213 20 9056 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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Language A language of the resource English 1867 civil war General Grenville M. Dodge Union Pacific Railroad https://archive.councilbluffslibrary.org/files/original/143908673c6bbc11d71048e540511eb9.pdf dbda350d7607e91528814a7d2f43b1e9 PDF Text Text la'iliKf ,1:., .til 1 ■'irrt%... H.r. February, 18C67. Private Diary Liem. Feb. 20th. 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 Dtirant and Smith agree to it. ■T f • Private Diary heu. 21st. Feb. ■ fm. Callepder, 4th Iowa, Dcs Moines, a paper eelating to the charge for.gathering GoV'^rnment horses. Private Diary ilem. 27th. / ' * ■ C'las.i-ersoiis writes me Uarch Sth that 7-30. are of three scries, due July 1868 and must be exchanged for 5-20 before that time or can soil now and buy Governments at market rates, but must not let 7-30 past time due, for if I do, cannot exchange, George C. Tichnor to Gen. I^6S Liipines, 1st, Larch. 1 telegraphed you yesterday in regard to IT,S.Marshall. The jtppolfitmont of Stewart Goodrell would gratify all. He is justhome from Dixie where h,e lost everything and^ is now poor. He is a good friend of youra and would prove a vaj-uable one as he is one of the beet party wohkars ii\ the State, , . If there la any chance whatever to get Pete Myeis out of the Pension Agency here, you ought to do it. The office pays about fSOQO a year and aooe .i^apectable mm ought to h-ve it. It is an outrage on ommqA-Jwrxhy 51 disgrace to the Government . '"f*' t % ■ d ■ ■' ' ■ 'I'', a February, 18C7. • • • that such creatures should hold federal offices of trust and consequence. It is a fact of common remarl: and general animadversion that all the fed-ral offices or nearly so, in this district are filled by men of like ilk. The Assesaorship, the Post office here; in fact all the paying federal offices in-the District are held by men 'v;ho have always been public pensioners, while disabled, gallant, efficient and poor officers and soldiers are out of employment. I think you ought to look after these m atters and get changes made if possible before that "Tenure of office bill" becomes a lav/. The peo|)e want ' l these men ousted and decent men put in their places, and I believe the President would remove them if the matter was properly brought to ^ his attention. You could do no better service for your district and none that the people en masse would applaud more than to get those changes made and'the President would make more friends by such action than by anything else he could do. I tell you the man who shows his friei'.dship for the soldiers and eschews the' old party leeches of the country, will earn more pop ularity than he thinks possible. The soldiers are uniting to aid and assist each other, regardless o^ palitics, and I tell you their organization will be the most powerful one that ever existed in this country. If you see any opening where 1 can do anything for you or for myself, by visiting Washington, telegraph me. I think I could got (| the ear of the president if necessary. I am out of business now and open for anything honorable and profitable. Regards, to Kirkwood. 366 March, 1867. .. , « J. A. '"illiamson .to Gen. Dodge, Des Moines, 2nd. H. LI. Hoxie returned here a few days a^o and said that he had reliable information that Hon. JOhn A. Kasson was coming here to be a candidate for Governor. Do you Jcnow whether this is true or not? Col. A. R. Anderson who is a good friend of yours wants your assistance to procure him the appointment of collector in this Dis trict, provided the President and Congress comes to any understanding whereby a decent man can get an appointment. Anderson is a rising man and it will be to your interest to assist him if an opportunity « offers for so doing. George C. Simsi a soldier of the 4th, sent Mr.Kasson an i ' ^ application for appointment as Lieut, in the regular army. I suppose, of course, that there are no vacancies, but if you would make some in quiry and write to Sims it would satisfy him. 'The question as to who will be nominated for Governor looks mixed. '^Gen. Rice writes me from Washington that he has not yet de cided to l>e a candidate for Govomor. Gen. Baker is working for the place and I aa told that Senator Kirkwood is favoring him but. do not quite believe this. J. 1.. Brc^wn to Gon. Dodge., St» Louis, 2nd. I want you to do me a special favor• I was in hopes you would come through' here so I could talk with you about it. I WAnt to go to Inro^ and I want an appointment as Consul tc some Eurot .' . I March, 10G7. pean port.* Can you get it for me?* Of course, I rant'it'to pay enough to support me there rith reasonably moderate expenses. I can send yoii. reconmendati ns from respectable persons of high staiidlng here if nec essary. I hope you will interest youi^self in giy behalf. I have never asked for a rrovernment appointment before, nor for any-favors from any body. I have had so many heavy loads to carry and so many donations to make, that nearly all the money I have had since '61 (about $36,000) has vanished; I have not enough to commence a respectable bus iness. VI J. E. Reed to Mrs. Dodge, Joliet, 3d. I aij doing nov; What I have often resolved to do since we parted in New York, but many cares for busy hands have precluded the pleasure until now. I have often thought of you and wondered if you accompanied ypur husband to Washington, or if you are enduring his absence as I am that of mine. Did you • find « your children well? ^Do you kn-v if Mrs. Hoxie is well end-has she returned from New York yet? How quick ly tho weeks passed in that "Babel" city. I truly enjoyed the time, and meeting the few flamiliar faces greatly added to my pleasure There has been quite a fa.ll of snow today, chajigins appearance of the season (from the few Spring days We have had) to winter again. DO you aometlBe. see Col. ond Urs. Nutt? Please reiaeraber mo mm March, 186v. , ^ to therfi. Do you visit Omaha occasionally? !7hat is tranpiring in that busy city aiv.ong our mutual acquaintances? Remember me kindly to all, ERtend best regards to Miss Julia, the General aed the children. Mrs. Dcdge to Gen. Dodge, Council Bluffs, 3d. • I was some disappointed at not receiving"a letter from you todqy from New York. Have 9nly received the one you wrote in Chicago but suppose the others will come during the week. We had odr first eastern mail yesterday that wS have had for ten days, and it has been dull enoiigh without the eastern papers. I an disguest^d with the expiring 39th Congress and think Mrs. Stanton hbout right. Shb'says "let Congress impeach the President and the peop pie Scourge Congress." The h o y , ^ , A. ff. and I begin to think it was a terrible dsnnfall- your beihg elec ted. ^eep your head firm and knees stiff and eyes right this term, for you are not going any more! Mark that! Not if forty Kasson's are elected. Letters have come for you to get situations for young women in the Department. One could teach school but hears they are giving $900 per year In Washington and she thinks she would like to go there. Shall I send such letters on? You told me to send the important ones. Mrs. John Ross had a party last night, but I folt too ill to go. Have hkd the worst cold for weeks and can not speak plain yet. The Catholics had a very successful fair; cleared nearly a thousand dollars. T>iq Hutchinson's sajig one eve for their benefit. EStelle was here a few days ago b\it co'ild not stay as the ice v/as not very safe. She looks very well and seeus cheerful. I do not think she will break h'-r heart over the llajor. I want to go out as soon as the ferry is running. i , . . ' We had an alarm the other night. Some me caaie and knocked on the front door three times very laud, but when ^Jiin reached there rio one was to be seen, I do not allow myself to get nervous, but dislike being alone. Tell me what prospect there is for an early adjournment and all other items of interest. Your letter,from Chicago was qtxite brief. I hope those that follow will be longer. The children are well. Little Annie grows more cunning every day. She is very quick to learn cute little way-. Wish you could, see her; you would thinkher very sweet. ' , Cincinnati, March, 3, ISC'". ^ ! * Dear General:-. Two months ago when I first came blind and almost penniless to Cincinnati for treatment, my wife wrote to Hon. J.B. Grinnell telling him of my situation and asking him. If he pleased, to see some of my political friends at Washington and lay before them my case and its necessities. I, of course, expected some sort of a response to this letter, but it never came, until, having despaired of 411 hope from that quarter, my wife wrote again to Mr, Grinnell, ask ing him to return the letter which she had before addressed to him. Finally a response came from Mr. Grinnell enclosing a draft for thirty March, 1867. • I • dollars which was nade up by Senator Kirkwood and Representatives Allison, Jr'rice, Wilson and Grinnell. You may di^aw your onw inferences. Why was Mr, Gi*lnne:i.l f silent for two months, and why after that shameless silence, did he write at all? Ho probably wants to be Oovernor of Iowa., but the individula whom Rosseau caned with impunity will hardly be known in • , history as the Chief Executive of a great and chivalrous statei I write to you thus freely because I am a citizen of your own district and because the best possible feeling ought to exist between Major General Doilge and the blind Local of the Iowa State Register. For a number of weeks after I came here, my eyes constantly improved, but I am ijow suffering from a terrible relapse caused by cold. I am rteAfly as blind as when I came to the city and if I ever get well again it <will require much time and great medical skill to accomfiiah a cure. If you write to me, direct to 236 Vine St., Cinnati (Written by his wife) Yours truly, J. M. Dixon». J Gen. Dodge to Gen. J. B; Lippeneott, Washington, 5d. I respectfully reqiiest the appointment of Edgar T. Ensign to some position-under-you. Mr. Ensign entered the Army as a private in the 2nd Iowa Tnft., and by his ability and soldierly qualities won his way to U. S. Majorit". Ho serWd iwi4er ^me for three years and I can heartily en dorse hl:u ffe Is a yOHjOg man of strict Integrity and good morals and March, 1867, wil] fill any position you see fit to appoint him to, with credit. • ' ' *■ t J. K. "^ing to Gen. Dodge, North Blooinfield, 4th. « . • - - - I enclose to you Gov. Cox's note that you may know the t - course your recommendation has taken. Please accept my thanks for the great appreciation you gave my services while in your command. •Presume Gen. Ga;rfield has also given it all the attention necessary and in due tiiae will be acted upon. I have just recoivod a good letter from friend Tichenor of our military family giving me informaf on of the other members. Am glad to know of their prosperity. | J. D. Cox to Capt., J. K. ring, Columbus, Dec. I have been happy to endorse and forward to rashiijgton Gen. Dodse's reooar-cndallon for your brevet, which certainly ought to have been Blven you long ego. 1 sent It to ften. Gerfield with a request that he would personally Interest himself in it. Remember me kindly to all lay old friends ip Bloomfield. _ ^ _ ^ Gen. Dodge to his wife, March 5th, rashington. I received your letter in New York, It -as racy and cheered and did me lots of good. I have had the blues ever since I left home and this J>ao« infernal! is loaded down with applications and importunities and 1 » sick to dSktS of it. Testsrday the 39th Con gress adjourned and the 40th commehdSd operations. 1 send you papers containing Colfax's speeohss which were In good taste. Uarch, 1867. Brooks filibustered but did no good. The House was crowded.ladies being on the floor, sa d to be the most imosing scene ever witnessed in the House. TThen John Uorrissey's name .was called there was a flurry all over the House. He always created a sensation. That'-*Stevens, v/ho sat next to me» turned and said, "He creates as much fuss as though it was expected to mill the whole house." " There is nothing to keep us here over two weeks. All impor^ - tant bills have passed, but there is a party here led by Butler, Ste vens' &c. who want to stay all summer, but I think we- can vote them down A Caucus wii'l be held tomorrow night to determine the question will write you. Kaswoh goes home to lay hiu plans for Ce-vern r tn ^ the 41st Congress. He' has played some very sharp tricks; has appoint ed Lamp Shermari Collector'- a* renegade Republican who voted foj? . Tuttle. John Sherman, his brother, has got bim coniirraed.. Judge . Baldwin is here with me. I have had but one letter from you. Am now settled and will write of^en; could not get a room qnt11 tonight. Send all the papers coming to me through the district here. Either put them in new packages or-redirect them. Love to all. Kiss the girls and tfelk Indian to the baby. I would give much to seq.her.^ Ryi FoPrey tOrCen. Dodge, Leon, 5th. Yours at han'^. Among other things you ask'about our Railroad. It seams as If It. wo\ild be strangled In Its birth'as certain Oountl.se in Uissouri do, not come up to time. I have ifetohed events r. , March, 1867. . ■ ■ - • t - at Washington during the Inst session with gr-at interest. The Reconstniction Bill pleases me much. I think the people of the North t will sustain it and if the South does n(bt honestly carry *it out, the people v/ill require more of the.:.. If a Bounty Bill passes, send me a copy. Could you send me a copy of 'the Bankrupt Bill? Are there any Judges to be appointed unde'r the bill? Will radicals stand any show of such appointment? To frsn. Dodge from his brother, Coxincil Bluffs, 6th. ■I enclose letter from Fay offering only ^3.50 per acre for the 40 acres of lan^^ which he squatted -upon. I wrote him I wanted ten dollars per acre for it. I have sold it today to another man, ^ L. N, Rogers for $6.25 per acre, $250.00, half cash, half in six and 12 mo's., with interest, and gave him bond in your name. . I learned through several uninterested parties that that was its full value, or rather, five dollars per acre was what they con sidered it wot'th.' It is very rough; little or no land fit fob cul tivation, a 'feW acres of timber, and it is all the time trespassed upon. Baldwin has rather set me back about selling Farnam's lands by telling ne that B. P. & D. hold a bond against them and that it is upon record. ThAt it would not be safe to sell without first fore closing it. I do not want to get Fafnam'into any trouble, present or prospective, still I would like to make sales to settlers as he has ^ given me penr.isBion. Have your several applications on hand. What had ^ liarch, li67f I better do? If Farnam gives a warrantee deed eonsid.erfition, four dollars' per acre, and upwards, would there be anj'- trouble hereafter? Such bodies of land are-a barrier to settlement and ought to be open ed up to settlers^ ... . . ■ You V,'ill, notice by papers that Deming would not accept the nomination for^LIayor and that Frank Street has been put in his place. Some of the party are fearful Babbitt will beat him. I think not. A good man in.his place would, however. am surprised at the progress Ross is making in his canvass for Gubneratorial nomination. The endorsements he is receiving from unexpected sources are flattering. Rixssell of Davenport Times is press ng his claims; also Rush Clark of Iowa City, and many others in the eastern part of the State, They all rite Ross that he stands first of any one spoken of, * not excepting Grinnell. The Slope will be unanimous for hi . as far as reports come in. I was somewhat taken aback when he showed me letters he had received from the different counties; many of them vol untary endorsements and urging him to come out; especially those from t' e eastern part of the State. I had no idea he was well enough known out-side of our district to be put forward as a candidate. I I suppose one reason of his showing irfe these evidences of his popularity In other parts of the Stattf was to learn if I knew the reason of the Nonpareil*s silence, when Dav. Gazette and other papers had endorsed him so unqualifiedly. Maynard, he tells me, has refused to do anything for him at present, and sO said to Bloomer. This led March, 1867. . t '- t some tr) stispect that Maynard was influenced to this silence by you. 'Tiile Mnynard's silence was unaccountable, Ross does hot believe that you had any hand in it-. If he had any suspicions, I cleared his mind of them. I told him you appreciated his efforts to secure your'"n'omination in Congress, and never went baclc on friends. I told him to write you and let you know of his being on the track, and that- he might count on your active cooperation, and so far as you had inflaie ence with Maynard, I felt sure-y u would use it for him. I presume Maynard la holding back for developments, but do not know.^ ft ' • •» . John Dunqombe to Gen. Dodge, Fort Dodge, 7th. I have Just forwarded .a dispatch to you at New York and • . f » • - * Washington, The anount of cney required for the month Just ended will be about $1200. It is all important that this be sent oh. If it has hot been sent when you get this, t wish you woul'^ send a tele graphic dispatch to A. K, Tells at Boone, or have your friends do so, authorizing him to draw for the amount. The same must be d©ne in ha lation to tho Hinton,payment, by the 20th. I have not heard, a word from you pr^ any other gentelman since I received your dispatch from Hew York City. Besdies, we are now working at a very great disadvan tage. want coaL cars. We want our for our engine and horse power, > It is impossible to go on vmless these things are fixed, Go far as tho contracts are concerned, it is all right anyway. 1 know they Will be satisfactory. We are willing to ^^o what is right, and March, 1667. yonr loen jloubtless arc. The coal cars ?:ill cost, I think, about $P.50 per set for the iron. I will go down and.look up just what is re quired as soon as the present matters are so fixed that I can tell ?;hat is best to do. V^e are all ready to take out coal if we had the hoisting apparatus, and we nov; have good coal in our drift ready to work out. . , , t • « < • . . L. E. Ross to Gen. Dodge, Council Bluffs, 7th. I now write to say that I am a candidate for Governor, sui Ject to the decision of the Rep. Convention. I have taken pains to inforc myself and aa now prepaned to say that my nomination is more than poohlble. The indications arc decidedly in favor of a union of the wostem votes for me, and «e! 1-infonced men in the eastern and central portions of the State say, that I have considerahle strength the re. Th.e Nonpareil remains silent, and refuses to endorso me. This action on the part of ilaynard excites uoh wonder here and elsewhere. I do not know your relations to him, hu! I feel like ask ing you to smoke him out if possible. Ihave not time tonight to tell you al my grounde for a hope of suoooss. I have proceeded cau tiously and think 1 cannot be. deceived.. Ed Russell of Pavenport Oasotts, n a private letter and upon a review of all the oahdldatee in the field ««y«- that my chances are eq-al to those of any other, have the ftame testimony from Rush Clark and others. : -Iv- • Uarch, 1867. • ■ The report in that Grinnell is failing in strength, I can not think that either Williamson or Cottell have an^'' well groiinded hone. This is the opinion of Capt. Reed of Adel and Dave Brandt of Des laoines. Please write Maynard. I do not want him to know that I request it. • .. M. L. LlcPherson to Gen. Dodge, Winterset, 7th. I You are^now S. sST^ant of the people of the 5th, C'ongresslonal District of Iowa and as I live in that District I shall take the lib erty of writin/T you a short letter hot on the Reconsi-ruction of the States lately in rebellion" but on business, so here is at you. ^ I never use a circumlocution when T can get at, a matter direct ly and hence I say to you plainly that I .want a Superintendency of Indian affairs, I know myself to be as honest at least as any man in the Indian bueinose, and believe I am capable of discharging the duties of the office. I will say to you now what I never said to any one else," and which I desire you to keep within your own breast. T Willie Senator Harlon was Secretary of the Interior, I applied for a Superintendency through Llr. K&sscn. Uy claim was presented to the President and my appointment ordered to be mhd»-by the Ist of July 1860 , in case Mr, Kasaon d'esired it. Mr. Ke.ason tried to get ae into his support for Congress and offered to secure me the Superintendency of Indian Affairs of Arizona if I would give this county to him for ^ renomination to Congress. I declined his pBopositlon and the result March, 1867. "' t5l *. ■ is you are -now where I-could hove placed hi-r., • ' T received a letter fron Secretary Harlan informing me that my appointment as Superintendent of the Indian affairs in Arizona had been filed in the Department^of the Interior, subject to the wish of Mr, Kasson. I will further state to you that B. F. Roberts of Des Moines last June-during the Convention which■nominated you, said that he was authorized to say to me that if I would give Madison Go, to Kasson for Congress, I could receivea a large sum of money, Mr. Roberts can tell you my reply to that proposition. I state these things in full confidence that they will br kept, I think you know that if It had not been for me your nomination was, to say the least, doubtful, I have t^Id you the inducements held out to me' to give my influence to Mr, Kasson, I had no confidence in the man's political integrity and believed he was the friend of Mr, Johnson. You are now his successof and if you can aid me in getting the position I desire, I shall fell under obligations to you, I am intimately acquainted with all the members from Iowa with the excep tion of Mr, Allison and I believe they will all aid you, I shall write to Senator Harlan and ask his aid' in the matter, I do not know that there is ahy opening just now but some of those who are acting as Superintendents are not as loyal as they ought to be and Couimissioner Bozy is an infernal rebel. Will you be ' good enough to see the Iowa delegation and mention my desires to them? I am quite well acquAinted with Representative Hubbard of March, 1867. • ' ^ • the 6th Cnngressional' District of lov.'a rnd l" think he will do all he T can for me. When you get the hang of your new position, v.'rite to Ae and tell me what my chances are. The U.S.Senate ought not to confirm any more who-are not sound republicans and if our Senators aid in placing conservative men, or democrats they will learn that there is a here after. ^ F. W. Palmer to Gen, Dodge, Des Moines, 7th, » Letters received from Kasscn by his friends here and Hlkhorn leave no doubt in my mind but that-he will try to make himself a can didate for Governor. On his return here his friends who were most in- ^ fluential in his Congressional fight will attempt to dissuade him from entering the ring, but no mtm can tell whether or not he will heed their advice. Of course he could not be nominated with or without support at home, but I -v-.-rite this to warn you that he will bend all e his energies to suplant you in the counties, for Congress next year. His. appropriations for a Post office site and building here 0 were preljmipary to a big fight anew for himself at home. As you live at the txther end of the District I want you to strengthen yourself, here by any and every appropriate oportunity which may offer, Kasson never did anything for us here until he got this post office crumb, but we shall not hear the last of that as long as he shall be hero. If Congress should not be in session long, I want you to 4 March, 1867 . . . , . i come to Des Lloines on your return, for by that tirae Kasson's plans will be 30 far developed that we can talk v/ith some data for action • • • for the_^future. • ■ % A . - Private Diary Mem.* March 8th. Telegraphed Reed on the 7th to put men in cuts on 4th.hun dred on the 11th to work up td the end of 4th hundred miles anc^ to have it done by May 1st .1. ' • Gen. Dodge to his wife, Washington, 8th. • • • # Last night we had a Cauchs that lasted until 2 this morning on the Impeachment^case and on adjournment. Butler and Logan led the hot heads and immediate impeachment men with a desire to adjourn until May 8th, then to retdrn here, while *ilson, Elaine, Binghman and others led the party who wanted to take hold of the matter deliberately .nd"'h.en they edjeurr,, do-so until next fall, hut the adjournment on Monday next until Uay Sth was carried. 1 do not believe the Senate will agree, and in that case Andy may Oome In and prorogue us. Th«. Senate is more careful than the House and In their Caucus today I think thoy proposed to adjourn-next week until sometime In the fall. in drawing for seats, I am right behind Mlaon, Stevens, Butler, Shollaberger, Oarfleld, Williams, Kelly and all the groat lights sit near me, so I am well fixed and can tell what Is going on. Mr. Elliott oame to see me today. His brother, the Doctor,.Is In "(lew Orlenae, and T.d. eaya he is afraid Congreds le going too g«»t. LInrch, 1867. • ^ Kasson is here watching the proceedings. He will, do all he can to keep us fro.ii doing anj'thing. Judge B. left today, I am in hop s to get avfay next week, but it is a very uncertain thing. This work mry be fun to some but not to me, I sent you a Isirge pack age of flower seeds to distribute among your friends, I sent Linerva some and Bailey a lot of garden seeds. One is busy here all the time, Not a moment to spare, I shall call on Grant tomorrow and see what m can be done in array matters, Maj, Lyman has been appointed 1st • I , ^ ^ ' Lieut, in the Army, ^ Mrs, Dodge to the ^General, Cotincil Bluffs, 8th, There is no great news. The town is filled with new comers, many looking for houses to live in, one or two rooms. Your I % mother has a family ^Cousin of Mr, Phelps staying with her for a few days until thail^ fufcniture arrives. The hotels are full. It is shame there is not a decent hotel in town, I believe it is fated that this place shall increase, but if some were out of it there would bo more chance than now. I have a presentiment thfet Omaha is going to get the lion*8 share. They work nfight and day and leave no stone unturr^Sd -that c.an add to their interest, t The Herald professes to have late news from New York and . yheir bridge is all right, I think they will get it when they want it, Mr,.Blair and Judge * Walker called * to see me today. , I had a • plesant chat with the,... They are coming again soon to stay longer. I ■ Llorch, 1867. • f also received a call from ay olf? friend Gen. Chetlain whom I was much pleased to meet. He was on his way to Utah. His wife was with him, and Hr, Hooper. The ice still holds in the river but is dangerous, ""e have cold weather yet and s«iie snow. I do not understand the elec tion in Omaha. It went democratic, and the Herald crows lu'st'ly. Little Annie has not been well; has had earache and gathering in her head. Her teeth are so slow about coming that it keeps her • f - . back, but she is just as good as ever. George Ford to Gen.'Uodge,- Philadelj^hia, 8th. * ' I have written you twice since I last heard from you but ' as your whereab'^uts are decidedly uncertain, I suppose my productions have brought up in the sacred precincts of the dead letter :office. I write now merdly to inform you that I expect you to visit Olney on your way to Iowa after Congress adjourns. Now do not say ^'ou cannot. There is no such thing as ^impossibilities. If Mrs. Dodge is v/ith you, 80 much the better. Let qhs know whe- you leave Washington and I will meet you at tho Baltimore depot iij this city. Do not fail to cnme , as 1 shall be Very much disappointed if you do. The southern papers are making a great hullabulloo over the Reconstruction bill. It is amsuing to, see how they prate about the destruction of the Union and the Consttlution. They did not seem to • I think so much about the untimely decease of that aged and venerable A ' k' dociiiaent in 1861. March, 1867. , . ' Note:- i:. J. Burgess to J. L. rilliams, Pa., March 8th. t ' W. LI. ^hite to Gen. Dodge, Treasury Departmen"^, 8th. . 