked up, and our abstract books are Just the thine When I ,.a at Cheyenne'Talpey told me that t^ie d.linquenoiee emong the officers would be adjusted as soon ae the paymaster oas,e._ Capt. Lltohfleld eaid h»-.»buld take thoee Uorgan lots, and that ( December, 1867. * , is the last of it; has not been to see ae since nor paid any money. It seems to me those men are presuming too much on your generosity. Gen. Dodge to J. E. House, Washington, 7: You send me estimate of cost on 1st hundred miles but do not send me the memorandum that the proport:onate cost was dividdd on for $50,000 per mile. Henry added a certain proportion for each to bring cost up to contract price so that intere"st could be calculated, Board have had no meeting yet,' will have'none until latter pert of this month. Bridge question will* not be decided for present. Gen. Dodge to a. E. House, Washington, 9:- ' • Do you know whether Lr. Davis is at work on the land to make ' u . . the report? I ordered him to write to me and have yoU get land nap under ray so I can sutait it with repo'rt. They are preesing-me in New York for these matters. Will send draft iii a dyy or two. I herewith.enclose draft for'five hundred dollars which place on books. Send me the vouchers to go to New York 'with kbstracts made up. • ■ T - I will examine and forward. , . P. E. Appleton to Gen. Dodge, Fort Sanders, 9:- • I write to ask you concerning Liajor Chesbro^s salary for the l„t e.aeon. 1 do not feel'justif i'ed In iJaying him bill 4V5 per month, . the ralary that he had last year, nor scarcely authoriaed in paying him .ore, ae no arrangeiaent"for an advance has ever been made. The ■K'i: December, 18C7. i - T • % - u only thin.r^ in reference to the matter was Llr, Brown's verbal promise that he shon]d have ^100 per mnitth given before starting out last t • • • spring. I think he has been worth it and would recommend the advance. I am sorry to have troubled you with writing, but have done so for- fear that I shoul" not see you before I accompanied the body of * my friend. Brown, home. . J. B. House to Gen. Dodge, Omaha, 9: Enclosed please find Q.C.Deed s for those lots in Cheyenne embraced in the Wilso^i. contracts. I hove charged town lot act. with '*■ ' # . . * j , ■ the amount of 1st payment and have canceled them on contract book. ' ' ' • 'V . ^ - I have had t-wo deeds made .out for each lot, one calling for the orig-ina-^ purchase money, the other left blank. Please return those you do not use. I could not tell by your letter whether you wanted the original • 1 ' 2 c Jprice inserted or not, therefore had two copies made. -r. WiU send you profile tomorrow from the Big Laramie to Sta. 4700 ,1 supposad.,^ou did not care for those profjms as they were already at the office before you left. I have discharged l^r. Lambert and placed Ferguson in charge of ^^.is party with instructions to inish the'towns ' ' ' ' ^ 'I » this side of Cheyenne as sonn as possible. ^ J. E. 5puso to Gen. Dodge, Omaha, 10;- , : l toaay by mall prefilea from Sta 3<fo8-io 47S5 of 6th hun6r.d miles. The Oreson. map'ls ommplet.a and tracing *■ commenced December, 1867. will send it in a few days. The driving of pile in the Llissouri River was co-jnenced yesterday^ in the P. LI, There will be tw steam drivers at work in a few days. The grading on the west side is completed. Today will have the foundation staked out for a fire proof building for pdint, stores, S;c. and it will be out up immediately. Kr, Cleburne is kept constantly on the road west, staking out « • '4 . sida tracks, tanks, wells, coal sheds and looking after all the work that is being done. I never saw such delightful feather as we are T now having, it Is almost eq.ual to those pleasant days in early Oct er. 1 have hoard nothing fro;v, the west since the 1st of the month; H. U. Hoxie to Oen. Dodge, Omaha, 10:- I Your lettors to Lir. Snyder came this P. M. ahd find him on his way to Cheyenne. He will return the last 6f the week and will •anewer then giving statement you require. « .. .* i * , When Pongreea»en know how much it cefets to build this road thoy will hardly meddle with tarriff I think. The fact the fuel fbr the entire road hea to be brou#t from Missouri and Iowa and dont cost less than $30 to ,|35 per ton on an average and much more west of juloaburg, seems to ms .111 r.fute all their arguments-- but Hr. S. will answer artd-not I. I sm'sMtVtnC >«»Poraily at the offtoee-. Should like the Asst. sup.rlnt.nd.nt pUoe and hope my friends will get if for .ae. Road is . , r.' December, 1867. done about 15 miles west of Cheyenne. 1 think Reed wont reach the summit. He is slow; makes an excuse he has not had thcirm which is his own fault. No^water is the trouble and he is the one at fault. I trust you will' take care of LIr. Snyder anrl myself at meeting on 20th. Regards to your wife. Gen. Dodge t' his wife, T-'ashington, 11:- I arrived here this A. M. and have been'to work all day. Have an appointment with See. of Interlo'r for tbmorroW and hope to get throuBh. though I may run against a stump I met Oen. Grant "and all his military familyV they». ere all gla to see me, thot«h Grant pitohed into me for runn'.ns for Congress. I was on Floor (»f House today "and they howed me consi-derable atten tion-cLuatered'round me and all congratulated me on taking Kasson's place. .Gotir. Sanders of nibraska is here, also Gen. Rice and Col.G.G. carpenter who.uaed to"be my chief Commissary. The Mexican Minister, Remoro, called tonight but l' did not sse him, do not know what ho wantedJ Kasson was In House, saw me'there hut did not come near me. Jao. Evans to Gen. edge. Fort Sanders, 11; I find your letter of "Rov. 26th on my return from the Rattleenake hijle. The maps and profiles will be sent as soon as thoy can >e made, wbi.; will he in the courae of a week, and aucb other December, 1867. < I infomation as may be pertinent. _ . • #ii:' . There is no possible way of connecting the two lines of Llaxwell • • ^ p and Brown on the western slope without such. an i;mdulation as would increase the total elevation at the same time in creasing distance very • - ^ • t - - X *" - •* ^ S much. It seems-to me now that east of the. Platte there is no question but that Brown's line is the one for us to take. The notes are in such a state of forwardness that^ii^ a day_or so it will be possible for me to make such a comparisoneand submit to you as will enable you ii-' fair understaodii^S Qf matter. This I will dQ in advance 6f sending you the map, &c. The track lo. now within 5 miles of Caraichaels. It may be that tlle^ Mil-succeed in getting 20 miles of mountain work, .' J0S, Ai. Evan»*fto Gen. Dodge, Fort Sanders, 12: A x»0|»«i*«on of lines into th valley of ^itter Creek, start ing from- our crossing of Kedicine B»w River will show the following charaotoi-istlcs:- Tn,e'X'may be considered as three distinct lines, 1st:- Valley, crossing Platte near mouth of that stream* ■ - . 2nd. By Maxwell's Plntte at noarly oamepoint U'.-- Jpa., By r-r,wn's sttimlt, croaainc Platte about 5 miles bel«w A'/- ' mouth wf Kas Cfeak. We will suppose teat Ko. 1 & 2 o^e Into the Brnwri '4(nd AppflOtOf^ W r; December, 18G7. :.T L ■ Distance No, 1 154.5 miles. No* 2 159,75 miles, 'No. 3 ---139,8 " j •*» o • ) V •r Mftrn' itiv ;.'vJ Elevation No, 1 1532 ft. Depression 1290 ft. " 2 -—1880 " 1644# ---2060 " " - "" • 1824, j" ■■ ii Maximum Grade 1 85 ft. i ■ K-Jt '.o . ... ■ ~ 2 86 ft,- '■* •'-oxtf/'unr'icl He -uz ' 3 --- 65 ft, " d-.M-n • It will be seen that'the shortest'line has the'lowest maximuiu grades and the greatest amount of elevation and depres.sion. The line by way of Medicine Bow Valley has the least amoPnt .of undulation, is nearly 15 miles longer'and much the worst profile as well as the greatest difficulty of "construbtion and the worst alig];iment. The Shortest line shows the best all things considered. We are getting up a map now nearly co..*pleted showing all the lines; will send a Upy as eboh as completbd, ' Am furnishing Heed with profiles OS feat as made," re'tainlns a copy iVdre and -.endins one to Omaha 1 expect"to be in Phileadiphla abiut the lOtb gf January- will mi you what day- If you do not donie to 0.iah«before. .pehhaps you will need relocation, by" that time and It uay be that the Information you wish will reach you In that way as qulclc as any other; h«f« we can December, 1867. • « meet there. I would not suggest this but my stay East will be very sljort, and I would like to talk with you about arrangements for the coming year. . • • M J. E, House to 6en. Dodge, Omaha, 12:- ^ ^ Our account at Bank is overdrawn to date about ten thousand (5:10,009) and should drafts come in as rapidly for the rest of the month we will be behind $20,000. I must now hold vouchers to the amount of $500^00. - • The Oregon map will be sent tomorrow, it is nearly completed. I then let Llr., I«abach. go hpi^ie to remain during the holidays. He takes the notes and rough map of the 6th hundred miles along witfi him to work up The tracing ;ent you was made from a map on Pos^ office paper an^' ver^ roughly at that. kr. Cleburne is at work on the land map colbring up land; will have a tracing mVde 6f land map and send to you when the coloring is cmmpleted. ^ . . . , . ^ Yeatax^y was very disagreeable, rain and snow alf day.^ , - 14. 'Jelun Warford to Oen. Dodge, Adel, Iowa, 12. , ; I am,satisfied that his hoart'is nearer right (politcally) ' toah'Ifoel»s; however, that is not saying much for I4r. Smith. Ur. S. has been a Democrat for many years and I think is still a Democrat, put my motto is, let any one have the office in prefewenos to a ranegade Reublicaiit r- ,v ■ ; s;. t. !■ ft 'M'.. December, 1867. ^ ■ :■ ,4 ■/ X . . '■ . £it H. C. Crane to Gen. Dodce, New York, 13: Below is copy of resoliition passed by 'f'rustees iStli irist. "Resolved that the Secretary be instructed to telegraph Gen. Dodge to come to New York an'-T lay'before * the Trustees the'profile of the work to be done the coming suuuaer on the road as far as located." Will you please furnish as desired'soon as possible, < J. E. House to Gen. Dodge, Omaha, 13:- • I have today paid Evans' draft of $2500» and have ? ' ' r . 4 • |3500, reported th-^ t is still out. The January Bank statement must be made, and they want to call in all their discounts,.and as we , ' ' r . now stand, will need {17000 to balance accounts.' Voxichers will be ^ sent today amounting in aggregate {48,974.80. Those returned in December are not ready. I have again made an'unsucoassful search after the Henry estimate I sen.-' yon additional data, Vhlch I hope will he "e-'ough to make the matter Cleer to you. They"are the only figures we used'in making estimate to contractors. I also'send estimate of 3d hundred rn ldes, ..commepcing at 100th meridian; that is as far^s I have it completed. : I send-summaiy of Evanls. eatlmate of laet'wlnter whidh'mny he of help to yen in the absence of all figuroaj also Some memortod* of yours made in New York last winter. " ^ The land map Is heing colored up and cannot he pushe^^any faator December, 1867. • t ' at the present. 7'ili get off the tracing as soon as I can. Llr. Hodges arrived this morning. He will get up his Bear Hiver « . . .. mpp, &c, then wants to go home; wants t do his work here. Snyder to Gen. Dodge, Cheyenne, 13:- Your favors 1st and 7th inst. reached me here this morning. * I propose to remain until everything is in shape. Track to Col. Carlin quarters. Fort D.A.Russell is completed. We are delivering them now about forty cars daily. Every pound (some 4,500,000) of their freight has been moved from Julesburg besides 7 large v.arehouses and we are shipping for them now from 100 to 150 tons daily from Omaha. We can close up their entire shipments in one week. Thora was.aoao delay a couple »eeks since In the movement of aU froioht and construction material, owin- to the scarcity of water and freezine o pumps whan tai>ka «9r« not encloaed, but weather is fine now; have had wells depened and anticipate no more delays. I am h; ving 6 large snow plows constructed and 24 smr Her ones. Will « n have them, distributed at each engine house ready' for work. As soon as 1 osn get depots, tank houses, section houses and coal sheds completed I will put up some snow fences" H this end of the road. Am working how every can>enter I can got to enclose our buildings. . Rssd dent keep up with his work; tanks not sncloscd, cuts and embank ment. not in .hsp. to run trains safely; nit a bridge between Sidney and Chsyenn. that ought pass muster. 1 have to gO over every foot of the i • • . .." - December, 1867. u :' ■ * 1 j ' work but "dont like to write New York about it fearing 'they' will consid- • v'' - _* . , » li-A er me a hnbitual gr wler. I think track will be laid, if weather pemits, to point 20 mile * < . . t « west of Crow Creek. Then I am informed it must stop as grading can- " • r not be got out of the way. Track is now about 12 miles west of Crow Creek. , -L. Gen, Casement has started for Washington. We had several closet inte.rviews with Dean before leaving. As I made him' pay us some $30000 for freight that he expected to get free, the Generals is ndt'orfd of my warmest friends. Next year the party laying tack and all other contractors this,would prevent ought to a repetition be obliged of to this pay tariff years rafes swindlingon their -there freight; | has been '' ■ ■ ■ - • - .1 plenty of it I assure you. '-al '■ * Wells Fargo & Co., who li-d"the dontract for transportation of freig'^t west of road, got an increasing'Stale-of pricaa .«ohthly after August, and their freight was not crowdSH upoii them. ■ Bad'they taken from Julesburg or Hills Dale as'fast aS thef could thei*e would have been no difficulty, ''^hey wanted Decetnber prices, ahd Uyers and. his j^jents have always been easy with thfern .With'the fe *oe|rt.lron -of abott 10 days, ^en.we could not get a watei^'artd immediately after Qpening to this place, iiiere"has'never been any^deley In salving U.7. frei^t. We urged Uyers to let us Ship When they were i^9ving forward very little. Pike i» the ma'ster of c^rteonl^s- bUt haa.baori absent several days Track is not as far west as it ou^t , he and fair ■m: Deceober, 18G7, 'wV/y f < i weather cant ho collated on much long,er, ■ 1 ' I enf"! ose statement of facts for the DGpart,r.ent if any complaints are made abotit delay hero, Frieght is not go.ing forwa^ d to other posts as fast as we arp deliver'ng here, Vi^eather fair today an" Caf.euent's force at^work laying track. YIe are. in much better shape for winter than ve were tivooweeks since, and I keep praying,for a little more fair weather-. ■ , ^ Tiie :now bridge near Loup fvr'k is completed and trains crossing it. Te hope to have the Ills sour 1 bridged in two weeks. Business first rate, think we will do well during the winter. I dont want to work the road west •f' here this wintor, as tpaffic will b^ oi^l^.tho supplies for contractors, and that freight 6an be carried by -teams cheaper than by mil If we have- any showl . 'o — ' tr6 are delivetihg freight at Fort; Aj Russell faster than they can takfe «er«Pof it. hJ-vo. given them 2,000,000 IbB. aidgs. alone this past »eek besides large fluantitiSs of Imiber and hay. They have received everything that »«» »t Julesburg, InoJudlng buildings, So. and we are unloading for them the «. U. freight that left Omaha evening of 12th. At Omaha we are giving them all the cars they want and bring ing through prwptly. tare not no^ a loaded car slde-traoked between hare end Omaha. ITlll give <1. !i. Department preference over all othor shippers. ■rMd": December, 18G7. ' . , till their freight is throiigh, an^ If' quantities are'not larger than stated by Gen, Llyers. I will ship everything from Omaha this week. Gen, Dodge to J. E, House, 'Vashington, 16: ' • T send you profile to Sta. 358, 7th hundred miles; also Hodge's profiles, &c. I nolice grades on profile of location do not aV id shallow cuts as much as'they might and do not know as yoCL or Evans laid them. I will sfend the data and^oii can both of you ISok at it. I looked ovef* them hastily; and'the new grade may not fit as well as study may find one that will, T?hat I want is to avoid the cuts. I have tried to. ' ' ' •' « M. R. Morgan tc Gen, Dodge, Fort Leavenworth, 17:- , , -fours of the 10th is at hand. So f as I understand, ^ your brevet bill is a good one. 5 send you a copy of another ■ letter'ofm ne on the subject of an increase of the Subsistence Depart ment*. We nbodan Increase very much. I hear from Small that Gen, G. H. Th'omas has written to Gen. Garfleld. advocating greater increaaS * thah any of us have thoijght to as-k for. It would Ve the ,goo.d of the service to have an act passed llaiuins the iet^th of eenrtee- of Department officers tn Wash^neton to 5 conaequtive years." and that they Shall not_servo^there again *ien once rallevod until they have served elsewhere for at least two years, This -.ould give the officers in the bureau some better kMwledge than they now poseess aivl en-ble them to administer the affairs of thetr December, 18C7 , ^ . Department more Intelligently. YJhen. your, bill passes Augur must give up his co:.iancl, - r Snyder to Gen.. Dodge, Omaha, 17: ■ ■ ■ C - . * ■ I ■ The above is svfficiept equipment for our business, until track laying commences next spring. I anticipate a very large traffic next year; am adding daily to equipment turned out by our shops here, and think I could almost make all that will be needed next season. We make better coaches, freight cars, &c. than any that have been purchased.. , ^ ■ ' a c ♦ •• 0,» F. Davis to Gen. Dodge, Omaha, .ly*- ^ ^ ■ , I hnve hod 'nother list of the lands prepnred. Tie now have fkrae I'ists; one for entry at Land Office,, one to retain here, and ono to transmit «.» (Wpy.of land map of let 100 miles, and are now app- -■ raisins the lands In aocordands^wlth your sugcestion. The greatdr partof these lands must. In my.opinion, be appraised -t $2.50 - per acre though },h,y.«ill. soon be.worto more as the Gsvernment has so «ch' lend ad!!<.l«li« ® less by using land waj-rants. The list of land with appraised value b. .».ddy to transmit in a very few days when the traolns of the land map is ccmpleted with the lands of the Cmapany shaded, &c. : I visitednthe Land Oepartmnnt of the Ills. Cent. JL and of cedar Kaplds i-, Uor R.R. presented your letters,''w;s very kindly re ceived end every attention shown me. The sysWm or-the b.R. t Bo. R.R. December, 1867, , is not yet perfected as they have not yet obtained a title I think to all their lands, besides have recently been burned oVt, losing bldnks, maps, Sue, but in so far as they havfe gone 1 Mnk their system is an improvement to that of the ill. Cent; many of the'details being much more simple. I presume we might", as experience or judgment TO uld ■ dictate, improve on either of the above .rentioned systems. Our township plats, prepared at the Surveyor General* s office are superior to any I saw", an'd I having them mounted on cloth-much needed as I saw from the condition of those used by 111.. Cent,- then tiney can be bound. I s'an'd herewith sampl*e of blank used by the 111. Cent, as a tract book, being bound with the township plat, a sufficient number of them to contain all the lands in the township this with the plat i^akes a complete record", cOrrespnding to the plat and tract books of a Government land office. I would reeomtwend something simi lar for our use, and in getting up the blankb would almost wish to consult th/c.C. &MO. R.R.R. Land office again, as thfy have similar blanks to prepare and have use^ so much good judgment and skill in pij^pvAng their blanks thus far. Thi^^ tract book witlv the plats are in wy ojbalon tbe most importanl records to bo prepared and I should • -ij ' t .. . like to have them as complete as possible, . You .nontion the copying of the floW notes ffo. -the Surveyor . 0ener«l*8 office." • prosuae' you refer to the deBcriptlvo lists yhloh Deceraber, 1867. • « are found in the Lnd offices., To transcribe the field, notes in full would be.a tedious and expensive job, but a copy of the descriptive lists would take but a short tine and would probably be all that we would require, fhe plat;^ show the streams, bluffa, . timber, marsh or swamp land, 5:C. The descriptive lists give the soil, its quality, on every line, also whether rolling or lev^l and describe the whether past in mSund or'stone, &Cs Copies,6f thd descriptlv' lists could be bound with the plats and tract books and would make it.all very com plete, lucre so than anything I saw at Chicago, As the lands iepe ftot to be entered before oprip.g, I am anxious to hrve the necessary proceedings-had to cancel all homesteads on the R.R. lands^ before that time so'that all the lands claimed by.the Cmmpany can be'entered at once. It will take some little time and.vA,rouble to look up these homesteads and cancel them. - - Gen. Dodge to J. E. House, Washingtorr, 18:- " " - Yrura* of Dec. 12th is before me, also letter Jemclosing 03ttaat,s'. »:o. I do not nnderstand .iactly youf statonont aW over draft. I save j/ou » check coverlne you notes before I left; and If ,ou look s.t the books you vrlU see ft charged up and that whan I left . halane. -a. In bank (after yJur note w s taken Up) of some 2 or t3000 and whatever the drafts have been given on you In excess of- Peeeips for lot. and drafts remlttsd you, would he tfie overdraft. If hank etlll holds that note It fa wronc, or if atlil ehargsd up to me it is wrong. "'.ri '^fCj Lr-f.', December, 18C7. * ' I shall not go to Omaha iintll Febrti^ry or Liar oh, but shall be in New York fbr a couple of*weeks. I go there tonight to lay before Board profiles of line, &c. ' ' ' Note:-(M. H. Adams to GenC Dodge, Harlan, 18: ' ^ tPetitiori for a mail roUte from'Dunlap .to ^arlan. J . W-. Note:'- Waahington, D. C . 18J- ^ ; ,r>rj.N|- Jbseph s, WllsoO, Comlssioner, encloses the Register arid Receiver at Omaha, copy of the;decislpn of the Secretary of T^ecember 5th, 1862, an-^-instruct ions in relation-thereto , f Jas, 'A« Evans to Gen, Dodge, Omaha, .19 Your of the 16th is received. With reference to coming ^ seasons work, the arrangement shadowed forth in your letter seems to qle to be very good. As to present., chiefs of parties, so far as 08 Niel and Llaxwell are^ concerned, my opinion coincides very neary with yours. 0*NeiL in his place is quite valuable, if a portion of line be riven him with full instructions what to do. I know of no one that Would suit me- better. Col. Hudnutt I dont know at all, but his repui ' tatiion IQ' ▼ery good, and I have no doubt he will prove a very good V- man. Mh»»ell ia altogether too slow for the rush of next *yeTar. If these pa^V^wa in the field between end of location and ..Green River, there is no reason why we could not keep out of the way of everyt ing an'^ combete the location by middle of Jul3', then BOme of the parties could be disbanded. December, 1867. There is a coimtry to examine between Dodge' s. siiqjmit and Bitter Creek that will take a little time, and it world therefore be prudent to.have an additional party to make it so as not to delay location. Escorts should be ready by 1st of April or better still, raiddle of March, from Sanders. We must establish a supply post at North piatte and another aboHt I,a Clede or a little below on Bitter Creek. The escortiJhnuld be .art Infantry, .part Cavalry, numbering, all told, abo\it 75 fotfr*#aeh party. . . _ ■ ■1'have been so shaping everything as to close up my engineering with the close of the year. The coming year will be a busy.one and I am; vbiry certain that there are opportunities outside that pecunia rily* are much better than^the profe-^sionj still, in cutting loose from » it thers is much that i-s diaagreeahle, the . greatest among them perhaps is the' breaking up ojf associations-snd again the utter abandonmentof that desire that we all have of seein a t'->ing through with that we ar^^once embarked in. Suauaing it all up^ I hove come to the conclu sion that if the Compcyiy are disposed to pay me $6,000 they can have my services for tou can consult with them ^about this if you see fit. • .vC Whatever the result may be.t want to make the comparison of line In the ftlack fl llls. This can be done whether 1 am in company employ ovno±:^mnA like to meet you in New York about^Sth or 6th of January. t i ■ •• ' > 7 • I . J.J*" * ' ,■ - J"" December, 1867. J. F. fious-^ to Gen, Dodge, Omalia, 19 ' • I received your letter of* the 16th last night. The grades you speak of" on prof' To were left as they were returned to me. I do not knowwhether Ur. Evans laid them or not. I will look over profile and correct 8 3 you suggest. - - • • « I send you this day by lierchants Express profiies" from Lathum to 'Denver, b' "Browh" add from'opposite Lathui to a connectibn with LIr. Evans Black Hills line at Sta. 640 and by Mf. Hills. I take it you do not care for profile dov.Ti Crow-f"reek by Evans or of the different lines run by lir. Hills. • " • ' T " 77111 also send you tracing of our mr-p on fe '^Cafte of 4 miles to the inch, with Ihi lines marked that were run. this toeing the. only ^ map we have showing the whole countryV The profiles have not arrived from Sanders; 'ere nearly completed When Mr, Evans left- I suppose they will be here in a few days, H) need |20,000 very badly. The n-iver closed Tuesday night, nnd people were crossing on the ice yesterday* . . . H. L. LlcComb, Chairafl^ of Committee to Gen. Dodge, 20:- Resolved:- That the Chief Engineer be instructed .to ascerttln smd report to thlr, committee a» earlj as praotloable the coot to t the oompan-."of the rlcht of way to conheftt with the present road of the company, together with cuch 'amdhnf -if' lamd a. in hi. judgment may be required for the use of the company In connection therewith upon the December, 18C7. . following lines as laid.dowtt upon the maps in the Engineer's office. Lin© No» 1 on Child Mill crossingj Line No. 2 on old 11, & LI. crossing. r. -< f I certify the fordgoing td be a tMe .c6py of a resolution adopted by the Bridge Committee Dec". 