1 Please my name oh your list of those to whom you ■ seijd public documents. - * TTashington, D.C. March 8th. Hon. Hugh McCullough, Secy of the Treasury. Dear Sir:- I respectfully requdst the appointment ,of Col A. P. Anderson of Sidney, Fremont County, Iowa, to the position of Assessor of IntQJfnal Revenue for the 5th District of Iowa. The pres ent incumbent has held the office for a long time and I desire that ha now give way to-a soldier. Col. Anderson is a young lawyer of fine ability, strict integrity and correct habits. He entered the service in 1861 as a privqte in the 4th Iowa Infantry and through his own (rtTorts as a.brdvd^ reliable, able bodied soldier he won his way to the rank of Major and Colonal of the 4th Iowa Infantry and was mustert ed out as of that rani, with his regiment in 186 . He served in my com.;iand for-several years and I speak of him from personal knowledge. I believe the appointment due him and I know it will give general satisfaction to the district. G. M. Dodge 9 .. 4 ■ ^ ^ Gen. Dodge to his wife, Washington, March 6th. I received your letter of the 24th, I think you had better let Jim go, 1 rather trust the Geman, as 1 shall be home In b month or expect to. March, 1867. I won] d 2® much to see you all tonight- the girls and the baby. Although I seem to think so little of them when I am home, still when away they are seldom cut of my thoughts. Chicadee Wakapala has not her equal any^'here. I hope she will not forget me. I rec'd Ella's letter with yours, and will write her and Lettie in a day or two. How ereOlive, Father, Mother and the rest? How does the stock get along? Are they getting up v;ood? We have had snow here for two I or three days i^nd the sun has not shone since I came here. I get no papers from oiir District, not one J I have only seen one copy of the % Nonpareil and but one of the Register, . I see by your letter- that the parties are going off gaily. I have not been out since I came here; have not made an acquaintance among the ladies-, and so far have had no importunities from them, though I notice the lobbys are crowded with them asking favors of Representatives and Senators from all places, I would not want a friend of mine to come to Washington to seek a living, Rjaqwmber me to all. Kiss the children and imagine how I would.greet you if I could. ' Mrs. Dodge to the General. Council Bluffs, 9th. Your letter from Washington mailed the 5th came yesterday, the only one I have received from there. The papers say there will be an early adjournment. I sent the German out to the Hornt but have been sorry. Shall not keep Jim much longer and I would not tftke any extra pains to get him a place. Let him find "his own. March, 1867. There are many hard working men out of' emplojnnent vrtio deserve the place and are not afraid to work, and'the most he does is to hunt up excuses when I tell him to do anything. • ' ' haye had snow again but the air is mild and will soon. melt it unless it changes, I am uneasy about your wood business. George Bailey says the men are much more anxious for pay than they are to do the work, and I hope you will be here before there is any danger of "its being carried off. There is not much news- a good manj strangers in town, angood many from" Chicago-, but think they will leave if some one does not build houbes. '• ' Uatha-': showed me Judge Baldwin's letters from New York. The Judge seems to think the squabbles in the'Nonpareil do not help the place much in the opinion of people abroad, andf so -I think Maynard ought to be sent East to get some new ideas^ and" then he' will do first rat 0. ' ' : U Ross to Gen. Dodge, Council Bluffs, 9th. I find some additional complaint today on account of the ootirse piirsnad ty the Nonpareil. Our people now reoember that quite lately'lt published approvlnfijly a notice of Gen. N. B. Baher s candidacy, taken from the Marshall Times. Major Lyman has just'returned from Fremont'and informs me that Kosson's friends down there oppose me for* the action I took in your hohalf. 1 am not surprised at this. l' she'll no dotlht meet It ■ "" ■ I , I ■ ft . Llarch, 1867. » * in other localities. You no doubt can do soiaet^-'ing to co\interact this < " • opposition. I do not fear for the result in Frevnont. I. am knov?n f * there and can get the support of the Coiinty if I deserve it. I want you to see Llr. V/ilson of the Int district and if possible interest him in my behalf. If he has no candidate in his own district, he may be disposed to hlep me just to favcr his friend • f - Kasson. I think if Kasson and his friends make a fight against me in your district, it may help me out of his district. It may be v;ell also for you, if possible, to interest Llr, • • Hubbard. Saj'' to him that in the region of Sioux City I have friends who sav that my name is well received. Let me hear the result as soon f as practicable. 4 - • J. T7. Duncombe to Gen. Dodge, Boone, 9th. The estimate for work this month will be $1200.00, Please have the money sent to A. K. Fells, Boone, Iowa before the 15th inst. A telegram to Wells, authorizing him to draw on New York for the amount will do. Don't neglect the other payment before the20feh. Geo. Tichenor to Gen. Dodge, Des Lioines, 10th. I enclose a statdinent relative to the inan-er of loss of my bay horse. If your memory of the matter is suxh that you can do so, please sign, the certificate that I have fillod out for ybu and return it to me. The facts- are as I state thorn, and I have some hopes of the Government allowing the claim. March, 1S67. " -n Why have j'ou not written me. I have, for a long time been hoping and expecting to hear from yon, I, of course, cannot clalme youi time and ^ittention if you have been too busily occupied and absorbed in official rhities, nor could I ask you to write me when you had noth ing of v/hich to vn-ite; still I would be glad to have you tell me that yourself and family are well, if nothing more. Kasson has returned to Washington, having, revious' to start ing, given his v;ife a divorce and she has gone to ft. Louis to live with her brother. Dr. Elliott. The affair and its causes, whys and wheref' res, have created great e:citement here and pUbli'c opinion is widely divided and quite vinsettled, although I think it clear that thG^ weight of opinion and sympathy is settling down decidedly in favor of Kasson, notwithstanding Withrow, Palmer and Hoxie tire with Mrs. Kdasdn. You have probably heard all the particulars of the matter. Kasson took tea with me the night bqfore last and told me he was not at all afraid of the popular verdict, and I^inferred from his tone that he int^hded to remain "in the district'and run for Congress again this falll Our ppople are becoming impatient for you to leave the service and take hold of the U. 4 u. or Central n. R. We all feel that something oust be done that we do rot underetand ho* to go about to aooomplleh, and .that if yon had hold of the matter it would be done. •*. • '.j; /fTo Ella and Lettie from the General, .TTasbington 10th. " This is Sunday and rainy and dreary, and all the days since I have been here have been of the same sort. The sun has hardly peep ed from the clouds, let alone coming out in all its brightness as it does in our clear west. The air is dani'^ foggy and disagreeable.. I wish for my sake, I had my two little girls here and ma, but there 4s nothing comfortable or inviting; crowded hotels- shabby ■sT rooms, and steamboat fare - miserable coffee, and saucy waiters. If you know of any boy who wants to enter the Naval school I can get him * a place.. The Sec. of Navy has notified me of a vacancy in my district. ' \/ The President, Mr. Johnson, sent me a polite note yesterday inviting me to dine with him. He also invited Mrs. Dodge. suppose that means mama, and if she desires to go, she better be fixing up hwr clothes for a sensation. ^Gen. Grant was here wit i his little boy to see me and inquired after my boysTj I told him they were all little girls. He said I must bring them on'and let them get-acquainted with Master Fred. The little girls at the houste romp up end down the halls and have a gay time. I often stop them and have a chat. Two or three have takc^ quite a fancy to me 'and are little ladies. You must en- * doavor to learn good manne'rs, become good v.-riter's and fine students, for intelligence always attracts, even r.ore than good looks. Ella feels so proud in her new dresses that I fear they have more charms than her lessons and music. March, 1867. ■f have hart two Ifetters frosi Ella and one frora Lettie. Tell mama when she writes me'not to tise my frankert envelopes; use them whe she writes others*. Letters to me are free without a frank. I want to see Annie. It seems as though. I could not wait. Kiss mama and haby. f • Note:-. .Estelle to Auntie, Horn, March 10th. ' ,I.v T Frank Streamer to Gen. Dodge, Council Bluffs, 10th. I write to you in behalf of the Young Men's Library Associa tion of this city of w>^ic you are a member requesting, if within your power, you aid us in the procurement of all such public documents as would pnhance the interests of an association of this kind. I?e arc now in prosperous circumstances; have a membership of 133; over 600 volumtes and 31 papers and periodicals. I would.like to see in the Library Room the report of the pacific R^R.Surveys complete. We have volumtes 3 & 12, but not the others. Keokuk has the best library in the State; her Con gressmen made it so. Gen<^ral, we have the best city in the Sate, and we want the h/est Library. , As yan ere doubtless swore, I am now doing the local for the Honpereil. You throw a favor to the Y.U.L.A. and 1 will throw sever al through the Honpaerlal for you. Kasson sent us a mall-sack full of coast surveys and other minor docvMents. hut all valuable. He promroed to do more, and will when he gets home. KlrUwood promised but ^ 'kill—- .'iil' , , >v >. fc r Uarch, 1867. . ■ . never did anything. He forgets too easy. Senator Grimes has sent us several favors. . ' . ^ General Dodge to his wife, Washington 10th. . ' I have not received any letter since I wrote you, but am looking for one. You should send me everything that helaties to my duties here. Ilorgan says he wrote me letters to the Bluffs, that-I 'ougbt to get, but they w8re not forwarded. Yoii better send me letters until I telegraph you when I leave;'send all that come for me. It is now very uncertain whep we get away. The House and Senate do not agree as to adjournment. The House wants to adjourn to May 8th, and the Senate wants to go until October or November. I want to adjourn over till fall; do not want to come back here In Uay, and prefer to stay now a week or two longer than to be obliged to stay here In the summer. Some of the old meibers have their ladles here, but none, or very few, of the new ones. It has rainea all the time I have been here and I have been as busy as a bee. 1 get cords of letters; wants, wants, wants and not muoh else. If you were here and would do It, you could help me some. haj. Ensign of Des Koines does some vriting for me. H 1= a school for.any one who has a taste that way. You always said I would do more for anyone else than for myself. Wilson is at the head of the Judiciary Committee and has in charge the Tmpoachment questibh. 1 iike him. He will go out on the Plains witb me next summer, or wants" to. Llarch, 18^7. . " I have not as yet become acquainted with .any ladles, though there are plenty all around me. It is hard to see so many petticoats and to think how far off the one I am entitled to is. Kasson is here yet, I suppose he is watching to see thrt T do not get any oet his pets out of office. I am going to call on Chief Justice Chase tomorrow with LIr. T7ilson to see if I can obtain the Register under Bankrupt Law in ray district. I do not know whether Kasson has gobbled that or not. I have a great many callers from all parts of the country * 0],d rebs. who knew me south, and Union men who were with me down there. A Capt. Thompson called, who said his family boarded with you in St. Louis near the Lindell hotel when I was in Rolla. JoseJjh has written me that he wants a Consulate or some place in a foreign bountry. He waixts to get away from his present surroundings. I am going to see what I can do. Kiss the girls. I have been trying to negotiate for a dary woman^ and now there is one here who wants to go out, but I fear she may desert us when she gets there. * ' W. presoctt Smith, Baltimore, 11th., ' * I acknowledge your letter of the 6th inst., received this morning only, written from Washington, and enclosing check on-behalf of the Union Pacific.R.R. for |850., being the amount of my account as a Coramiae oner of the U.S. for the two trips made to your road on inspection last summer. March, 1067. . ^ . I am verjr much obliged to you and your company for" this etfelement, which has been delayed until this time by the want of atten tion on the part of Mr. Durant, its Vice .President. I regret that circumstances have prevented ra y visiting your road and the hospitable and promising coinmnity of Omaha, since August last. I cherish the most lively recollections of the two occasions of my visits, and hope some day to renew the pleasure. r ^ , j- ' J.' L. TJilliams to Oen.' Dodge, Fort Wayne, 11th. i will thank you to take the trouble to read the enclosed letter from my nephdw, of whom I spoke.. From this you can judge of I his character and whether you can make him useful in your corps as rodman or chainman. T will say that I am sure he las good ab lity and is reliable. His letter (which of course was not written for others than myself) indicates his modesty, with no disposition to push himself forward beyond his qualifications; The fact that he broke away from the far.a in Indiana procured a tolerable education and then set out for the oil region, fehows some vim. W. Snyder to Oen. Dodge, Omaha, 11th. Yours of the 5th inst. reached me Saturday last. Be-assured that I a. very graH.eful for the kind words you have spoken in my be half in New Torv end elsewhere. I have always worked hard here to save money for the roa-^ and to secure business for it; have paid no attention to my own popularity; have received no money but my salary; . .'flK- ,.,. ' :i > i; .'' Llar'^h, 1867. . have had but one object In view, and that has been the intGre."'t of my employers. You know about how many departments I have had to carry I have been thoroughly d--d for errors of others, and have not had credit for the little work I actually performed. I don't want glory; am not anxious for authority, and only ask that- they will put me where I can work for the..i faithfully, and pay me salary enough to sup- ' port my femly, or let me go. If they make me Supt., I will do all that is possible to satisfy them and fulfil the pr.oaises of my friends- • • • - • , or I will work uhder any man, excepting Reed, wherever they may place me, in any position they see fit to give. Will take a position with , Bornw, but wont do the Supt's work any longer unless I get paid for it. Reed has not treated me decently; has tried to stab me here and in New York, while I have sacrificed everyt irlg for a year to make him a reputation. This year he can have a chance to try it with somebody else. So much for self ^ now business, -The owners of the road must have some one here-ttiey can trust to manage the freight and passenger business and not do it in New York. It is useless to insist on raising our tariff- already too high, an-d-a^aking wagon rates less over which the road has no control. Outside of Government business we would make more money by reducing freight and passenger rates forty per cent. ♦ * ' ■ f Three month's trial would prove this. We will do about all the mountain business this season. Denver merchants are shipping this mj although they don't like it. March, 1867. • « It is too early yet ,for Salt Lake .business,, but we have a certainty of it. The territDhj.es ^ire fjosted on our route; they know its ad vantages and will ship by us.. . " The earnings for February v:ere small for the reason that we had no' eaetern connection. The Chicago and N.'.. , although nominally open has no-t run half a dozen freight trains through to date. There is freight for us at St, Joseph, Atci\ison, Kansas City and St, Louis, wait - Ing for navigation. Through bills of lading to Denver can be produred in New York and Boston, of Agents, Chicago and N.T., and of the Mer chants Dispatch ("'. ,Co) also in New York of Woolworth and Baton and Nye CO, I am thoroughly aware of the importance of earning money and have been worltlne for trade from the beglnnlnc- The E.D. reports earnlnce on .shl«ents of ties and Iron at tariff rates. Their fieures are bogus. The Vf.T.Oo. Is making money and is a paying institution. I am doing.all I can for them without working against other connec tions.' 11 fear; however, that Crelghton's experience in manipulating telegraph stocks will Indupe him to sell us out at the first opportunltv. He needs watching, like many other Nebraskians, all the time. C. Ippears to be the only man who, can tell what they Intend doing, t have urged upon th<m the importance of taking slow freights and giving me their rate., .o thi 1 can contract, hut no action ha. yet bee n t6iken. Excuse lensihi " l" • Whole story. Ho.le, Reed To®'' Chicago. North western is Plookaded with snow. Ties plenty, but money scarce. Evans is at North Plntta, Ullla & Party enroute todcy. March, 1867. . ' C'pied from my scrap book. Please read, make use of, and return to me at Toledo. August 30th, 1888. vr.T.S. . , Th:^ Pacific Railroad. T/Tashington, January 17, 1859. Gentlemen:-. • I- enclose you a paper, written by Gen. Shennan, late of Cal'ifornia, upon the subject of the Pacific Railroad. Although '/ intended" only for my information, yet -it presents so clear a statement of the difficuleites of the proposed enterprise that I conclude its publication woiifd "be of interest to your readers. The writer is fam iliar with the su ject, and his statements maji be relied upon as entirely accurate. Very truly yours, John Sherman. - . ■ ■ • For the National Intelligencer. . - i Notes on the Pacific Railroad* A Railroad to connect the Atlantic aijd Pacific Oceans is a work of so much importance, and So captivating in its nature, that for.the past ten years it constructibn has been a favorite theme with all cl asses, and everybody has his project. In the general appropriation bill of March, 1853, Congress pDOvlded for the exploration of the country between the Uicsissippi River and Pacific Ocean, for the express purpose of collectlns rella ble and authentic Information on this very subject. The explorations „re conducted under the direction of Hon. Jefferson PaVs, then secretary of War. by several parilee. all of which were commended by officers of the am,. except on one route, the mopt northerly one. by Uarch, 1867. Governor Stevenc, who had h(^en an officer of the Engineer Corps. Each party was accompanied by Civil En'gineers, geologists, mineralogists, botanists, and other scientific men,, and the vast amount of valuable inforinatuion thus acquired is given to Congress and the country in eight large volumes. The same general j)lan was pursued-by each party distances were measured by odometer^ heights by barometer, and a description of the .country, its mountains, valleys, water, grass, atone, timber &c. are given as far as seen to the right and left. For the thorotigh uh'^erstandi.ng of so important, these volixnes should be critically examined, thoug"^ the substance ^of them, bearing directly on the feasibility of construction of the road itself, is contained in the Secretary's.report of February 27, 185.5, ^with the preliminary report of the several heads of parties in the first part of Vol. I. Hany events have transpired since that date bearing materially on this suhjaot, such as the Increased auiounts of land reduced to cultivation In Kansas, Ptah and New Uexloo; the discoveries of new „,ineral wealth near the Colorado of the west;" and the exanlnatlon as to the navicahiUty bf that river itself; and, inore taportant still, ^he discoveries of new a«d rich gold fields near the source of thei I *0dOEOter Road Measurer - A machine attached to the spokes of a wheel, coutins and reBl.terlnG the number of Ite revolutionsmultlplylns circumference of. wheel by number of revolutl ns, measurei the exact surface distance. Harch, 1867. "Arkansas, Kansas and Platte Rivers; yet, for the purpose of argucient, <it is better to: confine ourselves to the facts contained in the offi cial reports before' referred to Five principal lines were examined. • o ° ^ j^Xong parrallels cfT latitude 47 ^ and 49 north, from St. Paul on the Mississipi, lib Seattle, on Puget's -Sound , with a branch to Vancouver, Oregon- by Governor Stevens, Vol. i. • 2. Near parallels 41*^ and 42° north fr.onr Council Bluffs, 'on the Uissourl. to Benlola/ Rallfornia. Report by Ll-eut (Mow Oapt) Beckwith, 3d Artill^rr. Vol. 2. 3. Near parallels 38° "and 39° from Westport, Missouri, to San Francisco, by Capt.'Gunnison, assisted by Lieut. Beckwith, who after Capt. G's death prosecuted the exploration and made the report in Vol. 2, 4. Near parallel rtoHh, froir. Fort-Salth-, Arkansas to San Pedrok California. byLleut; Fhlpple. Iopo,raphlcal engineers. Report in Vol. 8 5. Near parallel 32° from Fulton to San Pedro; with other surveys oonneotlng It wlf^ Can mere and San Franolsoo. Reports by uajor a>ery, Capt. Pope,'lieuts: Nllllamson and Parke of the Topographical Engineers In Vol.'. 5, 6 and 7. . 0, It le manifest that Secretary Cavls became-convinced at an early 'erlod of these exploratlors, that the last na,.«d most southerly March, 1867. ' romto possessed more natural advantages and facilities 'foR-t^e ^cpin- ,t^fliplat-,«((J n8.tii;^gj-lvrr<^l]^a<^, tvfpr ..fully and of February 1855, he gives it his decided preference. t , *$6 ,alillii«««tlwaefta UhttqEHmt JW|k ^t]|^ ijie^Ut^) coiiiiaejig^Q and pop- 'nfcIdti<)PjfoiteWi«^r#i^tecJ ■St^>j^^l^^^fqu^J^tI;^^,,;;:f Fulton, Euad long lines f»;'^aT*ldaT*^3r»qtl3ra^ already in .» ■' ' ' itlij[ iT 'lUmp^ve^^im t«^;'»^e.4t.lan^y^^];^t^,-^th^,llls_^si^ this extreme •••tte!Mrpnw«ute?ra(? that, ,it can poM^ly be.av^ded, it can hardly ■' " -J • ' ' j ■joor< ' >oo oithr y««r »Be ^3fcp®cted that ®dngreaf;,Tfi;i.l,_.l(^^^ Jaj V'® national • ^ '^rro 1. j 4ft ft ^ *?» iwu «iaMtf^i«oO t0O to trf .Nii®ea ?b ^ ') >-11* extreme A6rth^nt^^ti«rriterA«s, is too far north to make any connections east- ' •- • r ''%araa and south-east. It also terminates in the Pacific Ocean at , ' the unimportaIl^^ha^horv of, Seattle, or, more objectionable still, at ^^tlincouver, wltMfi the Columbia iver, whose bar is almost impassable ^*\0 the great sailing ship^s bjr, which the trade of the world is carried • •o^. „ ^Mnrr ' f In -. G, <riYe route purwued by Capt. Gunnison up the Kansas tc5 the' ^'^"ifkaneas, to the Huerfmg and Saugre-de-Christo Pass, appears so far favorable; but from that point westwards the Coochetop Pass, the ' ' chaams of B ue, Grand and Green Rivers, are on pages 85, 86 and 87 Of Vol.- 2, described by Capt, Beckwith as utterly impracticable for a 0 railway, and in all subsequent official reports, this route is treated ■* ' '1'■ no:.r,T March, 1867. • t ' - v as impossible. , This reduces the subject to the cons ideration of two lines, either of which may be called central, viz. by parallel 41° and 42° or that of 35°- • Assming New York as the great sea-port of the Atlantic, St. Louis as the point aroimd which as a centre will continue to gather the most populous States of our Confederacy, and San Francisco as the great commercial city of the Pacific Ocean, that general line of rail way v/hich connects these three points will best fulfil the purposes of a national highway. But nature has interposed barriers which we cannot disregard, ^he very apex of our Continent, out of which flow the sources of the great rivers of North America, lays in that direct ^ line, forcing us to seek a location for a roadway either to the north or south. It so happens that the Mountains of California compel us to' a similar alternative. Of that country I can spealc of my own knowledge, but the general maps are sufficiently accurate for you to follow me in my description. The City of Ban Francisco is now a fixed fact, with its wharves, docks, foundries, machine shops, warehouses, and all the requirements of a commercial city. She has a harbor of unlimited oapeclty, the approach to which in ealllne or steam vesslea .IS remarkably easy end safe. The entrance is In process of being strongly fortified, and, eVen in the present condition of defenses, I doubt if «iy foreign fleet would-a'are attempt an entrance. It has conneotlom with the farming country by bays of easy navigations: and,|| March, 1867. . , with the interior, two great rivers, the Sacramento anci San Joaquin, nevor obstructed by ice or snags, afford cheap communiqation. These ^,two great rivers lie in an almost level basin, near five hundred miles ^long in a direct line, bounded on the east by the Sierra Nevada, and the west by the Coast Range, the two ranges of mountain tinlting at each extremity of the basin before described and enclosing it. It so happens that for the past ten years the Sierra Nevada ♦ ji' -has been crossed at every possible point by miners in search of gold, -by emigrants going and coming, and by skillful and scientific men. ^ -I, myself, have been along a great part of that range, and have no hesitation in saying that there are no passes by which a railway, to ® - be travelled by the most powerful looomotion now In use, can be oartled through the Sierra Nevada, unless at the extreme head of the Sacramento, near the town of Shasta or Port Reading, or at the extreme head of the San Joaquin, near the Teflon. (Fort Tejon). :'-,l . I cannot find that any of those have been surveyed with eufflcient aoouraoy, via, by chain and spirit level, but all have been reported upon, and measured approximately by barometer. The passes - through the Sierra Nevada at the head of the Sacramento by Capt. ^ ■■ Bsckwlth in 1854, for whose description I refer you to his repr€ -on the 41° parallel. Vol. 2, eecond prt, pages 36, 37, 38, 47, 48 and 4 9, viz., from Fort Reading, following the main river, there called iitt, throuflt4 long and rugged canons to the mouth of Fall River, end thenoe # eastMM myrnm «•>" «adeline Pass. Either of these are pronounced « ' IJ. ^ j March, 1867. .fWf tpracticable, and estimates of cost of construction have been made. 'Lieut. Williamson also in the summer of 1855, passed along -"' "'•^■"a porti n of this same route, viz., from Fort Reading to the mouth of '^Fall River, and though not so fav^ rably impressed as Caj>t. Beckwith, still he admits the pass practicable, and therefore we may conclude that it is within the range of possibility. The passes at the head of the San Joaquin were examined with * considerable care instrumentally in 1854, and the result is communica ted at some length in Vol. 5 by Lieut. Williamson. He gives prefer- ^ ence to that known as Tay-eechah-pat, near the Tejon; and, from con- ^versations with him and many others who have been there, and my own ^ "knowledge of the general character of these mountins, I am constrain9d to say that my belief' Is firm f at the best route for leaving CalIfornla by railway will be at some point near Fort Tejon, at the head of the San Joaquin. I have therefore arrived at the oonoluslon that the contemplated railroad mu.t follow one of two general routes, which I will proceed to describe in order. „ piuffs follows substantially The first starting f>om Council B1 Forts Kearney and Larathm Valley of the Platto with easy grades, to +Ho Flack Hills to sweetwater , , mle, thence along the North Fork through, the .and South Pans of Termont; thence to Brldgere Fort, and through e Wahsatch Bange. by Weber Creek, or tbe Tinpangoe. to Salt , morose It eout of the Lake to the rumboldt Lountalns across them 1. • 4+ +« ffreat bend; thence by the A the river of the MM name, down It to Its greai os w March, 1867. .▼9GI .fl|pt«se ^♦• .I'Mud Lakes to Madelin or Nobel's Pass, across the high table lands of the Sierra Nevada; down the fearful chasms of Pitt River to Fort ir Reading, and thence bY the level plain of the Sacramento to Beneicia, or navigable waters of San Francisco Bay,, ^(yol, 2) jjUUB Air line, l,4l0 miles. tfiAllMnMM# ■> Distance by rgute proposed, 2032 miles, CfMNOT) ilifr .noiiac Sums of ascents and decents, 29, 120 feet. „ -""•il m Length of level line of equal working expense, 2,583 miles, gll ' Estimated cost, ^ The advantages of this route are:- ,j| ,, . ,'*.1 1. It makes easy connections with the many railroads East^altready finished or is process of construction. ^ ^ ^ ^ 2, Its sum of ascents and decents is less than that of any other line examined, except the extreme northern one. , 3 Utah, with its population, timber, coal and provisions, is » in route. . .'.t wirU ri'i "itc* r . . ■ 4. It 1« eu60t,»ntlally the old ealsrant road, alth which all familiar," ■ • ,-nofwr - ntm ti , .rr^, -• ^.r o ■ tomr-J 6. U enters California by the Sacramento Valley, t^ PPP" and valuable of the otate., ^ Mti IMt- The objections objections are:- - f.*.. - .1. Ih. cold .ssther and snows, frod ^r^^to Salt Lake, and in the passes pf the Sierra Nevada. ^ ' 'U umAmd frntm^ mi , 'U.f »4t M0t mm m» mm m If U-' ^r.> March, 1867. .rtoX It ^^f^ 2, The conviction expressed to me personally by Capt. Van Vliet and others, in whom I have confidence, that in their judgment founded , on actual observation, a railroad cannot be built from Laramie to Salt Lake, and my own similar opinion of the passes at the head of the Sacramento. . , The surveys of-Capt, Stansbury and Capt» Beckwith, though sufficient for exploration, are not conclusive in a railroad location. *■ ' Capt. Beckwith, with whom I am well acquainted, was here a few days ago, and is of the o^jnion that further examinations should he made before a road be located; he thinks it possible a route may be found from the neighborhood of Pike's and Long's Peaks, into Salt Lake Valley, that may obviate the very many serious objections to the one by South Pass and Bridger. i .t 4, There is a wide desert between Salt Lake and Californiaj wKich cannot be off any use in the future. ■ < The other route should start from this vicinity, Leavenworth, to the Valley of the Kansas, to Fort Riley; up Smoky Hill ?^ork, and across to the Arkansas, near Ben't Fort; then6®» by Port Union to Santa m Fe^ across the valley of the Del Norte to Campbell's Pass and thence following Whipple's route, via Zuni", San Francisco fountains, Aztec Pass Bill William's Fork, cross the Colorado at the Needles; across the I Desert to the iiohave, up it t abreast of the Tojon; entering California ^y one of these passes, whence Into San Francisco City, several good routes present themselves, the best in my judgment being that W described by Lieut. Psrke In Vol, 7 from the Tejon Pass into the Valley March, 1867. of the Salinas or Monterey River, above the old mission of San Miguel; follows Ihe Salinas near the Ocean, turn round the spur of the Gavilan r range into the Pajaro Valley, follow it to near Gilroy's ranch, and thence W the Coyte to San Jose, and so on into the City of San FranThis route differs materially in location from Lieut. ^ ^ a o £ 4Whipple's» yet the elements for cost, &c. will not vary materially from his, which are t erefore given "by way of reference. ••wiMw* Fort Sjiith to San Francisco, air line, 1,550 miles. n T iff DlstEince by proposed route, 2,094 miles. "1IMI 8JI ©Bum of ascents and decents 48, 521 feet. trr. m ^ i^-ength of level line of equal working expense, 3,105 miles. Fstimated cost f106,000,000. , 1 '>oe tn im •Mtftut «r The advantages of this route are;- '» It - t—3- connection with all the great roads building from 6ho EaS^* , 311 t. . 2. The greater amount of fertile land in its whole extent, es- • pecialiy re&Gh from the Rio Grande to the Great Colorado. mi 3. The greater amount and better distribution of timber for ionstroctlon, aspeoially In the eeaoh befcr. refei-red to. ■ o r..,.. 4. The greater amount of points Of delivery for iron ana ~a- ' v.io; i etilt r<' ,.rials on the western and most costly part. , The batter and more uniform supply of water along Ita whole ..-rii , jorf-ior v.I ....j.w,- March, 1867, 6. The absence cf heavy drift snow in the winter (Lieut. It to I Whipple spent the winter in the highest points.) ^ The objections are:- illOl 1, A greater amount of ascents and decents than by 41° and 42°, 2, The road enters California by the Va]ley of the San Joaquin, less valuable than the Sacramento Country. / 3, The surveys are not sufficiently accurate to justify the . .'ia-j Id / 'J lyu- ■ estimate. t As between these two routes, therefore, on the best evidence at hand, I am forced to give decided preference to the latter. Yet I assert that none of the explorations were designed to be anyth ng more ^ than a reconnoisance; none of them contain the elements for an esti mate of cost. Neither Lieuts. Beckwith or VHiipple lay down their routes by the tracks actually passed over by them, butt, indicate cut offs, and valleys seen by them from mountain tops at a distance - a ^ most deceptive rule. And the great length of IJne and extent of coun try to be examined in a limited time, forced these gentelmen to rely «.for alitutdes exclusively on the barometer, an instrment unreliable and unsuited for railroad Surveys. Two points may have relative heights and distances, admitting of easy theoretical conetion , which in fact may have intervals utterly impassable by railway.- Neverthe •lu. 'less I have no doubt that the conclusions at which they arrived® •ubftantially correct, and that they have laid down the best routes within the reach of their observations. .rtJ- ii: ■■ ':J V...-J11/V .J, March, 1867 .VlitX t^rro Jrt ',' To illustrate how little reliance could be placed on esti mates without proper elements and data , I will instance the fact that Lieut. Whipple, whilstt. the details of his journey were fresh in his memory, at page 31, Vol. 3, in his repliminrry report, estimates the cost of the railroad from Fort Smith to San Pedro in California at $161 821,265. ■^Vhereas Albert H. Campbell, Civil Engineer, who accompanied Lisut ♦ "Whipple, gives in the same Vol. 3, part 2, pp. 67 to 74 detailed v estimates for the whole route to San Francisco, some two hundred miles flurther than San Pedro, and only makes $93,853,605, And it also appears by the table compiled on the last page of Vol. 7, ^hat Lieut. Whipple himself reduced his own estimate in 1^ the office at Washington City to the figure before given, viz $106,000, 000, f . ■ . (T ".r- All the estimates are premature. I think Lieut. Whipple's l-M^st estimate nearer the truth; but all are mere guesses; but the lofflcers who saw the country are better able to guess than we, who lean only judge from their official reports. It is best to regard the work as one of stupendous magnitude "t'and 'therefore of extreme cost. But, admitting it to amount to two < • hundred millions of dollars, the money will be a better investment than in the purchase of Cuba, the acquisition of any more worthless llsxican territory, or in foreign war. I would attempt a fuller des- * 'cription of th« aeuntry traversed by the proposed routes, but I could m . I J #WlA# 1M/| fc wwfj-lff 90 - , March, 1867. r^3l ,110-^- not possibly condense them better than yon will find in the first part Jwii 4f Volume 1, and last of Vol. 7., to which I refer you and then pass to the answers of the questions you make. ' The General Government of the United States must build the road if built a t all, because yon* ft''' 'I 1st. She is proprietor of the lands' "through which the road passes 2nd. Politically it would unite the West, Centre and East by bond of intercourse. 3d, In time of war with a strong the danger to ships fol lowing the long line by sea to California would force communication ^ overland, and then a railroad would be a necessity. 4th. The General Government is the only party interested, so to speak, with'cash and credit'enough to undertake so grefct a scheme. 4th. The pblic lands along more than 1500 miles of any road, are not of enough value to rais money by sale or hypothecation, and any company relying on such a source would surely fail, leaving the TOad in chaos and confusion. 6th. So long as there is so wide a difference of opinion of cost ^^6 location, the subject should remain untrammelled by legislation; ' for a emitting grants of money or land to a company between certain " 1 natn-iirte vou muS"t give time fo^ work, at prescribed parallels of latitude, yo ^ which t;im^ there woul^^ be no forfeiture of least ten years, during which time contract. «nc th. road night th.rety b, blocked for that time. f 7 March, 1867. »V99i[ 7th. The General Govenment can build the road cheaper than a private conpany, because she has an army to keep, engines under pay, and ships to aid in delivering of material. Again, a road of this vast importance must be constructed in the strongest, safest manner, • obviating all possible necessity of repairs. Now, it i.s know that contract work, unless over-paid, is always bad; and to economise in * culverts, bridges, cuttings, and other like railroad work wohld hej ruinous and fatnl. ■ ; ^ ■" n8th. The best way to build the road would he to combine the 'contract system and the pay system, iron and timber could be safetly p contracted for, to be paid for in cash on delivery* inspection end ac ceptance by the supervising engineers at the points to be contracted for. All culverts, bridges, tunnels, and side cuttings should he done udder the control of engineers in the pay of the Government; the work men to be paid weekly or monthly, according to convenience, the object fbeing to get the most labor for the least money. . , „ &th. All the road as far west as Bent's Fork, might be contracted for, and paid for in proportion to the progress; and also the part of the road from San Francisco to the Tejon; but between these two points, Tejon in California and Bent's Pork in Kansas, the whole should remain ^ Absolutely under the control of Congress till the certainty of comple tion be established beyond a doubti r10th. I attach considerable laportanoe to this point. If 5 part with the fran®lM, on eaoimlt harself to private partl,es. March, 1867. .?'Wir ,d«y. 'matter will become a mere object of speculatio and stook-jobbing; and t 'laf.terwards, if the roa^^ become an absolute necessity from war or the impatience of the people, then the Government would be forced to buy t out the contractors, and pay dearly for it, as a matter of course, '' 11th, No particular danger need be apprehended from Indians. 'They will no doubt pilfer and rob, and may occasionally attack and kill stragglers; but the grading of the road will require strong parties, capable of defending themselves; and the supplies for the road and 'maintenance of the workmen will be carried in large trains of wagons, such as went last year to Salt Lake, none of which were molested by indins. So largo a numher of workmen distributed along the lin© ^ ^ *will inti'oduce enough whiskey to kill off all the Indians within 300 miles of the road, ^ ^ I assert my belief now that the great railroad will not re- ■^leive enough net profits to pay interest on its cost. Yet I will not attempt an estimate of either the cost of the road or its income. I believe the cost Wili not fall much, if any, short of $200,000,000 thb interest of which (Government bonds, say five per cent per annum) would be $10,000,000, Assuming that no rails M used except of the very best quality, at least ninety pounds to the yard, they shouaid last 20 years, though the average durability Qf the rail, from 60 to 70 pounds to the yard, is less than ten years, .o; uuj>r i , , " •" The Chief eoet of tunnelling e»i grudlng will be the sub- ( March, 1867. .ifirrc.: ggg^vf sistence and maintenance of so many men at points remote, from all the ' rjjaecessaries of life. . ' .■•'.j, The cross-ties used will doubtless be of cedar (nothing better) pine and oak; but for some reached cotton-wood, the most wor thless of all timber, will have to be used till it can be replaced by better. The decay, wear and tear of this par6 of the strucutres - will far exceed any estimate heretofore submitted. . ^ Water and fuel, absolutely necessary to be distributed along the road, rill be chief items of expense after the road is completed.' - ! In California all along the road, and even in Kansas, fuel is scarce k and oonparatlvely dear. Coal used by steaiera and steamboats In California la all brought from the Atlantic, and ranges from twenty to thirty dollars a ton! will average not far from one dollar a bush- - el. Tfood is also costly. The coals of the Pacific and of Kansas are inferior, are teritary, with much slate and clay. You will be met by contrary assertions, but I repeat it, the coals of the Pacific are very poor, thin seams, costly tomine and of poor quality when mined. ■' You may rest assured when coal is worth about a dollar a bushel, every bank and seam containing anything like stone coal has been tested. " The Bellin^em Bay Company has had every advantage, and is a failure. ' • in California there oan be no coal proper; in Oregon a^little *' ugnite; in Hashington territory and Vancouver's Island poor qualities of tertiary coal. The quality imp.rovee going northwards and it b. in the Russian possessions it is good enough for oommerical ^ 'J'f ■r^ .. . March, 1867, •dt purposes. In like manner the coals diminish in value and"quality from the Mississippi River westwards. The coals of Kansas cost here 25 to . j • I r . 30 cents a bushel and are very poor, -T3.. locomotives will have to be supplied with wood drawn^'i from the nearest points of supply, at whatever cost, Capt. McClellan, in Vol, 1, Railroad reports, pp-115 to 130, gives a great many most useful data illustrative of the cost of con21i* * "struction and working of rialroads, < '<" • ♦ think that any person, from known data, can now make anything more than a guess at the working expenses of this con templated i?oadj but they will far exceed the proportion of receij)ts ^ ' laid down for' other roads lying wholly within a settled country, ' The road will command all the passenger travel, at almost any price. All the mails, treasure, exress fright, parts of Govemment frei^ts, and in some' instances, where time is material, bulk ^ freights, as well as all the- business of the country lying within ' reach of the road iieelf, which, regarding Utah and New Mexico, even '''''' In their present condition, and the Pike's Peak country, as now it bids f ( fair to become, will be considerable. ' -Ru ■ ^ ^ „ 4b this, that in time of peace Yet th6 point I wftbh to make is the great trade of the San Francisco only in exceptional cases « ♦ T Pacific Parts, and even of te of the East Indies, Ghin»» Itself cannot afford t. W heights across this road, iional cases. In proof of 'hlch 1 here, copy an extract from New Yokk Senate document. No. 60 of 1854: ^ March, 1867, Cost of transport. Ocean, lon^ voyage Lake, long voyage per ton per mile, ■>^*1 fmf* • 1 mill short 2 to 4 mills, 2 mills " 3 to 4 " k. • 6 to 10 " Ui f Railroad transporting coal . 6 to 10 " ^ ai«t. Sane, not for coal, favorable lines 12 1-2 mills. Same, steep grades 20 to 25 mills. Also see page 130, Vol, 1, Railroad Reports, in that of Capt, McClellan, before referred to. Average freights from Calcutta to Boston $15 a ton, " " " Canton to U. S. * ' $10 to $18.' ..cn. ^ „ Shanghai to U. s/ $10 to $20, Freights from Boston to San Francisco, average since lo^y, ':rf> . . .. . . $22 a ton. At present $12 a ton. ' i ^ Average freights from East -Indies and CliAha to San Francisco, $13. ■a ?: a -i Silks usually pay $15 a ton more than teas. - - tfo'il Now assuming the average time to the Uniterm States from China and California by sea in sailing ships to be 130 days, and from China to San Francisco 60 days, and that freight can be brought from San Francisco to New York in 15 days on a railroad, 3,500 miles in length, • A cargo from China to Net York by railroad would save in time 130-60-16-65' dayat for which'saying of time she would pay 1370-20 $63 a ton. Ci :.■> to #<1 ad' Nw »M«M W Mm ' V March, 1867. .ftmt % % . A.mm,'' I assume $70 to be the least price at which freights can go on such a road that distance. From and to San Francisco, the crse would stand thus:- fime 120-15 or 105 days saved. .•XXluFreight 70 - 20 or 50 dollars added to pay for that time. r r • ^4 •-> J.* u U1. Ar >» ' Of course, merchants there and here can look far enough ahead to obviate the necessity of such a difference of cost. As long as the wind and sea are free there is no competition wit,h aailing vessels. I (3o not instance these things to deter you from assisting t<hff-great road,, b ut that it should be undertaken rightfully, with a ^ full knowledge of the truth, and when begun that it should be with a «' full knowledge of its magnitude. , eittj" l -Jh' It is a work of giants, and Uncle Sam ia the only giant know who can or .should grapple the subject. Congress must select the initial points It is wrong to lhro» th»t maponelbillty on the President or any other person. If it *""be a political or commerical line, in the halls of Congress Is the %l3.c» for contest, ana battle; but if it be as I conceive a work of geography, then these explorations should be continued, especially at the points of doubt, k great number of parties should be In the field, tihe barometer left at home, and the chain and spirit level alone used. The p olnts of supply of timber, provisions, iron and everything ^ needed should be noted and located on the maps of survey, so that March, 1867. ^ something like estimates of cost could he made; or more important still that Congress may act knowingly and wisely before one step is made in -the wrong direction. Should these explorations cost even half a . million of dollars, it will be wen spent, for the saving in distance of four or five miles will make that up. . Were I dn your stead, I v/ouid favor generally a Pacific Rail road, but would oppose prematurp Legislation upon the grotind that it ^in fact retards and delays the future construction of the work. I would vote for reasonable approrpriations to prosecute the minute sur veys of. the route or routes, and announce myself as ready to consider the subject in its strongest form as soon as the Executive submits a plan sustained by estimates and descriptions of country to warrant so vast and important a scheme. If forced to a premature vote, I would stick as close to the route I have named as possible, because it affords in my mind the best • _ chances of success in constiructlon and working. X enclose herewith a map compiled by Major Emery, on which I lay down my two proposed central routes, between which I think you are forced sooner or later to choose, I would not wish to be construed as criticising the railroad oxploratlons. 1 am personally acquainted with all or nearly all the heeds of parties; know their ahility, zeel end honestly and think the vast amount of Infomatlon thus obtained of reglone hitherto unknown more than repays the country for the oo.t of the work; but I regard March, 1867. them all as preliminary, begun and conducted on general principles, '■ "to be follov/ed by more careful surveys as the truth became developed The time for these minutes surveys is now, and phould precede any attemp by Congress to locate or favor the locationf of any one general route in preference to others# •flirfl .'""Hi'" . . - ws •r I ' #1 1 - i X ^<7 i •fov*! '-'.nnT ? y^.- 'T. Sherman^, j it tLeavVworth fe ity TKansas) Jan. 6th, 1869. , tmtn Note:- As you may want to speak on this question, a correct pronun elation of the naioes Ir, of Interest. Uost of these are In Spanish, in which all the vowels have the French and Latin pronunciation. Every vowel and letter is sounded. Thus Uohave is prohouribbd Mo-ha-vy. J. is like H. Thus Tejon is Tay-hone. . The following names are pronounced:- , Albuquerque AT i;,i vftr-kv ^ iWWt 'tl - Al-bu-ker-.cy# Tulare Tu-la-ry# , ■ Idt San Joaquln San Walk-iir'"'*"'''^ ' Saugre-de-Christo ' San-gry-de-Christo*iOX I •et 1 .. o.l MX I , pel Horte Del Nor-t,'." *• *Mlrt mm •WMMi •*> •Sante Pe San-ta-Fay. ^ >«• Mm* t u, rtmm - , ^ ^ - rmrtm M. MM X... .rtlXM. MM* ««« M I*mtm irpallM amlsM M rnmimtm mm MlMNmlMia M mmom fm ,MM «| M #M# •» „, mt Rio Grande - Reeo - Gran^# tXA TttMi March, 1867. vff George to Annie, Omaha, 12th. --i ifa.1 inLrtll»T3»f! - "''•mi x' We arrived all right. No news from, the-General. Jim has been over here and got a pass from Mr. House to^^o out and join Mr. Hill's party. He told Me. House that you had hired a man in his place.. 1 , ,, ->■)« wrt# Gen. Dodge to. S.P. Chase, Washington, 12th. '(tcvf)'. ' I respectfully request the appointment of M. L. McPherson Atty. at Law of Winterset, Madison County, Iowa, as Register for the 5th District of Iowa, xznder Sec. 3 of the Bankrupt Law. Mr. McPherson is in every way .competent to fill the position and I am confident will give entire satisfaction to the district. ♦ * OA "O' ■ John c, Biitler to Gen. Dodge. Boston, 12th , Bj nslns your influence to retain A. 0. Bradstreet, Aeet. Door-k eeper, you will do a great favor to a good man. He le Intelli gent and stands high as to character in the town of Danvers and any thing you can do for hln. will Be appreciated By the citizens_of that place. ' • '•1 Uj I . r. ini Dexter yoxuoi- Bloomer Dxwvww. to ;— General Dodge, Cedar Rapids, 12th. - I""®®®"""® . Ilire'ohase for : rttllTt « appointment ■ of Regloter In Bankruptcy, under the I * '.o mtii late law. Xr I held the office of -Cc^lsslo'ner .Y¥a55S^iptcy 25 fMm • •S'l, i March, 1867. / nri ago under the Bankrupt Law of •1841, having been appointed to tt by Hon. Jonas Conkling, then District- Judge of the U.S. District Court rfor Northern New York. The present office of Register is somewhat analogous to the one I then held, but the-appointment ds now made! by the District Court, upon the nomination of the Chief Justice.. , :.Iq Telegram to Gen. Dodge from A". K. Wells, Boone, 12th. - ' 'Letter of instruction and contract received and Duncombe, at Fort Dddge, notified. ^ • rxalJi ; Geo. Tichenor to Gen. ^odge, Des Moines, 12th. * If there should be any hitch or Eelindy and Goodrell is not the choice of the delegation, I would like the place myself. After considerable consultation here, I find some object to Goodrell for sever al reasons, and large nu bers urge me to apply. jhe soldiers especially object to civilians and all of the--, want m'e to have a Jiace of prominence that would call me over the _ State, so that I could perfect organization and work more efficiently in behalf of the soldiers, I know that Johnson will promptly nominate m for any office tha^. you or the delegation will recommend me to. I t • Will not tell you now why I know this, but I know it. I can only -^ay n,.. to you that I am more radical than ever, but Johnson has been made to him or get the delegation to do so on the ground of my fitness and as a WMmrd for my services as a soldier, fie will nomate mer for any ' ■ si M. >d ; '' V liiA V ' March, 1867. decided that one-half, was to be paid in cash; that the rates were to he the same as charged individuals and the pajouents were to be made as of the 15th of the mpnth in order to equalize the interest. Please ascertain how this is, and if we require other ; vouchers, f J. HI fj) :■ *• A .> '■ j i. I - ' Ort.. htm J OT|PO ,, ""7 Gen. Doage to hV/'.lfe, V^aohin^ton'. isih.- 'im0d ir¥»- . . ^ X * <ni> ^ ' I took dinner with the President yesterday." The leading persons there were - Senators Morgan of Indiana, Drake of Missouri, Ferr- of Michigan, and some twenty others, all but two radicalsf ■ ^ Many had their ladies. It was a state Urtner with 20 courses and as many diffeJ"©nt kinds of wine. Johson was dull, looked heavy and casually said to me:- "^en. Dodge, you knew me in Tennessee, it ,s©ems to me we should not be so far apart now." I answered:- "x have no r r ill feeling towards 'you, but I cannot sustain in any way your past \ A course. It seems to me that you should handle Government in accordance with the wishes of the people. You now have an opportunity to carry out their wishes in this new measure." lerfThe ladies, Mrs. Patterson, Mrs. Stevens and daughter, en ter- ^ained. They are very pleasant. The Miss gave me a,bouquet which adorned my table. The service was magnificant. The table was loaded |i With flowers and everything was chaming-, but the pall of death^^poy litioW death,. appe«^red to haj^. Pver the crowd.