20th, 1867. J. E. House to Gen. Dodge, Omaha, 21:- Llr, Talpey telegraphs me that parties holding valuable propei^'ty' in Cheyenne wiSh to make full payments on their lots, payninterest to.the date of O.uit Claim Deeds. I send you blank deeds for signdtrre. As.there are but 12 -r 15 of the old lot .on hancb that are signed, I suppose' you have no' objection to their paying In full and giving Q. C.deeds. I will make no transfers till I hear from you. T received .profile and map of 7th hundr ed miles t'^ the crossing of MediOine Bow RiVer. I ma having them coj)ied and will send them this P. ll.j will take no time to modify th® grades as I suppose you are in a g»eat hurry for thei§. ► i received "Qur telegram with reference to the Childs ilill and k. A K. bridge lines. I do not exactly understand what you want, but will star® l^drty to locating'from Train *s table to the intersection wlth'nur preeent track, leaving BJPO ft, level grade froa brow of bluff for depot groundsi will loc ate line on 30 ft, grade. I hope you will write me- fully what you want done. -r. . December, 1867. . « ■ Sen, Dodge to J. E. House, New York, 21:- I have been instructed to obtain right of way on the LI. A- Li. bridge line from transfer grounds Bluffs to intersection of our. track oil Mr. Willi-m'zs line. To do this I want the line immediatel laid accurately on the map in cQnnect4on with sections and lots, showing exactly wh?t it nms through' and lyho the .owners are; also .the side line running from Train's table into our old line to shops. I also want ten acrets "of ground laid off on the Train's table, shcrJm on map, taking in the level grade as shown In Mr. William's profile so that Mr. Poppleton and the citizens of Omaha 'can gee exactly what we want. Lay this ten acres s.o that it will be available for side tracks, station and freight house, &c. I'think the side line going ^ to dapot can turn off near the side of the bluff, * ' Second, iocate ^e Child's Mill lirie on the Government surveys and throni^i Council Bluffs from ti'ansfer grdtfnds In soo. 2 to. our Inter section on the main Uno In Uud Creek. Oive the map -ahewlns the locations on loia "side to my brother at Sfaffs, on<1 put quietly some good man to work to sea what ft'ght of #*y will cost from river, to Bud'creek on Bebraski side. ' 1 want thW all done Immadlately.and the parties put to work so that PopplaWn and Davis can work It.upon 11. d 11. line for Omaha, and B. 4 D. can work It up on Chllds lilll line in 1 wa, and get It all haok here within three weeks. All the reports ere to come to me. Deceinber, 3 867. The upper . Oniahfi line has been viptually abandoned, all the engi neers and Gonipanies connecting with, us deciding virtuallj^ against us, but nothing need be saLd on this. Omaha will have to act decidedly in this matter-no proraises will effect anything; the business men must guar antee what eyer conclusion they come to in the matter. The first thing is to fix the'mattep correctly in connection with Government and Cit:' 'surveys. The U. 14. line Jn Iowa as laid by LIr. Williams was verywhearly on the & Ll.surveys to river, and curves into sec. 2, "after'it reaches point north bf that 1-4 sec. ^ • J. E. House to Gen. DoflgS, Omaha, 22: (Telegram)f ' Do you want new lo^ation'made or right of way determined over the linea last' fall? How much level grade at Ll.^ A M. crossing ■for diSht grouhds? • .-.tpi .T. E. House t Gen. Dodge , Oinhha, 22:- | You will see by .the above statement that there ^s a credit of $40 fb00 Octobc 2rrd which was the note I gave .at that tAme. In the checks reWrrtcd to ifMe there Is none eharged to you or $4,000 nor have 1 drawn ouch a check durtng the wUhln time. I send SQU a lodger balance to data. I have vouchers which have not been returned to balance my accounts.' 1 am oatlsfled »he acocunte ere kept correct since the Captain left. 1 have devoted considerable time in corroctinc errors in postinc; found man-Ohargee not prfsted at all, aome in your favor and some asalnrt 806 ilDecember, 18C". The. charge that appears sgainst Jas, A, Brown was caused by mis take in his accounts, that is, charges on hhe journal''Were not posted on tiie- ledger'. There has been no vouchers returned by hlra 'for services in the engineering party last Mnter, LIrl Evans thinks'there will bo enough to nearly settle bis account- he worked 38 days, and the greatest part of the time with his man ahd team. Capt. Bailey drew the last balance due Brown of fS20.77 fefefore the ml-Stake was discovered. Tn looking over the accounts I discoveMl4l. th« error and telegraphed him not to pay Brown, which was codiplied with,' but he used the money and promised to pay it back, the 20,th Instj it has not• come -yet. Bhould T receive that amount, BroWn account will stand Dr. $152 instea^i| of fST-S.??.- I hcfl» all te Satisfactorily explained. Your telegram of the 23d received. The line -at the Li. & 11. crossing from the Train table to t^he intersection will have to be located over'if there irf- to be .2000 ft. level grade; in fact the whole lino "should'be re-run ad there was no looat .on made on the east side of the fiver as I under«%a«d It, also at Childs Hill from the east bank of the river toHlift transfer grounds. Ferguson run two lihes part Of the way, one (iirect from the oroeeing of transfer srounds, the other kept farther etst In order ts-koep on.toble longer.^ :nilch one do you wl's^ located? - r I do not eitpecf f. «0 »UOh th e week ae the party ha. Just arrived '. A.. December, 1867 and want to get fixed up a.little before going to work; also the holidays are upon us and they need a Mttlc recreation. I will put Llaxwell in charge and will look over the location of lines myself from the LI. & I»i. erossing to the intersection of built line. In your telegreca you mention that right of way shall be obtained over Hudnutt^s lire. I sxipose that has reference to the telegraph • t ' ' >" . crossing.or do you.mean all the crossings, and if you do, shall I pre seed to assess damages where p-rties are not willing to give right I . of wayj or only take agreements from those who are willing to give? • . I will put parties to sounding, and will, sound 50 ft. on each side of oentar line, and will ctt it up in cross sections of 10 ft. square which 1. suppose will be all you require. . The piles are nearly driven for the temporary bridge and the superstructure' on; trains will be crossing in two or three d'ays. t Gen. Dodge to J. E. House, TTew York 23: I telegrahh'ed you today to put parties to work ort rfv^r sounding the Childa *111 and U, fr. k. crossing. I want a party'at each place all winter under one of • 1,he V ,assistants; , Uaxwell , ■ will'fclo for one and aeme other for the othpr. » u . The main centre line over river should he used for the base lino, and the ,river sounded on every square of 100 ft. 1-2 mile north and 1-2 mile south or more if time allose. The eoundIng lines must ex tend to eeoh bank of.rlv^r and be reliably anchored-on S.oh Side, .so December, 1S67, . • , - . that we wlli have no difficulty in^finding them in spring of summer. ilaps and profiles of soTuidings can be kept up as the work progresses / by working on them stormy daj's I notice on the LI. & M. crossing where William's-line-strikes the table he is in 8 ft. cutting, whereas-for good location he should be at grade. It may raise the bridge, or place west portion of it on : grade. I' want a li-e run at ii. & LI. crossing giving 1500 to 2000 ft. level on Trsi n table and then ascending 40 ft, to part rhere it » intersects present track. " ' You will have to get 'enough of the old parties together by apply ing to Evans for what assistants and you want, t The' work on river ^ must all be finished by March 1st and we cannot get tti Work* oh it too eaily, those survej^s heretofore we have been too careless, and 1 now want the work done carefully, accurately and thorou-hly. Mfeke the map of the section wunded on large -scale,so as to-show the lines 1 • ' if * . * ^ , rw . - of sounding, deth of water and of sand. I want a.prpfile of line from Fort Sdnders to North Platte for N«>w "^ork office-send it to me at Washington. .. a,nd Be to -raehlngton copy of need profile froa »•««. pf .Bitter creek, to mouth, of Peins F»rk-al.out 41 ....lies; It 1865; alao .. cof of Bate-'k paoflle of Webor tianyon, some S or 4 latleB, r«n to an ft* gradee J, F. House to Gen. Oodge, Omaha, ^^4. fa. December, 186". , I received yonrs of the IPth coritaining draft for $20,000 which • ♦ I pXafed to your credit in the Omaha.Natlonal Banh. I also had your • - I account closed at the First National and. gave them a check for $21,466.30 on^the Omaha Na tional. . ^ ■ x I sent you yesterday a statemept of your account at the First National, also the amount due you on-bookacco nt and vouchers on hand. I did. not Intend it to be a ciese statement, but very near. The dif ference In the 8unount reported to yuu and that for whi<£h I ~ave a check can be. accountjpd for in checks drawn after statement was sent, and inie'J!|»at oh..hot® and overdraft that w,as.,not included. - I shall commence^ location of-ii.. & m. line on day after tomorrow, and wtll ^ork up all the maps, &c. as fast as possible. I have not got'Un. William's profiles of U. & M. line to t-e intersection nor the notes, but you stated in,your telegram ithat 2000 ft. was needed for ■ depot grounds, therefore a new location will have to be made. The intersection nlth tb. built line .111 not vary far fro., .here the • Dey line stert. out, or at f,{;the3t Juat beyond the Bellvue road erooBlne. *h, not uoa the pre.eut line to the shop and depot croimde? YOU are ».ire that'.* o«in.t.get to th, Train table at the Bridge '• eroBBln's • r •ith-anythine le»8 - than.® ol.o 1 ft. Brad Ke byturning off at the also that the curvatures will edge of the hluff as you euggjeatedf ^ " b,' very .bar, not lees than ^ 18° ■, " I cent toda:- by r. B. Bipreee. Washington, liax.ell s prol-ne. December, 1867. • • to North Platte, also B^-own's original. I send theru'just as they were received from Sanders, 'ot even opening them. 1 am very busy in the office getting up profile and alignment of siack Hills loc?^tion. (The profile I had at this office'and taken off by LIr. Carter was never returned. I wish you would"send the copy you have that I may compare them to the usuimuit) . Lend map, estimate of built portion of road froia 100th mi^^ridiah west, y'^'ur lot matters to look after, work on the line of road, &c. take it ali in-all>- there is enough to do. I will get through with it if en"aigh time i& given. I have already spent time enough trying to join together the detached portions of the*Black Hills chenges to make them intelligible I and vinderstood-to make'twice the number of miles of location, and yet ^ I am as far from the end as ever. •! can make nothing from the notes neither alignment nor level; have sent to Cheyenne to ge^t them from Lir. Hurd, but his are ho better. Are there any note^ at the New York office that will throw any "light on the subject? I h-ve the copy of Alignment sent you for file in "Wasbington, but as 1 undsrstond It that does not show the 11 ^e as it Is on the ground: also the profile is Incorrect, for notwithetanding the olalu »f reducing gradas to BO ft. the.-e is a: eo ft. grads pn the east side of siMniit a-out 1500 ff. lnng. I had an intiiaation of it »hen 1 was at Cheyenne and when lir. Evans was last her, he told me it was a fact. Deceraber, 1867. « ' I .' ' Poppleton tells me t -^ay that the Page claim to lots was decided against hi thereforo the title to your Jackson St. lot is good. Will you still soli for $1200? A. J. Poppleton to Gen. Dodge, Omaha, 25: Yours of the 21st inst. in relation to right of way fro o bridge crossing was received a day or two since, enclosing also a copy of resolutions in relation thereto, ii , House is now engaged on the map and location of the lihe, and as soon as completed, I will lose no time in bringing the matter to a conclusion and hope a satisf actory i ' . , one. If you are in a position to do so I wish you would advise me just how far.I may go in giving any assurances of the location at the point indicated. If the reqtiired deed is secured I do not regard your letter as giving me any power in that respect, yet if I could even say that the deed indicated in your letter woiild probably secure the location f •- * r would.be of material service. EnclPe«d I send you a decision of the Secretary of the Interior received at the Omaha Lend offioe yesterday, which seems to me to he o6.ereat Interest to the Company. I presiie you have already seen it. 1_ aont think it correct,but it is beyond remedy as .the Secretary la the ultLate power in the matter. Its practical effect will .he to greatly retard ..ttl.m,nt along the Ine of the road and to prevent . tne acquisition of th.'title to the town cites 'MTe laid out unSil ■ ■ r' . December, 1867. . , w. the surveys here have been made and your lands entered. In view of # " • • ' " ' , • • • • 's. , this I would suggest that ufiless a change can be effected in this ruling it wm^ld be the policy of th- Company to enter the first SOD " r» • . % t • ♦ ^ miles of it s land, so as to open the new sections to settlern§nt and « thus enhance the value ftf their own land. Hitherto settlements by pre-emption and homestead have been going on rapidly at $2,50 per acre. ^\is ruling, of course, puts a stop to all entries by settlers. J enclose these letters thinking the decision may not have been made pblic in Washington -nd you therefore not seen it, .J, Blickensderfer, Jr. to Gen, Dodge, Tuscarawaus, 27:- In looking about for engineers, I find it not improbable th^^ I can secure the services of Co.. H. C. Lioore, recently the Cen. Super intendent of the Terre Haute & Alton R.R. wMch has passed'into the * t hjuids of Pennsylvania men and thrown Col. Moore ort Of employment. He . 1 _ . .. is an old engineer and an excellent man, but now'getting to be some what advance^ in life, say 65 years old or thereabouts. I think he has much energy left and would head an exoloring party well, but I did not like to mcko hjoa em offer until I had BUbmitted the propriety of doing »o to you, as he may be an older man than Vou would" like to 0ngii<», nop ao I, know thnt ho wouia go for liiat I car. offer, hut If you• tftlThk'ht would suit 1,7m least try hi;.. # . . I MV. J.t .^.sed no u-^n, tut em looking" iMui, for tB* .mo.t available material. 9 December, 1367. .T. Shyder to (leVi. Dodge, Omaha 26*- , t* •; vo close out toda- ever y pour\d o.f U. S. freij^ht that Myers has to ship; could have done it yesterday had his men bpen ready. Trains on -time aind everything going aipng sra'oljjily.- J. E. House to Gen. Dodge,. Omaha, 27;- ... . I received your letter of. the 2 3d in reference to the so^md- •fng the -river. I havte done, nothing .yet. towards it; have been at work locating the lYiilliKirer line on the & U. crossing, v;ill finish this week.. You speak af .William's line being in cutting at the edge of table lio ifonfier, there was a mistake of 6 or 8 ft. in his levels which I discovered'yesterday. I-have flniahed laying off the towns of Cheyenne and Hills Dale. The track is measured as far as laid. I have telegrahed for that partj t,0 caiil<l«to Omaha; it. is in charge of rerE-ason and will put him in charge of the Chllds liilj soundlnj.,., Will put Maxwell in charge here.* I shall endeavor get .this work done by March let if I have to employ 50 men at Mh 4)olnt to dc it. and. can supply the.i. with rods. The ich, with the exception of one or two days, has not been strong enough to work on. The weather looks throatenln.i now and I prsiiiae will be vAry cold. ^ , I ahs 1 haveHo go to ,|n«,-;will try and leave here on ttnday and Will be absent all the week. I' shall get matters all working on the ' river before I go, so that no delay may airise from my not being here. December, 18G7. , , . . I will turn over tracing of- land map 4^1 Davis's hands this J?. M, 0 n. Dodge to J. E. House, New Yo^k, 27:- E wrote you f^lly about lines. The only lines I want to obtain right of way over is M-. & ii. crossing and Childs Llill. Did not Williams leave a copy of map of his ILnea? * . The 1;, & M. liine on Iowa side -ruhs direct east, up old 1.1, M. right of way tftltil it reaches point north of. center, of N.V?. 1-4 sec. 2 then curves "and rund^ direct; into Childs Llill;. wants to be obtained on the direct llne-from bridge to cent'sr of N.'". 1-4 of Sec,.2. I wrote Poppleton to have the citizens fix the rlgtPttw© wayJ you to turn over the map showing what ground v;e ne«d6# on.M»«: M. orossing; y^Q-i,,to ^ obtain It on Ch fds Lllll line west of Hlsioiirl RlYec ai^d B. & Dodge on Iowa side on C'ilds Mill line. ■•• • •. . Note:- Jas. LI. BloSSom^ to Jesse L. Williams, Bdise City, ,Id^o, 1 ,i i-.t^ 0» F. Davis io Oen. DoAgO# Omaha, <-8;- 1 send you-tnday by D.S.EJopress a tracing of our land map Vlth the lan-'a of the Oraapany colored. The ten and twenty mile ll-mlta are also shoan by a ' Ight ahadlns of India IrA; tha.,traolnf5 is not joined together, as U could be foruarded more easily before joinIn.-. The map Is for the first one hundred,miles, .ahlch goes nearly or quite to the west boundarr of l«n|e ona. west. I send with the tracing a llbt pf .tha rallroa^ lands aa selected 5#— > \/ * December, . 1867. • « ''' for*entry, with the appraised .falue of each tract as nearlj' or cdirrectly as I .could make it without? a careftJl •examination of the lands. • The appraisement of tho lands near the railroad is based upn actual sales. 0--the more distant-lands where the appraised value^ls $2.50 per acre, • r m^y of the lands are worth more and would"drt a very short time com mand a riicher price, but so long' as Government lands adjoining can be had for that price I do not see as "we can appraise them higher. The figures in pencil on the list are the Land office fees as we estimate them, and are probably not far f' o> the actual amount. We have two complete lldts of the Wllroad -lands here;one for entry at the Land Office and one to retain here. We are preparing lists of homesteads on the railroad lands; oill prdeed very, soon to contest-. them as" instructed in your letter of 23d inst. . .. - I will also'attend Imediately to the gettin- up of the tract books, also of the copying of the-descriptve lists, &c, and all ^ . steps necessar- to bring the land into market in the spring. Gen. Dodge t" J. fri ftotiee, Nelr York, 28: ^ Referring to ycmr letter of Dec. 23d, I only, want agreement taken for right of way and ascertain the cost as line hap not yet boe,n adopted. 5h.n Cltr ascertains cost w. .xpect to oaks some revision for payment of.it or some propoalklon looklns towards It. B.e n.-.R.'.. C. > R.n. and B. » t.R.R. and aU the engineers h.vs gl«n an opinion agailSst all 0ro..»«g« except Childs Uill and December, ]867. sustaining fully my report. Tills sts^geried our bo^rd. ' Johnson, of C.,& R. I* was strong. Dunlap and Slaon and Sykers, of N.?'., all went in strong for Childs Llill; so you see Omaha must be prompt to overcome any opposition to right of way. LI, & L. corssing also costs twice as much as Childs Mill. Let B. & Dodge, have both linos from transfer grounds to Childs Mi;^l to obtain right of way over, and we can select the one we v/ant. I ;had_the President order Seymour, and Williams to send you mapc of lines» prdfile^s, plan and of his surveys so yo . could make a more tWormigh sounding .at LI. & Li. and Childs-Mill night whe.re the piers come;' You better sent a man ^to Kansas City and gst a plan or bring their boring appartus so we can go down to bottom and ascertain accnrately what we hayo got to contend with. This work cannot be done t-o thol»su^ly and we ought to be ready now. Our shops may be able to bet np'berlng apparatuses. , j.-o President Ames ordered Seymour-to send out to you the notes of all these surveys in the Blank Hllla-i , You better get your grade notes and profile notes f roim Burd.; • s»i*j sp^iie. ope HP io copy his profile; he Will hkve that corrPtt. irh««» U>hat 90 ft. grade and how came It in? Whosa faiilt is ^ , ■ ■ ' '-"tfo Oen. MJ*ri for >» on receipt of thia ana ask him If U can lel'm. ha*. l«''wall tenta .at Tort Brldgor or Omp Eouolas. I "ant' them about Waroh' 1-t and .1X1 receipt for them or buy t-.e .. TelX him e can T^ecember, 18'"". • t I must have them lo get my parties under way. Send me his answer immediately upn receipt of this. I go to New York tonight where you can hereafter address me. Will send you another draft after I get to Washington. How about the Cheyenne lots? are the parties paying up? I will sign deeds and send them back for Davis to acknowledge. I notice Snyder puts ^heyenne down as bein" 515 miles from Omaha while you place it 518. He counts I suppose from depot while you from initial ..point; see him abo^ t it and see if it is so. IS anyyi^ng be^^ng done to Korth Platte bridge? I havo a"de the estimate fo.r 100th meridian to Carmlohaels under the Ames contract, will send you a oopy to base your monthly estimate on hereafter. It will be dlffloult as we can only estimate the contractors property. 1 will also sand you copy of what.was turned over to the Company by contractors In the settlemcSit up to tbo 100th meridian. Re.« sends,, profile to New York office of located line up to Uettlolne Bow. but h a old srades and no changes. Evans will soon be here and I will .see him about it. The grades on last proflie sent me ar. objectionable on account of the numerous light cuts. I wrote Rvans to come t- taahln^ton as soon as ha got hla maps ..-d profll-s of all lines west finlshaS and to .bring them. on. Tell him. heusay mlBS my letter. r/Qcember, 1867. n'- Gen. Dodi:e to J. E. Hous*^, New York,' 28:- I "rote **'llliains today to send'you laap and profiles of" " . . '. I .. . I ' , bridge line, and also had Scymonr ordered to send such as he had. Copy them and return them to the parties you receive them from so that * • ' . I . the Poard can have them here when they diisouss the question. We will need from 1000 to 1500 f ft level on thain's table and can use dd track to run to shops on temporarily but In our right of way must secure the best direct connection we can. I got your amount, see my ledger, &c. showing a balance against me of over $6000. When l'get to Wash ngton T irill look -up my last atatcuent, which shored lihen I left that I W ahont even, "ith-a $0001 { balance egair.ct me with the'coa'pany I W'-in.fl be about $8000 loaer in past year? work, so there uust be soisethifiis' rottsn in It for I should have credits on Cisco instead of debtor. I enoloae draft of Bates. I drew on Cisoo for JEOO ii pay It; charge it to Bates and oredlt Cisco. Did I svor receive pay for icy instruments, or how. do thoy stand? -ach party lust take' cars oT its own under.my .old orders. You con do-' lots Ii" fast is they want the i. 1 -raUisr have cahse than any body's paper. I closed yestdrdky an arrangement with the Cdorado people, the Denver . Pacific ".P., to hoild road from Denver to Cheyenne neat y^-^.lses. Colorado gives $500,000 In cash and memh,rs or stockholders of C.P.B.P. to furnish balsnce. pf money; to be -'vw{.v Doceui"ber', 1867. • « built uncier my supp.rviaion, This will rid ^heyenne and hr.ve ths Press blow it as a great help to Cheyenne, ilachine shops, if branch will be at Cheyenne, as we shall use, our there, , . , • , * You can sell my Omaha, lot for .';-120G,if you can get no more-got all you can. . . . . . There nef)4 be on^y 1500 ft. level on Train table. You can lay 800 • • »l. ' ft. and make a slight rise say 15 to mile on 800 and then start 30 ft. grade, also 50 ft. grade. I believe we will have to use 40. We have got 40 all way Town Uud Creek, however, profile will show best. The line must be carefully la,id as it will be about the best and is » , t» . j ' one yon will have to get right of way on. I supposed Hudnutt run and ]ocated that LI. & M. line on both sides of the river. If you cannot proper notes of Black Hills line and loc.-^ting havo it re-rtm by some of party at Fort Sanders. Best way is for yov . to talte..your mftp and profile out to Cheyenne, meet Hurd there and settle-the treublc. I must h^ve a correct alignment, profile, grade * w « ' - to. for nla in onr offlca on or abonl sonlo aa tfiafmap of the 7th hnn<lr.d that was sant ne,. Do you *.ep Baker? " hat kind If a na is '*' } I ' he ? • All parties want to ha at Omaha by Feb. 15th to start out. Salt lake parties each must meet Blloken.darfer "at Omaha by 1st of Februa 7 to ..dompany hla West to ntah.' If you know whore chiefs Bates and Hod».. ore notify thou. Havo your otatiinory on hand-oirly .0-as t have full aupply to all; better give order to Kites, Forllo A Co. December, 1867. • « - ''*■ " T shall be out in Febriiary dr liar^ch to stay until I ^et my part ies started, Ife are to build ^00 miles of road next year v?hich takes us to the summit of the TTahdatch, and I sha^ 1 put 7 fie'ld parties in. How many teams ai*e "out to the Elkhorn" How manj' at Sanders? J, A. Prown is still to work for Durant, and if he owes* us we can take it out. Has he credit for t"he $152 or about that that I gave hiti check for? It was for proviiions that he bought, &c. I broiJght 'boucher in for it. I hav'^ gotten y ur letters up'to December 24th . ' . Charles Bender to Gen, Dddge, Brooklyn, '30: ^ ■ ~ I take the liberty of addressing you for the purpose of " bringing to your attention ra y new system of suspension bridges, which I consider as a profitable design for bridging the liissourf at Omaha. Having had several Interviews wlthifr. Durant, lie has very kindly referred ae to you as'being the proper person to consult in this matter. J. 0. Hudnutt to Gen. Dodge, Chicago University, 30:- I have deferred answering your last letter until I pould ascertain for a certainty that I coul'd get away from my engagement here witeoul too muc'i friction I am now at perfect liberty to make an yc. I can report -t Omaha the first of Febrimry have only one request to aak. and that la to take with me ,y eon. a -lad of 17» who has a strong constitut on anfl Is quite a naturall C' ... ' fA. December, 18G7. He can work in any capacity as lineman, rodmaji, S^c. Be^rond hii I have no favorites or to, introduce. I haveihad long experience in construction both of canals and railway's, ' " • ^ - Gen. Dodge, to, J. House, Washington, 31:- I send in separate packa^es_ of deeds sighed; get Davi s to acknowledge thorn.If he cannot,, send tfie.