^ > , ^ 1 ( ' ■ . '.X I, March, 1867. ^ President Johnson's appointments lately have been radical. His appoint.aents of Military Commanders for the new Districts are all any one co^ld ask for: Thomas, Sheridan, Sickles, Ord and Sc'iofield. We are dragging along ptting in order the machinery to reconstruct and nothing else. 7/hen we adjourn it will be until fall; that is now pretty certain, and I am very glad. Some think we shall t * get off first of next week, but I am afraid not, and since I have been here I have worked from morning until midnight. I received your letter in answer to mine. My devotion to business, I have no doubt, has at times "Caused me to neglect my own comfort and withgo my desires and pleas- ^ urea, but .you must remember that mine has been a terrible struggle and while you have had the cares of home, have I had none" No one knows, nor ever will, what I have borne quietly, how I have struggled "With -the world, finding no fault, burying every disappointment with a detenrtaatlon to win or dl®. and ay family have received the benefit or what means I have achieved, financially or socially; and when '*i See the efforts here of the wives , mothers and sisters to put for ward their own, I often thlnh what you have so often said to keep me back. Ton deceive yourself "hen you think you have not the same influence you uwid to have,.^. m-xmatX J. J. Blair to Oan. Dodge, Cedar Rapids, 12th» -♦-©f | If you desire an interest in a coal estate on the Des Molnes, yov. *s- .''V '■ ' ■'» -* " _'j. .' 'M' , ,v' ■ Mairch, 1867. can.hs^ve it. We have the coal land for five miles on each side thetrack. Will put you down to the tine. - (The as I understand it, is of no account; got up as a speculation. Texas and Rosecrans lots, bottom lands and with little coal and not near the roads. btttyi:. brui , iiwf tU Of1» bar .liof r Williamson to"^Genf^Dorige, Des Moines, isth'J'"^ .rw-n'o-a Yours of the 8th is*at hand. Thanks for your kindness. I have no fears that Kasson will be a candidate for Govenno, but I am sure that he is (if not on his own motion by the action of his freidns) a candidate for Congress ' (the 41st Congres) from this dis trict . 1 i.Lf ' .o« The appropriation for building-the Post-office and Court House will help him some here and he *111 make the most of it by keep ing it in the hands of his friends. If matters so remain that he can control all the patronage of th^ district, it will be hard to overcome the infliaenco of it. - f,, ^ ■) .Of course, I do not expect or want you to do anything to get ' favor with the President that you cannot do and do your duty to your conotltutents, but you can. by watching and working with the Senate prevent his men from being confirmed when they are unworthy. Please write to etU Anderson and say to him that you would like to do some thing for hlu, sm*. that you will If there Is ever an opportunity.^ ' •' 1 think It will be well to show to all the live, active m^ of the dl.trlet who want appointments that you cannot get them with- March, 1867. out a sacrfice of honor and principle while Johnson is President, but that when a change takes place they will be remember'ed» I would not, of course, make these suggestions if I did not think them for your best interest. The fact is. General, those of us who have been for you, and who are still with you, and intend to be, are anxious for your success. The desire may be more or less selfish, as our own success ig more or less connected with yours. "y General Baker is working hard in the race for Governor. One of the jjapers in his own county is out against him I am told. Some time ago a friend wrote me that my name was on the Senate file for some little office. I think it was for Coimnissioner to settle Quarter Master and Commissary Accounts, you know anything about this. yhu find out anything that I can use to my advantage in the canvass^ ^ for GJovemor, lot me hear from you. lewnevo ; V George Tichenor to Gen. DodgQ, 14th, Des Moines. . . .. There Is sreat Interest felt here as to who is to control tee erection of the Oovemsient Post office and Custom House. We all think that you should control the matter, hut your friends are afraid Kasson is at work to pet It into his own hands and Into those of his . .friends'. As th. question of additional approrprlations must rest with you, you should look up the matter and see that It goes Into the hand of your friwls. Th. people all fear that Kasson will work the funds '■into the hands of B. R Allen. You should see to It that It is not 424 • ■ ^ -i ' ■ ♦- -U . - ■« ■ ■ ' ' March, 1867 r ^rtn*9itiL done tod that the Government is not swindled by any of Kasson's / ♦ thieves. You should go right to work and get the entire delegation to unite with you in getting the matter under your control. . I am constant ly importuned on the subject by your friends, many of whom want me to have a hand in the matter. • . ^ You should demand of Grimes & Rarlan and Of the Heads of. Departments, that Kasson's recommendations be stopped. All recommen dations for appointments in this District belong to you, and it is indecent intermeddling for Kasson to seek anything to do with them. He is a regular sneak, B. F. Allen, Hoyt Sherman, Pet® Myers, Tusdale, and such copperhea4s as Tuttle and Cassady, boast that he will beat all your plans and kill your influence. If you can control the Custom House and Posts office matter, and get Pete Myers, Tusdale and Col, Noel out of office, you would have more friends than any man who ever lived in the district. • Pe^o Myers could be readily impeached for indecent be havior and bad eonduct. They are uni^rsally despised; more ^ especially MyerSi Tyeie facts-can be proven and I feel confident that if you would*present them td the President, he would remove them. They preten4id last fall to be Johnson men, but now as they feel safe, they are garrulous for his impeachment; and Tuesdale took Fred Douglass to his housi whsn h« «• I"" a f®" " 5'°" ''"■® ^^aposed to M March, 1867. vl»f take hold of this matter you can tell Johnson that I made thes* statements, and T am sure he will then he will ng to act fayorably in .the matter. . : . J jjiKyers, Tuesdale and Co" . Jloel, all voted against you and helong to the Kasson, Allen, Sherman & Co. clique. They organized to fight you and I tell you that you must make vigorous war upon them. ' "I' ' i-rivate Diary Mem. March 14th. 44 it Holliday's Rosselt Mill, Batavia 111., U.S.-Wine Engine Co. .•wii h .. I .,,.: foii rj"'" f700 put up tank 24 feet in diameter. mm mm «i immt t ' M. H. Morgan to Gen. Dodge, Fort, j^eavenwortn, xtun. - • Thanks for the Railroad reports and for the contents of your le'tter. I want to'get out to the Denver Branch Junction t,his fall. I think that will he a good lace to own lots in. I should he sorry to See /y/->mmH nf onft ftf* the districts. He has not the right Schofield and Sickles; the latter assigned on his torevet rank, not feel sure of Schofield hut think he would do. I do not think thd of all the District CcHnmanders will he required long. Good *an, with common sense« who are honestly determined to carry out the law in the case too much fear of treading on p«ople»B toes, wh«i people will $ui their toes, in the way, will do pretty well. 426 servies Hancock put in command of one of the districts. sort of tact for it. I would put in Terry, McDowell, Thomas I do March, 1867. . ■ ■ ! feel very grateful ta you about that vrevet business. You may have to stir i t up in the War. Department yet. Their carelessness at Head Quarters was not unexpected by me. Rawlins is good on grind ing work as it comes along but ioes hate to originate anything in his cwn office. t#;, -i Beckwith and Clark of my .Department have just been brevetted Major Generals, and I felt and feel that I, as brevet Col. would be but a email potato in the brevet line. rf '"tiraT F. V.'. Palmer to Gen. Dodge,- Des Uoined, 15th. I am afraid Clark has been playing a double-faced game. The Copperheads say that when he wa lere he professed to be conservative against negro suffrage and"all measures which radicals regard as vital. They say they are entirely satisfied with him. I fear, also he must have put himself into Kasson's hands, -ecatise of Kasson's tencious adherence to him. But if you have assurances that he will appoint Radicals in your district, you can easily put him to the test by ask ing him toappoint Goodrell as Deputy for this point. I have talked with Goodrell, and am Inclined to think that in consideration of. the passage of the Bankrupt law he would accept if the appointment should be tendered him. The relations of^the tio men to each other ought to be reverftd, v^- Goodrell ought to be the principal and Clark the. MNMMinkte^ but^^t ^odrell should be Deputy, that Would dB bntil we could do better fejp ^lim. • 1 mt (twu,! :»# ^ :' '.v' ■ -y ■;.■ V", March, 1867. .VMI 'I am looking arotmd on the question of Cadet at Naval Acad emy, and if we can find the right sort of a candidate, will send his name soon. If you can block Kasson's game in controll ng the expen diture of appropriation for dst office here, there win be some pub lic good realized. He has had full swing a good while and it is time now that a curb should be put on him. .1. '' /a' '• » ' <"■ o " _ / ' M. R. Morgan to Dodge, Fort Leavenworth, 16th. Yours of the llsth'inst. just received. I see you can do nothing for that .Sutler's bill now. 1 hoped, you would have had a •'^yegular session. -c - ■« nii< * mfivr;Th9 Sutler's la. makes the Inspector General of the Army ^ W • ■ decide .hat articles the Subsistence Dept. shall furnish in place of the sutler.. .Their list is not sufficiently full. Tlhat interest have they in it? We, the young officers of the Departoent. want this a suc cess. The secretary decides that all expenses, storage, clerk hire, ftc. ■ -ahall be added to the prices of the articles. The ^cretary is too lust to have so ordered if the matter had been properly explained to him. Officers should have those articles at contract price like ' bia^ther aubaistende stores., ^ n O. r Hancock has lust told me that I must go down to ArKanSas t,x ; < leok'after the Indian Territory dust added to his Department. .1 «.all not b. absent longer than necessary. I gc on Hcnday. This a.4.*«-day. I will try to ae. Penton about tha auita on Uonday. If J d» hot. will 0 ..e that he is acquainted with what you want to know. <ed #^ March,n 1867. j.od/'. t ■ t.4W i. ■ S. As officers were being selected, Wm. Myers should have been among the number. .. ► ^ .oj.-o Gen. Dodge to his wife, l^Tashington, 17th, **® It is over a week since I received a letter from you. I suppose the roads are blocked up, as I see that you have had storms and cold weather. Yesterday we had a heavy snow storm here. It was cold «.nd dreary. The Senate passed the Reconstruction Bill yesterday and it will come up in the House tomorrow. As soon as settled I hope we will go home, . • Mr, Durant has been here a day or two settling with Q. M, Department our Government business. He leaves tonight, I do not k nov/ as I have anything new to write, or that there is anything strange h<^re. The President says now that he will not appoint any Imt Democrats to office, but I got a good radical for U.S. Marhhall. If I could make a clean sweep I'Woul^ ,.a6 they are. all Kasspn men in office in my district. • r. fynn You 8|l$f I shall not come back here again, but that is too far ahead foP-you or I to^ decide now. I have no disposition now, to coma here again. I am very anx ous to see the girls and the baby. I miss you all. vw.much hut it will be so much the sweeter when we get Do vou KO out much? How is the weather? Hheri I home again. Do you go out mucn.' now oxi. leave here, I shall go to New York to attend the March meeting of the loard, then push West and stay, a day in Chicago also one or two at • " ^ I 429 0 r March, 1867 .tbsj: . • Boone. That I believe- will clese up my business east. • If- you want anything bought in New York or in Chicago, let me -know so that I can take it with me. Bi'j'T-i ; '''C T, Hartshorn to"Gen. Dodge, Corydon, 18th.- After friend Kasson he'ard the nev/s of >ur"CongrQSsiohal onvention, he ceased to send me public documents until quite lately when ^ received two or three from him. A few Coperhead-Johnson Post masters ' have lately got into office in our County; how is it? Do you control the appointments in the future or not? The P. m. i-n town deserted the ranks last fall in the hopes of being elected Clerk by the Cops. Can we hoist him? ■ -TO oJ «#« <mti1 •' n.rr "v. private Diary I7th.,„ r • rum^io.. . . Hamilton got logs of .Beatty. Ohavls, Irwin & Johnson got tm SI Elkhorn. Kinnlcott. Boyer, Fields & Irwln sold 200 fence pets and 300 to Boyer. ^ tti M. L. Mcpherson to Gen. Dodge, Winterset, l&th. ~ Your letter of the 12th inst. is received. Accept my thanks for your Interest In my behalf. I have read the Bankrupt act, though not carefully and find the compensation of Register not fully defined, but left to s»e extent .1th the Supreme Court of the United States, ,*nd as there Is no salary affixed to the office, but the pay depending on fees. I «>lnk It not a very desirable office, as It deprives me of 430 ■, . '■ ■■ -y . ■ v^';. • v , '■ ■v '3i>y. ' ^ March, 1867. ,"fri.'?f ,rif!K«U taking aijy cases arising under the act in court. I algo find that the District Judge of the United States can remove the Register and de clare that tjie office is not necessarj' in any judicial district in his , district. Judge Lowe is a Copperhead and may at any time remove me. However, when the Supreme court makes its rules and regula tions, and I see them, I can speak more intelligently on this matter. What I want is a position where I shall have something to do, with reasonahly good pay; a mere clerkship or sinercure is not to my taste. ' • The position I mentioned in my fonaer letter is the one I desire aho ve all others add partly for the reason that it was refused ^ me hecuase I would not support Mr. Kasson. Senator Harlan can tell yeu about this thing, as he wrotem® that the nomination had been made ■'^to the President oS Superintendent of Indian Affairs in Arizona, sub ject to Kasson'a approval. . :» I ' ' I • y«nr» fi fforts in mv behalf and also • ' • I am grateful to you for your ellorLS in my -mhhe d.lesatlcn In Conere.. rron this Stats. I h^ve great oonfiasnce '• in Wilson and Hnhhard .apecially, and I hope you will not considar .a Kolk*j sition you may see officious if I suggaat that you confer with them freely aa to any po sition you may see fit to ask for. and in the matter tff Indian Supt. 1 have written to Senator Harlan and asked him to unite hie efforts siih you. I wish it understood boca^^se I regard you as the Wheele horse in thi tottir sn^ »hall correspond directly,and confidentially with you. t do not think..uoh he done before the adjournment of Congress, ' Jaaa— M . „ March, 1867. C <•> J" fti' Mrs. Dodge to the General, Council Bluffs, 18th," L '•» Alt' I have not written to yoti lately as we have had no chance •1 -i'td send an eastern mail direct. It is over a week since we have had mail from the east and no papers, I have "been out of reading matter. at least the best, and find it dull enough at times, but have so much to attend to In doors that I do not miss them as much as I.otherwise should. ' ■ "^v ' ncin: o ; t i", • j would "-ive a great deal if you had some business that fKj }} " t i-ffK Would allow you to be at home more, but i suppose it cannot be, I think in years to come you will regret it. The Bluffs is petty dull. Trains from Bartlett come loaded, but travellers are very much put ^ out "at being obliged to wait here so long, 0 would like to ask you a ^ew Questions ebout a woman who v/ent East when we did, but will wait till I see you.l « <sv Wednesday 20th. We have at last got a mail after two weeks with- ' out any, and ever so many letters from you which were very welcome. You can imagine how I have felt., knowing you must have written and not receiving a word. I hoped that you would hear that we were blockaded With snow and send me a telegram, but I had nothing but the uncertain news in the paper., I wish you could be here soon. Wood matters and stock need attention, though they are doing well as possible. I have a Dane in Jim's place. I think he does pretty well. Price has a bad ■''' '■ fki'. ' . . .A S- T nV.oi'l rr1aH t.r» Vinvfi VOU foot: * to kmw imat it is. I shall be glad to have you return, but cannot tndure to think of your goins on the plains this March, 1867. summer. It is too bad, and I think if you go j^ou ought to take us. Little Annie is full of cute ways, so go d and pretty. She does not forget you by all menas. Her eyes brighten and she sings Indian when « ^ we say "Chickadee," - . - . -• I gave a party for Jule to the young folks last night; had •a beautiful supper, dancing and cards. I never'saw any one enjoy •themselves better, I did not send your letters as they came right after the snow blockade and every one expected Congress to adjourn, but will send them now,- ^ ,e-r . - . . .1 , - ■' •># ' M Ensign Conklin to Qen. Dodge, Binghamton, 19th, ^ xi© tit ^ hoped to visit Washington during the session of Congress, . imt ciromstances prevent. I therefore take this opportunity to give you a eorldal Invitation to stop at this place and pay us a visit, should you happen to be travelling over the R.R. I assure you it b would afford me a great d.^al of pleasure to see you, and if it is con j T n+ ipast like to have you call. B^^yenient for you to do so, I would at leasL iixe , I came to this place immediately after I left the Army and have made my penaanent redidence here. Am glad you were elected to Congress and have often thought of the expression you made down near the large trustle work above Athens, Alabama, rhich was:- "If I ever get into Congress I will go in for dividing up the Southern plantations and giving each north,m soldier a fam." 1 hope the south will be properly reconstruct,?, and Johnson receive Sls^iiist deserts, and while tn March, 1867. ,T%#I k ' r ■ r- + r ^ the South are begging for food, let them acknowledge themselves whip ped, and not only beg for food but their repentance to the time of negro suffrage, and everything else the North may choose to ask. 'r.n-: ow Should be pleased to hear from you. aw ^o^ar Note;- Gen. Dodge to Hon. 0. H. Browning, Sec. of Interior, Washington, March 12th, 1867. Requesting the appointment of Geo. C. v-fif-J* Tichenor as Pension Agent at Des Moines, Iowa. F. W. Palmer to Gen. Dodge, Des Moines, 19th.^ George Tichenor was ready to start last eve as I telegraphed you, he would do, but just before time to start he was taken sick and * is sick yet. His idea in going to Washington was this: Through Col. ^ ^ Chipmana and the Private Secretary of Andy Johnson he had been encour aged to think he could get a nomination for pension Agent in place of Myers, and could of course secure the confirmation. If you know of any.strings to pull for George in this matter, you will, of course, do all possible. The office is one of the best in the State, and Myers „has proved himself least entitled to it of any man. He worked openly .,.,^d voted for Tuttle, after pledging himself unqualifiedly to you. set George appointed, I see no present gain to be accom plished by confirming Thompson, however, you are on the ground and Are the best judge. If George cannot get the Pension Agency and can get ar; a Receivership, he would take that for the present.-^^^ i ^ I will see Wright and Cole about acting as eXBialnerinitWi» . I Cadet appointments. March, 1867. 7!m, Hale to Gen. Dodge, Glenwood, 21st, j, . May I trouble you a few moments on behalf of my friend H.P. Coolidge, Esq.,-now temporarily at Genoa, the pawnee agency in Nebras ka? You know his father, Jas, Coolidge who supported Kasson last * Convention but let that go, you beat him. But Mr, Henry P. Coolidge who was a soldier in the 8th Iowa Cavalry has been in charge of the Government tin shop at the said Agencjr for a year or more and has really for six months and more been actually doing all the business, •hT* ■ He would like the Agency, and General I can assure you he is well qualified, loyal and true. Do what you cana nd it will be remembered by us. Mr, Becker was appointed by Andy Vice H, Vfheeler removed, Becker has been rejected and there is no one yet appointed. See to it. e «« to . . .... ^ la ^ i I I » _ D. C. Bloomer to Gen, Dodge, Council Bluffs, 21st. ^ Dr. Hann refuses to accept the appointment of Examining SurglL"and has written to Che Commissioner of Pensions recommending Dr. Henry Osborne,. ^ Dr. Osborne has recently taken up his residence here.^ He has purchased property r-nd intends to be a permanent resident. He served several years as a Surgeon in the Army and is a good Republican I hope you will recomiaend his appointment. I have had to send several persons lately to Omaha to be exaa.ined which is a great inconvenience. Dr. Osborne will accept thb place. .oo D. C. Bloomer to Gen, Dodge, Council Bluffs, 21st. n+Tn»an+. r\T March, 1867,. M. W. Robbins io Gen' Godge, Kansas City, 21st;" \s soon after the receipt of your lettera s I could obtain """an"Interview with Mr. Chenute (The engineer of the bridge) I gave him your letter which he promised to answer immediately, ** Scarcely any real Estate was sold here during the winter • and the few sales that have been made this spring have been at very low figures, but there is an increas ng demand and prices are improv- ' ing, and I think I shaU be able to sell before long. If I could sell I think I should leave here, as I am barely making a living without paying any rent, still hope to '^o* better this summer. It has been impossib e for me to be ablu to pay you the interest on the money borrowed, but think I shall be able to sell this spring er in the early part of the summer, as I think tha property is well worth what.I ask for it. Business has been very dull hdre this Winter, but there is a prospeot of a very large e..>igration here this "■ spring and summer. The, seem to be pushing the work on the RR. Bridge as fast as possible; a large number of workmen being em^oyed . ' ■"."i* ' . "jfil. "rt f * onit. ' LJ ' • 'to the Junction City to do business this sum ""'me?: ■ i think the bum« of his store was a great loss to him and he ^'" ■cannot'get the ineurano. except by going to law for it. If I camot •""• get my wote in bank'r«.*«d Lawrence will have it to pay, aM ^on t think he can very well spare the money.., mnrnfO March, 1867. ■ .TJifll the smny South we find in Tenpessee. . oM hope; you are getting along finely at home.I want to hadly •to get home to see you; to plague mama, tease the girls and sing - Indian to the "baby, but I must wait until the powers that be release me and give me leave, which I hope will be this week. In April I shall have lots of plants, shrubs, trees &c. sent from Uncle Sam's gardens to set out in ours, if we are so fortunate as to have one. I only hear fran you once a v/eek; hardly that. The letters come all in a bunch. I received one from Ellayesterday which was very, very acceptable. I read it in my seat in the House, and as I went back in my thoughts I imagined I eould see quiet Ella sliding around, while romping"Lettie was after something at my desk, and both, if I had been there would have received a severe teasing. Does Mother scold a^y, or is she all smiles? . las?. Is Aunt Julia with you, or is Bhe_running after a beau? Does Chickadee 1?akapou4a look for me? Can she walk and does she fcemember the Bong that beings, "Hi Yi V?hiskey oh" &c? Well, I hope you are all learning yopr jausic, go to school, and are improving this long 'Winter. I see by the papers that ma had tho socialbe; whe wrote nothing about it, but I et*!! expect .a letter in the morning. Kiss maia, Jule, aWfebJL ^® Grandpa and Grandma, Uncle and Aunt• ■ ner oi •ijgtm .J. .11 f (|*Ctri. o4 "Tiw 1 , -1. PWIPHiP March, 1867. 'ORr Private Diary Meji. March 23dw-" -* '"^1 hnll •« utU'iS c '{(had qS J' ciscb to Truckee distance of 35 miles* Cisco to Stmimit, work is light, Nitro glycerine was applied instead of powder, 1 1-2 drills used instead of two. Hendy's one. ■'"■Lff- ' " tX ' i '-r ': ; ■ I m |lM« I'rivato Diary Mem, 24th. •inaa .l;/- , r„, Advanced 15 feet a week with nitro glycerine, while with 0.? rn-Jtrt-r-"^ jpowder only 9 feet a week was made from Sumiuitt for two miles running along a steep side hill with six tunnels. John R Gillis, care C, P.R.R. ■■■ " Sacremento. I , l aey , ./lov aaw 3|0:'i.:Xu Private Di ary Mem. 25th.• ... .jji j . , . ^ brm 4 In 1866 the snow was 6 feet deep, in 1865 5 1-2 feet deep ^•rf,*'and in Noy. 1867 17 feet at Simunitt and 19.5 feet seven miles east of Summitt. For 25 milesthe road will be curved on top and at the sides. ^ r t' J, H. Smith to Gen. Dodge, Magnolia, 24th. *** Harvey sHOUld he removed. We sftoured the Harrison Co. delegates for your honor.