-i over to Nate, they both I believe kno? ' my signature and I acknowledged the bundles. Write un^'er my'si^a-tur''-, Agent & Trustee . » L. Williaiiis to. gen. Dodge, Fort 7/ayne, Jan. 1:- '' 'I Very unexpectedly I received dispatches, one that I munt attend meeting of board in Ngw-York onr2nd inst. I leave in 2 hours. Ames and Durant had informed me that the contract would be pt off till the 22d January; but:the?f have proba ly changed their views. If 1 understand the bridge question, the high bridge route in • T lot crossing at Ch'^lds ItiXl and cutting thrpu^ ridge at 30 ft. maxfiaum erad.,'taking out: «b little aa .ill answer now but aiding hereafter to fill trestle wQrk on east side of river. 2nd. nrsslng at lower part of Omaha, old Day site or near it using present 66 ft. gKade fpw,a;.hlle and then either cutting down praeent grade to SO ft. uklng earth to yil trestii ? east of river' r ourVinff short to left, and followtap Uissourl slope with 50 ft. X r 'i •«. .. . • ,,4. 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 1867 civil war General Grenville M. Dodge Union Pacific Railroad https://archive.councilbluffslibrary.org/files/original/7f50ca7d913223557f8e3428e5fb7026.pdf e08a32f83adfc6ad6497ad191364a72b PDF Text Text January 1867, • «'' ■ Geo. E. Wilson to Ge . Dodge, Kearney Station 5d. t • , • • I enclose yu the deed for mining property in Gilpin County Colorado Ty. I sent the deed to Central City in September last and have just received it back again. > . . , ' . -a Jos. C. Audneried to Gen. Docige, Philadelphia, 7th. • -■ TThen with'hr." Sherman in Cpxmcfl Bluffs in-August, last I requested you to purchase for me two lots, you directed your brother to attend to the matter, indicating the vicinity of the depot grounds • - • « • . on the south side of the tovm as being good points for selection. Since then T have waited in vain for letters from you and a demand for payment. Please give me some information on the subject and also any particulars in regard to investments in that section. Direct me to St. Louis. . . .. J.L. Williams to Gen. Dodge, Fort Wayne, Feb. 1st. liy sta^' 'in New York was much prolonged. Having returned, with ore time to consider matters of private business, I have conclud ed to take $5000 stock in'yotar Transportation Company. Enclosed you have sight draft on Winslow, .Lanier and Company for fTOQO as payment of 20 per cent. I saw. Mr. Creighton in New York some three months ago and informed him of my probable, conclusion. I think lir. Har baugh will tate some atock. He is an active man and can be of service. Februarjr, ] 867. J. E." House to Gen. Dodge, 1st Omaha. The area equal to fifteen and seven tenths (15 7/l0) square inshces and is capable of sustaining a w6ight eqaul to five (5) tons per square inch, or 157,000 pounds.' Some deduction should be made where length ie increased to 12 feet. Evans has not arrived. I heard he stas ih Cheyenne -on his way here. Will send military map. ■ . . . . , ^ N. B. Baker to Gen. Dodge, Clinton, 2hd. I wished to co mmunicate with you and therefore wrote first to find your whereabouts before I wrote on the subject hereof. I may j be a candidate for Governor and I want you r aid, help, support and comfort if I run. At any rate I ^-ant you to write me confidentially how you think I would stand in your section of the State, and-particulary (which is about.the same thing) in your district. I hatie heard that Ross of Council- Bluffs, and Willia.ison of Des Moines are to be candidates. Williamson I know is one who may em barrass you in your support of myself if I should conclude to try the state convention, ^rlte to me pro..ptly^ and your letter shall be kept as confidential as you desire. Frank Street to Gen. Dodge, Council TBiliuffs, 7th. Owing to being so severely indisposed as to be confined to my bed for the last six days, I must be deprived of the pleasure it would give me to accept your kind Invitation to take dinner with you February, 1867. today and of neeting Judge Day and other menbors of the bar. G. •B. Bailey to Gen. Dodge, Elkhorn, 7th. Yours received last evening, and in reply would say that Llr. Carter said to me after I sent to you for the ^150 that iir, Stoner would make a turn of $100. J. L. T^illiams ,to Gen. Dodge, Fort Wayne, '9th. You may have noticed that Gen, Sherman in his correspondence from the Plains, indicated the eastern base of the mountains where our •line strikes it as the natural point for. a peraianent center for mil itary supplies fi:c. for Indian oprations. * •Now ifi that shall be the programme, and it looks very sensible, could you not prevail ilpon the military authorities to commence the erection of a post there early in the spring, under an assurance that their trains shall run there in the fall? The advantage is that with a regiment or part of a regiment at Grow Creek, or near there, another at the end of the track to be moved forward as you progress, and exr, Qorts passing between to protect the military transportation, our Railroad operations would also be protected, incidentally and con fidence inspired everywhere of the entire safety of laborers on the • — ' iIxjdgo Pole. Without some very decidefd assurance of perfect safety, which only the Government can give, I fear you will not get laborers alon-- that much dreaded Lodge Pole, heretofore So often annoyed by Indians, thieving and scalping. '349 February, 1867. • ■ ^ * I congratulate you upon the adoption of your policy by Congress of transferring the Indian business to the Army. ^ P. S. I may not be ahle to attend the next meeting, hav ng been ab sent so much. Perhaps I may see you on your way East, flind regar'^s to Mrs. Dodge. J. LI. 'Brown to Gen. Dodge, St - Loxiis, 10th. All kinds of busiHess is suffering here and has suffered. Nearly all the merchants have lost money during the past twelve months. Fortunately for me, my arrangements with Messrs. C.B. & B. are such that t am free from any contingency of loss, for they ^ have lost considerably. I have made and am making nearly expenses. 1 would pefer not to pay your money till after the -i.iiddle of May, whe^ my present contaact exjiires, but will pa- it at any time you wish. ^iH you not stop here on your way to Washington? W. S. M. Abbott to Gen. Dodge, Adel, 11th, * * . V . . Engaged to some extent In land surveying, the question often oocur» to me as to the proper method of deteminlng the center of the seotion. I have understood the correct method to be to run a straight line from the east 1-4 stake, to the west 1-4 stake, and mak ng the middle of this line (or the bl-sectlng po.nt) the center of the seelion. The propriety of this method being doubted, and Instead there of the suggestion that the point of crossing of the 1-4 lines (run straight) is the true centre, prompts me to appeal to oldbh surveyors February, 1867. Fill you please, indicate to me the result of yoiir investi gations in this behalf,, and advise me if a copy of the instructions L •- - from the Surveyor General's office to the Deputy Sxirveyors can be obtained? It is quite important to me that the question be settled, • • and for that reason I a.i troubling you, . ■ • ' L. D. Ingersoll to Gen. Dodge, Journal Office, Muscatine, 11th. • • • • , You will find at _V/ashington a gentleman by the name of Briggs ( J. Briggs, Jr) with whom I *4sh you would become acquain ted. He holds a clerkship under the clerk of the House. McPherson, Mr. Grinnell, Filson, Allison, or Price can introduce you. Mr Briggs v;as formerly on the "KSokuk Gate City" and is now a correspondent of the "Burlington Hawke Eye", and my paper here. He is the best writer in Fashington ,from Iowa, and one of the best anywhere. * I do not know that Briggs will want to retain his present 9 position, but if he does, please help him all you can. He is our very best man at Fashlngton. « . J, C. Anderson to Gen. Dodge, St. Louis, 11th. •# I wrote you about three weeks ago in regard to tfte pajrment of those lota. I have not heard from you and therefore do not know What to do. If you do not care to sell me, it will make no difference as I find other use for my money ;however, I stand up to my instruc tions to you and shall settle as soon as you notify me. Please ^ write me as to what you wish me to do, as it will be satisfactory in Sither case. 3 Kii February, 1867. . P. H. Smith to Gen. Dodge, Chicago, loth. The question of Council Bluffs being left out in the ad vertisements &c. was mere inad vertence and all the posters, bills, f advertisements, &c. will be changed and are being changed now. Please 'remember us kindly to Ilrs. Dodge and Annie, Shall be happy to see them at our house, with yoxirself, on your way East, » G. B. Bailey to Gen. Dodge, Elkhorn, 14th. In regard to wood hauling- the great thawes have caused so many big ponds of water to become frozen over, that it is very danger- * ous driving for a day or two, I will sell some of the saddle-ponies to the company if I can, if I can no£, I can trade thd pair I had over to your place for a pair of draft horses. If you watny any for farming, you can have what you want'in the spring. Jenks'will start his mill the 1st of Uarch, I have about 75 logs. Martha P. Ooodell to Gen, Dodge, Davners, 17th, I wish you could spend this evening with us in our pleasant house. It would give me great pleasure to make you acquainted with my husb-nd,besides I have an important matter which I an desirous of making know to you. You may remember a letter which'I addrSdied to you some two years ago,'in which I asked yru to intercede in behalf of an old eohoolmater of yours who was then suffering the torments of ( one of those terrible southern piaons, I speak of Johnathan (fam- February, 18G7. iliarly knov.-n as John) T7. Hanson, who was your school-fellow in Dist, No. 6. He has a great desire to enter the regular army and thought your influence exerted in his behalf might be of great assistance, Knov;ing that I interceded in his behalf while in prison, he has asked me to state his case and inquire if you would assist him in obtaining I. " • an officer's commission. He volunteered in the commencement of the war, was mustered into service as a private in July, and the Sept. following received the commission of a 2nd Lieutenant. Just previ- -ouB to his imprisonment, he was promoted to a Captaincy, but did not 'receive the commission, untl'l his release from prison nine jaonths after. He.endeavored to escape but was traced by blood-hounds. He has a decided.tafete for military■life and would have applied for the situation which he now seeks at once after leaving the prison, but confinement rnd starvation had so weakened him that he was not able, but plenty of out"door exercise has restored health, and he is now as strong and robust as ever. A commission in the regular army seems.no more than his pa triotism and sufferings have entitled him to receive. He has recom mendations from the officers of his'regiment and also from-some of our best any? most reliable men in Danvors. I am acquainted with LIr. Hanson and so far as I km able to 3"dge, should say, without hasitatlon that he is on industrious and worthy man. From accounts given of him While in the service of his country, I know him to have done great credit to himself as a soldier while in the field. t vrjr-.V February, 1867. '' » ' ' : I shall look with great interest for a reply to this letter, hoping my efforts will be successful. I regret that so great*a aistance separated our families at the time of my marriage. Ze should have been delighted and highly honored to have seen yru among our wedding gugects. 7Je hope at some "day, not far distant, to welcome you ♦ I . and yours again in Danvers. Nathan informs me of the great events that take place among our friends at Council Bluffs, llrs. Dodge must feel quite lonely in your absence, but her loss is our gain, for,we need just such honor able, experienced and sensible men (as her husband-has proved himself to he j at Washington settling the affairs of the nation. Wii^h such men were not so hard to find in this quarrelsome land. I presume the care 6f three children will keep any mother t oo bUsy to find time for 'many lonely hours. She knows that her hushed is in good health and doing the work frhich seems to few given by God to do. An unseen hand seems to guide us. Uy husband, mother and Lizzie join with me in love to you. j. R, Reed to Gen. Dodge, Adel, 18th. I have been trying for the last six months to get the disoharge of a soldier from the Pension office, or 2nd Audltor*8 office. The name of the soldier is Thomas J. Wright, Jr. of Co. C. Dth Iowa. He has a clabu in both offices, and 1 am not certain in which the dis- f « Charge is* Have written to both, but can get no satisfAction, If you 7^ February!:, 1867. can have it returned to him at this lace you w"11 coifer a great » ' - . V*' fav r . I shall be pleased to hear from you occasionally, ' . t A. J. Bell to Gen. Dodge, %andotte, 19th.^ l.:ay I not enlist your aid in a-matter-of great importance to me as well ae -friends at home, to_whom I am honestly^ indebted? The lasyt week inOctpber or first week in.November, Col. Taylor,. Supt. -.-— of Indian affairs in Nebraska gave me written authority to pu^bhase two hundred horses fpr use of.Winnebago Indians. Heiwanted ponies.or ~ small horses-such as come from Texas and the Indian Territory, worth ^ at Omaha about eight to ninety dollars each. In obedience to his instructions I hurried to Southern Llissouri, where I knew of some droves and bought 235 head, thinking some migh*t die or get "ost on the way, or be thrown out by Inspectors. I paid a man 3:500 cash to take them up as far as Nebraska City. J. I. Cam of that pla^e had e flnajiclal interest in the horses and was to advance necessary funds there. « . - • The horses came to near ieavenworth, arriving in December, They had much difflciilty in crossing -<*ne of the streams; winter ca:iie on severely, and hearing of the removal of Col. Taylor and the man of whom the purchase had been made, they refused to go any further north with the stock, and sd wont Into winter quarters, whore I learn the \ horses are still held waiting to see what wb will do» 1 would have Ws^ied through with the horses myself but February, 1867. thought the arrangements rere perfect and would not fail, besides, ar. * you doubtless learned, I bought an interest in the Beef Packery on Red River, Texas, and was Required, to be there as early as possible, lly connection with those Louisian and Texas men was raost unfortiinate. After I bought l-o interest in the Packery and 800 acres of land with it and*made my payment "in good faith, the scoundrels shot a me, attempted to kill my family with poison, coming very near succeed ing in my wife's and little daughter's case, ily scai suffered also, but nbt as much. They then, being driven off in a dark night by des peradoes, threatened vengeance on all Yankees who had the audacity ^ to attempt to live and do business on Texas soil. Trying to-get as far towards home as possible Before cold weather, my wife and child were taken sick at Kansas City, and being •out *Df money, I was driven to-.accempt the position of Superintendent of a flouring mill at this place, where I am making Qmothing more than expenses. My family are still sick, ^yet w© think out of danger. Can ydu aid me by gett ng tbe Seoreta ry of Interior or Coim-iissioners of Indian affairs to instruct the new Supt. of Nebraska to take those fOO horses from me ad sodn ss grass grows so as to take them up to agency oh grass, say about the 1st to the 15th of June, as that will be time enough for the Indians. It will only be an act of justice on the part of novomment. I acted in good faith in the purchase. What I have In them is all 1 have left to pay what I owe at home. If the horses cannot be accepted, it will probably bankrupt me and injure February, 1867, my friends. I world go to T^ashington myself, but it is absolutely ncccr-pary for me to remain here in order to provide for my family. I hope to get my people to my Iowa home soon, yet will have to stay here myself, until I know what is to he done about the stock. Hoping •to hear from you soon, I am as ever your friend.,, P. S. I wrote Mr. Kasson on the same subject but have had no reply. I think he would confer with you and aid in the mrtter,. I sincerely hope the horses may be accepted and men authorized to de liver in the spring. I feel as if you would do your best to carry the point before the Commissiners. t '' ' *" 14. R. Morgan to Gen. Dodge, Fort Leavonworth, 21st. IVe are all preparing for an ^arly campaign against the Indians. It seems that the Indians on'the Smoky and Arkansas threaten us. We are collocting supplies at Lamed, Hooker (this is the old Ellsworth) and Hays antl Fletcher. Hancock takes all his staff except Easton. Our Dept. io so small that'I have not a commissary to sen^ and must go myself. Stanle-y will, I suppose, 'Coinaan<l the infantry and A. J. Smith the Gavalyy. It Is a bad' time now for me to go off, as we are preparing to do the Sutler's work in addition to our own. I think the plPrt of'thft Army doing its onw suttling a good one. There is no reason why we should not do it.andiwj.th some addition to our corps, we would do it wel X. I shall do my best to have it succeed. In old February, 1867. times the Sutl'-r got transportation for his goods and I think now it is ungenerous and illiberal to charge the Officers and men the cost of this transportation as is the present intention as decided by thv; . Inspector General of the Amy. ' , We have not a sufficient number of officers in the Sub. Dept. and why they have not asked for an increas? I amvinable to comprehend. I send you- a' list of the articles which we are required to furnish. I had those lists printed and sent to each post with a letter directing the Commissary to consult with the Sutler and tben^send in his requi sition for sutlei- goods. Before you get through your term of office I hope you will be instrumental in getting the S. Department, as well as the Army, in better shape than it is at present. • I have heard nothing from any one on the Sbbject of Beevet, and hope you will see to it for me when you go on. I want it from the 16th;Uarch 1865, Mke the others.. I do not much expect to see you and Mrs. Dodge at -ur party, but should you come, we have a place for you. • J , . . . Warren L. Dungan to Gen. Oodge, Chariton, 21st. _ I HaVo learned from a friend that Capt. William Hornep of Burlington Iowa will be an applicant for the position of Post master of the House of Representatives of the 40th Congress. Capt. Hornor is 'a native of Washington County, Penn., and has been a citizen of Iowa for the last twelve years, the greater portiop^of that time at Knox- Februarys 18C7. , : , ville, Llarion County, -ngagod in the.practice of "law and in editing the County Republican paper. He entered the Army in 1862 as Cajjtain of a company in t e 17th Iowa, and served until the close of the war, participating in the ever memorable campaign of Sherman from Atlanta t to the sea, ■ ' ' ' ■ " * . . DTiring the siege of Vickeburg, he was.severely wounded in the left hip by a hand greande while in our trenches and close to the • < t enemy*s works, Capt. Horner is a gentleman of honor and integrity as a citizen: honorable and energetic as a politicianj brave and ptriot- , ic as a soldier, and a gentleman, -in every way worthy of the position he solicits. Iff have.been intimately acquainted with him from boyhood, he and I hoveine heen schoolmates in early youth and I most earnestly urge you to carefully consider hiB claims and give him your influence and vote unless you are already committed. We hereby cordially concur in the foregoing letter;' James D. Wrii^ti E, B. Woodward; H. r. Say; E. E. Edwards; T. H. Stuart; W. W. Waynick; Robert McCorraick. Edward Edginton; T. A. Marston. Thomas Seeley to Gen. Dodge, Guthrie Center, 21st. By request of our Republican friends at Daie City in this County, I write relating to their post office. One or two years ago the offioe.at that place was re.-.oved from Mdrrisburgh, a little town about one mile east, to the said Dale City, upon thd representations ■. .. February, 1867. that the latter location accomodated the patronage of the coinmunity arbund about, better thnn the Uorris" urgh location, which I h;ve no * doubt is the fact. Now there is a petition in circulation to move it back and asking for the appointment of a rank Copperhead as P. li. in the place of Mr, John Lousdale 'the present P; ii.) who is an active and earnest Union man. Saiauel Gushing to Gen. Dodge, Omah' , 22nd, In conjxmction with our conversation concerning my future station, I send you enclosed copies of various letters upn the sub ject, Gen. Auger tells me that I'will go to Fort Phil Kearney firstly^ and th.at upon my return to Fort Laramie he will then be able to decide X where I will next go, I do not now much care where I ara sent, but feel somewhat annoyed to think that I should be offered a choice and be overruled unless I choose the point intended. Had I chosen Fort Laramie, I dp not imagine I would be overruled at all, but as I did not, I must expect to be ordered there "nilly-nilly." * ' ■ • • ■ . . _ i • Myers has not as yet returned btit is expected back almost ■ ' • !»£•-: . . every day now, * t w Sidney Dillon to Gen. Dodge, New Yor-k, 24th. Your letters have been duly received and am happy to hear from you at all times. You say you are coming East soon. 'Do not fail to call on me, I Intend to go out to t e Black Hills this summer, ( that is, if I can have you along. Let me hear from you often and February, 1867, , oblige. I think we have arranged fpr what money we want to push our work ahead-this sununer. D. C. Bloomer to Gen. Dodge, Coiincil Bluffs, 26th. Dr. Burdy, who held the office of Examining Surgeon in this city has removed from the State, and we now have no physician here who is authorized to make official examination of persons applying for pensions and the payment of pensions* T)iis is frequently very incon venient and makes it necessary to visit Omaha for that purpose. I would therefore suggest that Dr. Emanuel Honn be ajppointed Examining Surgeon* in* the place of Dr. Burdy. .o C. 0. Cole to Gen. Dodge, Des Lloines, 2Gth. ^ rat'AT. L. Dilley, Esq., formerly of Indinola, and a member of • - t • the Bar, was in the service for a considerable time, but for the last year or two has been in the Interior Department at Washington. He is a radical and prefers a position as an officer or employee of the House, such as Asst. Liprarian, or Asst. Postmaster or the like, ao that he c^n both think and speak freely his sentiments. If you can assist him I shall be glad. Hand I am quite sure he will faithfully and efficiently discharge his duties in any position you can secure for him. Please help him all you can. I see the appropriation'hill in Congi?^»B was passed with $85,00,000 foi- our ?; 0. Building. If6w I want to be on the committee or commission here to look after and see to the building etc. if there February, 18G7, • t ' is'td be such a Coimnittee or Gommission. Is there to be? o-r what course does the Government pursue in such cases? Will you please look after that matter for me and gfieatly oblige me? To be entirely frank with you, my salary as Ju''/"e of Supreme Court does not siipport me and ( * my fami?y, and I would like something like the above mentioned to help me out. I have written ilr. Harlan about the same matter. C. C. Dodge to Gen. Dodge, New York, 27th. After an absence of some, time in Washington, I find on my return, the Nonpareil jof Council, Bluffs, with your most admirable speech on the occasion, of the. Opeing O.K. &'L1. 0. R. R. It would have been difficult to have condensed more stirring truths in language more direct or terse, and from the rapid development of your city and • • r • • the importance of Its location, its future does Indeed seem grand. t ^It is almost frightful soiiietimes to consider in hoV short a time your western places spring from infancy to strong manhood and Bfln one follows it closely, he finds himself far behind hand in the glorious ..arch of progress. We watch y^ur course with much interest and shall hope soon to welcome you and Mrs. Dodge again to New York. Kindest regards to your family circle from llrs. Dodge and myself. *" ' " . ■ r Jbhn DuUflOmWi# t.e Gen. Dodge, Fort Dodge, 28th. As to the yointa SLtide by Mr, Siaith, they are ^.ot February, 18G7. « unreasonable. As to the contract being made in his nar.;e, of course this does not matter with the parties in interest. All we want is, , to got the ideas which y u gave me, viz:- that we are to have trans portation at a reasonable coal rate, that we are to have the necessary funds advanced to get the work in paying order, that we are to have a market for pur coal at good paying rates. As to the turning over of the stock", of course we just as soon have it turned over in the " way you suggest as any other way. Tie would prefer to have the con tract "ma-^e with trie Qompany rathdr than with individulas, at least ■; as to the K.V'.C^. , '* ■ t!" * « ' Go on with your arrangement. Get up your contract to suit ♦ ' k . . ... you. Every man here has perfect confidence that you will do with us what is right. "When the contract is drawn up, send it here for execu tion. I suggest- tri^i't limit of the time should be a go6d long one if the contract is made directly with the N.^.Co. for we give away one-half of the entire interest, and if our arrangement is so made that it will be for the interest of the Company to take coal of ua, of course the time is not very material to them,'although it is to Will you be sure and leave enough money in the hands of ^ K. Went to meet your prt of the-Hititon purchase and for the estimate \he ISth'of the month of Marc^? This is all important. Telegraph me care of A. K. Tells, Boone, as*soon as you receive this^letter and write also. February, 18G7. * * We'all want the work to go on and want no delay, and all we 'ask is to have fair play, as I know yoxx will see that we- get it. If the contract is not consut.ii,iated-fully by the tirae this money is due, ycu see that ymr friends have it on hand, and we will then, if all is n-t made perectly satisfactory, pay them back the'aioney. As to the rtock, you can send-it back if you want any chang in it, and I will see it fixed out and returned according to your di rections. I will send to Anderson tonigjdt and find out what the next estimate will "be, ^hd a's'soon as T receive itj will write youl. , . John Buncombe to Gen.Dodge, Fort Do'dge, Ilafch 1st, Your dispatch from New York was received this morning. Ho dispatch fro Chicago has ever come. Your letter from Chicago*I an swered, sending it to you in New York and sending a Aote to Washington stating that fact. In the letter I explianed fully. Go ahead! Get • • • up contract, such as will be satisfactory and send here for execution. Be sure and have the, money re'ady with Wells to pay your part of the Hinton matter, and the estimate for month ending 15th inst. If all is not finally consummated, we will pay back the money. We are very anxious to close all up satisfactorily. Private Diary Mem, Feb. 17th, • Claim of City of Omaha Capital Scrip $60,000, Com..iittee on claims, Clinton And Sapp,' Atty's. Ju^'ge Welker, Kirkwood 5-- Dclnno February, 18G67. Entered into contract today with McCord Co, for 1-2 lands of Coal Co, -nd agreed to furnish transportation and market at curfent rates for coal, provided Durant and Smith agree to it. George C. Tichnor to Gen. Doage, Des lijpines, 1st, iiarch. 1 telegraphed you yesterday in regard to U,S.Marshall, The etppolfitment of Stewart Goodrell would gratify all. He is justhome He is a good from Dixie where he lost everything and Is now poor, Private Diary Mem, 27th. / ' ' • Chas.parsor.s wriies me March Sth that 7-30 are of thi^ee series, due July 1868 and must be exchanged for 5-20 before that time or can soil nov/ and bxiy Governments at market rates, but must not let 7-30 past time due, for if I do, cann9t exchange. the charge for.gathering Government horses. friend of youra and would prove a vaj-uable one as he is one of the beet party wohkfera in^ the State. Tf there ia any chance- whatever to get Pete Mye#s out of the Pension Agency here, you ought to do it, about |l5O0O a year and aome .nas pec table man ought to h'^ve it. It is an outrage pn offwiQa^deaenby and a,disgrace to the Government The office pays Feb. 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Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Book 1867 civil war General Grenville M. Dodge Union Pacific Railroad https://archive.councilbluffslibrary.org/files/original/fe5bed0fb2913afae5a518de33ff4236.pdf 8dccdcbb8e1024d821ffdec9268e9ad5 PDF Text Text January 1867. • I ' Geo. E. Wilson to Ge . Dodge, Kearney Station 3d. I enclose yu the deed for mining property in Gilpin County, Colorado Ty. I sent the deed to Central City in September last and have just received it back again. « ' - - t Jos. C. Audneried to Gen. Docige, ■ Philadelphia, 7th. • ' ■ When with llr.- Sherman in Council Bluffs in-August last I requested you to purchase for me t,wo lots, you directed your brother to attend to the matter, indicating the vicinity of the depot grounds on the south side of the tovm as being good points for selection. Sflince then T have waited in va'in for letters from you and a demand for payment. Please jgive me some information on the subject and also % any particulars in regard to investments in that section. Direct me to St. Louis. . . . J.L. Williams to Gen. Dodge, Fort Wayne, Feb. 1st. My sta-'-in New York was much prolonged. Having returned, with ore time to consider matters of private business, I have conclud ed to take $5000 stock In your Transportation Company, Enclosed you have Gi[^t draft on Winslow,Xanier and Company for $IOOQ as payment of 20 per cent. I saw Mr. Creighton in New York some three months ago and informed him of my probable conclusion. I think Llr. Har baugh will take acme «tock. He is an active ms,n and can be of service. https://archive.councilbluffslibrary.org/files/original/5253e44c94f7cd9ba1c305d7b0d05714.pdf 5d7e89310b64865735654a0f301f4d27 PDF Text Text December, 18C7. . , ' He can work in any capacity as lineman, rclman, &c. ^c. Beyond him I have no favorites or to introduce, I have-had long experience in construction both of canals and railway's, r' ^ , ' ' Sen. Dodge, to J. House, Washington, 31:- I send in'isaparate packages_ of deeds sighed; get Davi s to acknowledge thorn.If hV%annot,. sendr*t]iem over to Nate, they both I believe kn<w ' my signature an'd .I acknowledged, the bundles. Write un-^er my'signattir'"-, Agent & Trustee. ^ . .r. L. Wlllianis to, gen. Dodge, Fort Wayne, Jan. 1:- - Very unexpectecily I received dispatches, one that I must attend meeting of board in New York on ^nd inst. I leave in 2 hours. Ames and Durant hfad Infomed me that the contract would be pt off till the 22d January; butlthejf Jiave proba ly changed their views. If I underrtAnd the bridge question, the high bridge route in I'st, crossing at Ch"ld8 Hill and cutting thrpu^ ridge at 30 ft. maxiiaum grade, taking out.-as little as will answer now but aiding here after to fill trestla wqrk on east side of river. 2nd. wr-seing at lower part of Omaha , old Dey site or near it ualne present 66 ft.' gfcae fyp, e^.hile and then'either cuttlns dean present grade to SO ft. ueins earth to rill trest»» 1 east of river' r ourflnff short to left-and followtap Ulsscuri slope with SO ft JiJf* Wv' ?"' ■ ' Dece'iuber, 867, • < •• " ■ ■ aacending grade, and surmounting the ridge ^ith a moderate cut 4 miles below. If these are the plans I should siippose the board would like to hove an estimate of cost on cut. Thou^ the Missouri slope may be ever so rough, yet the saving in the deep cut might balance it. however, the " ? « hill may be tf.o high. have, never been on the ground down the river. You know it well. ' . J, A. Williemson to Gen. Dodge,, Des Moines,' .3: ' 'Yours of the 29th is at hiand. liarvy thanks to you for y ur efforts to get the appointment o-f Cont.iissloner for me; it is exa ctiy the thins I would ll-ke. I wrote -you conoerhing the appointment as scon as I knew t"h.t Oen. Curtis was dead. I eculd not accept a posi- ^ 'tlon in the regular'aray if 1 could get it. Uy fa.lly is largo and nre of the age to need'me at home'/'l am very grateful to you for your kindness in trying to procure ide the appointment. I can h. nominaieS roh Cowmor if Rloe and too many other mlll- ■ tary Ion do not run. arinnell hae no show.and I can heat Uerrill,.hut ' „ay not h.^ able to heat .very hody if thfey-all run for the office. B. F.Bunker to Oen. Dodge,-dtew fork, 4:- . ' Oongdon and Ames reached herd last ni^ht. I .have heon f^d out .nat Ames is after, and hav,-.or. than half feared that he was aftit'the" Supt. of lii division.a, he asked me two or three * ■ a 1 ^ wav- \ w tryihg for Hub. and hope 1 may questions that led that way. i «* j & succeed, hut Boston may rule, and things look | Decemb-^r, 1067 ^ • ^ --4^31,>, shakey. ^ - 'c r ^ ' - -• '■ •]/ We have had a meeting of the board -on hand slnoe last Wednesday and considerable ohoss-firin'^, but nothing-done yet of any cpnsequence. - " t • • • . . . ^ f. * '* ' H. 11. Hoxie to flen.Dodge, Des Uoine-s,' 5: Got your letter written after yon arrived at home. Thanks for your attention to all'my requests, I have not much hopes of-the R.R. giving me any position that will justify my moving te the west; nevertheless I shall fight it out on" this line during this rmonth" and the coming one. I woTild cheerfully *take the Land Com is si oners place if I could have it at |4006 per annum and really prefer it to the other. If you think best write Lr.Dillon and Duff to'that effect. Things here terrible dull, business about played out. The C.R. I. & pacific at work west of this place. They have dnly located line about 25 miles west, cross Coon River 12-miles #dst and go up what is known" as Quaker divide, Johns n, C.E. told me that he had not a profile or a map made by either you or tey and cohld n4>t-find them; was running new line altogether. They VtBH thV ngh Nawton and sout^ of ijltcheltown. * ' ' Politics dull. New State officers here to take their seats and wont f 'nd theu very wana. The Orwlg Stohe (olvU suit) Is now under way. Th.y can'daaaBe Stoiie if they want' to. Gen. Baker Ir here mak- '.SI • i.'VM TV. January, 1868, « making arrangements to "build Arsenal and office. I s^all go io Ifevr York when ordered. Gen. T^odge to J. E. House, Washington '6:- - r . I enclose copy of that portion of the contract of U.P.R.F. n. t - * * that relates to my duties under it, .and desire you in "the estimates Sr.c. to "b® governed sy it. It is private-,must not "be shown. Mr. Tilliams writes u.e that C"l. Seymour sent the Ric - surveys and maps, profiles,•&c. to you from New York, that he also cent his to you. Youiwi^l not need both, therefore return one copy to me here. I wrote you to make me a copy but I can use one of those until uou get mine made. -The map and p ofile of,soundings I want as soon as 4 possible ^® enable me to make . an .est imeto . I hope, the river surveys-are progressing. As soon as Hudnutt arrives at OBiaHa* PWt him in charge of Jt all and keep fully posted on what is dbn« b-- that when he ^oes west yop can continue them or give hecesaary ihfomhtion to ai^ ope else whp has charge of them. The »^kOf lanAO' sent me has no co\inties on it on south side; fails t-. put on the towns, ftc. except our depots. Our maps compare very rnfavroabiy with- oil oUiera on file here or In He. York, tlnless can do better I eh.ll bo obUgod to obtain new draughtaaen. From our <rta'tt«mtl.n th«y"h.ve beoomo oareles. and slack. Ur. FlUlamia an-oth.r. .ho h.ve ba.n at Omaha noticed that fact very .aork« -J and have mentioned It. I hope you will rectify It or eleo I shall diacharco January, 1867. j" Cieo, C. Tichenor-to Gen. Dddge, Des lioinesj, 9: I received your kind letter of a recent date. I-a^ much encouraged and greati-l' pljliged for your kind assurances of continued regard and assistance. I derire t ^ you with you to Washington if you go to tr^ke ynur seat in Congress the first Of ^arch. f feel assured ihat with your help I could get an appointment that will suit me. I am dis'nclined to invest sapital with th« future doubtful state of trade and money mattersunless the opening was exdeedingly favorable.. . .. . . I think the present mixed state o^ matters at Washington is such as to engage Serious c ncern-added to the antagonistic attitude of the Executive, We are mot with an open enemy, from the Supremera Judiciary which threatens to^annihilate all that loyal leg slation had done to circumvent rebel power and check disaster from executive apostacy. It demands the moat able statesmanship and courgge to meet the issue, and it seams to-mo ,lhat the work to be left to the next Congress, as the present one divided, hesitating, bewildered and cowardly. I think the impeachment question should be dropped, at least » mtli the reconstruction is qettled, and other and important measures placed on foot (if possible) to purge the Judiciary branch of the Government. Kesson'a conduct tewards you was In perfect keeping with the man. You know I have the- requisite qualifications of the January, 1867. ^ ,r. present regime, having been'a'wah-denocrat and a soldier. • Palmer sends regards-fend wants to hear from you. Spen-er v;rites me from ^an Francisco, California, that his wifefts new book "Tried and True or Love and Loyalty" is out and quite popular. Note:- J. H. Lyon to Gen. Dodge, Leon, Iowa, 10: ' i ■ J. B. Crrinnell to Gen. I)odge, Hd.Rep. 11:- Today I saw the Secretary of War and he"said he did not know what supplies were called for in that Department. He said he qhould be glad to please us jointly but must refer fche request to the Q ilih., 'which he did, vith r desire that that request be grarited. Kasson plays the radical role strongly of late. I think here ^ *• I . , 1 • is 4n understanding with A J. . . f • . . I get numerous letters from various military men aayng that I am the chiice for Governor in their sections. ( V V . H. L. Hoxie to Gen. Dodge, DeS Koines, 13 ' * »> f Your two letters ceune this morning. Thanks for writing to iTjr •• • • I . . Dillon and others. I wculd be "bettdr pleased to have Snyder. appointed than to have the place myself. He flrdt itisntioned the toritter to me and put me on the track. I aa #oi* him Itest and all the timo, and shall so write to Ne York and tel] them when I go^J. . .. ,J wn thlnkl^'ofthe ooal aginiSy, my Impreaslons'ar. now thot 1 will take It unles. the Oispany give me tfie lAnd Comtilaeloners place, and dont know hut I would rather "have it than even ^hat. 'W- . T'--'/■ January, 18C7, . . • 4 - I cam raise a little capital and. with the coal agency ?nd other busi ness I can connbine, I could make a living. Please keep the matter in your hands til"> .the thing,is settled. I much prefer goipg to west side of State if I can do it and make money. The U.P.R.R. Company t t will probably vant^me to take charge of transfer this year if they doht give me one of the other places, and that till bridge is built and transfer done with coal agency, would.give me a living. I am truly sorry that Durnat is out with Browning as B. can make us more trouble than any one ejLse. The base of the mountains is Sf great consequence to,the ro^id and Intrust^all will yet work^to good end. ' . ■ " . . ■ ■ r ' ■ ' I will see Carpenter tomorrow and will.also look a'ter coal on -C.R.>. I. Johnson is now in Washington about Rock Islan' bridge. I will post Ainsworth wh" is at Newton about right of way. They only cross Coon once, that 12 miles from here. The line only located obout 20 miles West. I will firv^ out more ^bout it soon and write you. The gubernatorial flg-t.wlll be I think now between Ucrrill of Clayton, nrlnnell Nho oent get It). WllUaoaon ana Cattail with host show for Uerrlll. t « kawpiag my hnda out and shall unless I oan^ do you some good h.reaft»r whtoh 1 dont now see. uy Wir. ..nd. h.r..lflvs to Ura. 5.. JuUa and the children, and I bbg to be remembered. I know not whethar Hwed is for me or not. He said he was. January, 1867. ■ . -I ' ■ ■ . ■ . . How jnuch faith I have in him you and Snyder know. t i l ti :■ 'Jir" rvpa T Jno. G. Stone to Gen.Dodge, Glenwood, lov/aj IS:-*"'' Liay I intrude upon your time for a few monets? T have been ' thinking of gAing to 'Gyoiiiing Territory, say to Laraaie, and starting a printing office to be ready for future operations. Yotir knowledge 6f that country and its probable gro -th will enable you to advise me. Will you please do so?*- Also write me if you have time about the" organ izat! on of that territory, and abr.ut the probabili ty oiJ chances for an appointment fca sound Republican. • v.. Conner to Gen, Ddge, St ctort, Utah, 16'- i- . yy I am in receipt of your letter 6f Dec. 21st. I moved my 4 r I ■ . family to this place 39 miles west of Sdlt Lake' a couple Qf weeks since and'am engaged in mining with only partial success; my capipal-is exhausted and every obetalce is thrown ih ra y way by the Church anthorities and people of Utah. I'have experimented enough, to know-that I I \ could make mining here a great success, had I in addition to present machinery, furnaces, ftc. about $15,609. Brigham Young and his 'sat?elitea in the pulput apd trhrough th'' press have been grossly abusin^ me since my retvtrn .fram the East, indeed, so much eo that my friends feired that-aome of his fanatical followers would assassinate'me: 1 K^ve ndt dwfrwt go on the streets of Salt Lake after dark sine© the assasslno tiOH'of Dr* Robinson, •xcept when accompanied by a number-of frl'Mide* January, 18C7. BrigHaia's hatred o f me is intense, caused by my making? him behave .himself wh le I c^iaaanded here, and unless the Government or Goncress does somethlnc for us I and most of the Gentries will be compelled to leave in the spring. Many hundreds of Gentiles have already been frightened away and every effort is being made by Brigham to drive the balance fr; m the territory. If your company should cccmience buildlns the road at Salt Lake next aa-amer It v,ould make a chanee for the better, and would result in .retainine here many Gont:les who now propose leavins. As Tor myself , unless some chanse takes place 1 shall leave my property, $31,000 worthi and start for California In the sprlnc. The normons loudly ■ boaat that .Andrew_Johnson Is their freldn and they do not fear any punishment for their crimes and perseuctlon ofnontlles. 1 have made dlUsent search and Inqulr; for coaliand Iron and oouwnet find any coa] that would coke nearer than San Pete, 150 miles south Of Salt Lake. I am, however, assured that there Is coal that will coke tc-eth,r with hiaatlle Iron on Bitter Oreek. It has already been taken up, but the rl,ht of the parties can be purchased chepp. If I remain hore , and y-n wish it, I will'examine it in the eprlnc or before. The next besi cbance' 1 think IS ...ro. Some parties arcu plopectlns oa , coal vein, ^ thus far the vein V, 4+ Is 4<? wide, nrcaslonally bu.t of ^ found ,aperur ..polity of coal, and running through It la ^ ' amall veins of a splenHd quality of coal containing a erect January, 1867. \ ^ . ff. tar. The parties are sanguine that when they sink further down they will strike a solid vein of the same material. There is also in this district any amount of v/hat a German metallurgist and iron smelter living here calls a superior quality of iron ore. If successful in finding the coal as anticipated here this will be a snlendj'' place for your works on account of its convenience and splend d facilities. Wood is also pcbenty here and charcoal iron could be made-if it would answer. r . - - , I hope you will write to me on receipt of this; perhaps 'youi* letter may decide lay future course. If there is a probability of your ooatiny rt olri- aiiythlng hero nsxt suomer. In either building the road or oaklng^lron, I may remain In the country. 1 congratulate you on balng elected to ffongress. I suppose you'v.Ul take your seat on the-4,th'o# Uarch. ,I trust you will use your influence to hove some thing' done for ue out here. Brigham has suooeeded (thrbugh his hired satelltoa in Waehlngton) I _am told,' In prejudlclny the President' against ma.I-care no>, tor. that., I ask notlv'.ng of him but protection for myielf and. other Xoykl American citlzend Inthls territory.^ »iy.fa»4iya« wsil, and join me in kindest regards tp youreelf an"d Mrs, T). • E. D. to Dodge, Washington 16: ■ ' j a hawa-th, honor to infor... #ou that y<hlr-Bppllortlon of ^ January 1807. . . Dec. 12th, frr. pennicaioru, to obtain supplies for your epnineerin^ party and repairs for your trhftfeportation frou the Government Posts, has received the attention of the Secretary of . Ih acoordahc® wi.th the pecgimiondation of the Coiii.;iissary General of Subsistence, instructions have been given to Gen. Hancock to fvirnish the supplies. : ^e subject of repairs t transportation will be considered as soon as a repo. f shall have been received from the (iur rtemaster General. J .'i I - Note:- G. D. Brov(n to Gen. Dodge, St, Louis, 17:- hti'Qeo. C. Tlchenor to Gen. Dodge, Des Uo nes, 17:- I think Tfilllarason is not satisfle that you are favorable ■ toward him for Governor.,- If you can do anyt'^ing t--^ assure your friend ship for him in thd. premises:S0 as to sf^tlsfy him you better do so. • He shall doubtless give him this county if he is on the track in Garnest. He feels thpt you ought to help him, and I think you ought when you can* consctwntlously. • ' • .1 am no* out of business and am waiting for something to turn • • V, -V.O+ 1c an it will nay a decent livelihood ' up and dent care much what it is, so ix- wij-j. p-j % ^ for the present. ' ' : > S. I. Kirlewood to Gen. "Dodge, Washington, City, AC. 18:- t 'thank you very heartily for your letter of the 7th inst, 11"' Jonuary, 1807. on account of the frien.ily interest therein manifested. I am' well anare that sor.ie of our new-papers are-'at this time much exercised in relation to my opinion of the propriety of striking the. word white out of the constitution of our state, or profess .to, he so and they base their '''eutrt'TS on the point on a debate'betwren li^. Sumner and myself on the bill for the edaissicn of ^ebrasj^e^ as a State. • I have not had an opportvinity of reading what I said on that occasion since the ..orning after T said it, but my recollection is that I did not express any opinion whatever on the point named. I certainly did not intend to express my opinion bn that point, becuase. I ..thought it was not in issue and "I" think I did not. • The only point I ii^tended to malce ^ was "this - that it was improper on the part of iir. .^vuanor to charactoriae as odious 1 disgraceful and infamous a provision in the constitu tion of Nebraska that was identical with provisions on the same sub ject in the constitution of Iowa and some 9 of 10 other loyal states. This is a matter of Uste and propriety, ilr. Suner thought it proper and in gyod taste to say what he said-, and he said it. X thought It iiaproparvanrt not in good taste for him to say -mat he aaid-, and I said ao, and when he asked me' what I thonght of that provision In the conetltntlon of our State. 1 told him what I thougni to be true beyond all ^ peradWUtur;.that that was thd business of the peo»e of Iowa and not his bu-lness. I dont think there can be any doubt on this subjeet. The constitution of Iowa Is certainly the busineaa of the people, of ^ January, 18G7 . ; • , -I, Iowa, and not the "business of any other person or people. If Mr, Stun ner had asked me what I thoug'it of the provision in the const it ^ition of Nebraska then under .disqussion I would very freely and .frankly have given him that opinion, as that was then hts and my business. Whether "I did on that oocasion say anything ab^ut the particulars in the con st ition bf Nebraksa, I do not now remember and I have not a copy of what I said to refer to, ' h '-' ' 1 , i tr any man in Iowa has -or has had for sqme years past any desire to know my oplnlSn on the proprioty of.striking the word white from'bur State constitution, he can and could very easily have had.. that desire gratlrled by asking me. I thlnk'I as not-ln the habit.of witholdlng Ay oplnfons on any public question on all proper occasions. I am and have been fbr So-*' years decidedly In favor of striking that word out of our constitutions and when that question shall be before "our people, as I trust It will ba nest year, I shall, If my health and strength will pemlt, use whatever power of argument, 1 nny have to persuade them' to do that f Ing. But I am in the habit pf ascending for the time being to the work on hand, and I can usually find enough ♦ sirtne in ths breSQut >without anticipating what is work requiring to done in bne pre^«fio bo he done hereafter. • * Ths wbolte thing grows out of my course of argument on the stump 1 in the fall of 1B65, In relation to the .,ord "-hl.ler ^ou will remember January, 1867. " ' , ' ' '■ that the Republican converition of that year laid down as part of the party platform a plank coimnitting the party t'o the doctrine of strik ing the word "white" out of the constitution. If your attention was called'to the matter at that tine you will rqmember that this caused much dissatisfaction with many members of the party. Some were dis satisfied becaxise they were opposed to the thing itself-others because thev were oppsed to the way in which it had.been done. The election was an Important-one. It was vary desirable 'te. general assembly because there was a Senator of'the U.S. to elect. The go called "soldier party" had organized'and it was uncertain wh, \ • it<^would effect. I Insisted that the practical question before the people at that election was not whether the word "white" should be sttickon out, because one ^ could hoi at that election do thtat thing, but whether we would send men to the general assembly who would take the first step to bring this question before the people in the way provided by the constitu tion, and T argued that none who pere opposed to striking the word "white" from the constitution co\]Xd or should,^ if they agreed upon the great question of reCcmstruotion with men who were in favor f strikging out that word, stand together and vote together for members of the General Assembly who would vote to submit the question to the pepple, even if they should finally vote against striking out the word "white" S ae papers particlarly the Davenport Gazette insisted that the direct issue was in striking out the word "white" and the editor of -mMm Jj^nuary, 1867. ^ « ' that paper has I thinic-never forgiven me f-r disagreeing with him, Tn that-canvass t argued the question of negro suffrage incident ally in connection with the question of reconstruction and in favor' of negro suffrage. Of course, it .does not become me to say whether I argued the question ably or otherwise, but many of our friends at ■ different places where I spoke complimented me quite as highly as I thought 1 deserved. If ¥ go upon the stump next fall(I think! shall not do s) and find men who acted with the Union party*during-the war but are opposed to striking out the word white, I shall again argue to them the'propriety of still act ng with that party in electing men who will take the ^irSt step towards submitting the queStion to the pdople in 1868, and in 1868, I shall still urge them to remain with the Union party even if they'should feel compelled to vote against * • striking fut the word white. In short in my Judgment the paramount, the controlling, the all im'portafit question of the day is the recon struction of the lately rebellious states in such way as to place those 'states in the hands of loyal men, and tc sodure the rights, ^ protection and safety of those'"' have been the friends.of our Union and as long as that''question remains unsettled I advise all men I - . who agree on that question to stand togethe however much they may disagree on other questions; and until that qtr stibn shall be settled I shall not try to drive off'from our pahty on other questions men who agree with us on this question, u Januari^, 1867, ^ ^ • For instance there are nuvn who agree with our party on this great question who disagree with us on the question of striking out the word white. There are other men ^ho agree-with us on the great question who disagree with us on the liquor and temperance ^ question, -Shall we.if possible stand together, or shall we divide? I think we ought to stand together, I shall vote and labor to strike the word white^out of the constitution of Iwwa, but I wil]. not strike down a man who, disagreeing with me on.that question, agrees ond is willing to work with me in the work of reconstruction. Such as my opinions somewhat carefully considered, and I shall act on them ttntil X shall become,^convinced they are wrong, and I certaiply shall not .frightened into th^t^belief. ^ You ©ust excuse me for making ^^speech here^for the purpose of fpeqSwS myself from the.unfounded charges made against me in Iowa, A14ho«gh I am not supposed to he so, I in fact a proud man. If the ne,apapers ohKnse me .Ith petit larceny, 1 wil! not defend nyoelf against the, ehnrge uBleso I am taken Into a court of Ju aioe to do so. 1 think my past life le » sufficient ansmer to such a ohrrge. If the neuspapsrs doubt ay r«iitR;tS„the Republican Union party I shall not defend myself by.protestations of fealth. If my past political action does not an...r Ahe ohargd, those who make It must wait for the answer until they-dhall a-e my future actions. Ond thing Is very sure, thes, newspaper mmn cannot prevent me from acting In my way, steadily and ^ January, 1867. • « ' • earnestly with ay party:. If .1 cant wdar 'shoulder straps I can carry ' aausket.' ^ 'i, ' '!. . . You see now what a Scrape you have got into hy writing to me on this subject. You have had to read a very long letter very poorly written. I have written hasitly an:^ have not probably on all points expressed myself accurately or fully, but I think I have said enough to indicate where I stands You may-'show this to any of'your or my friends that you think fit, but it is not for public&tlon. Again I thank yon for thp friend ly interest you show by writing me on this subject, <■ There is no man in towa would suit me better fpr Governor of Iowa than Baldwin, but I must remain quiet. Baker, Williamson and others that 1 cant go'against are-in-the« field-probably as., the. time comes nearer tWre wlll'be ib%er candidated,y - - Note:- J. U. Brown to Gen. Dodge, St. Louis, 18: Note:- G. B. Bailey tc'^'Serf. T>6dge, Elkhom, 19: Note;- J. LI. Brwwn to Gen. Dodge, St. Louis, 19: . ^ H, L. Hoaiie to Gen. Dod e, Chicaro, 20:- . , ■ • - ■ Want oH*r8-Be to Inepeet care, 4^1 i«red ^.y Detr It works here and to moke arrangements for Sli»WWg Iron; then^to go to Be. York I • ^ I shall start Thursday. I froB Oskaloosa with Loughrldtf, the successor of Grinnell He was going to Washington for session 6f 4thUaroh. He says rolfax •' 'x .