^ How as a matter of right, we only ask that Mr. A, L. Harve;/ be Vemoved and that Dr. J. H. Rl®® (foniaerly Surgeon f ft> 4 Of 29th Iowa Vol. Infantry) be apiTointed in his stead. ^ . Harvey holdd his connnission by appointment at Washington not from Cole Noel, the District Aeeeseor. ^ .,X„r. , jhb asm ' 1 ' "M H. M. Hoxio to Gen. Dodge, Boome, 24th. I very much fear you directed your letter to Boone, lowa; It has gone to Boone, 13 miles west of Des Moines, and I won't get March, 1867. it. This Post-office is Montana, Boone County. I dp not think that the engine that the N.7,'. Ry. Company y , have at the tank will he ahle to run the coal and the pump. I think we should have an engine, say 18 horse power. I have ordered the or r lumber cut for the platform about 7000 feet. I shall go to Chicago Xwtr: . tomorrow and shall order trucks for the small cars to run in the mine. '• ' i) , . I am completely in the dark about your wishes and cannot • tell what to do. I wrote Dr. Durant on Friday and gave him the es timate of what I thought was wanted. This road is again snowed up and will not be open until Wednesday. Everything else 0. K. • — 1 „ V .... J 9iX ^ Postmaster General: TJa t , trm Delegation from the State, of lowaj in Congress, respectfu'ly request that Col. George C.Tjchenor of Des Moines, Iowa, be appointed Postmaster at Des Moines, in place ofj John Teesdale. h; .sk this'ch.lge'on the ground that Col. Tlchenor entered the service early in the war as a Lieutenant and eerved until its """ close. For his bravery, his untiring devotion to his country, and the Signal ability he displayed While in tha Mrviee, we ask this reward and recognition of his services'. ""H-' t-na t nr. Teesdale has held the offlse f4#-nearly, or quite six M i 1 j j „fy nnd,« no. con.ider that he shouirgiv. way to ,,^aj.ldier. ' '' -.1 'f-iJ I't-twiaJ' v n astlls •J ^Mivnfi MNflP .iwviiaosA 'I j March, 1867. ._ A V Ah . h _ h.Mr I* ^ ^ Jj| Gen. Dodge £o his wife, WgLshingtoh, March 26th. I today received your letter of March 18th and was very Jfj;. . . glad to hear from you, although you are very brief. I am very anxious f ' * • 6o hear from home and get a little vexed when I am put off with one cr ' for my half dozen. I wish you weee here to take care of the infernal «Sri -. (if I may so express it) persistency of the ladies in pessing their plaims and that of their relatives from grandfather down. It is a system pursued here that we have to submit to, but which i^ very annoying. Let me give you an account of my day's work. As soon as up and breakfasted, I took my bundle of letters and started at the west ^ end of Avenue, Gen. Grant's office, and obtained for a sixk soldier a 30 days leave. I then crpssed over to War Depart, ent and got two Brevets for a-Capt. Gilpin of my district; then went over to Q.M. Department and endeavored to get a lot of suspended accounts taken up for a man in Warren County. From there I went with a Mrs. Davis of w Clarke County to the 2nd Auditor to get her claim for additional ^ allowed on account of loss of husband and two sons in the war '"•and to her grsat relief procured it. Then 1 passed down to the Treasury Department and worked uktll elenen in five of the different offices getting attention to different matters sent me: some important some triirllng. Frew, there I went to P. M. General and got a Post Offics flxsd in my district; then tc the Interlcr Department trying ^ to got Stewart Ooodrell appointed Haoeiver. Then to the House to stay March, 1867, ■' n r- ft t - •■ ' ' - until five. After this, all the evening, probably until 12 o'clock, I listen to the applications and persistent importunities of Iowa oSS#X1 This is just one day's work that I must do, and I get to bed ^n<«a.t about 2 A. M. and get up at 8 and keep two clerks at E. H. Sears to Gen. Dodge, Sidney, 26th. As I have been absent from home for nearly two years I fear "T'iiay not be on your list. I therefore write to say that I hope you will not forgtt me in your distribution of documents and garden seeds. * Froia my sojourn of a year and a half among the unr e cons true ted, I am fully "satisfied that the Military Reconstruction Bill is the very thing required and should have been passed two years ago. Andrew Johnson is now in a tight place. Let him execute "« this law faithfully and .in its true spirit, or let him. be impeached and give |jace to a better man. ,7 1' ■ , ^no^l H, HalneW to Gen. Dodge, St. Lo^iis, 27th, , . . D {eiiTCji.'.' • j."' 1 have received the reports of Gens. Ingalls and Babcock ' Which you wire so kind ae to send me. .1 shall be very much obliged if you can procure and send ms copies of the reports of the Qr. Master '2^. ^6eneral for 1864, 6 & «. These contain much information which may be valuable at some future time. I that the Hou::e has oalled for Oeneral Simpson's report . Hhen it is pabllshed I should very much like a copy. I hope soon to March, 1867. . HOC « visit Omaha, If you go home soon, will try to be there 'after arrive so as to meet you. ■'1 Tisr .'f'i •"» : C. R. Johnson to Gen, Dodge, Dept, of Interior, Pension Office I send enclosed and ask your favorable dndorseinent. Please make such use of it as will in your judgment be mos-t likely to effect the desired object. You may truthfully say of my son that he is a - young man of good ability, a good scholar and of exemplary morals, a c 'Church member and a good temfilar, I should be happy to call on you, • ft f fbut am at present imable to leave my room, I am very desirous that - you shoulfl call on the Commissioner of Pensions and secure for me as ( good a position as possible upon the permanent roll. I had hoped to see you at n^y room, south-east Corner of I. and 4th Streets, but suppose it was a»skin^ much, _ , . , . , ^ Note:- 8am i^orrey and others to Gen, Dodge in regard to Post Master, Leon, March 27th, 1867, jJ MKl QVXZ A. C. Cameron to Gen. Dodge, Washington, 28th, ; •>" If" If agreeable, please send me the following public documents; ^Mineral Resources df t'-e West; it has been customary for the clerks from od •/ Iowa to assist their members ill mailing their documents. Any time you desire help, and will let me know, I will b« happy to do all,I can. •Aili enw-tii m rrm^m'G wwl 8sr W MI wrfl Jiadid X 1 wm* t .vm m MIf March, 1867. .''Sfll Martha.P. Goodell to Gen. Dodge, Danvors, 28th,ft«-t .. (. ». . .. Your letters dated March 6th and March 12th reached me in Safety and.I am greatly indebted to you for the interest which you ex press in the matter contained in my letter. My husband has just forwarded to the Secretary of War, Capt. J. B. Hanson's application for a commission of 2nd Lieutenant in the Regular Amy, with a letter and credentials. He has also written to ■ "Gen. Butler and in'both letters has talcen the liberty to refer to you as one who would supprt the application, either on the strength of your knowledge of Mr, Hanson's merit or of the value of my rec ommendation. I ajn sorry to give you any trouble in this matter anfld should ' ♦ ■. ^ , not have done so if I had not taken a deep interest in Mr. Hanson a success whiie he was a prisoner of War, and have ever since known of » Ms excellent character and his strong desire to serve his country in the army-. -5 .. - •v.i' j thank ybti for the book which I hav e received containing ®an account of your Western excursion last September. I have read it ^ With deeninterest. Every item I find in the newspaper relating to the union Pacific Railroad ie read and remembered by me, I imagine my " delight When through your kindness I can read and in imagination steam along ^oute with «ase» > n i , • shall be mMVl happ to see yaisi in Dan"vers again, and it ma, not b. Impo.albl. that wo aU^« at Council Bluffs during tho next five years. March, 1867, .?5ex ^thnmu Isaae Brandt to Geni Dod^ei Des Moines, 28th. X fl ' Enclosed please find list of names of Republicans of Polk County that it v;o"ld be advisable to send doci.mients to. Mrs. Dodge to the General. March 29th. Lettie has been quite unwell for several days and the Doctor aays .1 must keep her in and be careful of her. From all I can learn Congress does not intend to adjourn very soon. I am getting used to - anything that will tak6 you away from home, but not much that will ..bring you towards it. I send a list of articles I wanted if you can bring than. ^ •«iiO -fl We have had no mail for nearly two weeks, so have had no r . • '^♦letters from you very lately. Am not very well some of the time. Wish lo the river would open. I want to go down or somewhere. The baby is we and good} tries to step and walks a little. M. L. McPherson to Gen. Dodge, W nterset, 29th.. , j have carefully examined the Bankrup Account and have conSl ' rwi wvftd I. . eluded not to the office of Register under the act. In this 'CA "k tMei Distritt I think there will be but little businpss under the act, un less it is at Des Moines or at the Bluffs, and it is more than probable that I should be ordered to one or both Jhaces, and that would break into my business here which I do not care to do lualess I can get a position which will justify me in abandoning this practice. ^ I am very mUdh obliged to you for your effort^ my behalf March, 1867, -n'.' and hope to he able at sone future ^time to fully reciprocate your efforts. I have heretofore expressed what I wished to get if possible. ' ♦ ' 'n Senator Harlan has promised to do all he can for me. If a Superintendency is out of the question, it is possible that the act relating to Inspectors fif Indian Affairs may become a law, and if so there will be some offices to fill tinder it. • Gen. Dodge to his wife, Washington, March, 30th. ^ 'We adjourned today to meet July 6th, provided the country demands it. The Senate was called in Executive session and I shall be here about a week looking-after the appointments in my district and other matters, I am in hopes to start home inside, of ten days. * For two days the weather has been fine and spring like but before that it has been rainy, dreary.and cold. Last night I called to see Gen. Porter and Gen. Babcock and families of Gen. Grant's . staff. They are Anxious te see you and think you will like here. Allison and myself havebeen house hunting for several evenings. We now talk of purchasing one and holding it instead of hiring, but I^ believe we better wait until fall; say September. X think better ^ bargains ean be had then. - - a- . , I hope spring Is opening with and that the oold winter ha. " gone, gone . if it has b..n as -VftAdrear,-aS her. ,ou will he glad to sea Since I have hesn here », side and head trouble M. •» i oil •i - k f: March 1867. Mu/K. " - • #■ • r -rr> I , • ■ ■ ■ , w ■■ .- ^ . , . . . ^ do not sleep late; am up by 8 o'clock, although I never go to bed before 12^ SenatorHarlan was here last night until 11 and I take dinner thasre today with the rest of our delegation. Miss Harlan is a very accomplished young lady. Mrs. Harlan is smart and lets no opportunity pass to help along the Senator. Senator Harlan I like very much. He is much more accommodating than Senator Grimes. While Grimes has great strength and good standing, he is very hard to get acqauinted with, Wilson of Iowa, is -one of the moat able men in the. House. I think perhaps the ablest. THien you take him, all in all, in Con gress, he never fails to carry a bill he supports. Butler, I .think will p^l^ out; he ia too impracticable. Logan makes the finest appear ance -on the floor. His manner is good, and his speech excellent, and graceful. Bingham of Ohio is the sharpest and ablest debater. Boutwell the closest.reasoner, Schofield of Pennsylvania watches t all points and never falls tb detect a j9b. Schenck is bitter, able and unyielding; They take extreme views, . Butler, Schenck and Logan are ready to iiifetbtl. Old Thad Stevens says that he would impeach on common humor. ITS it getting so old thiat his voice has failed and his days are short-. ' 1 would not be surprised if wo never saw him here again, but his eye-sight is as good as mine. They do not follow him" as well as they did, -but his old age, Ms long service and his r ^ good work make all respeot hto* < On'"in» l5il"OoHlW.i •id, 9t Brooks Is the leader. He is fron Hew 7ork and is an able and fine debater and is alwaja lie- V \ " : 1 March, 1867, .V-'-' : tened to. Members listen to a man when they know, he is acquainted with the matter about which he is talking. They never listen when they thin he is not posted on his subject. If an army, an Indian or a Railroad matter comes up, they always come to me, and if I rise to speak or ask a question on these matters, they always listen, because they know I am posted. Yesterday I carried a bill through*relating to travel and trade on the plains, although Schenck, Stevens and Clark were against me. They all know that I am posted and that the others are not, Grant pays me great attention and generally sends to me when he wants to have members posted on his views. The f act that I am Chief Engi-V^ near of the Union Pacific gives me good standing, and i am probably better acquainted in the House than any new member, except Logan and Butler. The Lobbv* here - that you have heard so much about are a lot of unscrupulous thluves, ready Ao do anything. The members, a s a gen eral thing, keep clear of them. Pretty women with flashing diamonds and attractive are an adjuribtj not that they are not virtuous but their ability to handle and Influence men give then the position. 1 ' have not met any of theml but have had them pointed out to me as " breaikers to ateer Clear of. Stopping with TUeon, Alllecn and Orlmes has given m. an opportunity to get posted that others do not have. I find most of the m»ber's wives U.ke Washington. The ex citement suits them and 1 am disposed to think you will also like It. March, 1867, The sights, the debates and the opportunity to see the great men" of the covntry, seem to have a charm for the„ J .'''t Kiss the baby and thfe girls and remember me to all. rt/A Mrs, Dodge to the General, Council Bluffs, April 1st, I suppose I must remain in ignorance a.s to your wherea' outs or when to look for you, I a.a very anxious to have you come home, .. What in the world is the House about. There are many things that should be attended to. There is some sickness lately in town. Test's oldest B jr... * child . died last week. Lettie was sibk two or three days; is about now, but it is ver hard to keep her from taking cold. The children ^ ...have been on their high horse today playing April Fool, They are very anxious for a chance to fool their pa; especially Ella, There is very little news. Sue starts East tomorrow for Fort Madison and down to St, Louis# c t > , Tichenor to Gen. Mge, Des Moines, March 30th. '•I lo Bhaommi*' J must express my disappointment and regret at the 'shape matters have taken in the matter of Pension Agent. The confir- * mation of Thompscm displeases your friends as well as enemies, as it takes the office away from here. All wanted Myers removed, but they wanted him supplanted by a man who lived here Your letter to Brandt '(written by Ensign) oPeates the lelief that you secured Thompson's " oonfirmation as it refer®• tb Tht^aon as y ur friend and intimates ♦ # - JiwrnJio March, 1867. promises of " clerkship" &c. Brandt (the d -d fool) has shown the letter - a fault of indiscretion rather than malice, and here let m<a- :.4 c.:;, say that you had better be very careful about writing this Brandt. • ' . Since I "am out in the cold" on both Pension Agent and .'Receiver, I shall hop that you-will_move Heaven and Earth to get me in for Post Master, and think you ought to succeed in this since you . have helped conservative confirmation. If you can trade even you INMI l^ill be good service for the party. I cannot see why Johnson would not.want Teesdale removed as he (Teesdale) is in favor of impeachment and the fiercest of Radicals; although he voted against you last fail. He entertained Wendell Phillips and Fred Douglass when ' k IW' . they were here recently. I think Col. Johnson, the President's Secretary, would help you ih my behalf. O "J. - Palmer wrote you in reference to Brandt for Post Master before ne knew you had recommended me- and when he supposed I would get Pensioh Agency. It don't make any difference about his promises r letfci I to Brandt last fall, 'he knows he had no right to promise anything. It will not do any how to buy such a man as Brandt, as he is so fear fully uripopulrr that his support would d--m any man. It would ruin you here to get him an office; yet if you s^e proper to follew It Palmer's advice dd So, but I protest. I know, however, that Palmier wants me appointed and was glad to know yau had recommended me. He simply carried out this promise to Brapdt*^, Brandt is now Depty Ife. treasurer of State and is well off besides. March, 1867. .Tic: .fto' I recomniehd George Whittaker for Supt. of Court and Cur.toni i House here. He is a practical architect and Master builder and can / •"•^' "'get all the recommendations 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. * ^ Pqj, God's sake push" the Post master matter to success! Use every means necessary. Tell them what you please about me. , ' . ■ . ' : i.. n«<l* C. 0. Cole to Gen. Dodge, Des koines, April 1st. * " George Whittaker of this city is a practical builder of ( much experience and unquestlned integrity. Pe Is Just the man to have the Immediate 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 knowledge or reliable Integrity as a builder. He has been a Kasson man, but 18 reliable for us now and hereafter. Secure him the appointment of superintendent or whatever it Is called, for the P.O. If possible. By the way, I have been shown one or more confidential '"^''letters by Kaseon's friend to candidates for Governor., In which they •"promise support. If they are assured of reciprocal support for Kasson for congress newt time. Look well to that matter: ^ ^ Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource General Dodge Papers Subject The topic of the resource Dodge, Grenville M., 1831-1916 -- Correspondence. Union Pacific Railroad Company. Generals -- United States -- Biography. Railroads -- History. United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Correspondence Description An account of the resource Data chronologically arranged for ready-reference in the preparation of a biography of Grenville Mellen Dodge. 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Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Book 1867 civil war General Grenville M. Dodge https://archive.councilbluffslibrary.org/files/original/a7339656ad54f15e5e347a3d1ce2aeae.pdf ade9ec50009395ff02f29b257e66531c Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource General Dodge Papers Subject The topic of the resource Dodge, Grenville M., 1831-1916 -- Correspondence. Union Pacific Railroad Company. Generals -- United States -- Biography. Railroads -- History. United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Correspondence Description An account of the resource Data chronologically arranged for ready-reference in the preparation of a biography of Grenville Mellen Dodge. 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Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Book 1866 civil war General Grenville M. Dodge Union Pacific Railroad https://archive.councilbluffslibrary.org/files/original/ee0999e5722ff49a32b639ad0d1d7e80.pdf 580958469a452216eba6246486c77d94 PDF Text Text . I. t '"XT !'*. •'1, April, T867. .r?kAjr Allen. For th'is favor," Gerier*al, I will bO under great obligations and if all can be arranged right, I hope to be able to reciprocatd on some future occasion. Geo. Whittaker is well pleased at receiving the appointment I as Superintendent o'f the building to be erected here. Hoyt' 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 Gcnl. Supt. Stevens passes for self and wife. « We have been here six weeks. We had a long and tedious tri'> of it coming through. We rode 400 miles in an open sleigh after leaving Denver. My wife stood th^'hardships of the journey better than I supposed she would. Everybody has treated us with considera tion since we arrived. We have a pleasant home at Capt. Hooper s, -delegate to Congress, who is* an old friend, fomerly of Galena. We have made the acquaintance of several firtft class Gentile fami lies, and will therefore not'want for congenial society during our -4MV Ai-re. . I called on Mrs Dodge on my way here. Was gla " to see , -y; > ^ ■ . • iS'-v" : April, 1867. ^ .r her, as well as j'our sister Julia and the little girls. . Ella had retained a perfect recollection of me. Shall I hope to see them ^ all again on my return to tha States? My wife joins me in kind regards to yourself, to Mrs, D, to Julia, to the little girls. We , shall hope to see you here during the coming summer. Wishing you health and success. Remember me to Mr, House and Capt, Bailey, Geo. C Tichenor .to Gen, Dodge, Des Moines, 3rd:- . I called on Mr. Smith (nurseryman) today and gave him your let- « « •ter. He felt highly complimented by your expressions of confidence in his judgment, and'said he woul-^ send you just the things at once and would write you full instruction. He is a great friends and adiAirere of yours and you can rely on what he says and does, John Brown, Esq., is ver anxious to have his son appointed to the Naval Cadetship, and befeged Palmer and myself to write you in ^ his behalf. His son would pass a good examination and is a.splen-^^^ did boy. As Brown is a Democrat we did not feel like giving him much encouragement. Yet he is a" very decent Democrat and often votes for our candidates. We have been unable to find a soldler(s son or a Republican's son that fills the bill and that wants it. Please write me what you conclude to do in the matter, as Brown is very anxious to know soon, , , i have received my appointment an(} sent on my bond. Palmer and Geo, W. Jones are my bondSiawi, so you see I have placed myself in the hands of two of ycur best fnier^s in the matter and have thus ut a stop t6 farther cause for suspicion or jealousy or ill Apri 1, 1867 . . T >51 . ; I . feeling. Everybody seems satisfied and nearly all delighted with my appointment anf^ I trust you may never regret giving it to me, " It seems the Presi'^ent has gone back on Kasson. Wiat d© you think "of it? I hope it is so, for when-he is killed off at Wash ington, he is essentially dead everywhere. The fight is growing warm here between Williaiason and Baker; Williamson is" gaining ground. Regards-to all. '■ Geo. B. Ruby to Gen. Dodge, Mr* Ayr, Iowa, 4thr- ** I am making an effort to secure my appointment as Post' Master at this place and if you would use ^'our influence in my behalf with the Department, I would esteem it a great favor that I would gladly reciprocate should opportunity offer. Our present P. 1i. is notoriously inefficient and is voted a perfect boor by all who have to receive their m^il matter through . his office, ' He has been acting P. M. here for the past two years and has never received any postage stamps from the department in 411 that time. The ]p»ople are very anxious to have him removed, I have reluctantly consented to discharge the duties of the office in case i am appointed, ' C'*,LciU' ft i.- '■ Gen. Dodge's Private Memoranda, May 4th; , Ames, Dillon, Duff, Carter and Durant turned the road over to the ^'cOTipany and- placed lir, ^yder in charge as Superindent, also went instructldns to liKI as Chief Engineer. ^ • Instrueilons^4 tAe fihldf Ei>ij«eer, U.P.R.R , j ,'0 Tt. ahhll be r, U.P.R.S t, It aMhll be the a1 ^1. Sltnl.. ' l i '.i'- ^ . -1 . I ' ■ April, 1867. . » e T duty of the Chief Engineer of the Union Pacific Railroad to take • • • » charge of all matters pertaining to the construction of the road completed an oper^^ted under direction of the Company, the erection of all buildings, bridges, docks, and all extraordinary repairs. He shall submit to the President and Board of Directors in writing all plans for anticipated new work or for extraordinary repairs with reasons therefor with an estimate of the cost of the same. and no such work shall be commenced without the sanction of the Board of Directors or Executive Committee, ifj. * i- k X Oliver Ames, Prest. Pro Tern, li" J.-iOTvl'. ; f c'VOiO'. li / \ Thomas C. Durant, '■ fit ■> * f f*" - -» *« r * ♦ / ~ W ^ ' A . I'UJ! , ( t ■ '-'t ta Committee ) Jotin Duff, * ■ • 11Jee ' >:■ .D CliW ft;' ( • • r ' ' ■ ■ ' ) Sidney Dillon, os .a f J flfyJ ♦ f w r rX ■ ) T. J, Carter, Govt, Director, Omaha, May 4th, 1867, j Gen, G. M. Dodge, • ^ t iittl: ' CMef Engineer U,PR.R, TO** ■rjnri I Dear Sir;- You ?re requested as Chief Engineer of the Union Pacific Railroad to give your attention to such erections and work on the comlpleted portion of the road as the enclosed instructions require. sf Very respectfully yours, , 1I ... - ,. . / '4 'ju,;. ■ -ij. >.1 , ■ , Committee ■k 9 ' ,) Oliver Ames, Pres, Pro. Tern, ( y Thos, C Durant, V.P. v- - j John Duff, . — - ^ * ) Sidney Dillon, ) T,J, Carter, Govt, Director, •1 y^- "■ . '•■ -.•i,. April, 1867. J, Duff to Gen. Dodge, Omaha, 4th: IftirT f'-U lio L I left the land mortgage at the Recorder's office in Omaha, with the copies, subject to your order, I should like to have it * ■ » « recorded as soon as pssible as it is desirable to issue the bonds Irkmediately for the urposes of the company. Will you iease make up a statement of the present condition r - of the land donated to the Company and what in your opinion is the proper plan to adopt to perfect the title in the Company and the best plan for selling them, whit officers should be appointed to • • r - manage them, and I will get the Directors to adopt it. We have t appointed Lir. Snyder Superintendent and given him all the power *7 that he asked, and. I trust htat he will come up to expectations of His friends in the responsible position in which he is placed. The CommittG© have adojjted some instructions for the Chief Engineer which I trust will be acceptable. The Committee all leave for home today and I should be pleased to hear from you at your earliest convenience about the lands. I suppose the Und Mortgage will have to be returned to the New York office and any of the blanks not used c^ be kept for future use. ( ' Kind regards to your family. « ' ■ ■< Gen. Dodge's Private Mem.5th; * •' Amea, Duff, Dillon, Carter, Snyder and Gen. Hunter called to see ae on their way home^ Jp Chaa.•Parsons, Cash, to Gen, Dodge, St. Louis, 8th. The 5/20's selling at 107 v/s are of the 1867, ■' . j. « ■ . - issus of 1862 and coramand increased rate frora the fact that they . wei*e the first introduced in Europe a d sell best there. Why the two next sorts differ In rate, 5 l/4 to, 6, I don't know,. The next sort 107 3/4 have interest from J?nuary to know, which is the reason of their price? interest on them accrued is over 2% on gold. You must not let your 7/30's run beyond time due, as if you do, you can not exchange them but will'have to take pay in cash. But you haver? a year to go on. : . ov G. W, Clark to Gen. Dodge, Des Moines, 8th. . t. ' •I desire 'to assure you. General, ,that my appointment of Bowers was prompted by no disrespect to you or your friends; neither was it done on the application of Mr, Kasson or his friends, but because he was the most competent, offered the best terms to me, and is the most uncomprosmising Radieal. He voted for you last fall, and o'f this I was convinced before I appointed him. I never scratched the Republican ticket in my life and Ixave no excuse for those who do. I will be pleased to talk more fully about this matter when I see you. I yesterday arrested and brought to this place, S. B. Hempstead, P. M. at Adel, charged with robbing the mail. He is guilty and, . will be convicted. Before I left there yesterday, the citizens were vig orously agitating the question as to who his successor should be. Of course the Republicans there depend on you to secure the appt. of their choise. I only.»eiitlon this subject for the purpose of - fl f ' llOoJ[ i/.t » , ; n tn,,... ' v.. ■ April, 1867. . . suggesting to you that, unless the promtest attention is given to i' , I fear the Democrats will get their man in, ~ -- A, P.. Anderson to Gen. Dodge, Sidney, 9th: ' i» Some of my friends here are talking of taking my name before the Senatorial Convention" of this district this fall. Wiat do you think of-my chances in your cotinty? Can I get a delegation from Polk in case you don't have a candidate of your ovm? My friends : here tell me that I will hage no opposition in securing a delega tion of this county to.the Convention, but I do not wish to do any thing -bout it unless *1 can feel pretty sure of winning. I want to know something about;prospects in your county, and how you stand ' on the question. ' . . - ♦ Don't wish it geheraly. known yet that I will be a candidate-- • might conclude didn't want It— but then you can learn what would ^ be the prospects- in such an event. Let me hear from you soon, j. L. Williams to Gen. Dodge, Fort Wayne, 8th- ,iiOT hoime aj^in, and have yours of the 3rd instant. Snyder is Supt. If consistent with your views of right and policy, t hope you will explain to him the propriety of considering Whether he cannot place Mr. GUman in some subordinate position in connection with the running of the trains or manage ment of the office, if, after inquiring, he finds him competent. He is a cousin of Mrs. Secretary McCulloch's, who takes much interest in him. She haa requested me to look after themaAter. She sayd May, 1867. I . • ■ he is of an excellent family, and a disabled soldier. I feel per- , Sonally anxious to meet her wishes, while the general interest of^ , our great work, which you have so much at heart, may be pornoted-- at least not impaired—by influential friends in high places. This you understand, though it cannot be explained on paper.