< ' jj* I Januarjf, 1867. will be next Cpeaker, and that, the policy will be to impeach the Prewident. He is very desirous of making a favorable acquaintance with you and regrets he, could not abna. ndon Stiles for Withrow when you wanted it done last State r onvention. He is evidently pleased that he is a il. C. He is a straight and goc^ Republican and a gQod fel low , The gubernatorial contest will be a bitter one. The Northahould haveit to ke4p- them iStlll. Williamson and Gottell both candidates at Des Molnes and'neither Can be.ncsEBioated* _ We h- ve a great many.big men at Des Moines. unfortunately. I met liaynard here a minute, expected to see him again but mi8se( him." « • • M 1 '' ■ •- - . - -m T ♦ - lilsftsr to Ft. icPhereion, 20:- ^ I am very much obJLiged for, the of^er ypur pass, which will be very acceptable# . i , We are expd&ting that the Indian trovibles will take us further west, and hope that we-lay ^ we r visit frop^ pr^u before we leave. J il. R. Morgan "to Oeu. Dodge^ Ft., Laa\'anworth» Kansas, 22: • • ■ Uy clerk; Mr. toller, is tip-top. I believe Mrs. Most is his widowed sister and he aup^orts I other relatives. And now for the other page for a little scandal at the ^jtpense fcf old - You must- WiOW.thatiliOrtlMI^^ private, ambulance which he bought ^ January, 1867. ^ ^ from Col. Hodges and he had a pair of horses v;hich<he could sell for • r .. ♦ * m $1000, and which he did not- claim hut, which were the private property of Urs, Potter. Poor woman] she thought it was all right I suppose. t • Flantgan had one fixed up ahout the time you had yours fixed, this was known as the Flanigan Ambulance. V/hen Flanigan went away he gave this to Potter\. Potter told Gen.„ Stanely that kajor Dryer at Ft. Randall had offered him- for. this ?lahigan ambulance, and he wished Stantlay would take it up to hiiH in the spring. He would sell all the furniture purchased from Hodges for $700. . When Easton came great was the change my countrmeni ^ The garri son was rsft^her- down on Potte -Easton remembered the private ambulance and I -Understand'^threatened a board of officers to examine into th^ whole affair,-^^>it»pon Potter turned in the- ambulance -nd horses as rubllo. The seto» t'-ilns 1 dnrtereland from _the same source. _ I. "as In St. Loula when the bnble broke; was threatened .on the Flanigan aabulanco This-a^hula^e was also turned In and Potter sill aell all the furniture he owns.ln,hin_houoe for JlEO. dreat was the fall »y countnajiaen: Baston is an honest man, I believe. ?:e hear that fred Uyen is ging to Chicago. . .. Oen. Dodge to Perry V. ault , Oounoll Bluffs . 24; _ • Several of our oltlzene have requested me to write you re garding your road. They — td think th-t the lntei:eBta and aots of your oaspeny tend to Ignore your temlnus ^d Injure w.et.n. Iowa, January, 1867. • « • ' {v while the C.R, & Pac. R.R. people cHalia to be worm friends,* &c, ^ Ychi are probPbly aware that this is the only point (as etated ^ * • f -- lay Llr. iT elker) that has fulfilled the agreement with- this Tompany, and our business rtien called on- :ne today, to call my attention to your running advertisements when you advertise to rim your trains to Omaha, end do not even'menti n the point at yoiU' western terminus^ and whfn all your southern tcavel over theC.B. & St. Jo. R.R. must take your road, and the trade and travel bver this road is already very large for its length. • \• I, -of course, ^understand the ne'^e^gity of advertising, to connect, rerads have to excuse these mattera and explain them away. I am vefcy ^ anxious that from such om'cH things there should not grow up in western Iowa an il^ feeling towards -you in future. Legislation and competition might do harn, whild a good feeling towards ycu will, always be r strong support in any such matterap . To avoid this let me attggest thaf in.your advertisements in your business an^'"ln all ways, give thie-placo the same prominence that vou do 'any other* knd western ^dwm-whon.practicable. I enclose a slip cut from the Chicago papers, in"whichtyou.se^ np f^-son would know thrt y^ur train touched ahy ^fctrtt'in lowa or connected with any .other road at this point. * I write you upon this and athdr SMll matters, as I know you d.«lre, as •eil as 1, nSfto te'WSntlfi,, or «,ix In any small matter Janunry, 1867. • t as a railroad, and it is easy to now avoid them by taking a little care. Such matters are grabbed at by the press to puff their own town or invite some rival, and I aiii certain you make a mistake in doing it; for I know that in the future for western Iowa you are to build up zn immense trade and traffic, and it is to ycur interest to give it all < - . . . . .. . ■ possible prominence. ^ ^ Frank Palmer t Gen.Dodge, Des Moines, 25:- I believe there is enough which can be proved against John t . son to impeach him, and that the axample of his impeachment world do the coimtry grpd; but the law has such an eternity of quirks in it that the trial would ' J pj-obab^y outlast his term of offic • * . If a private cltizencomuits an indictable crime the question is not one of policy as to his arraingment; it is a matter of duty." Why should the Pres ident of tho TT.S. be an e xception among criminals, especially when his crime is really the highest known ^in the land? If I were a member of the 4th Con-ress I woul-' help indict hdm if it could be done, and lot the Congresamen take care of the ..selves. like your notions'relative to the bogus Gtate Governments. They ought to be wiped out of existence and 1-yal men, white and black, clothed with authority to make new constitutions. The Dubuque ner^^ldhas brought out Kasson as the Republican nom inee for Governor. The suggestions comes from an appropriate source, rtan learn nothing of Kasson^s future intentions. It is no longer to January, 18G". be feared whr-tever he nay conclude to do or not to do,' His endoraements and recomaendations still pass current at the TOiite Houo. ■ ■ ' ■ • ' ' ' , . ,, ' * ' * ' -• ■ • There has been but one re...oval in this district, a?id t^at niafi was rcnovod because he voted you, the Pepublican nonir.c^ Gen. U. 3. ^rant to (ion. V;. F. Sheniani'^ash njton, D.C. 26:- I have crefully read the enclosed letter fhon Gen. Dodgo, ajid in accordance with your request ^et^^^n* it. Now that the Govcrn- .aent has assui -e-* the obligation to guarantee the b6nds of the Pacific Railroad, it becomes a matter of great pecuniary' interest to nee it completed as soon as possible. Every"protection practicahle rhould be ^ given by the military, bothto secure the rapidcompletion of the ^ road, and, to avoid pretexts on the part of the builders-to get further assistance fro... the Government. I do not see my way clear row to furnish you further reinforce ments boy^nd one regiment of Infantry. As soon as ono regiment of the Invalid Corps is organized I can hove the C.anada frontier garrisoned py it, with a few companieo of artillery, and rend you the 4th Infan try "ow on duty there. ' It, mleht be' further practicable to ebnfl you b i..gl»ert of Invanllds to oooupjr «uc:- depots as are n oeaeiry to bo kept up, and' thereby . , a,ops active -en frou. duty in the front. 1 .111 not send the,.., ■nawvor, wlthoui,,an Intlmtlon from yotf-tliat they oan b., made avallabl., Tcu might be relnforoed to some extent by lnoroasln,g the stan> ^ dard of comanl.B to the loaxlmun number allowed by law, ^ January 1867. • « - ' • . H. ii. Hoxie to Gen. Dodge, New York. 20:- * ■ ■ Got here on Friday, "brought Llrs". Hoxie this time and am prepared to-stay if they want me to. Board adjourned Gaturdo.yj a^ithor ized "Dillon, Durant and Duff to close a contract with J, M. ""illiams, he to assign to" codipany the Contract to go to base of mountains. Lloney is ver- tight and they wont move. I "think until they see a way to raise the same nothing done yet about bridge; left to a committee and they lo report to next meeting, as I understand it. Stocks down and"it is hurting Traoy and the Durants; hnd too much N.'^. whic^ fell fr6m"83 to 61,'a report saysl'it is hurting terribly. Boston rbout controls'^I think. AaeS-has a prviate secretar'*' ftero wlio is* td be auditor- flr.c» ^ ~ . Nothing dond yet about'Superintendent or Land Commissioner. The same committee "controls it and are- not ready to acp. No orders given about moving iron or othOr yet; "the^- ought to be in the road. Ur, Reed sTlll here. He does not know as much naw as ho did when he erne here. CaSdtoent-s bof^ hera. Will write more at length soon. Mrs. Hoxlo sends regards, "H.L. H. N. R. Morgan to Gen. Dodge,' Ft^ Ldavenworth, Kansas, 2P:- - - ■ - Thanks for the paper with your article d»n Indians in U. It expfeased af sentiments, and having read it I hand ed it over to Hancock, Who was pleased to get it. He proposed sending January, 1867. it to Sherman, but I suggested that you had sent She man'a coy of it. I believe it is the intention to send the sti^res to the end of the railroad and there turn the.*, over to the contractors. A goOd deal will depend on th^ "smartness" of the successful coniractoss, T. r, H. Smith to Gen. Dodge, ..arietta, 30:- Yours ofl6th is received, and I greatly thank you for y ur kind attent on. While I was in Chicago last week we received the news of the completion of the road to Council Bluffs, connecting • • ■ f with your line. Certainly a great event is this completion of 810 milOfi of R.R. from Chicago west, I congratulate yop on the brilliant and wonder Gen. fill Pope .success left Poro«roy in the building 15th with of Llr, your Horton road, (hiw father-in-law) | to spend a month at th« East. I had several letters.from him before he left* Mrs, Pope was confined the last of December and h"S another fine boyj mother anfl child well. The General very happy in his in crease of family, I had a letter from Bell last Monday (our old Adjt. Gen,). He i£ in commission btialws at Milwauke-fim, Mower & Boll, Ueline is in New York writing the letters in the ' 1 as operating in oil lands, coal lands and western'lands and have thus far been euooe.sful. With elncero rospoot eAd enod will. H. M. Hox'le to ^'6-. Dodge, New York, 30:- Nff new thlnE tu ns up except that they are advertleins for January, 1867. # , plans and proposals for .building bridge across Missouri at Omaha. Pl,"arifl«jdind proposals to be received by S. Seymour mtil 15th of Feb. ■ ■" Money very tight; stocks doVn. Nothing determined y§t about summer's work. Reed here. Casements gone Ijome. They made a bid for track-laying and for the transfer across the river. They bid $150 per ton on freight across river, they to load it o^l cars on Oma'a side. No action on the proposition yet. Tlie committee on^work have not yot had a meeting. it"' H.-M. Koxle to-den. Dodge, New York, 51:- , I think Reed has opposed.me all the time because I w^s a Republican. An Antimo.tion ofeme to »e that I., was too much of a.politi cian for man, and I am Incliaed to think he is jealous of all Republicans*. I am saislfi®dnany how. Money li' tie* oMier to-^ay^ but the Doctor and his corener are badly ^iirt and are scratching' to keep up. He is attending to that now, and dont do anything about H.k. matters except to badger his man. Not ft word hps been said to me about such busviQss since -I come here. I m keeping my irtouth closed. If you were here either Cnyder or myslef would be appointed, but }ou are not, and it cant be helped.-Regards te Mrs. D. Oeo. C. f^en. Dod-e, Des Moines, Feb. 3:- TRtfso aJy^Jblhtiaents -will doubtless be made on exaalnatlons mafl. by th» of -far, henoe the choice of Gon. 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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Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Book 1866 civil war General Grenville M. Dodge Union Pacific Railroad https://archive.councilbluffslibrary.org/files/original/3033a41d6a974ebbafacaa5d546e8f16.pdf a104d4bd969beee8b24d0d5e22c58697 PDF Text Text June, 1867, . f , h-Lrl. .'busy in tjie corn and so many weeks I have not had time to d.o ajiy-, thing else. I shall haul part of our ^Lumber before harvest, will itJ ; have to wait till after for the balance. f , i •sr , The horses and pattle arp looking fine, '-j ^ - ol Note: G,.B. Bailey to Gen, Dodge Cost Cf barn.T oj : ■ \ Snyder to Gen, Dodge, Omaha_, ilarch 8th, 1867. - I am very much obliged for your dispatch and letter of Feby, 28th, and for the interest you have manifested in my welfare and promotion. If this division of the road is given to me, I will try and.fill the bill, . ' I can tell hut little of the N.Y. movement, yet have an idea of th« larties who have been opposed to me, T.c.D. has certainly no reason to find fault as I have worked harder for him than ever for any other aan. There have been a great many men here who have manifested a disposition to get more than was due them from the road and as far as has been in my powe I have tried to prevent it. They don't want me here. , , . . IWed has gone to Chicago, Hoxle is here working hard to get < materisG. enroute. I fear we will not be able to do as much this year as was accomplished last, - , t • eakes Ames to (;^n» Dodge, Washington, July 8th, 1867. Yours df tht-25th of June in relation to the putting of Myers In the 4. U. Dept. Instead of having Uonre sent in by the tresident is P.O. I-have se»n,ltlBon and >» h|j^heen to the Secretary oi- War about • ♦ ' .•5 ' V •it y fV Jima, 1867, *••• ■- it, and he swiye "that we canho"t prevent Moore, or rather, we-cannot . get'the promotion of Myer s. ; ::m ■ Bankers has been here a'long time trying t6 get those accounts brought here by ^urant last March, settled, and has not as yet suc ceeded. I-don't exactly know where the block is,.but intend to find out about it this week. This^matter-of freight is getting to *be a very imprtant item with the Government, and we must get Stanton to appoint some one to attend to this matter exclusively,or have a bureau expressly for it, 'iivir, £.1 ♦ . If:.-/"/ We got the bonds for the second forty miles on Saturday which will be very usbful in their finances. I feel rather uneasy about ^ the Indian difficulties and am afrird that you will be interrupted in your work,bu<i hope you will not. I want to see the road to ahead to the mountains, and a piece up, this year,m'and if you have no Indian troubles, I sxippose you Will do so. I see by the papers you have had another overfl of the Missouri River since I was there, and it has washed away the Iowa' R.R. bank still more, which will sbow the difficulty in a low bridge. Has the Government Commission el*' foxmd the Rocky Mountain base. and if so, where does it lay? - t. -v n'- We are having'awful hot wdather heM eifd "liwsre a pretty full house, Everyone here nants to get away and ww MofJe fl o do so this ' ■ 1 4 i. ■ ' W M f U I ^ J T* ' I t t week. ■ * • • '■i J. F. Conway to Gen. Dodge, Iowa> July % k Jun p, 1867. . ^ I .would respectfully ask what cljance there is for me to obtain ^ commission in the regular army at the present time, providing I can successfully pass the required examination? - j: . I was a 1st Lieutenant in the 2nd Regiment Iowa Vol. Infty. and was until mustej-ed out A.A.I.G. in the 1st and 3rd brigades of the 8nd Div. 16th A.C. * 'i • • I can get a strong recommendation f om Hon. N. B. Baker, Adju tant General of lowai and from other well known arties, including, I'believe, our representative, ^Hon. H. Price^ . ^ I prefer requesting this of you, General, as your long command over us makes you seeii like one from whom we have a rigut to ask favors, . 0 Notii Val King ;to Gen. Dodge, Plattsville, Iowa, July 10th: (Desires to know about.reliability of J. O'lleil.) S. Seymeur to Gen. Dodge, Black Hills, July 11th: I comj>l.e'WWl lay explorations, as I came up today, of the coun try dividing the valley, up which the line runs and the tributaries of crow Creek lyihg to the northward of it. The first depression is o^pposite * Sta, 500, through which a line may be run by .a aimt^ reverse around the interlocking points ■ ...'U v..wjvr! involving pretty Ijeavy work. " .. . * The 06 occurs further up, opposite stations 580 to 570, and I think will afford a feasible line into the valley up which we explored the other day in company with Gen. Augur and staff. July, 18G7. On looking down the valley, I think I saw the White Bluff on the north side or bank of Crow Creek where we crossed it on that day, but I may be misliaken, as to the point where the valley enters Crow •creek. ' At all events, I am satisfied that it will be worth examin ing in case 2/0U desire to carry your -line east cif Crow Creek valley as far up as the point to which you called jny attention when I was oui with you*thd other day. u' 'I If ^ou are entirely satisfied with the line that enters the valley some miles below your cam,p,-the valley up which^the present line runs is, of ftourse, all you could ask. My escort Of twent' Pawnee warriors left me rather uncermoniously about six miles east of here, and I have not seen them since, i send a fuli'rfeport of-the affairs.by this opportunity to Gen. Augur to which I referryou for i^rticulars. - I leaVe here at 12 for Dale Creek, beyond the sumiait and will be back heVSs Monday P. M. to reHtain over nif^t aia# ffturn to your camp on Txjesday. • - 1 have run some" lines about here over which tho levels will he taken during my sb'senoo, and 1 woiuld like to meet you-and Mr. ' Evans here on Monday evening too look at them, s Gen, Dodge to Col. S. Seymour; Cheyenne, July 17. /.f-v.: '' I am in receipt of yobr letter of July 17th, recommending changes on the located line over Black Hills. My experience tells f», that _ ■ itryi'- ■ ■ , ill , a July, 1867. mere observatiorl on a Iln4 eoiild not determine' changes you recom mend* I therefore prefer that the changes be macie on the ground. .. ,0 Mr. Maxwell's party will be through here within one week, and I place them at your disposal to run such lines as .you consider best. A few days' running will determine the question. Qr, £f you desire, I will turn over to Mr. Maxwell suKh instructions as you deem best to gu'ida' him. As soon as I finish my work here, I will accom^ny you over the line,, and we can take with us Lir. I^vans who located the line, and iarj. Maxwell, who is to make the changes, and you can explain to him, on the ground, your idea of the matter. ' . Gen.Dodge to Sidney Dillon, Cheyenne, July 15 (21DR274); » ; The loss of Hills put me back three^ weeks.. "When I got here I the line for miles east wae npt located, so I took .the parties and iran^t „4i»to, It night and day. and got it in. The last 30 miles of tj>e fifth hxandred is very light, but the 18 miles in the sixth hundred east of there is heavy, and you want to put on that noi'M. three hundred men immediately. I say that you now require five himdred 'additional men if you want to keep out of the way of the trtfok th^B year,, next put forth all your energy and get the light work go|ng ^ winter the heavy cuts taken out* • f'. The line 1 talked to you about, west of Lara-iie River, is work ing out all right. Shall throw out the heavy work'and grades over Rattlesnake Pass. ' tin July, 1867. • The country I put the parties in is meeting my expectations, .rand-.tf I have my health I will give you a good short line with-- ,nothing over 80 or 90 ft. grades. I am'sorry'Williams-did not con nect with me. Se3^our does nothing but comjiain of work done, lines, &c.; takes his ease and wants to be waited on. I have no faith in his judgaent. He does not kno^ enough about, the country to give a good opinion. He is first rate to criticize the work of others, but so- far as any help to me^, he is none. Llr. Williams would have been. I wanted Sejanour to accompany Mr.Blickensderfer to Denver and over the mountains by the Cache le Poudre route and by Cheyenne Pass, but he said it was none of his business to "^^ow him that country. I had to send Van Truiap with him; was too ^ bUtfy'id go myself. T was out of patiehoe and probably too hard, but it seems td me engineers ai^ hired to wot^, not to take a grand jheasure trip j and rfo far as t met concerned tWey will so understand I expect he will 'pitch *into me 'oh hie return, but I don't care; every body along noticed it and mitlCes him a standing joke. I shall push west frVito heW-^ihis ifeek.' Am laying out our town called Cheyenne. Cover ment is putting in a depot, ahd I have agreed to buiM to the post above us, about two miles of track. We can use the track for material. They wanted to put the post west of here, but I fastened them here. Peofje are flocking in here to settle. I shall send the comfiny an advertisement Whidll I want them to publish on neat cars and send to all the National July, 18G7 .vnrc banks who are selling their bonds. We ,mu^t get $200,00© put^pf Qur -town, and it can be done by work. - ^ •gee Mr. Aaes and telesnaph Sn:d er to contract for 10,000 cords of wood.delivered east of Carmichael's cut; also for all the wood Oo 'le can get at Pine Bluffs. We haye got to depend upon these two points for our winter supply, and it must be gotten out before winter, ■'as the snow last winter was so deep that we could not get to the timber. We will get no coal less than 30 miles and I do not pt much faith in Denver BrExnch xmless you are willing to furnish the money. I want to hear how you are getting along financially* .Write me at Port Bridger and keep me posted. liie Work liore is ready for opening*-,r>I gave all the notes to Kurd and he is'taking off theiWtrk. Bet masons to work,on the two bridges in Black Hills. It will.be October before you get any de cision from Blicke^Hiaerfer. I think it will be all right. Oen. Dodge" ti> Jesse L. William^ Carmichael's Caiup, July 17: 1 can obtain a line from sunvnit of Black Hills to Laramie Plains With niety feet, maxiaiam grade; can obtain same maximima fron crow Creek to Bumalt, at cost not to exceed two hundred thou- .and dollars. -1 r88B*«a that it be done. Telegraph answer to Fort Saundera. S. Seymour to Gea. Dodge, Chayii©n«, July 17: I have the honor to iafon» you that on Wednesday, the 10th July, 1867. instant, that, after a careful examination of the line from this place to Sta. 1200 (westerly over the Black Hills rang®) I had be come satisfied that a maximum grade of 80 ft. er mile could be adopted to the ground at abo^it the same expense as 90 ft., the ' present ruling grade; also that, in my opinion, the line at sta. 990 (where the high bridge occurs which grosses a branch of Lone Tree) could be so changed as to avoid the bridge, without material addi tional expense; also that the force of from 60 to 100 men and a large rimber of teams now employed by the company in that viciAity had been, an^^ were no' , doing work that, in my opinion, would be of no value upon the line, if changed in accordance with my suggestions; also that I would be happy to accompany you over the line as soon as you could makS'^lt'conyflAlent to do so, and point out such changes as 1 had to suggest, b6th-''»!th-refepencento the ruling grades and the avoidance of the bigh bridge .St: '• Ln the acting the 11th, finding that you were not prepared to examine the iUVe* tflth me> I' reiurned to the Carmichael s Ranch, and have since followed the line to the summit at Evans Pass, an-^ am happy to inform yotf that,' in my opinion, no serious obstacle .pccurs to a reduction of the maximum grade from 90 to 80 ft. per mile on the western dlope 6^ th'e Black Hill range, ^ I trust that it will be useless to argue with, you the great advantage of making this change in case.tt shall be ^uiid practi cable. We engine will hare two more cars over an 80 ft. July, 1867. than it will over a 90 ft. grade, s o that we nn y calculfite an ad vantage of, s'iy, 100 passengers and twenty tons of freight to every train that passes over it. The additional, va]ue to the company-,of the 80 ft. grade cannot, in my opinion, be less than a nuarter of a million dollars. I would therefore urge upon you the importance of running immediately a carefully located line with a laaximum grade of 80 ft. per mile (or 1.5 ft. per 100) for the purpose of instituting a comparative estimate of its cost as comared with a 90 ft. maximu,. t would also sugg s t that while this is being done, the force employed by kr. Carmichael should be employed only upon r'uch porti ns of the line as would not be affected by the ' '* . ■ > . • - change. ■ • Through the aeslstanoe of Ur. Hurd, Dlv. Engr. on Construction With hie small part, of two, an4 a 60 ft. tape measure, 1 have run an experimental line froms ta. 975 westward _(wn,Voh avoids the high bridge) and"the 18v<l and transit notes of whio I now hand you in order to enable you to make a comparative estimate of the cost of the two lines. 