^ I take it for granted that Mr. S, is entirely trust worthy, and has had experience in railway express business, and in other posi- < tions on the trains. After reading my letter to Mr.. Snyder, please hand it to him, or the person controlling appointments. ■ . •«!"". 'u' aA tA, Saunders -to Gen. Dodge, Omaha,. 9thi:- 3 !I . ' You are right -in -the g-eneral un'erstanding of the stock mat ter. True, Mr. "ollsy did not say in so many .words that you and I . should have the first payment of our stock receipted,, but I told him that you and I could, in all probability do enough in the way of introducing him-to others, and in otherwise aiding the corpora tion, to allow him to grant us that favor, and thought he assented, and,'indeed, now he does not take back anything, but says that whatever our services may be worth to the company, that he shall recommend to be allowed. I«h ve taken hold.in good earnest and hope to yet do enough for them to make Mr. W. feel willing to credit my account with it - 10^- and 1 beMleve that.if you will do the same thing that we can both yet comer out acoording to what I intimated to you. Of course ■neither^ of us want anything unless we do some- May, 1867. ' thing for them.* The prospect now is ffrst rate to get a large suh-_ S * scription list to the stock at oiir town, A. Saunders fo Gen. Dodge, Omaha, 9th. " « ' ^ •Since my return I have used a fair proportion of ra y time in # assisting mr,* VJoolsy to further the interests of our .Insurance Coni- ' patny," The prospect is good .and- I now think that Omaha will take hei? full share of the stock. Mr, V/oolsy cssures me that your labros and mine will be fully «appreicatod and thRt ha feels nilling to make such allowances to us as our services will justify, I hope Council Bluffs will do as much as OmahR. If she-dOes„ I will be satisfied. The seed has ^ been sown, and 1 think, in good ground. Mr. W, can report the par- — ticulars of the matter. / Col, E. Merrill to Gen. Dodge, St. Louis, lOth; I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of the following documents from you, for which you have my thanks, viz : . ^ tJ. P, R/ H, Report of Gen« Dodge on line crossing the Rocky Mts, ^ ' V Chf, Engr. on briding the Missouri River, » h " I , * Consulting Engr. on bridge across Missouri River W i I J •• t J.rj T. C. Durant Vice, President for 1864. 1865, ''^'The Great TI.P.R.P. Excursion to the_h\indredt'-. meridian, ^ j, L. rilliaiae to Oan. Dddge, Fort Rayne, 10th: In further response to yours of 3#d inst, I say that ''7* l/tcf i'-'- May, 1867. i,»^ your six blisters have fully relieved you. Our Eastern Committee were fortunate in being out just in ' ■ j . • . ' ■ : - • . ' ' time to witness the Missouri in its strength. They have seen the elephant, and I suppose are satisfied that the Missouri is not to I be fooled with, or bridged in 6 months. I wish I could have been there to see. Am glad to learn that no great damage was done to the road, and that you lost no bridges. ' ' ^ • t, r • 1 hear nothing of Mr, Buckensderfer, whether he has got out or not. It is quite time that point was settled. I saw none of the Coramittee on their return, and am in ignorance respecting the • rpad. I suppose the Maj'^ monthl^- meeting will be neld in N.Y. on 22nd. If it is, I will endeavor to attend. On the 25th, I must atten^meeting of P, Ft. W, & C. road at Pittsburg, We prefer in creasing our capital one and one half millions to be applied to ' * • • r:iirolling stock and permanent improvements. I have 4u8t retiJrned from nearly 3 weeks vacation from busine80--vislting relatives, who are getting old. And now, in looking " forward three months, over mtuerous business engagements', pri ll vat# .(nd pblle, it begins to be a little doubtful whether I can ^ spare 2 wonths or more to accompany you; yet I don't give it up. Arrange for the horse, and if I should fail, others of your party can take him. If your surveys of various comparative routes had A > p^'Ogresr.ed farther, so as to present the important question in a for a comparative view, as was the case last fall bet-^veen I If '< I May, 1867. . , ■ . . ^ and Fort Saunder,s ihen it would be more important and ^ take less time. But I suppose your reconnoissance now will be in ' ' great part to direct what lines shall be surveyed. Any light you can give me as to the state of the questions at isstie, and the time it will probably require to go through to Salt Lake and return to Omaha, will enable me tc decided more understandingly. 'if you have ascertained, please say who and hov? many will form your party. I know it will be very peasant, and I shall never have so good an opportunity to see the country and the line. Is it probable you will go again in September and October? Ity friend, Mr. Oilman, writes me that Mr. Bean has given hliff* a baggage car, for which he seems very thankful and pledges his best • ' . . . . efforts to deserve something better after a while. But you may still send my letter to Mr. Snyder. It may serve to keep Mr. Giiaan in view. Have just sent to Mr. Kountze $250, the late assessment on T. Stock. Chas. W. Davis to Gen. Dodge, Springfield, 111, 10th: The telegraph annouces this morning that ^ 0. Coleman has brought suit for $1'.'0,000 demages against you, myself and half a V e dozen others. This is the first that I've heard and all that -I khow. If you can, will you please tell me anything more about it; also if anything has been done, or if there is anything to do. May, 1867. . ' ' It seems to me that the miserable scoundrel ought to -be satis fied with the little punishment that he got. , -ilii/;. T I This is my home for the present. . ^ n<rtX a-i nl Sam. E Mackey to Gen. DoBge, St. Joseph, Mo. 10th; ^ -di'il left home two weeks ago in search of emplosnnent. I expected « . - to get a.situation on the Hannibal and St, Joe R. having, indeed, been partly promised one, but it turns out tnat I have come at a most unfortunate time, as I am informed that there not only exists no vacancies but that the Company is reducing its force in all ^ departments. • ' I have, however, the promise of the President and Superintend ent of the road that I shall have the first vacancy# This is encouraging ais far as it goes. , . _ ni ' — I had intended, in case I failed in my object here, prosecuting my search to Omaha, but so many disparaging reports have reacaed me concerning affairs there (so many there out of work, living so high &c. ) I have concluded to let a letter serve my purpose and save the expense of a journey. General, I do not know to whom I could apply to there who I ' feel «.ulrt try to -)o more to secure my object than you. And though ^ have already received far more favors from you than I have deoervod (for which I assure you 1 feel deeply grateful) my neoee sity me to .alt again, if you regard me worthy, your assistance. •l ad all particular what I do, providing I can make an iM 17555 • May, 1867. ."' V - 'honest livlihood. If you can get me a situation on your railroad, I think I could make myself useful, as I am not without experience ' in railroading, hnving served-3 years in the general office of the Marietta & Gin. R; R. a position which I-gave up to enter.the army. If you can give me a place, I promise in return that faith fulness and fidelity shall-characterize my Efforts to serve. Your opinion formed from our past connection I hope will attest this;. , for while I was with you, though I grant I could not serve you in the capacitj' I was then in as effeciently as I would have liked, . ^ you can hut admit that I worked for you in good faith. ^ -itI am now anxious to get employment, for the reason that since my exit from the army I have been married. ' ' There is nothing doing in Ohio, business of all kinds is a drag Besides, I have, through my connection with the amy, become 80 thoroughly westernized that I would like to make some part of , it my future home, ■ . I feel mortified that I have not written to you before to tell you that your kindness to me]^ alsd my father and sister, who feel most grateful towards you and Mrs, Dodge for your kind treat..,ent of them, My sister and Col,'Le Fever were married last December, and are living in Clyde, Ohio, I would day that I am better acquainted with the pasenger department than any other, but would fil<«kfully accept any position Llay, 1867. you may proffer. ^ >i . .,t f^rro't , . Greo. E. Ford to Gen. Dodge, Philadelphia, 11th: Your favor enclosing letters to Gens. Gjo^nt and Rawlins and Secy. Stanton, came duly to hand, and I at once proceeded with them to Washington and presented them. On my return, I found your telegaam; but'then it was too late to rectify my mistake . I am ' sorry it was so; but as I have not yet heard from the War Department, they will doubtless not pay any attention to my application.^ Lyman has signified nis non-acceptance. . , . ^ Gen. Rawlins came to see me at the .hotel before I left, and ^said he would push the matter along for me. ^ Many thanks for your kindness.in the matter. Should I be suc cessful, I know it will be entirely owing to your generous endorse ment of my character. Rawlins was very much pleased, and said he ' i felt certain ♦hat ^ would Jje successful in obtaining an appointment. However, the examination is yet to go through with and I may stick on that, but hope to the contrary„ r ^ To Mr^s.Dodge from her brother, J. k. ~rown, St. Louis, 11th. i had heard by Lawrence of Lillie's second son. prom my heart wis' ' her joy and happiness. I wish liinerva could manage so as to escape some portion of i.er excessive labor, though I suppose that of the two evils, too muc'i labor or too much ennui, the latter is the worse, so tha she gains as much as she loses. If we go to St, Pavil, we will probably start by the 20th of Af\ May, 1867. .7de( June, t'lough to siiit your convenience, we would postpone as late as " the first of July, though we would rather go a ^ew days .earlier. We have not yet fully determined to go. ' u " Dr. Elliot is still holding forth at the Cor, 9th and Olive. He made a six weeks visit to New Orleans this spring. We met Mr. and Mrs. B. R. Pegram at the opera about two months ago. They told . rte where they lived, but I have forgotten I think they are T)oarding,-or were. We, that is Carrie and I, went up to "^uincy la t week and called on Gen. &.Iillrs. Bane ; He is quite well and ^ ^ hearty,"but she is very poorly. She has been in very poor health several months. Quincy is-a beautiful place. Ed' and P. Getchell to Gen. Dodge, Des Moines, 11th: " I enclose herewith my declination of the appointment of cadet ^ to the U. S. Naval Academy. As stated herein, I induced to do . so from the advice of our family physician, whose decision, after a critical examination, discourages me relative to my physical qual ifications, a fact which causes me the keenest regret, as I was most anxious to* avail myse-lf of ,so fortunate a privilege. * I beg to assure you that I shall ever remember with the mo f^t sincere gratitude this generaous mark of your distinguished favor and kindness, and 1 pledge to you the hope that the future may pre sent an opportunity for me to prove Ift A practical manner my appre-, elation of your kindness. ' • , '. iuw i . < oi OA Mr 11 508 May, 1867. ,v-. Gen. Dodge's Private Mem. 12th: ' " ♦iiofni ^rtirt#iiir ,«;♦ * Two miles track laid today.' Same, 12th. ."•Wrote Dillon. r' nefl 'wif' .•■'XeR '3W^ . ■ .' C.C. dJourse to Gen. Dodge, Des Moines, 13th: ■-)" ' The name of the young man I desire to recommend for appoint ment to the Naval school is V/illiam T. Crosthwait, a son of Mr. Enoch Crosthwait, lately of Indianola and now a resident of this city, . '1.. -i w ir/ «r . ' . trot r:**" '"r|3 mJ frtw Elkhorn, May 13, 1867. ^ , ^ _ Dear Aiontie. Father just received a letter from the General that nearly broke my poor mother's heart. Papa did not blame the General for being angfy, but he thought he ought to have waited until he found it was his fault, Pa did riot, think Mr, Hunger would have the face.to ask for any thing when he wAf us. I - . r>r ol ;i r In haste • . Estelle. -Idl .M) . . ■ nm^ noffhtO.-B. Bailey to Gens:Dodge, Elkhorn, 13th: el ^ I by yolir. letter just received that Mr. Hunger charged you H'^ente apeice for' the trees they took in to you. I was perfect ly eurprised to learn that fact, and more surprised to think you would pay such a price, for tress o.fjf your own land and your fath- ^ ' "I '* , mdSL . . May, 1867. ' er's, without knowing whether I agre.ed to pay it, * hof* .rr»'^ til . I J. R. Reed to Gen. Dodge, Adel, 14th: c r- ' ' ■ The Republicans here have not agreed upon a ,man fro P. M. Two Reps, and one Cop. are trying to get the place. M, R. Morgan to Gen, Dodge, Ft. Leavenworth, 16th:. f ' ■ ■ I was very sorry to leam froa a letter received froa Col. Chambers that you-were suffering from an old wotind." I do hope it . will not continue long. . , V Should you wish to come down here to see about your suit, you know that Mrs. Morgan- and myself will be glad to see you and Mrs. Dodge or either of you. . '' • - Hancock's expedition is over,' and you know the result from the papers, A. J. Smith and Custer are out with the troops, and.»,,i it is supposed they will have enough to do when the grass is up., ' Indian agents are disgusted; there is no money to be made by them this season. Gen. Hoffman was offered a command of the In- . dian territory, but he, preferring to remain here, declined. Gen. Davidson gives'up his staff position and takes the command declined by Hoffman, Capt. RoblnSon is here an-^ is doing very well. I thank you for those reprts. Gen. Sackett's report is the only one of much interest. The others were evidently off on a tour for their own amusement, Capt. James P, F. Ne'ili to Gen, Do'^'ge, Ft, Sedgwick, the heavy press of duty at this post just now must bo my ex- '■ -,»< \n " -A" ■ ■ ■ ■• ' . ;■ -v May, 1867. CUB© for not thanking you before this for the many kindnesses Mrs. Neill and daughter received from you while on their journey to this • place. I hope I may at some fu.ture perio.^ be ajDle to reciprocate , your kindness, , They are both very well and send their kindest re- -f gards to you. Allow me to say that when yor pome to this post that[; my quarters must be your home. d lil . i .txi . Snyder to' Gen. Dodge., Omaha, 16th, - Have given Mr.Oilman a position as Train Baggage Master and will look out for him. He takes hold well, and is apparently sat- _ * ' »■ isfied with his position.' , , " i , Will write Mr. liaqkey tonight to come up.and will give him a^ ' start, • • ^ I • I ' ' O It will take us three woeks yet to get the road all right at Elkhom.' Hppe you will be well enough to get over next week, as I think you Wdll have some bridging done at foot of El: horn grade to ■ *4fl save us next year. Am having all the business we can do. Earnings this week, 1 rcfA«' think will bo over $20,000 cash and $40,000 Government. Oliver Ames to Gen. Dodgp,. N. Easton, 20th: t . • Tour telegram of the 16th is received in reference to let Mtg. It la already recorded^ in Nebraska. If you are going out the 1st of JWve-wr threreabouta, I think your suggestion to take it out then and tMfW it reaordmdr.would answer all urposos and save expenses. 1 ilMlLl be in Ifsii ®5rH|,thi9 week at monthly meeting of directors, r • . ' ' (T K ' I wj '7' ■',' ■<''!>V ,.-; •>, May, 1867. « • ,' ' and will consult with some of the parties who have more experience • in 'these matters than I have, and write you. There was a meeting h, of stockholders of Cr. Mobr. at Phila. ^turday, at which Duraat, ' - Killiams and Gray were left off of Board of Directors, And Dillon, Alley and Hazard put on, Dillon to be President. I thin)c that, the;— new board will have all the efficiency of the old, and will have the confidence of the stockholders and public., and wj.ll carry every needful economy into the construction of the road. In furnishing supplies to engineering parties, I notice large, numbers of buffalo robes, hlanket.s, pistols, rifles and such, b.s it would seem should last a long time. Are the parties that receive .these supplies uiade^ accountable? It occurred to me that from the number being talcqji that they might sell them or be careless and lose them, expdcting the Company would keep them supplied. I also .notice freight to Salt Lake charged at 60 and 65 cents per lb. In lookin after these men, it would be well to make them feel that-they are respon sible for their equinent; and if not returned, will be charged to them, whenever lost by their'fault. « i irlt C. C. Nourse to Gen. Dodge; Des MoineS , 18th; 'tfO Yours of the IBth received. The young man's full name'is Willism Thompson Crosthwait; age 18 years Feb. 15, 1867; place of rosi<!|ence, Des Uoines, Iowa. I have obtained the papers, and think there is no doubt Crosthwait can pass muster, except as to age. The regulations say none can be admitted except betwaen the ages of 14 and 18 years. Crosthwait was 18 the 15th of Fehy. last. I < hope this will not matter, . . . i » - , I • * I I son much obliged by your kindness. Hope youare better of that UiioLL cold. UUJLii • Harlan ncll iw.li here today. Don't -know why. f All well. . ^itGen. Dodge to Gen. Shenaan, Council ^luffs, 20th: I am beginning to have serious doubts of Gen. Axxguer's ability to make a campaign into Powder River, and at the same time give ample protection to the R. R. , the Llail route and the Telegraph. His forces are too limited to do all well, while they are suffi- . • *• ) cient tp do one of them efficiently. In the last two weeks the Indians have developed their game t same as they did in spring of '65. 1st. They struck us this side of Sedgwick and cleaned out .t*o of our sub-oontractors of everything they had, and soared the wrkmen out of their boots, so they abandoned the work and we can not iget them back. , , , end. They, .truck one of my engineering parties on Lodge Pole and took one pair of mules, and'notified them to leave, pulling up ' t all of our stakes, Ac. 3rd. They attacked our tie men in the Black Hills and drove them off. Oheyenen burning up their traps, fto; and also cleaned out on# small party '-n LaraAie plains. 4th. They attacked Mr. Brown's engineering ?Sriy, on'^tWri4th, .Vlteok Creek, killing one of his men, Lr. Stephen Clark of He. . 1 ' ''HHtP'f'j ' ' V May, 1867. York*, taking his stock; and also killed one of the escort, and took part of their stock. 'SVhile pitching into us, they burned the stage station called Fairview, between Morgan and Sedgwick; also burned stage station at Cooper Creek, and ^ock Creek, west of Saunders, taking stock. The mail will stop unlessAugur will protect the stations. You know men will not run those routes with scalping Indians along the.:i, unless troops are there to protect the^n. And we cannot hold our men to our work unless we have troops, and Augur cannot furnish them even after the ro'-d is built up there. Our station men will not stay at the tanks and stations, some 20 miles apart, iinprotected. ^ The great difficulty is that Augur has only two companies of cavalry to scout that whole line, and seven or eight companies of infantry to protect 300 miles of opened work. Now, is it not more Important to, this year, use his available force to potect our gen eral line of travel, the mail, telegraph and stage, than to push north into a c ountry that not a man will travel this serason, and t next fall or spring, when we are at Crow Creek and you can get a mounted force frcm the Souterhn states to make the Northern camqpgin? Hi til the Cheyenne and Sioux of the South hostile, playing between atioky Hill and Platte, andAugur with all his forces far north, it "seems to me we are at the mercy of the ReS Man. My engineering parties are driven into Saunders, and Augur says it is- impossible to now increase their escort, and they are working'in the worst May, 1867. . ■ C Indian country you have got. You must take into consideration the line over Laramie Plains. It is the most exposed of all, and where we have got to operate extensively this season. Would it not be best to garrison the posts of Larainie, Casper, Reno, Phil Kearney and F. aaith strongly, so that 2 to 400 men can at any time be massed to go after my bands and place all under an active man, and Ifct him take care of the Indians up there? No white man or train, except government, will travel that route this year, therefore to take care of the posts we have to go there and to hold the Indiana up there is all that is required. Let A-ugur take the rest of his forces and operate along the line from North Platte West. He will then have force enough' to give confidence to the workmen, the stage and the emigrants. . j . I submit this for you to consiaer. pien we went into the Powier River country in '68, we took more mounted troops to hold ^ open the stage route alone than Gen. Augur has got in his depart ment. and he has got Just as big a Job on his hands now as we had then and larger, because the Indians have more confidence. If Chas. Bent or George is with the Southern Cheyennes, thoy will play h—1 "Ith our completed road. We are now at Alkali, 40 miles west or North Platte. and I tremble every day for fear of a ' stampede. Have smothered all the recent attacks and kept them out of the press.' Augur and myself only know it, but should our men get at the real truth, twy will stampede. Stage agents, telegraph May, 1867. men, emigrants, tie contractors and'R. • R.'"men"of all descriptiohftJ ' ' '^ut there* are pressing for protection, and while Augur feels the Importance of giving it, how can he if he moves all his mounted men 500 miles north? If-the Indians south had kept quiet, I should have felt easier, hut between two fires, with the temptation.we are holding out to the., in the vast amount of stock, provisions, w icc. on the line, with such temporary means as we have to protect ourselves, I know they will give us grief, I know from a long talk with Gen. Augur that he does not feel competent to protect these routes and make the campaign. And knowing this, I have written frankling to you, I say nothing to any one else, because I am determine(^__^j to go through to Crow Creek if we have to abandon everything else, no matter what the In^'ians do. I am going up on our road. Un fortunately, I am sick; have been for two weeks confined to the house, butt my presence up there will g^-ve' confidence to a portion of Wh men. If we cte hold our men to' it, we will be at Sedgwick in ^une. • pf Augur had another regiment of cavalry, that alone would '^fhim on his feetj tout I' know it is impossible for you to get a j therefore I ha-tfe very strong convictions that Augur should put his energies on the great route, while Hancock uses his movable force to tollow and fight the Gheyennea and Sio\ix on the Platte and Smoky Hills, The Arapahoes will soon be heard from. They are working thwards Laramie- Plains, and when they get to work we will ^>1 81 'B16 "' ^ • aV. . .. . ■• .' •■ ^ t a)'. ,i ' ' tf fm ,?5 /; /, . May, 1867. have fun. To cross us from Sedgwick to Bridgers Pass, I do nof"* see how it is to he done with less than a regiment of cavalry. And unless I can operate extensively this season, we are tied up for next year, I am looking every day to have them hum our ties dis tributed up Pole Creek, ^e have heen placing them on every l/s mile 1300 in a place and if disposed they could do us irrepar&hle damage. > 2Ift '■ ■■ . ' ^ (Jen. Dodge to Jesse L. VJilliams, 22nd. . i: !>.-o . t I saw Snyder -today. He said Gilman took hold well. If he does well, he would put him forward. He*is now Baggage Master on a train. Said he would keep an eye out for him, a^d promote him &c. so you can depend on his taking an interest in him. Have got location made over Black Hills. Party under Hills were Tip Lodge Pole. Indians bad; killed one man In Brown's party on . Laremie Plains, and stole some stock, but t .ill keep the thing mov ing, Indians or no Indians. Have increased Brown's escort and put him «, his feet again. Have mada strong appeal to Sheman to aban don all expeditions into Powder River country and throw whole force -n.te protect mall, telegraph, stage and ra'llroad routes to Utah. • • *lrfj : ¥. T. Co. sold out to TJells, Fargo & Co. for $50,000 Ul* and* $15000 or $23,000 in W. F. & Co. stock -forget Which-'.: it Will pay us about 30 per cent on investment, so they sAy, and he a good thing, I guess, with Indians so had. write me aft.r the May meeting. Do all you can to keep things May 18G7. -r ■ A moving and get 5th hundred under way. ' ,5^7 3.-»r> 0 :T .fic't tru:* ^ Am better today. Have been out as far as Elkhorn Bridge and back. Am hopeful that I am going to get right up. ^ • Some man by name of Rogers makes a good railroad to Utah up Boulder. It is a pretty strong thing on paper. He has never been on ground, but he makes a strong argument. L. P. Browne to Gen. Dodge, Kansas City, 22nd: i 00.31 I enclosed deed of trust, which has just been returned from the Recorder's office. I sent you the note before you left Ft. Leavenworth. . ! f Hope you had a safe and* pleasant trip home. ^ t T*'# St. Louis, May 22, 1867 Dear sister Annie: ' n : ifty u I ' I have just closed a further engagement with Messrs. Charles Beardslee & Bros, to remain with them for an'indefinite time, and this will prevent my going north this stuamer, did not care to remain but they would not let me off. I* had become quite inclined to go to Minnesota and so had Carrie , and I jddge from your letter thdt you would also like to go. And, having, decided to remain in the city, I shall, as soon as possible,' make arrangements for housert keeping* and just as soon as I can get settled I will take Laura . Please tell her for me that I'am very much surprigi^ and sorry to learn that she hasbecome 86 dlscont^lWihl Had upfttajMty, ,, . ' ' I iiPtitfi ft# May, 1867. She may never finri another so good a home as she now has. I was very glad on her account that you wanted her, and knowing that you were >able to do better by her than I could, I would have been will ing to leave .her ,with you always ' but if she is discontented, 1 tr--' -will take her home as soon as I .can get ready, I am. Truly, . J. LI. Brovai, • ^ XOOT' ^ S. Seymour to Gen, l^odge, New York, 22nd: - ■ - Not knowing just how far you may be posted about matters here, I shall take the liberty of* giving you a few items a's they are passing. Li o Since retxirning here from Omaha, I -have opened a cor-respondence with the Interior Department, and also tith Mr, ^lickensflerfer in relation to the Eastern \)ase question, and have been to Washington once upon that and other business for the company. The result Is that Mr. B*s final instructions were sent to him on the 20th, and he writes me a very kind letter stating that he has a three weeks' en- ' i ' gagament in Lancaster County, Penna,, and after that, he will either come here, go to Washington, Chicago, or anywhere else that Uie company or myself may desire in order to facilitate matters. This will take till about the 12th or 13th of June. I have j\xst come up from reading the correspondence to the Board of Directors, which is now in seaaicn. ^\/ The "Credit Mobiller" stockholders-had an election of direc- 'tmrs in Philadelphia on Saturday and turned out Doctor Durant, '' , 'f. r ■ , » " ~ May, 1867. electing Dnion to fill his place, with Messrs Alley and Hazard on the Executive committee. Mr. Haven supercedes Messrs. Crane and -Brunker In whatever they v/ere doing in connection with that insti tution. As I was in the Director's room just now, Mr. Be]1 served a legal paper on the -President, Mr. Ames, which I understand to he an injunction restraining the Company from recpgnkzing, or doing anything under the Willisms contract. This, of course is a declara tion of war on the part of the Doctor, and what the result may be, « God only knows. I peally hope, however, that the matter may yet he compromised in some manner satisfactory to all parties, and that nothing will occur to interfere with the rapid progress of the wor' . I eua very anxious for the particulars of the Indian attack on Brown's party. I telegraphed you yesterday, but get no repjy as % - ' ' ' yet. Mrs. Seymour is very anxious about our son, and urges me to try and get him transferred to construction east of the mountains. you and Mr. Reed can arrange this^ for me, you will lay mo under •rioat obligationsy ai)d pur consolation into the heart of an unhappy woman. if . S"!f^t' i>la^i|a^let me know what your arrangements are for your western trip- ;5eoy» Otto Informed me that he had arranged with the war for Mr^ ^lickensderfer's escort. Hadn't we all better go together? ^ ii " ' 0, W..:Tuttldd| to. Oop, Dpdge, New York, 22nd: ^ P the. Board of Directors of the tmion Paoj/i]^ 520 May, 1867. R. R. Co. held this day at the office of the Coapany in New York, it was Resolved, That the salary of the Chief Engineer of the Union Pacific Railroad Company be fixed at ten thousand dollars, $10,000, per annum. t, . M •• i Oi- t>-' n''0 " " Gen. Dodge's Vf.A ii" .;.c I private Mem. 23rd; f .;.c I Indians struck working party on Lodge. Pole; killed four men, A. G. Lathrop (for Secy) to Gen^ Dodgej New York, 23rd: I onclose herewith copies of two resolutions by the Board of Directors of this" compny at their regular monthly meeting. . , 1st. Fixing your salary as Chief Engineer at $a0,000 per annum, 2nd. Referring to facilities and assistance you are requested to extend to the Engineer appointed by the President of the United States, to settle the Eastern base of t^e Rocky Mountains. * Oliver Ames to Gen. Dodge, New York, 23rd: , • ► V I enclose here.lth copies of nesolutlons passed by the Board of Directors of this company, appointing yoi) as Sgent and Trnsteo for this companyv to lay out and locate towns and townsltes along the line of the road, and empowering you to sell and convey the s^ as said Agent or Trustee. Also a resolytlon appointing you, as A^ent for ihls company, to receive the lan^a granted by the United States for this compshy, and to perfons each «)ts in the name of ,he company as to place the ooispany An full pessesslon of said lands, &C, ■off -• oq f. i. ' r'T "'M, .liT' ' , V ■■ '.■\i •-•• rf ■ ;..• •■ May, 1867. . T ^ ' f In the performance of the "aid duties it, is deemed advi.^able to limit them to the first one hundred miles weet of Omaha-. ; ; I;:.l'Gen, Dodge to Sidney Dillon, 22nd: 1; wro.t:.e Durant today about Indian depredations. I want you 5o get your men to work on the 5th hundred as soon as possible, I am afraid unless we do that, the Jndians pill biu>n our ties scat tered along Pole Creek, As soon as we get groiuids broken up there I can stretch' out the military, 1 made out a list of lots held in Du rant's name, included in the grounds that our shops are on- the de pot grounds proper for him. to-deed to the Company. That deed ought to be made'and sent to-me for recjord. . I wrote Ames recommending that 500 f€et additional bridging be put in at Elkhorn. He told Snyder it should be done, ^ave Board act" on recommendation, so we can work to it in our repairs, I have not yet time to get in estlpiate before meeting of Board, but 'It will not cost ten thousand. L put ,.in a cedar pile opening; it is cheap and will last, . . . . Repairs on roadT are progressing, and it is getting in good condition. House went over the entire line last week, and it has all th4 business itf -d'an dd. Snyder drops me a line tonight saying iast week will sho* |40,000 Govt, business and over $20,000 cash. I have written Duff fully about lands, and sent him resolution to cover all, tmen ^ypua ppoint a Lend Com.jir,sloner he ou^t to be a western man and one fully posted. I think Hoxie would make a 10-H W'T'fVr '-\ (i , A". May, 18G7. ft%r> ■ r,: good one, If he could "be .spared from hia other duties. \ '0 ,, N. TT. P. is slow yet, but will get in condition soon. Dunlap, Ferry, Turner & Co,, have, "been out. I do. not know what they: did, as I could not get out"to see them. , Am just getting out, and as soon as Dr. will let me, am going over the Work to Fort Sedgwick. Thb Missouri River is falling fast, and the'"bars show themselves all around. ' At Board I want you to make up youi* minds about getting prop erty for terminal at South Omaha. Give me authority to get it, I will then pitch into the cit: and tell them, unless they obtain it fbr us, we shall have to look at other points and secure it be fore it is too late-. Now is a good time to try them on. As they •know, telegraph poles have gone" up, and they think Child's Mill is a favorite "place and would jump at the chance, to do anything that will tend to help the location of the bridge at ^their city., Gen. Dodge's Private Hem. 24th': .5 f'A* " Indians killed man at Bowens in Bluffs and drove off stock. Gen. Dodge's Private kemf 25th. , , ..j' ■commissioners arrived Omaha. Indians attacked train at end of t«ok; tooit six liead of stock from Doolna, eight frca C^^rlotlan, and a,«nteen''fA» licOoy. In-alght of Lt. Hays' oam» on Boyle's ^ ranch, 65 miles'Wat of North Platto! killed three men and woundjd carrying off stock. At Capt. licArthnrAs Poat, opposite Botran's lndi«.» take 30 head of stock and killed one of UoArthur's -en. r Hay, 1867. Ollvej? Allies' to Gon. Dodge, Boston, 25th; .""iT aftL - •" I. The ejectment of Durant from presidency of Credit Mobilier has raised the very devil in that amiable gent., and he has come down : upoa. us with injunctions, and propses to visit us with every form of legal document to keep us honest, Buch a lover of honesty and fair, open dealing can't bear to see the money of the II. P. R Rwasted on snch scoundrels as make up the balance of the_Board of Directors. I cannot understand such a change as has come over the Doctbr- the man of all others who. has from the beginning stolen wherever he had the: chance, and who is today, we think, holding stock, and a large portion of his stock, on fictitious claims, trumped-up accounts. He is now In open hostility to the road and any orders he may give you, or. any parties under you, should be entirely disregarded. Dr. Durant has been, and is now, seeking to favor other roads, and other interests, and at cur meeting yesterday it was voted that the power tp? direct action on ,the road should be placed in the hands of a coimittee, and that committee is Duff, Dillon, carter, Bushnell and Apnes. ^ L. filllams to G«n. Dodge, Port Wayne, 27th: ■ .♦ ■ Your letter of 15th was forwarded to N. Y. and that of 2lat §eceived here, ysaterday pn my return. On reading the first letter, I introduced a resolution fixing your salary at $10,000 w' ich was ' ^iSed; no on^ objected. You have large duties. You must d'irect ^d UbI Act for you. In your state of health, allow me tc May, 1867. f ,^|||| suggest, that you have always a Very competent agent or clerk at y your-side. You can keep him "busy with correspondence, collections, drawing up papers, &c. Let y ur time and strength be spent, not . in drudgery or penmanship, but in dictating and directing the pen or the act of another. at one t me covered .the wh le State of Indian, as Chief Engineer, embracing 13 different lines of public, works, and know i^at it is. • No doubt you have heard from New York. They had left Mr. .f. out of the Credit Uobilter-', He then obtained an injunction against do ing anything under thd tilliams contract. _ It looked as if the work must stop. But we got up a resolution for a committee of five who Shall proceed to sub-let the work for the company, and I suppose the grading up lodge Pole is lof fP this time. Thus the Court was respected. ^ , rr •_ Ur. Bliokensderfer says he can start out by 16th or SOtJl June. His mission is most important of all. He will no doubt want to traverse the Black Hill, and go to Danver, and may want to go to Bridger'-e Pass. To maU.< him feel perfectly easy, you should see • that he has an'rtapls ateort. Col. Seymour is promised as aide for osoort from Pashlngton but of course the men will come out of Oen. Augur's force, already too m»ll. Ae JObr time of leaving is about the same, ooAld Mt rijtl go together up the line, or as far as fort Saunders at le.Ji,'tmae> the eBcort, having, it largei This you understand heat, fill *» ««•■.tl»» lost by ,Ur. Brown's party delay ■'M May, 1867, *^"8^ your time of starting"? I notice in your letter to Mr. ^me.s you name ' latter part of June. But this was before Brown was attacked. Will you start before July? Give me time as near as you can. . r ■ ' ~ If I should have to forego the pleasure of the trip to Utah with such a company, no one could regret it so much as myself. I hope to he able to go. The great lengt- of time from home and from business is the chief difficulty. In the present troubled state, ' I 'should probably have to remain in Utah as long as you would, so "as to have the protection of your escort back. This might take me " from home 8 or 10 weeks. • How long do you expect to be absent from Omaha? When do you leave? iDoes Rawlins go? . In writiAg to Mr. McCulloch from N.Y. I gave my views of the "foreshadowed Indian-troubles, and gave my opinion, in that the Pow der River force ought to be brought to the railroad line. I en closed a note to Mr. hOCulloch aa you suggest. : , Ho definite recomnendatlon was made by Bridge Ooinmlttee They all seem to be afraid'of it. I suppose it must settle down to a low draw bridge* above town or a high bridge below town, as Dey ■ suggested. At either poiht it-is no .6 weeks or 12 months' matter. ■ t have no faith'in anything belaB tasporary. It is a big Job, and '■'"a plan must be got ap that will.co«and outside capital. , J to'ifti'the Roegera report. Hho is Rogers! Will the Snowy Wgi ■ yAA "tb him logic, and get out of the way? Will the _ Rooky Hountalns *klp Uke lambs to use a Bible expression! ,A.K,-, 7r :*.. ■• v , ,. May, 1867. June, 1867 and Jan. S;867. " . icr .I/tji ■s^ »lr : J' .r' ■ : xTT ' In looking over the line in detail up the Locfge Pole and over the Black Hills, I would like in addition to the profiles,* a rough map on a scale of say 1,000 ft. to the inch, with topography, ra dius of curves, &c« upon it, so that we can judge of* the effect which any slight change, that may be sugges-ted, may have upn the profile or cost of the work. I presume that either Mr. Evans or' Hills may have these hough maps on hand. • Please inform me in New York as early as you can- of the day : . ^ . -XJ when you propose to start. Gen. Dodge to Col. S. Seymotir, Omaha, Jan 1st, 1867. . X enclose profile of line run from below stone quarry with crossing -of river; you will perceive it does npt show favorably for bridge with 40 ft. ^rade; distance too short. ^ ^ . ^ ' . I, also enclose line from same point on Mud Creek, being same lin to Station 78 the one crossing the river there to depot grounds, Omaha, which shows wc ca^,$P there from Mud Greek, station 200 on 30 ft. grade. I have ^bean the ground and m confident that line on table 8«th of town wil^ be better. I can get crossing just north UV. V.I. of « train town,with « 2300 feet river - ... an<t 1400 feet table on'OiX west Side and st« run through near old line on 40 ft. grade with - ' 30, but very heavy work.. I can connect this crossing with depot grounds without much difficulty swinging round on table or can turn south and go out on the line adopted by Preside t, on ^Wt. grade. R4J7;)5 «dl May, 1867, t «M The bridge at this crossing wouod cost difference between 2000^ - feet at Child's mill and 3700 feet here; the last line I am now running. shall not be able to get in full report of the line until Jan, 15th to 20th, TiTill have them ready to submit at meeting Jan. 20th. Map o-f the line of which. I send profile today were sent to ITew York by Lir. Evans and must be there Please show th.is r toiDr. Durant; will save my writing him. ^ „' Gen.Dodge to Gen. P. St» George Cooke, Omaha, Jan. 36d, . . It is proper that I should inform you of our intended opera tions this comincr summer and the amount of military protection we ..T-i , , shall need, r "fey the first of March,' if weather will permit, we shall open work from near Alkali to crossing of Laranie River near Fort Saun1 - ■ - • • ders. Our line is located up Lodge Pole Creek, 110 miles from o Sedgwick, then crossihg to Crow Creek 31 miles, .then crossing Black Hills on d'ivide between Crow Creek and Lone Tbeek creek, passing svanmit of Evan's Pass ten miles south of Cheyenne Pass and enters Laramie Plains 1^7 miles from Fort Saunders. The line the entire distance runs through a country infested with bhnds of hostile Ind ians and during the past season a great many depredations have been committed by thea Inmediately along route, which cuts «t right ahgles all the trails north and aotith Which the Tnai&fJS travel, and ^tmloss we have full military protectloA it is keep, our ^ pen oh it, scattered as they must be; " ' ' ^ pK 11 ru> .tife eji Llay, 1867. ••t»£i iw?^ temporary posts (>r camps—say every twenty miles —could be establi^ed, and the coimtry north and south kept tl'.oroughly scouted I think we could keep our men at work. ^ VJe shr^l also need escorts for four parties of engineers, viz; One for party east of Black Hills which would naturally come ."from Port Sedgwick; one party in Black Hills; and one party in Laramie Plains, both of which will be most convenient to Fort ^ -Saunders;» and one, party between Salt Lake and Green River, which will be most convenient to Bridger or Camp ^Bouglas, unless Indians become very hostile on this point of the line, I think the esocrts would be sufficient fifty strong, part infantry and part mounted. For the work mentioned, I think it would require at least twelve companies of troops. That will be at rate be as small a • I . number as I would consider safe. As we advance west, or as diffi culties diminsih, they may be reduced. We desire in the spring to start out well protected in order to get all the men upon the work we can. My knowledge of the country north of the Platte and east' of the mountains tells me that there will be no peace with the Indians until the Govemmoht makes war upon the hostile tribes in earnest, punisheVtlfem for past crimes and, forces them to respect the power of the boverhment, and live fulljy up to their agreements, and 1 do not believe it "can be dorie in tHW district meAtioned with less than five thousand effeetive troops. ' . .cI make this application for troop, requesting that it be con- Jan. 1867. sidered as soon as po ssible, arid that I maiy be notified your de cision upn it, and what we may depend upon, and I till then notify you from time to time as we place our men upn the work that pro- ^ '' vision may be taade to cover them as they eitend west. Gen. Dodge to Chas. Tuttle, Omaha, 4th:- ' if.'T ipl " I enclose herewith statement of accounts up ;to Jan. 1st, 1807. Also vouchers for my credit, as follows: ''I ' to Nov. 3 th, 1866 ^ 'I* $12,262.32.- - 8': Jan. 1st, 1867. '■ i 27 .977.15 Total 40,239.47 ® 5 r .. . T . . > rl «-i r. «» ■ ■ i r:o 2. ' Please acknowledge receipt. ■•.t' .V ' t tti" " Gen. Dodge to K. C. Crane, Omaha, 11th: I have the honor to submit, herewith statement of a/c with T. C. Durant as Trustee for mining operations up to Jan.1st, 1867. ■'^gn. Dodge to T, 0. Duriant, Omaha, 11th: c. , . . -j, ^ "'^le amount of city taxes assessed by the City of Omaha on ^ personal 1#»''$##600. Th® amount of County taxes assess ed by County of DougUh on U. Pi Rt R. personal is nearly $10,000; i have not yet investigated the matter, but am told that they assessed on all machinery, rtiops, dep©4 grpunds and railroad in city and • county, which It seetts to me thoty have no legal right to do. I J ; 1 wish instructions by letter In the matter. . Geo. li. Bailey to.J. A, Brown, Omaha, 10th| 94. SI ^ «i fs .L. ■ •*:' ' Jan. 1867. ,t'iP r I am instructed by Gen. Dodge to say that we will-get the ma- .. . f ^ . • • • • • terial requested and send out first opportunity. , . Under yoior directions we paid iirs. Brown $200 in November, $200 * J' ' *) * > ^ in Dec. and $100 in Jan. We will credit you for engineering what ever Asst. Engineer in charge of party^ says is proper for you to .j-l-j Gen. Dod^e to C. Durant, Omaha, 14th: I send today profile of located line to finish 4th hundred miles,, and of located line on 5th hundre,to point where we leave Lodge Pole Creek: Station, ^nsth jundred, from this point to Crow Creek i-t is profile of preliminary which you have in New York and I a-end it again so. as to give it continuous This part of profile will be naturally changed fpr better in « Crow Creek Crossing for 20 miles is located line, but balance is over lines run th4% Winter and*which we are now locating. On pro file with notes show about what location will be the preliminary run, having been changed tihtil it lays nearly op grade of location. By comparing it with'profile of old peliminary in New York, you will see the -changei Wd also that it is much better generally. I send this part of it in peximiatrm location may .change some grades and reduce some of the cute, ■ ,'t li ^ , ,2 Gen. D<idge to Capt, Geo, Pi Price, Omaha, 12th. ^ fc " ' It aftwt» »e plehiwe t© furnish thp following statement for the purpose ItteSlfciiHg ^''evet rank. ^ V -1' , - ■•: , ■ r •'" ■' - :' ■>:'/' ■■ . ■ - ■•■■■;■• ■\' ' ' ■^A'::'\ • May, 1867. ' ' I '' ' '^ •^''^Oeo, m/ Bailey• to Capt). C. Griffith, Omaha, 15th^ I am inat-ructed by Gen, ^odge. Chief Engineer, to inform you . ' * that your application hris been referred to WN. Snyder, Asst. Supt. at this city. Gen. Dodge to Gen. Augur, Omaha, 30th: ■I ,if;( A "icva f . (D have the honor to enclose a copy of the letter I wrote Gen. „ • Cook, applying for escorts for'Engineering Corps, and-military protection for workmen on the U.P.R.R. V ' I stated verbally to, you that we would need escorts, for four engineering parties, but» I may not' have-said, as I should have done these escorts woul' be no protection to the workmdn or con struction force on the r6ad from Alkali to Ft. Saunders (Laramie River crossing)-. The engineer Corps, you are aware, will be devel oping a new country, running new lines, and preparing for our work in 1868-, and must neceasarlly be far in advance of any construction force for 1867. iSmoo oii ooj lib tl'ope to stretch Dut. our force on constructin weather per mitting from Altakli to St. Saunders, and it is all important to us ^at there Should go on the ground with confidence, and well , assured of amplir mlltary protection and when we get settled if. Indian troubles diminish, or if the.campaign north nd south -hould drive them away from the Plttte Route, the protection would be dimihaed; but any scare or attaok in the commencement would be fatal to \ia,'hik'%hm0i lB{Mft«lbIe to obtain the necessary laborers. May, 1867. 061 i ' My idea is that temporary capps of detachments should be 'distribut ed with the different parties, say every fifteen or twenty miles, as we put the workmen on the ground add from the scouting parties made up to thoroughly scout the country, north and south of our line, to give amf)le warning of approach of hostile bands of Indians. You will find that the couhtry between the Lodge Pole and South Platte, >*hich comprises the "Bhite and Pine Bluffs, the '•'""Pawnee Cut Bluffs, and Crow Creek country, have been heretofore great resorts for hostile Indians, and really secure resorts, as^ it is in a country very , little » known • until • the - past year, • * when we developed it by our different engineering parties; also the country between Lodge Pole ad Lanarance Fork. Indians from this coun try have always made their dash on the overland routes up Platte., and Lodge ^ole. In this country we will have many parties getting out" ties and they will'liieed some protection.- . I am well aware that It is the anxious endeavor of the mi1- """"itary authorities to do all in their power to aid our enterprise. In fact, Sen. German has often told me that he considered our . RaUroad was th-: best solution of the Indian problem that oouldb e got. and was very anxious we should penetrate the country as fast as poaaible, "uid x'consider it my duty to infom you of our Inten- . ij ' tions and interests. We. of courae sr. willing, at all times to do all-in omr power Will foeward the interest of the OoT.roa.nt. As we place '' .rr ^' January, 1867. temporary parties on construction I-will notify you. t „i About_March 1st, I shall start out my engineering parties; two (2) for the Black Hills, and one (1) for Salt Lake and should like by the rth or tenth to have escorts ready at For6 Sedgwick, Ft. Saunders, and Camp Douglass for the engineering parties as follows: Party going west of Ft. Sedgwick, (5) fifty men, (20) 'twenty mounted (30) thirty infantry; party in Black Hills (5) five mounted (20) twenty infantry; party on Laramie Plains (20) twenty mounted and (30) thirty infantry; party in Utah (20) twenty mounted and (30) infantry. ' ' - Gen, iJodge to Thos. H. Bates, Omaha, 29th; ■ 1 .1 dl The Company"have called my attention to the fact of the large ly Increased exiienaes of the Salt Lake party tinder you, over that of any other party heretofore in the field in that territory. It is also much lsu:*ger-than the expense of any one of the parties in field east of Utah. Gran, provender and ever thing except gro- , "ceries should be cheaper In Utah thau in Colorado, • • - The greatest possible economy must be used in running the.par ties, Every advantage taken t® decrease the expenses. • You must alsf wake reports to this effect oftener, that we 4ay know.what is bein£»4^'^® • ^ have received so far only one short -report. froW your operations; ao genera"i report, mrp, profile, to -ive us any detailed i-^ea of the country or lines, the profile, * ;^fWoimaps, fto, of lines run west of Salt Lake should have been in so as to '' -' ' ♦ *■ ' ■ 0 *' D i'; ♦ edil fs.tt * ■ ' -1 " ' ' ^ •)- , .- ' . . V ■ . '-VV? January, 1867. ""f, have been incliji^ed ,in the yearly report, which I am now holding for your report. It seems to me to be advantageous for merchants to, charge 7>% on bills of goods sold you when yon give a sight draft. Drafts on New ^'ork have been generally sold at par or l/s premium. X«i t ^ Gen. Dodge to Ldr. Knapp, Omaha, Sept. 17, 1866 (21DR218) r You are hereby furnished plot of the town of Grand Island, flnri authorited to sell, lots at the following prjoces: * , . Note; Ofen. Dodge to L. B. Nichols, Omaha, Sept. 17, 186'6 (21DR218( : II " M " Chittondon, Omaha, Sept.17 '66 (21DR219) Evans, Omaha, Sept. 17, 1867 (21DR219) (Jen. Dodge to T. Bur ant, Omaha, Jan. 31, 1867 (21DR220) In answer to your dispatdh &£ th® SOth 1 submit a statement 6f the Engineer account: ' i." 1 t'l .r .4%^ j suppose y<iu mue-tT'hSVe assume d In your-dispatch that as both Engineer's and Land accoUlttai ^re charged up to me as Chief Engi neer, that It all le eharg»al3le to Engineering account, and you compare that with former engineering aocounts; whereas. Land ac count used to be returned by Mr. Cook now It Is returned b;r me as *Land Account, but Is^ehlWd up to me as Chief En-ineer In Engi neering account. h . - h There Is chargeable to Land account proper |23,200.00 •• Expenses of Mr. Maxwell's of 7,550.00 501766. GO '"'Ct ■ ■'4'- ■ ^ mmM ' it January, 1867. .7X'" ' As Mr. Maxwell was employed most of the time on depot grounds, towns, right of way and section lines. ** Upon examination £svaTn1in<^ + i r\Trt of r\'f* the tVi o foremen r\ r»ornori expenses of rvf* the +.Vi^a Division Dttttot r\Y^ Engi- TS neers, I find that their accounts are very little more this year than any'other year, although they have done twice as much work the past year as'they ever'did before, arid have been i'n the field *nearly ten months instead of six or eight as formerly; and two parties, one in Black Hills and one in Utah, have kept the field I'../ all wintei:; while one or two parties have been engaged all winter on'the river .and ri\(er lines. / .t " Another .thing which l^as been a saving to the company this 'year>'all parties their teams. Company now owns them; they are in good condition Jteady fojr spring work. The only party I am inclined to charge with^'extravagance ,is Sfi^lt Lake party --thairiexpensea have run up largely. I have written Mr. Batiea eaationing him'as to expenses; but being so far away I do not like to Judge the necessity of them without a full knowledge of the facts; his expenoeS are much larger than Mr Reed's were, ihough Mr. Reed did not keep a party in field through the winter but i think worked as ma^iy- .i»ntha in the year as Mr. Bates up to Jan. 1st. During the pa»t year we have kept two more prties in the ■ field than any year before wtid the result of, the year's work ^ ■ -'stwihw-that too much enginde^PAng H don© in a country so little known as the plains and mountains west of us. ''' .. , i Vi;, ' ■ ■ Vu''-^' ■ / ■•••■X-iR ■ Janu0y*y» 1867. ' , ': ':T. , ' If yot^ take the expenses of parties per month thfct they have worked, you will see that their expenses aSe less than any year's before, .and if you could compare the work done in 1866 with any other year, the amount of lines r\in, loc.ated, &c. you will perceive it is. twi e as much as ever befoj e. j . I have given a statement from the books of total amount ex pended, amount of .vouchers returned and on hand, and have the ex pense's all distributed, . ' . .ik For this year we have, our• trains. I shall bring all my pro- "visions here, whicft'will be*a great saving,, and transporting them ourselves to our depot at Ft. Saunders; this will relieve us of the high prices-paid oi4 the plains last s^eason. We never have heretofore in that manner. been prepared for cfiabping on our ,.g . in that manner. ' parties will-start out this season by March 1st. taking their escorts from obhVeniepi posts, and we will be able to keep 50 out Of the way and have bime to examine our lines and correct them. The past year grading and track have been on our heels, and last sprin- w- had not one mile's work ahead,not even a prelimin ary line to guide 'ikHf th IJhe country we built through; now we have 180 mles Ideated in advance and our line determined to Laramie Plains, which will give us the season tg work up the country fr m there to Salt Lake, and we expect to materially cheapen that line and improve It Wl iwU lievcW the pntire country adjcent to it. Since i no.t to draw except on order, I January, 18C7, *v have met the drafts on me to the best of my ability, until I am some $9000 behind and the out-fitting of the parties in February for the coining year will cause pretty heavy drafts on us, , / Gen. Dodge tOT Jas, A. Brown, Omaha, 29th: (21DR224) ■ ''--'Jo Yours of the 21st to Capt, Bailey has been handed me. 