1 would reoormiendlth, ado^on of my line (with euoh improvemente as it la Bueoeptible of) at an additional present cost of from »75,000 tb »100,000. ' 1 think that even a better line than tha one 1 ran cm be ohtaKwaJ dry further careful engineering, but my facilities were too limited to allow of any further expermente of a eatisfaotory nature, ttaeltee which 1 hand you brings Inw" use moro of the work already done any other that I could July, 1867 suggest. 'r ">sr. On following the line from, the crossing of Crow Creek to a ' point some two miles west of the crossj.ng of Dale Creek, I was im pressed with the idea that the"engineer in making the location had sacrificed too much (jwf grades and cost to alignment, and that by the introdrction of more freqvent curves of easy radius, the cost may be materially reduced. iThe adoption of this principle, within reasonable limits, is most certainly justified in a co ntry where the surface in every direction is generally rock of the hardest ' Character. Some weeks-before levying New York, I wrote to you re- < questing that I might be furnished, upon the present trip, with a detailed map showing aligrjnent and topography of the line up the Lodge Pole^d over the Blade Hills. Such; a. map would have facili tated mV'extoiriations* very much, and might possible have led my mind, in some cases, to difTereVit .conclusions. Gten. Dodge to Oliver Ames, Carmichadl's Camp, July 20; 1 have obtained an eiabty foot grade from summit of Black ^ills io Laramie Plains. 1 can obtain same maximum from Crow Creek to summit on eqst side, not to exceed two hundred thousand dollars additional cost. I r»co«.ehd It done. AnHwer to Fort Saunders. S. Seymour to tWn. Dodge, Cheyenne, July 20:- ^ Tour note Of th#'ITth. instant 1 n reply to mine of the "same date. With Pefe'^renee'f^/ohal!ging the maximum grade from 90 to 80 ft per mile over tifcft Blt«i 1il*i ***«• fountains, was duly July, 1867, •.f r .fT C 4 V '4 from whicti, and subsequent conversations with you, I infer that ypu do not favor any change in the present location, and that you think that a maximum grade of 90 ft.per mile is the best, u - der the circumstances, that can be adopted; also that you would not roconciend the Company to incur any additional expense in reducing * the maxtmuip from 90 to 80 ft, per mile. You have, however, very kindly placedLIr. Maxwell, Asst. Engr, and party tinder my direction, for the purpose of making such exam inations in the field, between this point and Fort Saunders, as I ypy think proper, with reference to a change of line. Although the personal superintendence^of these surveys does not, in my opinio , .come within the legitimate sphere of my ^duties as Consulting Engi- , neer of i-he Company, and will interfere somewhat with my proposed plap of accompanying you over the line to Salt Lake, yet I consider the matter of the- -rades of immediate an^ primary importance to the company; and on the-deolelon of which will admit of no delay inas much as contractors ape xlow at work upon some portions of the line involved in tl^e change .of grade, ^aijd others will soon be upon the ground, , ' . . » ^ 'r)t.. I h*.» ooncludea to avail myself to the services of Ur. Haxwell and party as soon as he can be placed at my disposal, and will iw-aistely prepare the necessary insyuotlons to guKle hU»^ during lay abaonoe to Bridgera, Pass, and back to this place, with ilt', Blicken«d«vfer, 617 1 ■ I . July, 1867, In the mekntime, I will endeavor to commiinicate with the Pres ident of the Company in N3w York, and obtain his views and those of the directors, with reference to the amount of present additional expenditure that the Company would he willing to incur in order to affect the proposed change in maximum grades. And I would like' very much to have you lay your views of the question before the President; at the same time, so that he mhy have all the information possible Before him while considering'the question. 'i understand that you have ordered the change of line, sug gested in my letter of the 17th, so as to avoid the high bridge over hhe branch of Lone Tree Creek at sta. 990, and have ordered the con struction force under LIr. Camichael to commence work upon the new line, all of which I have no doubt will be approved by the company, r ' ^ I have so much confidence that the company will decide to change: the location from the present line to oile Whlbh I will recomaend,: involving a maximum of only 80 ft. per mile, that' I will ask you - to notify the engineers in charge of construction to abstain frca^ doing any work, for the present upon suchpprtions of the line as I shall notify them may be changed by the new location# and I will see that no delay in the prosecution of the work iS occasioned by ♦ ■ f ' such orders, , Oen. Dodge to Sidney'Dillon, Fort SitKlifcrfi# July 22d, 1867 il.'M Trouble never comes' singlyT Have btA Hill work straightened out# and now poor Brown—the best artU most promising July 1867. ;0f all, and my reliance for work west, is killed, and I must push out to his party. , IJ-v M . .1 I am suffering everjd,hing but death from my rides. How long I can stand it, God only knows. Add to this, the f^ct that I have got nothing but grief along with me, and you can imagine my humor. Your mill man will have to go on to branches of Crow Creek and-near the summit for timber; they will find plenty there for their mill until next year. , Indians on the Plains have been very bad • for two weeks; , they have been attacking everything and everybody. Raslirts has been of great aid to me. I believe he takes more interest in the road than^Seymour does, who seems not to care a damn whether the Indian a get the road or not so long as he can play gentleman and have a big company to foot the bills. He will be my everlasting bitter enemey, for I have taken occasion to give him soiiie pretty, strong Ucks at. his actions. He cares about as much for our as we do for Japan, and will sell any or all of us if he can bSiUr- aeyw>i«'. He has some good ideas about engi neering, but the devil of it is, no one knows when to trust him. He intends to come bock with Blickenaderfer and stay around the Black Hills; will do wfiHt he can to change lines, and cause delay, ■ 'iind y6u must all be careful abgut what you allow him to do; better hear Ao on changes before you make any, as he would not hesi tate to delay you if it suited his purpose. . ■ ' Ji" ''■ -^jI rr,. .- I only oautiw y6u*because I never knew the man before^ and if you know him, all right, it will not be necessary for me to cau tion you, . w . I Sick as I am, I believe I •shall g'6 through 'to'Salt Lake'if In diana do not kill off all my party. It takes the nerve out of them, losing so many. ' / i want two good engineers^to replace Brown and Hill—men of experience and ability. The whole thing is now on the' Shoulders of Evans and myself, ""eymour would not take a party, if the road had to stop. Told me yesterday that he did not think it policy to push parties out during the Indian troublesJ said there wQuldbe plenty of time next year; wheft the fact is, every cut must be worked this win ter, and the light work'ail deile'fbr forty miles west of here this fall. * ^ ^ ^ telegraphed you and Ames abovit Black Hillsj but got no reply •« George E, Gen. Dodg®f ^ecatur, Ala. 1;- ' When I firwt arrived from California in April I wrote you but have not heard t supposd you have fe9ej;i too busy to ■ n VOf-jT S ; a ' . ' • write lette s. ■ • * , . I have been appointed register in bankruptcy for the 4th Con gressional district, but have not yet qualified owing to the absence of Judge Busteed"il?bm the"««ate. Allow »• to thank you for this ap pointment, for lUlidttt interest in the matter I should have been forgotten. * " oj edi»^.- ^ July, 1867. .?r r I sincerely finite''that you will, make the "Reconstruction Act" so plain that a way faring man though a fool can understand it. Under Pope's order., enclosed, wl\ich I sjsnd you w© can carry Alabama dna secure it permanently to the Republican party, and without it we will ''have to give everything over to the rebels. An effort will be made to remove the di-sability fro some ex-rebels who are now acting temporarily wi'th us, t hope you will oppose any such project as it will injure us v very materially. It is better that the-disability should remain as it is, for ,the moment wie place any of these men where they have power they will use it to the injury of loyal men. Vie have them now where we can control them, and th,ey are powerless to injure us, I dont believe th'^ country will suffer on account of not being " to place these inen tniofficial positions. . We have seen the many pardons and I am bold to say that there is not ' a single man in Alabama that at the present time ought to have his disability removed. A little probation will do the... all good and be f a great laenefit to the cause and party, ' The prospedts for crops are good and everybody feels encouraged, and if Congress'will take a flm stand we will reconstruct this State and place It permanently in'loyal hands, and place men at the head of affairs that will do to trust. • Mas. Spencer is with me knd hm^'hBr regards. My regards to "'ii, your wife. J, M. Brown to Mrs. Uddge, St. Louis, 2;- July, 1B67. , f , itijt .. . . 1 have bedn lookihg for you or a letter from you some time, r ' . - Has Ocean gone to the plains? ." •s. ■ : George E. Spencer to Gen, Dodge, Decatur, Ala., 2;- •' In Our Legislature meets on the 13th of this month. Cannot 0,^ 8»f: you come to Montgomery, about the 15th and remain a few days? You could ti 1*14!'T help me a great deal and I" think secure my election, llo man is more 'endorsed or has greater influence with the Alabamians than you. If you will come I will pay your expenses and will also show you some good speculations that will pay you ten fold. Of course, you ^knpw that if I am successful and that you can rely upn me to do anything for either yourself, your Interests or your friends that you may desire. t think my chances are good, but with your presence would regarcf it as a certainty, • If possible do come. You shall never have cause regret ■it\""lf I have letters from Wilson, Logan and other prominent men, it would help nb greatly, A letter from Gen. Grant be in valuable, Could you get ae such a letter? What I want most ig to show the members that I would have more ^ influence if eiewl«4 ttoan the othep candidate^ 1 + Mrs, Dodge MtUwi General, Council Bluffs, 4:- ^ . Ic U.ytjf went,out to Park's mills to a picnic today, had a wery pleasant time. The rockets are,going off up town and the childi'^lMi wild with excitement. . I am very glad the 4th only 622 t . ' f-T. . July, ]867. comes once a year. I would like to know what you are doing today, and where you are and how you are, ' I received your telegram from Lodge Pole; am very anxious to hear now as I suppose you are going through the most dangerous part, but I think you will be careful you have had so many lessons in Indian matte s, • • There has been a report that Gen. Ouster was killed, but thought * • # • not true. Joe Blake's brother Charles was in one of the coaches on the Sknoky Hill route that was attacked; had an eye shot out and badly 1 T ■ ' .i. woimded. He was taken to St. Louis, is better now, • 'J I received a fine imperial photo of Gen. Sheramn today; a Splendid picture. i I. Gen. Dodge to his wife. Grow Creek Crossing, 4: v'T-' ' . ■ - , . ■ ' 1 have been in the saddle all day looking at line. Not a days work has been done since Hill was killed until I got here. I shall stay here and at Sanders for a week or more until I get my line ^p,ln to this point, then push west to North Platte. Gen. Gibbon will be along with the military force, several companies for the new post at that point. Gen. Augur and staff are hero. Their party with mine had a fourth • f t of July celebration while I was out on line. Speeches, made toasts, drank ftc, X learn it was quite a time. T ey named the new town at the oast base of the moiintains Cheyenne. The new military Post to bo built near here will ' e located r bout sixteen miles west of this place near wood and water, and close to the lihe. ' ' We no I July, 1867. 'doubt will build upi here a large town and it will rival Denver, Nearly all the party go to Denver tomorrow, while I am to work here, Ur, Blickensderfer goes down to look at the mountains and the rest go only to see the sights. We have camped here now 300 troops; will have 000 to go west with us. Note: M, A, Bailey to Mrs, Dodge, (Domestic matters) Gen.Dodge to his children. Crow Creek Crossing, 7:- ' . " ■ ' / 1 I am resting today, it bein-;- Sunday, and will write you a " f ■ short letter about our trip. The 3d day of July we reached Pine Bluffs, a noted hill on our line, an-' in the morn ng all climbed to its top o't obtain the first View of the Rocky Mountains, and a glorious sight it was. Away sixty miles dus west and 150 south-west stretched along the entire horizon the snow capped aio\antain8 towering away into the clouds. The snow reached thousands of f4et below their tops and the dark timber line was brought prominently forth marking the point where vegetation ceas es to exist or grow and where pei?petual snow exists. From that point over to Crow Creek we had to travel without water, and I am resting here try ng to get in our line over that country. The weattier is so cold up here that nights I sleep under two blankets and ywsterday I wore an overcoat all day; a camp fire felt good. Every day.«ore or gane is killed. Here now camped rl^t with me are 200 Pawnee Indian, 300 white aoldiers. Gen, Augur and his staff are going west with us; will be at least 300 soldiers, so you see we-' ^ -?•" j. ^ July, 1867. .vrar «T.C]; have plenty of protection. I saw 20 Indians the other day and the Pawnee scout killed a SiouxJ an Arrapahoe and his squaw scaped them and for a week, past nightly had a grand pow wow, scalp dance, ^'C. It would interest you, but has got to be an old story with me. - 1 iiop when I return to meet you all here, if the track is here. I want to-have you come out to.the new town that is to be.^ It is called Cheyenne, after Cheyenne Pass through the mountains. This • creek is called Crow Creek, because several years ago the Sioux and ■ the crow Indians had a great fight on it in which the Crows got badly whipped. The new fort to be erected here is called Russell, after Gen.Russell *ho was killed in the wab. . Mrs, Dodge tb the General, Cotmcil Bluffs, 7;-,,^ • This ie the thitd or fourth, letter; as yet I have recieved none, ahd most two weeks siflbe jou left. - I should think you would have been near some mail. Anrfte is not very well but good care keeps her up. I shall send Laura to St. Louis in a few days; have a good chance and ' she wAhts to go. I.Aiall.wait till September before I go down. It is a bad time W Aiwie away frcm home at least into a wamer climate • • Baldwin 1 euass foiled jou on th, mill. Hate went to see him and M'Waid Officer and Puee- would not slve up their claim, but Nate aays he thinks they e«.ted to keep It In their own hands or wouldn't let Baldwin ehengs. Tou better let him alone and not let him gel any chance to hold your money. July, 1867. ,^,£x/L Gen. Dod^^'to his wlfej Grow Creek.Crossing, ll:-..?a'.r , ' ' ' On my arrival here.I foimcl that not a day's work had been done by my engineering parties since Hi'11 was killed, and I have had to stop here and get In"31 miled of line between.Pine Bluffs and this • place sb-'workman could get to grading, and shall be here a week longer at least.- T have been out on line every day hard to work. People are daily crowding to this new town that is to be; have not yet laid it off. The Government engineer has. gone south then will-retiirn here. I got one letter from you tongght written on your arrival ..home. Am sorhy to learn llltle Annie is sick, but hope she is better. I expect to h'^ar from you often% I have written and telegraphed you-, ^ every oppcrtunity tout do notknow whether they all reached the mail. Got papers up to the 27th tonight, but hear jaothing from Congress or anything else and t wi-h I hbHe. 1 suppose the pleasure seekers are having a pleasant time','btat' I h.-ve nothing ,but,.gard work and no one to help me. Gen. Rawlins I think is improving. -Col. TSeymour takes his ease and finds flaws in other*s Works, K® la now pitching into the Black Hills line. Mr. Blickensderfer is out examining the mountains; has gone to Berthoud fas&,'to Cabhe la Poudh® and to Ckeyerme Pass. I hop® yo^ matters straight at home. Mr, Reed, Mr. ca«,nent Coleman, U,.rs;&t. left «veral toys aeo, anfl era 'I.. c. .. 'U'y- f july» 1867. • • » : * this are at Omaha. Casement said he would 50 over and see you; hope he will. He can talk and tell you more than I can write. My health is pretty goor^, not first rate, hut improving. The horses stand it first rate. V/e have cold nights very, and need overcoats, blankets &c. . t* e . I saw Crster's dispatch to Gen. Augxir tonight, in whic'- he says in two fights two of his companies had whipped the Indiens. Caf>t. Sa.u. Rohbins commanded one of the companies and. he speaks highly of ^ him. Kiss the girls, take one for yourself and write often. I want to hear from you-it is .lonely and I miss you more than ever. Krs. Dodge to the Goners^l^ Greenfield, 15, 1864. Ypur laafc dated the 8th came through in good time. I fear you will have a terrible hot tme of it now and almost feel discouraged, ■ afraid yotx will have an all euxiuwer campaign; was so much in hopes of your coming up next nOOrtto eaad resting-do hope Johnston will evacuate as ho has been doing.' ■ i . ' It Is pretty hot but nothing to atiat' It Is In St.. Louis, and I glad 1 did not stay there *ith the. qhildrap .during the hot weather♦ 'it think you every tfine 1 alt down Minerva's good meals, you don't kn6w hdW much. It is too bad y9U cant get fruit and other good things so plentiful at this time of year. - , .y ^ going over to Indlana|>»lio tomorrawx^a willsen4,,#o?^f,bQ?t,of fruit, but i da'Wj not send btittef %ithoiit'ffsi are pure J.t, keep. Can I .1". .lA . July, 1867. send things so the raiders will not get them? ■> 3n 0 1'" rAf^C Nate writes me often. He was about selling one of tlhe'stores or buildings in Phoenix block. Joseph did well at Pulaski, and if you get Atlanta and 'Sherifian stops I hope you'wlll try and gSt him a'^ance there.' It would be a fortxine. If you draw pay or get any money send it to me. I gave Joseph a check for most in bank for buying bonds, and may want to.use some. I'wrbte you about Pegham wanting me to buy-paht of hid place. He has refused $17,000; woixld let me have It i'or .that. i Gen. DoSge to".Is*wife, Che^eiuie* 15; ' ~ ^ Igot yours of 6th and Ella's of 4th of July, also dispatch in answer to mine in which you express a desire for letters< This is the 7th I have written and mailed. I have got but one batch of papers. You know youau'-t put '{)a|^4'r4 in an tn-rslap® latter or they will not go through. After reeetving this,, mail letters to m© care of Thos.'Pedrup," North Platte River Stag•^Statio^. You speake of warm weatheid here. W© are 6100 feet above the sea aag it is unco fortably cold; have not suffered a second from heat; in *a/d^le of dsy buree, momttig «tid ftight I wear my overcoat. At night 1 sleep under §t4Mrlet, .tft# ibjtaaket and my overcoat, , I feel vary anx-ksim abouJi:little Annie, and am very glad you do not go south with lieb. tfeae 1 Ai€A well aod I did not think ^ the ti'i p would hurt her, t aappoaaHi^tiAomes from teething, and I know • ■' July, 1867. . , ; ■ your good care will bring her out all right. I am sorry about the. liason breaking up on my brick building, I suppose Nate is taking charge of it. V.ho sent the picture of Gen. Sherman?, Now about Cheyenne. The people are already flocking here and, like Julesburg, at first it will be a second h^ll. I have got Gen. Augur to throw his protecting arm over it to keep .them from owning town and all. They are coming from all quarters and all expect to make a fortim;e some no doubt will, others lose it. From the town sight which is a high table land bounding Crow Creek you can see the snow capped RocKy Mountains for a distance of 100 miles north end south.fonning a semi-cibcle with the black hills for a foreground. .The view is a beautiful one, the location excellent, and here will aenter a large population. Govorraaent alon. will build up here a l^rge town, as It is to ba the depot for all posts north -nd south and also the distributing point, for.all pon nta In Oploorado. During this winter our traine will stop here and the travel west, will here leave; can take stage and other transportation. We ahrtl. aj-e bu.jlld a. large work-shop, machine shops, round houses, &o. and fl»*ry 1 hops here to meet you on my return from the mountain.. 1 .«.t you to see this country before you go to Washington. I shall leave here thie week and push rapidly west. Uy pfirWea hs,w«*ot a goed line ,thrcuB to North Platte throwing .-.nt the heavy wort't„ the •••Ulne Bow Ucmtains that I used to worry about. The last 18 mllea from the east has been a very difficult July, 1867. "'T* w r ' t n r- .w 7 j . » * r » line and we havfe 'worked'hard at it until I think"We have got a good line. I hear from New York that matters are prosperous and that they are urging us to push forward. Durant I hear is anxiotis to gefback, but our people are not willing. They will be fools if they allow him to take hold again. SeymoTor is tip in'Black Hills trying to pick a flaw in some of the lines. His escort left him six miles from camp and put after a lot of Sioux who had stolen stock; recap tured the stock but got no scalps. The sa&e band killed a man near our camp. They attacked the train, the man was out hunting for it and fell in the fight. I never go out without full escort. Have seen brie band of Indians only and the'few in h^r^ arb in small bands steadling. The first iburial 'in*Cheyehne has marked on the stone "Killed by Indians." ^ Kiss the girlsj give my love to all the folks; tell Jule tor write » me Ihe' news'and gobsip; and write often. I will write the children next* . :w *» Jyu ■ Note: Gideoh Wells to Gen, J^Wttehihgtonj B.C. It: firs, Dodgb to the General: ' ; T?ie wfeather has be on-almost intolerable for the last week. and 1 have beenn arly sick arid had not the streng.th to write for a week; little Annie too h«» not ^een wall .wm6 It .took strength I had' to take care of' X * - ^ . .. ^ - I received a long letter-frett N^th Platte, was glad enough to get it; part of the tthe Ifra-vW'Ve^n'entirely ignorant of. your doings, July, 1867 • J t '. though your telegrams came quite promptly to let me know where you v.ere, still I was anxious to get letters, to hear more particulars* I hope you can opiQe back without any detenti n. n 1 . If thei ^aby is well enough, I shall go to Kansas City the first of September, think I may leave her at home, but shall viot go or take her if,she is not well, I often think evenings I wonld;giV0 a good deal to look in upon y-u an(J see what you are at. ^ ' The girls are engaged practicing for a concert. I send a pro gramme. Little Annie says: "Papa, coma home," She does npt forget you, is'very cute and pretty, Hppe soon to hear Jour face is turned eastward. I want to know how much escort you have returning. Be very careful. - . ir Hon. J. W. hriJieS to Cen. Do^ge, Burlington, 19; ^ Yours of 26th inst, is at han'^, I suspect that there will be a session in July. Such seems to be the general impression. I do not believe that much good will come of it. * ■ . not a*a*ie of tjpo change in the Pacific Co. I h?ve h ard ' nothing of It si.m% home, and have not heard any news in fact. I would not attempt to go near Washington If I feared that my health wouird suffer, *"11 J. 1 . Brolirn tt) Oen, Dodge» St. Louis, 20;- ;t>ou sea by the enclosed card that my expectations in regard t« V Ibreign (JonstilatS mre not very bright, though I shoul'^ not refuse to tsipva my country here at home if called upn to do . X -i.. 'f!.. • * ;r-f i S'" 'i u. t July, 1867. I have entered into co-partnership with Mr. P. Beardslee for nearl ' i'.. ' three years, each investing $12,500 cash, though I had to give my note for near $3000 in consequence of being short of each. I used your money and consequently I '^ont to pay you now. I would like to borrow three to five thousand more. .. « Note: Copy of instructions to Messrs, Olenn & Talpey, Cheyenne, 20 Gen. Dodge to his wife, Cheyenne, 20:- - - _ ■ Todajr t got yours of July 17th in which you say no letters j^t, 1 do not understand it for*I have written twice and sometimes * three times a week and sent them by reliable conveyance as I supposed, • I shall leave here Monday and will write a few line§ now, some tomorrow and balance when I get to Saunders to the mail, I have been so busy all the time that I guess no one has ftny time-to.throw any bad Influence over me. * • '' ' ♦ f ■, * X ■ About twenty families arrived here today to settle in Cheynene, My tep.t is pitched opposite Gen. Rawlins and Mr, Evans and Mr» Van Lennep are mjr ohnme. We, while in camp, are poring over maps, profiles, ' discussing lines and all wound up in R. R. matters, but we all feel like gibing home. " ' Today When I read your letter and Ella's—God bless her-- made me homesick. Lettie wrot^ a fine- letter and she is Improvingr The chirography . of both indicate their character; Ella- oareful, quiet; Lettie bold, dashing-«ll buSinSWA, It does me so much good to get letters from them Littls Annie, doei sir# me? ^ J see Congress Is not doing any general business. You s»y July, 1867. nothing about it. It is better for me to be here than in Washington. Yon wrote nothing about the Brick Block except contracts are busted, nor nothing about Ebpire Block. Look carefully to our trees; dont let thorn died; have them watered if necessary. How doeB the Bluffs get along? You must have been Casement or some of the parties who left us here. I expect they had a gay time at Denver. 7^e get plenty of antelope and I have made arrangements for our cedar trees'this winter-live pretty comfortably^ No India troub- ■ lea lately. I wrote you all about what little there was. George and William do first rate. They take good oare of the horses an^^ me. I have fallen in love with the pony- ad tell Lettie I cannot ever agree to her selling'it. I hear nothing from Jule or Nate. I wrdfti you before to hereafter send mail,to mo care of Morris Redrup, statidn agent, North Platte River Stage Station. Sunday July 21st. We are all quiet today and o bserving the Sabbath; washing up and getting ready for our trip west tomorrow» I wish it .was 'east. I do hot enjoy it much. Rawlins, Dunn, Duff and Evans are -r congenial, but Seymour is here for mischief,and trouble-only finds fault. I hop© to get rid'of him at Bridger Pass. He says he is going back with Mr.Blickensderfer. Mr. B. is a fine gdntlemana attends closely to his duties and bothers no one. I wish Nate would write me how mattertt are getting along. Has he secured the money regular? 1 wroAe him bo see Bnyder and have the '"lovj'i .'aa . . - i0 ^ ^ ^ 633 .''fr'j'iww y . • . ■ July, 1867. ,money for my lumber- and I want to know if the wood.at the farm has ^een hauled over to the road yet. When you get back, hope you will' write about farm raatterws. Have they.commenced the barn yet? I hope the Nonpareil will get on its legs again, so that I can get it. I got a batch of papers from you up to the 5th July, and it was welcome news. We get nothing here, nothing except rumor. I do not even know.where track is, suppose it must at at L 30 miles beyong Sedgwdck, Wiioh will give it 100 to get here. I ho© it will be here on rjy return; it will help me four or five, days in getting in. Gen. Augur starts East tomorrow,^ and I will finish this so as to send it in. Col. Stevenson arrived heretoday with throe companies of Infantry to garrison this Post, called Fort Davy. Russell nnd sev- { eral of our graders, ti« men, &c# also came in, so that business is looking up in the new town, I am now in hopes to get back here the « « last of September or first of October, Do not think I shall,be delayed as long ahead as I. have been here. I shal], get rid of some of the drawbacks Id k week or,few© a;id there will be left only my own people. Today-te very hot, the warmest I hrve experienced and with snow '■ t in full view, the water in creek very cool; it is an aggravation. Wheft I ««t over to Laramle Plains it will be two weeks before I can reach another post office, so you mut not be surprised if you do not hear- from m© frOm Caunders. Three days from now t will write again. 1 e^e so many trains, military !c.c, arrive it looks like old army times# but there are none of the horrors surrounding it that there was then. , . July, 1867. pen. Augur and all his staff have been very kind, done everything they could for us, and he is a perfect gentleman; says he will bring his faraily to suamer here next summer. If the cars were here when I return I want to have you meet me here if you are at the Bluffs; vant you to See this country before you go East, Note:- To Mrs. Dodge from her sister, Minerva. 21; : Gen. Dodge to his wife. Dale Creek, 23; Yours written from Elkhorn July 15th, came to me today. I canno.t see where my letters to you are. Not a week has passed but what I havxs written you two sometimes three, in last week have written three, .sending a long .one back by Gen. Augur. I think Baile*y should sell all the cattle fit for beef that will bring a good price. I told him so before I left. Beef or work cattle ♦ . . ought to bring a good price. I do not want to sell at a loss but the oldest steers 1 want to sell. He can use what of the funds is necess ary to'build the barn. I will sell my farm now for |25 per cares, for prairie and fSO per acre for timber provided it is both taken together. To sell-Off any of t mber separate I would want $100 per acre. I hbpe Bailey is doing well this summer and will have good crops. He deiieH%fe t^, foh I believe he tries to do his best. How are the fruit trees, shade,, trees, «5c? ^ I am very anxious abbut little Annie, and as soon as I reach Saunders shall telegraph to -hear. You are wrong about the wt-itihg. I nsver telegraphed Nutt or Snyder nor any one in Omaha. Have only July, 1867. .v^:: ,vr,;r. telegraphed 6nyder once, then'on business, btit have sent at least a dozen to you. I have rhi4,">et struck a mall or telegrah route but- • shall tomorro*,'and all my letters and telegrams have been sent by messenger. Wo are now cataped at the celebrated Dale Creek where our parties united, a beautiful spbt. The boys are all o'ut fishing for "trout and have brought in several, and ve will have a mess for supper. It has been two days since we left Cheyenne and I shall be two or three days at Saundersj then I start for North Platte, then for Fort Bridger, then for Salt Lake. This country thro'ugh here has given me great grief. It is th the hardest country I was ever» in to get a satisfactory line. , I think ^ I have saved over two hundred thousand dollars to the company in change • Ir.f ou mi!* •'lot " , • of line. Port Saundera, July 28th. ' - • • .. i arrived here Taet ni^ ft hear had ne»s from the Weet. On the 23d Mr. Brown, chief «f the party weet of.North Platte, was out In the advance of his party some forty miles with ten mounted men as escort, and near Bitter Oreelc was ttaoked by 76 Ind i ans. He fought them two hours succeeding In'keeping them at bay until near night; he was mortally wounded in side. The escort t1M)k. him Into t',e stage road on Bitter Creek near Laolede, where he died and wea burled. , . , I shall leave hrfre on Monday with eame three hupdred soldiers as 'an eaoorti part gofe " " ®'"8ar Pass and part all the way ♦ * , i to V ri j- , ' V»V ■ July, 1867. •' t through, so that we are well protected. From Bridger Pass Mr. Blickensderfer and Col. Seymour leave me to return. The latter is a good riddance and I hope I may never have him with me on any trip again. He is the worst sneak I think I ever met; means mischief to our com pany, professionally dishonest and corrupt, and the quickdr the company get rid of him the better. At this place we have a fine two-story log building ere cted to winter our men in and keep our stock. Gen. Gibbons commands here and has his family with him. He will go west with us to select a Post cn North Plfette River. This killing of my chiefs of parties put me back. I have to stop to set them going again, often to run lines to make the connection. I do not see how the ranchmen stand it along this route with Indians in small squads prowling aroxind. Many of then live alone and many miles away from ai^y aid. At this point they have a good garden, * r • the Walter is tsJieh to it in a ditch and everything looks well; vegeta bles, potatoes, &c. The only thing that prevents raising crops is want of water or the early cold weather. Vegetables oats and wheat can ' » I • be raise* by qare; for corn, season is too short. I ««e that the Nonpareil is again on its legs, has anew editor. T. M, Wallwr, wo is he? I hope it will do Iowa good. Do you know how they fixed up what the coneem owed me? Now some $2500 with interest. Congress 1 see hange on. -I am anxious to know what date it adjourns to. July, 1867. so that I may know what to depend on. i: j -Va. t'l If ■ • ■ ' >1- . >1 • I hope I may never have to travel this country back again or any • * . . . f * way except in cars. From here to North Platte we will be in an alkali coiyitry, bad for men and stock. From the west we will strike a buffalo country and I hope we may get some. ■ : I ' I shall telegraph you when I leave, and before this you will have learned whe^e to direct my letters. Kiss the girls and baby. I look • '■r for a dispatch from you:today. : 'i . . ■ : ■ • Gen, Dodge to Sidney Dillon, Fort Saunder , 24: ■ *■" r ( ;. : : ■ I want answer to my dispatcli to company aooht change Of line w . t, 1- ' -J ' ^ " ■ * ' * ' ' it ^ and grade over Black Hills. I must push west. The Indians hold country from here to Green Rivor and unless I get out there we will fail in all our plans for 1868. Brown, chief of party west of I . . . . h ere, killed yesterday after fighting two hour^ and loslrtg his stock. Oliver Ames to Gen. Dodge,"^Boston, 2Cf (telegram) ►.aJcr;:v . ... r - . Grade one hurfdred and si*teen(116) feet. Answer. Nothing ■■ I oq v • . must delay progress. unr ' . Oliver Ames • -elAW i, to Gen. Dodgft, N. ftaston, 265 i/,: We received Ifour'telbgi^affi sAylrtg'youJWMAd.Wake an 80-ifeet grade at $200,000 extra cost, and" telegraphed you ttlAt > liie^ grade of the charter (116) feet would answer. Wfe did not have. feWfticient. data to be able to decide the question. , 'jl fc . ' k. ■ ■» »v» ' !ftje great 49fitre of the country is la rdpld conpletlon o.. this July, 1867, road, and we do not wish to delay the work.by any very heavy outs, ■ when we can do this work after the road gets in operation, TTheri "'s are r unn:ng the road we can reduce grades but to get it running we I . • will make th^ ,grades 4n all places, if it will more rapidly comJbete the work, at the maximuia grades allowed by the charter, Durant and his friends are endeavoring to injure your and our t • . standing before the country by calling us slow, I dont wish to be liable to that charge by attembing to reduce grades to delay the work. Let everything be pushed ahead as fast as possible. Ur. Banker to Gen, Dodge, Washington, D. c, 26 : I received a letter from you some time since "bout monogram and forks. Am pretty much all my time down here looking after our Government accounts. Col. Bli~s has bee relieved and Col. Crilly is in his place, and a much more efficient officer he makes, I assure youl Gen. Meigs absent on leave and Gen, Rucker in charge. Succeeded • - f • in closing upthit lot of accounts you left them some time ago, just ten days ago, and now have to stay here almost all the time to put things ^ . . • It is mighty hot hpre and was all during the short session of Congreso; members were all very glad to get away. It is parfcularly dull her^ now, no excitement of any kind. Kh'Sn you selecte location for town at base of mountains where branch road f^oo Denver comes in, I want yov to advise me, as I have an i««a that a small investment will pay there and want to buy some July, 1867. ' land in an elislble place; think thR t will be the best spot*. That is my opinion; if yours iS different advise me, as I am totally in the dark here and yet no office news at all hardly. My investments in that way wont injure the company any an'^ may benefit me. You can give * me some information as to eligible spots aiid probable cost of land. Left N. Y. last Tuesday. Doctor, Crane and all hands wel . There was to be a meeting of the Board on VJednesday; havoheard nothing from there as to results. Hope things will pan out all right and that the work will go bravely on. Gen. Dodge to"his wife, P6rt Saunders, 28: • I got two dispatches from y u and answered. 1 write toda:,^^ It may be the last opportunity t shall have"until 1 refech North Platte 100 miles west of this place. By this'time Jrou must have the letter I sent in by Gen. Augur. I also sent letters by'Ur. Garter to Denver by Lt. Peale to Latham," «fcc,, none of which as yet you have got. The mails are very irregular. I find whole coac''^ IbAds of mail laying at mail stations out here, sane of it having been therfe two years; but it seems to me mail from here to Denver and east should ^jo straight. I have had lots of papers and several letters from you and have done lay • • best to get mine back to you. « ''' My escort got in last night from a long scout but struck no Ind- ' . 1 . , , - i^ans. My dispatch to the Nonpareil will wake up some of them. I got telegrams from Denver and Chicago requesting permiasion for them to take it off for Associated Press. All the North Indiarisi^t^e at war- July, 1867. _ with us now ami are doing great mischief, I hope our big commancl • f . • • f - t 400 strong may run into some of them. Poor Brown,' so yoxing, so able, to fall right as he had whipped -..e • ■ ■ , • - • * . . ■ the devils, and theonly one of our men hurt. It is a great loss to me and I see no way to replace him, Evans stops here and put the parties on location west. His wife is very side at Omaha and he no doubt would like to go back, I begin to think th'at engineering, * ■ r . with the load I am carrying, is no sinecure, but if I shoul'f stop now I a line would not be struck west of here this year. All say give it up I say no, and get new troops to ray parties. They are now working with 70 men as escort. The other day I climbed the high peak at head of Lone Tree Creek in Black Bills to get a view of the surrounding country and from it I could see Larsunie Pea^ 100 miles north; Pine Bluffs 60 ..liles e'ast; ♦ Pikes Peak 150 miles south and the liedicine Bear 100 miles west with one half of the so- thern circle fringed with the ragged, snow capped, Ropky Range whUe the country east looked like a great sea. From the top I picked sevi^ral florwers, pressed them nut in my diary and enclose one. No matter ho* sterile or ragged this country is it is dotted all ©far with roses, leaves and grasses, with singular stohes and For three days the wind has blown a perfect hurricane I., I and eft hi* and dust has filled every corner. Sinee we have been here the ladies of the Post' have 'given nightly fj;", July, 1867. a party, get up rides, &c. that the young men no doubt eijjoyed. I attended the one at Capt. Wards and Gen. Gibbons but the others did - * • not go. They are about moving this post, or were doing it and I en deavored to get it stopped until early in the spring. We need the troops on the line. Who is Mr, Walker, the editor of Nonpareil? It is strange I get *■ . no letters from Nate about business matters; how the block gets on and what was done with my intere't in the Nonpareil, how the Bluffs is ^ , prospering, <^c. Are they going to rebuild the Empire Block tliis year? How are the trees in tMe garden? I want to hear all aboiA it. After . you get this letter sen'^ your letters and papers 'to Fort Bridger, Utah^ .1 expect to reach there by September 1st, perhaps by August 25th, kftev .passing Green River we are out of the Indian country and shall have a let up to our vlgilence. The dash they have just m-de in here - • ' ' " ■ ' ' - ■■ ■ ■ : « , will put all on their guard, "Phe pony and mare are doing well and my health is only fair; do 0 .L' .' . , y,;, ttot improve so much as I expected. I hove too much on my mind. I fjjope after I reach Green River, wheKe I carl get vegetables and fruit plenty, that I shall do better. My itching difficulty is nearly gone. Gen. Rawlins improves wonderfully. I like him very touch but I cant say that all are like him; Mr. Duff . Mr. Bldcensderfer, Maj* Dunn and Mr. Corwith are all fine gentelmen and take more interest in cuf road than many Who are paid for taking it, ^ " Note:- To Mrs. Dodge from her niece Stelle, Elkhorn 28: July, 1867. .V39r Oliver Ames, to Gen. Dodpe, New York, 30:- ; - ^ Your letters are received. In the present position of our matters, 1 do not wish to undertake any. work that wll7 delay construotlon and wherever we can hasten the work h- grades being made 116 ft. and curves of one or two deSreesi I ehouldmake theai even if we had to reduce them after we get in operation.. The nr. is infusing the minds, of (^vernment Directors with the idea that we are not pressing fo.rward the work as rapidly as we should, and that if it was let out to contractors and he had the management of it "lie could get 160 miles' into the mountains this season. . 1 do not iish the Dr. to make any capital out of this, and the feeling of our committee is to pueh the road along with the greatest rapidty even if „ have to rut the Jargest grades and.curves that our charter allows. '' • Tou know very well what our feelings are about the road-to make it as perfect as possible consistent with the repidyty of construction demartled V,y the oouhtry.- *e cannot, of course, in the office say what is beet about toe line, ft in your Judgment and Col. Carter's the oh;.«e of high bridge was ■„,eeesary, our confidence in your looking ",ut for toe nest Interest of the road leads us to unhesitatingly ap- 'prove'of your work. It is of the- greatest importance to have this lit line looat.d earl» and have men put on all heavy work at once, "i'vear In cT deep cuts is soon wasted an- we ought to have the men working IBO and 800 milee ahead of tracklayers. Tour favor in regard to Seymour, Bliokensderfer and others is at hand and approved. July, 1867. J. L. TfilliaiaS to Gen. t)6dge",'Fort Fayne , - 51: ^ Youfs of 2ist inst. came today and by same mail one from ^Col. Seymour, 15th of Julj'. J " ^ -iij' Your telegram about 80 ft. grade never came. I was not aware that a revision of the line over Black'Hills was ifi the progracme or I should have been still more anxious to go out. It is all right,if the line can be improved but, as I have said to Col. Seymour in a note by this mail, we BhouM look also, as no doubt both of you will, to alignment and directness and not too mich add to distance and curvature. A judicious mediimi should be observed. You suggest that 80 ft. grade on west slope could be had with increase of 2 1-2 miles distance. ' That increase I thlilk'WlVyulxi be-qulte too great for a saving of one ninth in the rate of asdent. "eM;; , I hAve never advised an undue shortening of the line, at expense of gi^de or cost, for the purpose of lessening the Governaent subsidy 'to the injury of the workihg pf-the. road Yet with $48,000 per mile ' Vhe^Oovomiaeht might find ground to sub-lease a y marked or injudicious elongation of the 'line to avc^4»«^ ,JL.^at is only mofierately expenaive. THd work should be locai.e<i..«|)«i ^ound principles. Of course, if the general slope of'-bite mountain is indicated to 80 ft. grade it * should be adopted, btlt I desira to guard against a forced reduction at too gi^ •^'•acrifibe in alignment and distance,^You and Col. Seymour «W this. • ^ ' l.i. a; ji-h'u- cm'- • be«ir9fls|«|e hne July, 18C7. The -avoidance of a long and high bridge span at Lone Tree is well if feasible. Such a bridge on the mountain is a bad feature. I wrote jrou a week ago, care of LIr. House, in regard to your employing Mr. Webster or some other experienced engineer on the finished road. I told tir, Dillon that such an engieer was needed.^ I expect to be East from 10th to 20th of August; letters here wil I^Q forwarded; write often. I mij^t have added the consideration th t • • if you raust adopt 90 ft. or over at Rattlesnake Pass the reduction at Black Hills is somewhat less important. The case is not exactly as the one at Omaha.- I am very much gratified that you have nothing over 35 ft. east of Crow Creek. - o-u • uc -l .. I Can it be true that Mr. Brown has been killed by the Indians? • . I tought him a valuable yung man. ■ Mrs. J. V, Reed to Mrs. Dodge, Jollet, 31: t I think it is indeed unpardonable to leave your house as a guest, wJLth the pleasant remembrances of your kind hospitality ever - fresh, rna not up to present date have Informed you of my safe arrival ■ home. The only Sxcuae I can offer is, my cousin eas my amanuensis for a f.. of my moat urgrot letters at that time and I fully intended her to ■' include you aMons tWet number., I wM quite worn out with my warm, * duatry travel home together with my detention In Chicago with Idr, SchiminMly and aubsequent return# We have had quite a number of vlslta from our frlenda and not the least welcome or aurpBlalng was my husband's visit soon after his July, 1867. ' ■ . ; ' ' ■■ - . -.r- i return from the Black Hills. I hope he was able (on account of time) to cal"" and see you as he proposed doing. He left your husband well t • t and in good spirits. I am distriessed to hear of lir. Brown's death. I trust you will not allow yourself if possible any increased anxiety for the General's safety, since he is much more amply protected. It is a great trial to hear the long separations, the anxious days and sleepless nights that the great Pacific R.R. places between loving hearts and otherwise united homes. 'You have my ten'ier sympathy during these desponding days- I have drank of the bitter waters and can well afford now to bid you "Be of goo cheer."- You will be so happy in your husband's safe return-you will rejoice to forg® the ^ remembrance of yohr sorrow'i* Shorten-the sU>nm§lf' as'much as possible by making your firneds those promised visits. ; • ■ I am Just reminded of our pleasant journey.to. that desolate Julesburg, anri of the many laughable inci4ents that occurred to give tone and zeSt to the hours that"passed all too swiftly by. I may add that after parting company with D^r. 'White at Cotuicil Bluffs and bid ding you and Miss Julia goodbye, the "spik-it of the sport" had depart ed an-' onr journey was a quiet, coffloonplace affair. The >eat and dust almost overpowering us; hoi##Vd¥'» f must (in Justice to the gantleaen) that they were truly polite and ngree^hle as occasion required, I may go out to Nebraska In September or Octover, yet do not feel at all certain. My husband is anxious for me to take the children. July, 1867. t I but the accoamodations are so poor at Julesburg that I may not do so, Oliver Ames to Gen. Dodge, New York, 1 (Telegram) ,ii f. ■ ■ • , '. . ■ Let the line be located and under bontract immediately. T'-. Oliver Ames t Gen. Dodge, New York, 1: I wrote you yesterday in answer to your letters of July 20th from Grc- Creek, ^e are in receipt today of one of July 11th from some place in which you express a fear that Biickensderfer may take all summer to make his decision. This will be unfortunate for us, as I hoped he would have felt the importance of an early decision of this question that we might have the liberty to issue our bonds in advance of the mountains regions, I hope you will suggest to him that the Boad is in actual need 'f an early decision of this question if it is to be pushed with the speed that the people of the country require. I said to you yesterday that we wanted to comiete the road as far west as possible this season, and that any grade or curve within the limits of our charter might be adopted to hasten the work. I do not, of course, mean by this that you should put in a hervy grade or Bhort curve merely tp save a little money, but to save time so that the grading i»ay at all times, if possible, be haead Bf th* traok-laylngl ' and «e .ahall not merely for a good allgtvr.ent run Into heavy cuts that will aWp the progreee of the track for months." Our reputation today eepend. upen rapid caastructlon. When thd road is competed ve can taprove the grades and curves though It vlll be" a heavy tdttttional 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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Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Book 1866 civil war General Grenville M. Dodge Union Pacific Railroad https://archive.councilbluffslibrary.org/files/original/10fa444808c22cb1eca0f065b81f2ebf.pdf b41d3e9d33e64b628b44a24efc001494 PDF Text Text get the credit. Snyder is endeavoring to make a change to help it. • « . I shall send in a full report of repairs needed this week, t ' itating the extraordinarjr ones. The minor repairs are going stead ily forward. ^ , Dodge to S. D. Reed, Omaha, June 5th, 1867 (21DR269{ • < I siibmit herewith profile and notes for 50 miles of 5th hun dred. You will see that in the light cuts I have noted "take out ICQ feet wide" the material is intended for banks. Have eneavored to balance work at such places; at a few others have marked fence cuts. I think it will be. well, at the light cuts where material has I to go into bank, to take out 75 feet on north side of cut and 25 feet on sout'i side of cut; but to pay extra for it when material is not needed, it will be cheaper to fence. On making quantity j'ou can determine, or if work is let at .30 to 35 cants, cut and fill can be Ifet to balance, say, fill 14, cut 16. would leave it optional with sub-contractors to bor row and waftte, or haul if wasted. You can put, as you have hereto fore done, in ridges «wd side of wide cuts. I also request that Llr, Casement be instructed to watch carefully the alignment to th»t It le all right; it"la very broken, and • I di not wish to have any bad alignment, if it can be cvoided. They will be on tbe ground and could notify us of any changes that they thihk would the line. The. line up where bad alignment is was changed by engineer in charge, at west end of cutting, and ' JuneV 186 • . ifieff' of-f ti4 did not swing the tangent coming from 7'est', which ^ould have been done at east end of cutting whfere'large hand is. I have not had time to re-run line to see cause of that. There is* a large amount of water way on 5th hundred. Kr, Hills is very positive that it will all be required. It will be well enough to see if some of it cannot be reduced a little or"avoided by side ditches. Gen. Dodg'e to L. L. Hills, Omaha, June 5th, (21D'^270) - I do not like alignment from 3314 to 3420 or thereabouts, lirrd ' You run "E" line near Brown's, and '"P" line makes strong curvature to the north- a bad alignment in a broad valley. If you could strike" off about 3314 of "E" line hug creek to south, 8ind get on south side oppo'ite ^365, and ffvold 'crossing the dry creek, intersecting "F" line about 2490, it looks as though you could get as good a profile, and certainly a better alignment, "F" line, as you return it from Sta, 3435 tc^Sta, 3580, is .best; but at this point Brown's tangent would 1^f^''backed unon intersection at his lir.e is evidently best from here west; especially avoids . rought work at 3690. * Brown's tangent ftwaa 3610 - $8 E. C. west Should be backed up ujsiUl it intersects"p'^ lVne near 3540. 'Hiis imuld accomplish it. All of the lines' intersection must be made S careful study. The 5th hundred is being put under contract and we will soon be at work up there. I'jf ' { I expect to leave here from the 2 5th of June to the J iins j lSSV# ^1^ • ^ t j . 1st of July, and shall want you to meet me at en^i of 4th Hundred '' t • ■ t and go over yoiir location.with me. Before,that time, however, I , ' ' ' shell telegraph you --only mention it nov.', so you can be arranging for it and laying out work for your party, . ■ , , Oliver Ames to Gen, Dodge, New York, June 6th, 1867, Your favor of Kay 31st with Omaha papers of, same date is re- • ■ f ceived, The thing is now all right, and the peopl® of Omaha must xanderstand.that T.c.D,, V.p. and Genl. Manager, has not the entire « control of the U, P, R, R. and in the new organization I think t • ' ^ we shall see a more vigorous prosecution of the work and with more ayetem and»economy, I, and all in connection with the road here, havp never been ao awjgui^e of the success and great merit of this road as we are sinae Durant has been put out of its management, ■We are now selling from 15 to 20,000 $ of our bonds Gaily, and are getting our mont^. at muc'^' better, rates than formerl , The ^ < • moneyed intereata here^have now much more conffence in us and will, I have no doubt^ soon be applicants for our paper. We are going to have our iron punched and put down the 56 lb, irorv Vrith fish- joints. ^ U> Hoyt SbHaman to Gen, Dodge, De^ Kpines, June 7, 1867, I had up auitable opportunity while at your house last Sunday to speak Hd T0» lij reference to ^ plan I have in hand for making a little money., > » ir „ , EEIT June, 18G7. ."'Of Congress, at its last session, passed a resolution, which I believe originate r^iwth you, oh at least v/as supported by you, au thorizing post coinmandSrs to appoint military traders at the'posts west of the IttOth meridian. ■'t t: 'iri * I"am*anxious, If possible to sedure the appoi' tment of trader at the post, (not yet located) near the foot of the Black Hills. The resolution provides for the appointment of persons living at or near the post, but as in this case there are no resir^ents there- « abouts, my appointment'could not on that ground"bh more objection- ■ - . ■ ' . . . able than that of s'omei one at Omaha or'Ledvehwof th. I am already, as you are probably aware, in the mercantile business here, and my business acquaintances would glVe me many'advantages in keeping up such a stock of merchandise as would be needed at that point, I should also be able to spend much of my time there. - I* - If I can secure tfiis appointment, the arrangement will be for Col. Denman, now Superintendent of Indian Affairs at Omaha, to re sign that office, and go in jointly with me in this operation, spending*his entire time and attention at the pst and taking up his residence there. This would entirely obviate any objection that could be made on the score of non-res-ldence at the pst, I write frankly to you on this- subject in the Jippe that I mfy interest you somewhat in my behalf, knowing that yoUr pld posit on in the army and acquaintance withthe bfficars, as well as your px*ssont one as Chief Engineer of the Pacific road, .give you ^reat Juno, 1867. . • InfluenQe with the officers who make the appointment. Anything you can do for me will be gratefully appreciated and acknowledged and even if you do not feel at liberty to use your influence for me, I would like very much to hear from you-on the subject. * '■ " ' " P. V:. Palmer to deh. TDodge , 'Des Moines, June Vth, 1867. " From the data you send me (I have no other) I have made an article for the benefit of the Judge, and will say anything more thall either you or he may deem necessarj?^. I know there is no purer man in Iowa than our godd friend, and" shall be glad to say so when ever it will do him any good. Col. Thompson 'Pension Agent) has arrived, and seems inclined to train wit the right sort of folks. The First National Bank, of which I have been'elect'ed Preslderit, wants his deposits. 'The present Cashier',, Ur, Mosher, and the former President, J. B; Stweart were your devoted friends in the figh^ last year. If you will drop Thompson a line'confidentially, asking as a favor to you, that he deposit with llosher, I think it would settle.the "ihus do me personally and the bank a favor. I have no fight to make agaiimst Frank lllen in the matter and do.ttot want you compro mised in it, but if you can make a confidential request, I think Thompon 'would so r;gard il. and fee con4tna*d fey it. Whatever is done should fe e done immediately. • t / . . I . June, 1867. ■ 1,''^ v ■ ■ hir ft#J;.::Deap AnnieP- ■ .j a:- Kansas City, Jiine 8th, 1867. Annie has been ver -bad with who oping cough, but is bet ter now, Winne'is coughing and whooping; the others nearly wail. They will be through before you get here. Lettie, ^y Geq, C. Tiohenor to Gen. Dodge, Des Moines, June 8, 1867, CT J5 ' . My friend Frank JJ. Chaffee wants to be appointed Route Agent oh. ^he Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific R.R. and I want you to .) give him such recormnendations at Wasliington as will secure it, which I feel sure you can do. C lir. Chaffee was employed as a clerk in the Post-office here for over three years,, and, indeed, controlled and managed the of fice and is thoroughly informed in all matters pertaining to the * Postal service. He is moral, temperate, and, indeed, a gentleman ' « ■ . of rare integrity sjad worth. He is a brother of Hon. J. B, Chaffee Of Colorddo who, you know, is onw of your best friends. He is a thorough Radical Republican, activo and true, and can be relied upftn all the time. ^ ' I trust you will do ase the personal favor to do all in your * . f cower in hie behalf, and that you will advise mo of what you had j h: : i . done. £ t'Oaiib • strong reoiewiW*4/W go from here for him, e » ■ Williamson for Gov. gets a full delegation ^'^om this county. Jiine, 1867, f <- u/". lo ; ' ' ' T, L, Diirey to Gen. Dodge, Dept. of the Interior, Jiine 9th: Being very fond of flowers'and having but a poor' opportunity of getting them, my wife desires me to write you and ask if you will not give heo? an or^er on the Botanical Gardenef at V.ashington for one flower basket', together with a part, or if you Jjease, all of such othet' flowers as you may be entitled to by virtue of being - q Member of Congress, If you do not call in person and get them or give an order to some one for them, they will rempin in the, garden and blush, blbm and perish unseen,. V - V : : Through the"Press I learn you have been quite ill, I trust this wnil find you fuly restored. Order in naaa of Mrs. Carrie H, Dilley.~-» ^■^ ' 1. B, Reed to Mrs, Dodge, North Platte> Nebraska, June 11th; 1 hoped to toftvb the pleasure of replying to your welcome let- "yer 6f March^ 24.th laa"person. First, by pajj'ing you a little visit in*Counc'l Hiruffs, ahdh again, by receiving a visit from you here. I hoped 'tb ytfu wftl* the excursionists that were enroute yes terday' a hn that il*e party returned from Columbus, I shall rem«Lln he^ url+11 Wr, .Reed goes .west on business and then shall re turn Heeie;' if 1 oi««.'«pend a day with you, without lo-ing my com - pany i aif'Chionee to have, I shall certainly do so, unless should be otherwise engaged. . . , * ■ > L' • If ' HiUi i». a ♦iB>lp«is plaoe. Please read "J. Ross Brown'a deScriiytion df Waahiw," mA you North Platte as it is. June, 1867. , • iW present the hos.tile Indians are the all absorbing topic of conversation. They are committing constcuit" depredation^, and not unfrequently killing people. Gen. Shervaan is west ofus, indeed, was expected here to meet the party from Chicago, and must see the necessity of activeomeasures against those pruel savages, I do ■inot fear at present for our personal safety here, but after the ntftlfS of the people go up to Ogallalla or Julesburg there may be de cided danger. Sundy morning over sixty persons left for Salt Lake and intermediate points., after being*detained here over a week. Bishop Ti.ittle(recently consecrated Bishop of Utah, Montana and Idaho) and clergymen with two ladies were among the number. The Bishop held service- in our rooms before leaving. The occasion was a solemn one, and ail present feU that .the voyage was a perilous one. ' It was unfortunate that there should have been so many women and chiidren--between twenty oirtd thirvty in number. I will ntt dis- 'tress yoh with a fu; ther description of our Indian experience. I presume' you have learidWr^at ot^r Cousin Adda was married in March,'and if "'so, will infer that we are quite heartbroken in having to give her up to another's keeping. . Perhaps not so much ' that, as that we suffef loss in being deprived of her society. You •ill know how'we fee 1 possibly, if you ifWiuM lose your sister Julia in the same manner, e'/l*.; HOW is the'Nearest baby, sweet little Aafmiot" I: l»pe those little blue shoes were not too large for her ."iree tiny foot. Jione, 1867 ■'"".r .©ruj' ; ' I regret to learn that the General is in poor'health I hope he is'better ere this. y.'lrrz r. ' . I left' ohr ch'-ldren at* home, no.t intending to be from home but a Short time. If the Indians were qtuiet, I shall return here" in August again. I am glad to find my husband in apparently good a " health. Please give my love to Miss Julia. Mr. Reed joins me. in ,. • love to you and yours. ■ ' a-v; I , : I-nC Gen. Dodge's sister to' his wife, Council Bluffs, Jun.e 11.:- ->."(00 'j received your letter last Friday, I did I'lot know what had bebome of you, as we had not heard a jsrord from you or Ocean for a long time. Several reports reached us of Ocean,'s resigning, being superceded, &c. but could hear nothing definite of the whereabouts of either of you. Col. Dubois, who was here over a week ago, said you came up with him as far as St. Joe. He spent several days with Nate, I did rfot meet him, Nate promised to bring him here to call one evening; I stayed at home to meet him, but he forgot it. so I missed him. I was real provoked. « You miist have hdd a delifihtful time in Pt". Leavenworth. I have always heard a great deal Of the beauty of the placeJ . We are hav ing dull limes'here. I donH knO* as I dver.was in the Bluffs when I had such n lonely,'desolate tl^e as this.spring, nothing going on and very little energy in trying to start anyiJcing. Sae has been gone and Nate ha!il' now, shut his house up;, they will be back in a couple Mr. LookWiood died week ago yesterday. I sup- June, 1867, ■ ,r:,— pose sou haveheard of it before this. • Vfe have'heard no particu lars, Sue is going to bring a young lady home with her, Mary , jSample, to spend the summer, Lottie *.s school was out on; Friday, She is going to start bo ^rs. Arnold next week. One day last week sho came screamtng holiie from school with a dreadful p.ain in her side, I put her to. bed add put mustard on it, She did not get re lief for some time, I was afraid she was going to have lung fever. Dr. Mc, cam© and gave her a, little medicine and fthe next morning she was all right, and no^'ia as well as ever. The Dr. said con gestion had just taken place. She said she had an attack in St, Louis «just like it'» > tu - .v i - ' Are you going ito give us the slip this, summer? You do not say 'eaiything about coming up here and we have^ been looking for you ever since the fdrat of the month, , ^ ' 'If Ocean goes to* housekeeping in Leavenworth, nothing would pleh^tlis better keep it for i>im, I an\. initiated into the mysteries of housekeeping, for we have had no girl for three weeks and'my shoulder h«ff had to go to the wheel. We are trying to get One, Mother!«i;h<i«11h 'is miserable. Our havir^g boarders has made it very haf»d for her. Miss liocka has»goi3ie,and Mrs. Fifield leaves next week^ I, for one, Shall h^ge a jubilee,t • ' T Mr, Morse told me the other evening that he saw.a dispatch goifig thrhufeh to (Teh. Tully that Ocean was going out. to the Black Hlllirf, ^ In: it eot I hope he will come this way, I want to see him. June, 1867. , fiji. You will have a pleasant trip if ^ou ^9 up to Minnesota. - It is ; such a pleasant country. I should think you would have liked to go .to the fair at Chicago n I was crazy to go bi't knew it would do no good to wish. I think you have missed a great deal by not going, perhaps y.ou got enou^ at the St. Louis fair. Nate telegraphed here yesterday that he and Sherman were tliere and Grant was expected soon. Do come t up ^ this summer for I want to t see you, ' I am tired to 'death qf this place and would like a new face for a change^. Tell Ocean tq write. , , , A. p. Wood to Gen. Dodge, Dubuque, June 12th; ; w. I was in no danger of making Sigel the hero of that fight. I should be much ^gratified to have access to your military correspondence, &c. during the whole per od of the war, if it were considered advisable. While their relations are more to general history than to the movements and services of Iowa troops, ■yet I should expect to gle^ many facts of interest and value as 'regards our State. Possibly you may be able to give the subject ari evening*3 attention soon, and bring out points that are now dark, or iiuorrectly stated, where Iowa is concerned. Should you do this, the time Is near at hand when it will be neces ary for me to hliv% the result. 1 am" now beginning to trace Grant's campaigns ' in Ac. 1 do n<^ recollect of knowing before that you manigeSf his ^reau, though I have some memoranda June, 1867, (what, I'do not at this moment,' clearly recollect) th4t shows you to have had something to >^0 with that sort of thing, J ' ' Horace l?hite to Gen. Dodge, Chicago, June 13;-' Llrs, Thite wishes me to repeat her invitation to'Mrs.. Dodge to visit her next "weekj understanding that she proposes to come to Chicago on business. Lly wife fears that she did -not make her in vitation silfficiently emphatic, and she desires it to be understood \hat she was,' and is, severely in earnest about it, and is not pre pared *to be disappointed, live at No. 114 Wabach Ave., very con venient to all the places where ladies transact business, • If Jfou would be so kind as to tfelegraph-v/hat train Mrs. Dodg-e would take, we would be happy to meet her at the depot, Oliver Ames to Gen.Dodgs, New Yorli, June 13th, ^ ■ i 'r Your favor of June 7th in referenae to road over Black Hills ia received, and we are greatly ple^a^s^d trith the very favorable as- • pact that it bdafsi' t iffli only fearful, if the thing looks sp _ very fine, that iH may influence the jud^^nent of our llr. Blickenadorfer, in fixing the base of the Rocky Mountains, I do not see, however, how he can materially change it. It would hardly be proper ""to fix a point in the Black ftiUs as. the base of the Rocky Moun tains, that will carry us fail- beyond the suuunit and down their west ern Slope'. 1 agree ifith >ou' entirely in the importance of pressing forward the work, M if ^ road 50 or 150 miles up ^ the slope of the Black lllllrf..tre can get the base fixed where we June, 1867. ♦ ' • f will be justified in pushing thev/ork. If lir. Buckensderfer should t - take the view of this matter that is taken by the Governi^ient directors, and strongly feel that the necessities of the Government and country demand the early comiietion of the road, he will not fail, I think, to fix the point where you and Mr. Vi'miams have supposed it should be. It would be well for you to press these points upon Mr. B., and the agitated state of the country there will do much to satisfy hinj that Government aid should be most liberally extended to this, great national work. .. t ' * ♦ Mr. Duff and myself have been carefully reading over your let ters, and we most heartily concur with you in the idea of pressing forward the construction of the road with the utmost vigor. In regard to urging upon the Govern..ent the sending of a V .larger force to.protect us in the construction of the road, wo think it is the clear duty of Government to do it, and suppose that ♦ « any requisition made by Gen. Sherman or Gen. Augur upon the War Department would be promptly^an swered. Whether the Secretary of Kfiir would feel any national obligation on a request of ours to •j5Wfcnt aid in this matter, is questionable. Wo hope, wlj^n Mr, Cuckensdefer gets out to Omaha you will give him til reasonable dispatch, and have him feel that he is havng' I til the consideration due him as a Government Commissioner. Oliver Ames to Gen. Dodge, New ^ork, June 13th; * The following is the opinion of Chas. Tracy If ■ June, 1867. "The mortgage* mu~t he* recorded in every county in, or through ■"iihich the railroad runs. Wherever the line is not within any coun ty, the recording in an adjacent county is of no use, unless there fee a territorial statue there authorizing the recording in adja cent counties or nearest registry office. I know of no shch stat ute . I should advise that the mortgage be recorded with every coun ty clerk, or register, through whose county the line runs, but no others; and that if the line, anywhere, is whollly outside of the t* bounds of counties, then the mortgage be recorded at the Capital . , 1' ^ ■ : ' . • ■ of the Territory with the Secretary or other officer of records. ♦ * ' ^ • - • • ' This Mortgage, Gov. Morgan is very tineasy about, and It must be entrusted only to the most reliable parties and recorded and • I •. returned here to the Trustees with the least possible delay, for we shall have trouble with Gov. Morgan. 1 c Y . # ^ ■ ' I ' C. C.C arpenter to Gen. Dodge, Des Moines, June' 18th: Mr. Hoxle addressed me a little note this morning saying "Jrou ' " ' ' ' 1. ') 'if 4 • • 4^ ■ would like to hear from me in relation to coal lands on the N. ■ Railway. I suppose you refer to lands oVrned by Richards, Pomeroy and Duncombe, as they told me they hoped to seikl an interest in their Stands to the Union Pacif c Railroad company, I am iKTl cially posted in regard to these particular tracts, -difinW. b:t tHie company, but I know other^lands'in the* immediate vicinity are now being worted by the N.W. Railroad company an-^ proilfee to be excel- June, :S67. « . ^ C *. I . lent coal minfes* The mines-b^longinG to- thege .men .have not yet been fully developed, but the impression is that,they have a good thing, and I have no doubt that tlje same .view continues along the river ftfr Several miles, in fact, there is every indication of it. < The railroad- runs through these lands nearly a mile in one place and a half a mile in another, which makes them convenient for mining-purposes, A portion of their land ts covered with very good timber, I think 'abisiit 200 acres, , . - Well, I suppose you will go to Washington n the 4th of Llarch and take your deat as an li.C, Tbu will have to do something to diirjiose o'f this Jniaerable "upreme Court. I think that idea that one man, just because he Is clothed with the robes of an associate jus tice, who,perhaps before his^appointment was a second rate lawyer f •holding wordy discweeions in bar-rooms, upon mooted points of law, as a judge 'becomes ,8'Ui^enly so great and wise that he can set aside by his single will the deliberate judgment of the peojbe and the best considered lawB of Congre3s--ti simply preposterous. Our friends in Congress are exhibiting considerable back-bone and 1 h'^ve "fto doubt the 40th Congress will have as atrong a spinal colta&n ae Its predecessor,- , ^ I got throi*h with s^lj»y business at Washington and came out All ritnt. 1 grateful to you for your kindness to me and the many fawore you riepdered me. ^enever I can, 1 shall always try to recipocate. h;: '■' ■r.i June, 1867. , '.wTi * Note: U.P.R.R. Papefs TI6. 20, Chief Engineer's'Report for 1866, "^une 19, 1867 '21DR274) ^ 'J ,' vofS UXu': (Kkf' '' Oliver mes to Gen. Dodge, New York,- June 20th; T * . , I Your favoi?. of 14th inst. iq receive<5l, I should hardly want to jeopardize the hridg© by leeting It remain as low as it is now, when raising it two feet would probably put it out of the v/ay of any ice'gorge' and bn-much cheaper than to put in a ,new pier. When we were over the road with Recjd we .thou^it the better way would be to raise the bridge two on three feet, and the approacl^es to meet which, could be done at a very trifling .expense- compared with a -new pier and truss. j hope you will look at this matter again, " nd if the bridge will be* as safe with the additional raising of it three feet, as with a rieW dpenlng of 200 ft. I should raise it, or ^f it requires both, they should be done, as ihe bridge should be made safe at all events, te, ofdburSe ,'must rely on ^ou, who are on the groiind to look over th^'matter, and be guided by your judgment, , trusting that the best and most econominoal plan will always be adopted. * - i * 4. Uioo ■ fiJ ' t:'*'. You wii?,®of*^'6otirbe, see thnt all the proper repairs to the accepted road are made, and will press Reed ttf) to the,:.p9st active, .exertions in his department. We must push the road to the Rocky Mountains this fall, and as far in theh -aS possible this season, ^ and push the grad'ng during the wfnter btt all the out# where, work can be done withOPt interference by frost. . June, 1867. , , . ' Iffillai . 3 John TVarford to Gen. Dodge, Adel,_ Iowa, June 22nd: ■ I - ■ ■ Received yours of the 13th a few days since and am not much surprised to hear that Noel had recommended a rebel for an offic3, • ■ p ' as there is nothing too small or too degrading for hi^ to do'in . I. ' • w order to carry his points. Will you favor me with the name and particulars of the recommentation for Revenue Inspector referred to in yoursj and also state whether you would have any objection to having the matter published, I do not mean to have your letter published, but we " J ' ■ ; ^" Wish to charge him with the act, and if called upon for the proof, * * < • * have the matter in- such, a shape ' as to completely defeat him in any thing he may claim as come off. He is now trying to carry the load of the Republican party in Dallas County, and sane of us have de- • •• ■ ■ • * • . .'- v. J ■ • termined to submit to it no longer. : - -rfon ■ towMrs. Dodge to the General Coioncil Bluffs, June 30th. 0 ^ We arrived hop^e Friday evening all ri^t. Foxind the baby pretty well, but ahP 'lot been so well, yesterday and today, ''^^00. p.* F. Connor to Gen. Dodge, .Stockton, Cal. June 30th ^bder the circumstances that surrounded me in Utah and the state 6f my affair® here, I concluded to change my residence for ft time and aa, as y<^«'wilt perceive by the reading, back again in my home. I intend to go to Utah again as soon as your railrftftd geift'within a day or two's j-ide of Salt Lake, , . fit* T ,V 'D."' 'u ■ ■ V ' Jiine, 1867. If God spares me, f propose to fight it out on that line with Brigham. If there is anything I can do in Utah to facilitate the Wilding of your road, I will go back next stuamer. The mines of f- . ' Utah are good, but cannot be worked profitable until your road is built. Our old friends. The Indians, are playing IH'e devil again. I t ■ ' fear Sherman can fight Georgia Crackers better than he can Indians, If they want to subdue the Indians, they must go after their til-" lagesj can't be done any other way^/ ' ' * ■ G. B. Bailey to' Gen. Dodge,' Eilchorn, Netraska, June 36th. " It will be impossible 'to get the walnut logs to the mill as you reciuested. The bottom is still so full of sloughs and water that there is no gettlgg through, even on horsebac. Mr. Jinks is not going to saw any after he commences harvefeting, which will be in about two weeks. A * I * ' • "Tie have had so many heavy rains that it is only within three days that I o®uld get a"horse through some parts of the corn fields. 1 haVd "been'busy ♦planting, .re-planting, cultivating, i^-c. ever sinoe you w^fe out wWe. A part of the fields have been under water three or fourt times. The corn that stodd from the first planting is good; that I rfe-plahted in the mud di not much of it come to any thing. Our"whe*t on tfteaew ground is wery heavy and clean; that on the old g otihr'li not'sA g%iUI, mhd e 9^ many • ; oats very heavy, I will try anod clean your wheat this week. I have been so ■ S' - ■ ■ ! i''" June, 1867, ." "f ,h-ruV /busy in t|ie corn and so many weeks I have not had time to do apy-. thing else. I shall haul part of our l.umber before harvest, will v." have to wait till after, for the balance. ,[ - 1 ' ^ - "Cif . The horses and pattle arp looking fine. - jr toK y'ffjtioftd ' ' oJ Note: G..B. Bailey to Gen. Dodge Cost 6f barn.T ,f>ei'0eo '}J W; Snyder to Gen. Dodge, Omaha^ March 8th, 1867, , . - »'♦. I am very much obliged for your dispatch and letter of Feby. 28th, and for the interest you have manifested in my welfare and promotion. If this division of the road is given to me, I will try and.fill the bill. „• •" ' I can tell hut little of the N.Y. movement, yet have an idea of the parties who ftiave been opposed to me. T.c.D. has certainly no r«a»wn to find fault as I have worked harder for him than ever * f for any other man. There have * been ■ a great , many men here who have manifested a disposition to get more than was due them from the ♦ road and as far as has been in my powe I have tried to prevent it. They don't want me here. . .. . ' ' ' • ^ \r .adadi 'has gone to Chicago. Hoxie is here working hard to get < material enroute. I fear we will not be able to do as much this year as was accomplished last. c Oalces Aaos to Gen. Dodge, Washington, July 8th, 1867. i sti. -fours <ff thf26th of June in relation to the putting of Myers in the G. M. Dept. instead of having Moore sent in by the President is rec. I-have sefen,lllson and he ^been to the Secretary of War about 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. 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