'The money was paid your wife on her application in which she states she was authorized to draw so much ever;- month. \Ve supposed that to be_the fact, and paid her drafts. She had drawn $100 for Jan uary before your letter was received. She has also made application •for $100 more for February, but-1 instirjcted the office not to pay ^ except by your order. Hereafter no drafts of hers will be paid ■ unless by your direct order; she has been so notified. . * Gen. Dodge to C. Durant, Omaha, February 2, 1867 (21DR225) Augur has agreed with me to place detachments from Alkali t*6 Laramie River t cover our workmen., placing them at convenient 'distances, not to excee>^~ 2® miles apart, and to cover the road ' north and south with scouting parties, to give notice of the approach of any hostile bartfla of Indians,.' . - ^ The troops will move out on the work with 't^e laborers, and will be stationed at SuOh'flaees as w* iw^y recommend. * Troops are 8saroe» and with the number they have in the de- ^partn«nt, the? have been liberals ; ia, o (Jen. 6'6^ to Thos. H. Bates, Omaha, ?©b. 14, (3EiDR226) :- G. T. M. Davis, Jr., maps and profiles tff line January, 1867. . . , from Salt Lake City to Green River, at mouth of Bitter Creek, via Weber River, Echo Canon, Yellow Creek, Sulphur Creek, Black Fork, The line sent is the one recomaiendecl for adoption and location by Mr. Reed, after spending three seasons in that country. He ex amined numerous other lines shown on.the tracing that you have, and one that I send with this. , - This-line I want located and improved. You are not confined to this line if you can find a better one. This is sent as the ■ .2 guide for future operations in locating, '"t- 1 j > tiuooS ; t desire that particular attention be given, to reducing work, grades and curvature if possible. I desire to get from Green River to Salt Lake with grades not to exceed 90 ft, per mile, at any rate not to exceed 100 ft. per mile. ^ « g* 1 have not seen the coxmtry personally,'tut call your"atten tion to canon at ,nout^ of Weber River, and west of that line. I think it can be thrown up on slope so as to come iSown through canon at 90 ft. to 100 ft. grade: - - • 2 id. The aummit to *t' e head of Echo Canon,' if more distance could be gotten to lighten upgrade and work, or if you could com mence ascending further down canon; ' 3rd. The country betwden"Muddy and Sulphur Creeks, try to find a ridge leading up that will give you better grades, or that «ay entirely avoid head of Sulphur and let you into Bear Rfver at February, 1867. some-other point. We have found, so far, that it is easier to reach 'Summits on ridges instead of following valleys and streams, but the Wahsatch may b3e so broken that it is impracticable. .n' ./jOJtu i'j ' 4th. The country'between Black Fork and mouth of Bitter Creek, ttf! ^at we want is a located line over the Wasatclj Mountains that cannot hereafter be excelled. Mr. Reed has decided the country the lin--: should go through, and he has given the whole mountain range a thoroiogh examination, surveying lines urall streams, that indi cated that they Iwere'practicable, and-the line he determiined to , locate is the one.I send you, I desire to give distance to grades * When necessary, and many of the grades laid on the profiles in the valleys can be reduced. f" '•) f. ■' .re I send you the pofile of Mr. Reed*s best line as a guide and to Improve on, and I am very desirous that the maximum grade at any jbint should not be^over 90 or ICQ ft. and as little of that as pbssjible '. ~ c" ''p. „ ; iv i: " .r: » *1 ".flir," Btihw ViU. h^^„e. party on the Laramie Plains developing the country between Oreen River and Laramie^ River, and as soon as ■ llne'iw^dbcidbd, upon we shall locate,. *■ - ' ' 'TdW had start your locationg * i - at Salt Lake, Locate to sections of 100 miles ea-h, that Ig, from Station 0 to 5280, com mencing •Mh'lOO mtlms 0. At each 100 miles is located • J .• send profiles to at thi%pja^y, i , , . • . - , . During tha aummwr I Wha^e^P to Salt Lake to examine thai January, 1867. .T*",!; , ■ country and decide upon the lines. I want you to meet me at Green Riyer. TThenever the country indicates Ithat you can improve the \ line by using other streams, ridges, &c. try them. It will not do for us to build a line over these mountains that some day it may be, discovered, there are oth' r and better onos, — •« • < The Wasatch Range, it is supposed, can be turned by way of I " « Bear River, but the direction is bad and increases distance tgo much unless we should go north of Salt Lke. I wrote you about that country, and you may develop something in your trip north that will cause us to run lines in that direction. I have been informed that the conntry between Pear River and Green River is very ligh and broken; also the country betwe h Bear ' • ■ - t ■ a - River and Salt Lake is the same, so that we will have to make the * t 1 entire Ijand from Wliere we enter Bear River at Ft. Bridger or to Salt Lake. Should we take that route, it is not improbable that I shall order a preliminary from southwest of Promontor;'' Point to Bear River; thence up that strewa to where Mr. Reed's line c rosses it; at the sam time endeavoring to find a feasible crossing from Bear River to Green, farther north than lir. Reed's, but not too far north for a good connection with the Laramie Plains line. Wo can craBf the main range at any point between South and Bridgor'o Passeo ' 'ft ■) ' , ■? run this line I will telegraph you. i ' January, 1867. Prom #iat knowledge I can get of the country, the past surveys indi cate that a line to Humholdt River is best, by way of Promontory *■ ' 'f ^ V » ^ ' ■ d Point, Thousan'^ 'Springs Valley' &c. ' I desire you to communicate with me oftener than you have done the part year, giving me an i'^ea of the country you are developing, the progress of your work, and sending me' rough maps and profiles. when necessary to have me fully understand the question, so that in case it is not convenient to send the field notes I can ma ke them up here. You will also note carefully the availabili'ty of the country to furnish material of all kinds for the building of the road, its geology, mineral and agricultural resources, and collect specimens of all, carefully labelling them, and when found, also give attention to the coal, iron one copper. Ve not only desire to overcome the engineering obstacles, but to obtain a full knowledge of the country, I must Impress upon you the Importance of using the greatest j T a V: Dossible economy in your operations, having in view the effectiveness of your party, also that no time be wasted. No detailed information or notes of the surveys will be given, t except uon the order of the company or upon mine. In drawing drafts for your current expenses while in the field, it would be better to make them at a few days sight, in all cases notify me by letter of yopr drafts that I can prepare to meet* them. *'« v On the niaps sent you, I have noted changes by Mr. January, 1867. Reed, and by the profll§ and topography of the coantry thre line up Lost Creek and over the Wasatch Mountains I v/ant carefully examined. Mr. Reed is strongly of the opinion that it will giyo mope distance, lighten grades and work.if we should determine.to run a line up. It will be well to seek an outlet for it to Hanj's Fork and then to Creen River, the tracings of Mr. Reed show his lines and ' reconnoissances up the Wasatch Mountains. He has never examined . the line up Bear Creek. no r , . : ^ .^>2 ' Gen. Dodg® to T. Brown, Om^ha, 29th (21DR230)., i?" ' You will this season^ take charge of your old party and report to'kr.Evarls for instructions relating to your future duties, and feceive orde s from him. L . . AS you are to develops new country, and will, a portion of your time be by yourself, I desire you to write me as often as pactioable, giving.ae such information as may be of interest, also that * •itli'feur notes »ty t#pt full and accurate. The reports made to me are simply for my information as may be of interest, also that all your notes may be kept full and accurate. The reprts made to me are simply for my information and to enable me to keep posted a« to your pfTOfpress, Your orders and instructions will come from '"'"litid. .fevans. . ; . i^eetHhiah yW work. With the greatest possible econ omy. Rote the geology of the country its agricultural and mineral resourcae, retain apeaimens, and especially note the ability of the country for providing all kinds of material for building the V... January, 1867. . ! , ' ' . '■■n You will accomfsny Mr. Evans to Ft. Saimders about Hacch 1st, I enclose letter of credit should you at time be obliged to draw. Mr, Evans wii:* generally provide you with furids. . 1 1 . Note: Hen. Dodge to F. W. Hammel, Omahg., 27th (21DR231)0 Nw JIt Gert. Dodge to L. L, Hills, Omaha, 14th (21DR232) fc rr " You will take the .field with your party about March Ist, Proceed to Fort Sedgwick; there obtain your escort of 50 men, 20 mounted and 30 infantry, the order for.which you will obtain/ from Brevt. Maj. Gen. C. .C. Aug\ir, Comd, Dept. of the Platte. When you will proceed up Lodge Pole Creek and make the changes in located line that I have designated to you on the map, or try the changes in order to see if you can improve Abe grades on pro file. •' • 1 :;v ' , jAfter acrcomplishing this you will immediately examine the country between Lo^^ -e Pole and Crow Creek crossing, to ascertain the best possible line to be gotten on that 31 miles, giving particular attention'to the rough Crow Creek, to ascertain if we cannot reach that valley without the heavy grades and re duce the work. I desire to reach Crow Creisk wi^H hot. to exceed a 30 ft, grade or "t any rate not to exceed a 40 ft. unless it be jus.t east of the descent to Crow Creek, as heavy grades here are not,sw objection able as one further east. ~ - . . j o o'* u . ^ After finishing thii/^^Ation"f«l^ nt^tlfy Mr. Evans of the February, 1867 distance on the 6th 100 miles, so that he can end the location of. the 6th 100 at the proper station. ; • ■ ' ' 'V Then the country to Denver, having in view a branch, will be carefully examined, especially the divide between Lone Tree and Crow Creek, and between Lodge Pole and Crow Creek. , , ; ^ I desire to get the best practicable line through that country, at the same time availing otirselves of the .immense coal fields near * and betvreen Crow, Cre©it and Box Elder. ^ • • ^ This line ^11 he constructed to Denver on north side of Platte Ffiver", to ascertain how it compares with line on east side of Platte River. After developing the country for branch line to Denver -cm will receive further orders from me. I desire to be kept fully posted as to your progress, what you develop, and fur bished with maps and profiles of line, so that I can, a- they may progress, have si full understanding of the .matter. You must bear in mind that you cAnnot make your notes too full or your reports too often. ' ^ M , Soi will also give attention to the facllltteB of the country for affording all kinds of material for the building of the,road. of Its eulogy,soil ani agrloultural oapabllltias. oolleotlng and proourlng and properly labelling specimens to be forwarded to this office. Oosl, 'iron 'and copper will be espeoially noted, and aflj. other facts relating to thd geography of the oountryor anything that ■ 'will b. of interewt to th. will be fully noted and reporty/im f ■ ■.5^1 m' l® February, 1867. ed on, TiV<i "'S oc , '^11-. ?:i "'ja oos/oiri;:. You will take with you aa many supplies for party as your *' transportation will admit of, and when practicable will notufy Mr. House at Omaha office of your wants, when he wi-ll purchase and ■ forward to such "parts as you may 'direct. < " • Use all possible economy in your expenditures and expense® of the party, having in view its efficiency and effective organiza tion, and allow no time this -summer to be waflted. Tmen in the o field, parties should work from svnrise to dark. For the necessary expenses of the party in the field you will draw on me. It is better to draw qn a few days sight in all cases, when practicable, notifying me in advance of your drafts. ( - According to the instructions of the company no information or note of our surveys will .be given except by their or my order. ^ Gen. Dodge to J. E.. House, Omaha, 14th, (21DR234) ThP Ottaha office* lan4 and right of way, station ground and Mr, Maxwell's party is placed in your charge, and during my absence • 'you will have to take charge of the necessary duties devolving up on me, keeping close w atch of the 1 nd and station towns, also such duties as under, the contract may devolve upn this office. ' ' " The track will h"® measured up before examined, such maps ' j and profiles as may reqiilre finished. ' A# stjon as R map off ^ 10(1 mileej^ comee in on located line, on Wilf W immediately t»o Hew.York to be filed in Washington ^ also profiles and maps furnished the superintendent of construction. L ,11 t( ■ ■.\ I V,' ' . ■'/. .Vvv^. ■■ ., •«. V,>V 'L i'.A' V ■ • ■ 4f.'- February, 1867. ^ The regular monthly estimates will be made by you, and if I should not return before work is opened or new sections examined, \L desire you to go over the work, to see that at is in accordance with the contract, and is in a fit condition to submit to the com missioners. Mr. Reed who will have charge of construction will no /ioubt give you the necessary facilities for doing this. You will respond to the calls of the chiefs of parties in the field and furnish them;with hhat they may nded. You are also authorize.d to sifin ayjT name to such reports and documents as require ay signature^ ■ 1 o " . " . * Mr. kaxwell will lay out the depots as fast as located at all points between North Platte and Fort Sedgwick; 160 acres will be laid out and >640 claimed; at Fort Sedgwick 320 acres • will • • be laid out and two sections claimed. The lots fronting the depot will hereafter be reduce^ to-24 ft. front, al3 others same size as for merly. The price of the lots at the intermediate stations may be reduced to range CMm |25 to $100 but at importarrt stations it is better to Bell alternate lots and increase rather than decrease in prices, especially the business and warehouse lots 'fronting on de pot ^ ' i desfctti! b© fcwre all the papers, books, maps and profiles in the office oTerhauled, as soon as your great hurry is over, proper ly labelled, regulated and syatematlzo'i. Also our land and matter .ill, as soon as « get the necessary blanks, be system- L. February, 1867. ♦ til" atized.' work, as it comes in from the field parties, will be * worked up and got into shape for reference and use. " . " • According to the instructions of the Cou.pany, no information or notes will be given to persons not entitled to them,,except o: " ' • • . . Upon their or my order. Al"' information requested by- the mili tary or to the parties using it in the interests of the company, ,;Wlll be proper to give. • ^ • 4 ' Gen. Dodge' to Oliver Ames, New York, 27th, (21DR23B)' t-il <•'! lupm-i In compliance with your resolution of January 8th, 1867, I have the honor to submit herewith an estimate of quantites on abandoned line, with actual cost as given hy the Superintendent and Engineer in charge when work was r^one. Gen, Dodge to f," C. Duranf, New York, 27th (21DR23.6) lUn -• . In accordance with your instructiftns, I submit herewith in- 'n. I* ■ • structions to chiefs of engineering parties, taking the field this XXiir • spring. I respectfully request that if any change is made'in the instructions, that it be done At earliest possible moment, as the parties are now all ready waiting for a telegram from-me^ to start out; and our work is so extensive and so many com?>ip«ited questione ai* to be decided \)y tfiis year'a' tha.t I desire to ui^ ,eve 1^ moment of time.'*''*** ioit fo ••rtJ ^ feme t^eXferfmiT ,1. "etd j, 858» ■« .rcfw yVT--frTT • • ^ • >, ** -s *' .. . . .V '• , ' . . 'ij- ; '.u; ». .;■ ■ ■ ■ . ■' ■■.4!-'. • ";■' February, 1867. Gen. Dodge to T. C. Durant, Omaha, 11th, (21DR237) :-. ' I enclose the footings of the estimates I have.made from end of third hundred miles to Laramie River. The country between Station 4434 and Crow Creek crossing was examined so late, and in a snow stom, that I re-examined it to see just what can be done, but I know I can reduce thd w rk as shown on the profile. The line over Black Hills, as shown on profile sent you, lays very nearly where location will lay, except in locat ing we ^tfrtall throw out some 5ust before reaching summit .and decrease work so®e west of"Uale Creek on Lodge Pole. . ,, 5th hundred, I shall make a few changes to shorten some of the'di^ek crossings and throw out some of the long 30 ft. grades. You will notice I make no estimates for contingencies that may, and mbst always ftfe 'arise. ' ' Gen. Dodge io Gen. Augur, Omaha,. 7th (21DR240)^ .. . This will intorudce Ur, J. A. Evans, Division Engineer in charge of a party in Black Hills, also of party on Laramie Plains. ' 'Please give 'him the necessary orders to procure his escort at Fort Saunders, as agreed by us, being twenty cavalry and thirty infantry for party on Laramie Plaii>6, and ten cavalry and twenty Infantry for party in Black Bills• ^ ^ oen. to P. T. Brown, Omah- , 7th '21DR241) •** 'tou are h«N»r awtb-orized to draw on me as Asst. Engr. for the necessary expenses of your party while in the field during Feb uary, 18G7. 1867. ' . ■ • VT.k., . n- :;r . •> .•" -it ^h- '' Gen. Dodge to Col. Henry R. Miziier, OmaHa, (21DR242) Through the courtosy of the military authorities we have been allowed to put a building and make our headquarters at Fort Saunders. Mr. J, A. Evsuis, Div. Engr., who has charge of the work in Black Hills and to Green River will keep his office with you; he will at all times render you any assistance in giving you a knowl- -'edge of the country, or do any work you may need in his line, with lit: pleasure, You will find him a gentleman desirous of responding pro ptly to rules and'Ordera. 1 bespeak for him that aid and as sistance that I know you can always afford, and which my past ao- •quaintance with you renders certain you will be glad to give. « I hope to visit you during the summer, and enclose a trip-pass should you want to come in beofre I send out our yearly passes. §en. Dodge to jas..A. Evans, Omahg., 14th (21DR252) '* '' You will take the field for. the coming season's work about March let, 1867, • ' ' Two parties are now ifi Black Hills and Mr. Brown's will be placed at your chftbge and will woir^ under your direction and in structions. ■^inn malte -your depot of supplies at Fort Saunders and that will be your headquarters. The party now in Black Hills will finish'the "I'ooetion over Black Hills to Laramie River, and the location west in lifl<e'««'l »ay decide to adopt. Mr. ^ I • ^ >.r February, 1867. - , • I Brown's party will be started west from Laramie River immediately on arrival at Fort Saunders, to run preliminary line between Fort Saunders and Green River. Thin country I want fully developed, and the best practicable line for railroad from Laramie River to Green River determined, I think the first line should bear strong north 80 as to keep out of the broken country along the base of the Medi cine Bow Mountains and have if possible the high grades and work over Rattlesnake Pass avoided. The country between Rock Creek and the summit of the Main Range I desire to be given • particular • • attention • to, and its adaptability for a railroad examined until the question is satisfactorily determined. In closing, on Green River you are not confined to any definite point, only to make a feasible and practi- «i|)3l8 camiection with the line considered best by Llr. Keed and which * * , l9B> iwcoBiBiefided for location in a.is report, J am anxious to obtain a line from Laramie River to Green River that will reduce materially the grade In the old line; that r., will also listen the work and not materially Increase the distance, though X prefer to give distance to grades where It Is actually - -,t,|iTT"y. In locating the line over the Black Hills I desire you U study it on the ground and make a very careful location, reduce works and grades, and endeavor to llghteh up all grades around - curves so as to equalise then ae much as pssible, also examliA" - minutely the ero.slngs of the Branch of I^ne Tree 6reeli and Dale ■ creek, having In view.the best^menner of crossing them with a per- February, 1867. ■■ ■ , V . . . 1 . - . • _ f menent structure, also the best manner of crossing them with a ternv prary structure. Our work may be so'delayed in the spring that we may have to adopt a temporary crossing to rea ch Ft. Saunders this season. You will aloo examiine the points Where heavy work has to be -i' done in the mountains, to ascertain the feasibility of running arbtind it temporarily, without interfering with permanent line or work on it. You understand from personal conversation withme what « T.o' ' • is required, better than I can set it forth in instructions» arid will , ' ^ .1 • c: follow as far as possible those views. The better policy this season will be to inform Mr, House of What provisions you will need, in time, that he can purchase and forward to your depot of supplies. Such funds as you may need "in the field to keep up the necessary current expenses of the party, ^ you are authorized to draw on me for, and it Will be better to 'raw on a few days' sight, ♦ •p:' • .. . . It is not necessary to urge upon you the necessity of seeing „that the chiefs of parties use the greatest possible economy and keep the expenses of the party down as low aw ossible, without in terfering with the effectiveness or the efficient organization; klBo that their time in the field is not wasted. ^ I. have procured escorts for your parties of Gen. Augur, Comadding Department of the Flatte, men, 20 mounted and 20 in- F fentry for Mr. Brown's Party» and 10 mounted and 80 inf*antry for • ■ ^ ' I V . -J February, 1867. ' the Black Hills party, - v .-,f vf.,. On leaving Omaha, you will apply to Gen. Augur for .the neces sary orders for your escort to join you at Fort Saunders, also on Gen. Myers, Chief Q. Li. for orr^ers allowing the necessary repairs that you may need at the different stations. • • The Secretary of War has furnished me an order for the purchase of coEjmll^fi^y supplies, a copy of which you will take with you. ' I desire you to communicate with me as often as possible, that 1 may be kept fully posted in .the progress of your parties and de- < * velopment of lines, sending such maps and profiles as will enable ■ j me to obtain a full \anderstanding of the lines and country. 4 . fc . *• I Shall endeavor t9 visit you in May or June, to examine the lines personally, and hope our, surveys may be so far advanced that we may •* detemine very nearly what portion • of the country west rt. . of Laramie River tt will )>e best to make * our final S' location. You will also give attention ic the ^^piallitlos of the country, in affording all kinds of material for building of the road, of its geology, soil and agricultural oapabilitles, and preserving specimens of coal, iron and dcps^r will bw especially noted, its extent, &c. According to the inftructioae of the Company, no informaton or not^s nf s^vey will be, given owt except by their order "or mine. '''den. T>o^ge to S. B. Ree.^ Ikiaha, 16th, (21DR243) The profile of the 8th hundi^mlles. so far as located, has February, 18C7. ' t/r; been sent you. The map is being traced. 'An estimate of qaantities by section will also be handed you in a few days. I have endeavor ed to k(?ep our grades below 30 feet per mile , and in order to do this and avoid some objectionable work, I -sha-ll change the line in a few places, lir. Hills will do this early in March. If he should not be able to make his change, so as to throw line out of very light cutting, I'^am in f'avor of' increasing the grade, thus increas ing-the bank. I desire, also that the engineers in charge of bonstruction to be instructed, when practicable, when the grade strikes the surface or skims it closeiy/'^o change grade so as to-give it at least one foot bank. No doubtf, in levelling up thd grades they may vary some •J flrom what the profile shows, especially when grade line lays near the surface, and the enginebr on the work can always change them 80 as to improve such points. ■ Buring n,y abaonca lir. House U left in charge of my office and he will furnish you with suOh' data a« yob may need, and prepare.any ijprk that la" required of hlH. 1 have given him full Instructions abou» measuring up track, lajlng off towns, 4o. and would like you give him the lid of four ewperlence in any matter you think can be improved on oV needs atteftding to. J. E. House to''%os. Ctoaha, S^th. (21DR244) ^ • • i ♦ M iwljftiiX t)od|5e gone to^ iVash ington. a;i<louxlv to hlifi- fr* Kta In regard to sending ( February, 1867. r ♦ t ' ' ' - .1 your instrrnnents. Instructions, stationary, &c. which he ordered me not to send, when he left, until I heard from him after he arrived in New York,. Your things are all here waiting his orders an will be sent to you in charge of a gentleman from this office so as to insure no delay. , . . . I hope yotz have met with no accidents in the snows of the Bannock Mountains. t to aftftlq "iT '♦r ^en. Dodge to Oliver Ames, ^21BFl259) The estimate for 400 ft. trestle briging, pile foundati on at foot of.grade in Elkhorn Valley is 4,413 dollars, and of 100 feet at east end of bridge, 1,200.00 dollars, which is much less than I expected, and less than I wrote you, I have turned bill of timber over to Mr. Snyder to be gbtten out. Would like approval of proper authorities before putting it ^ .::rW* « • ig., , 4 _ Vice President to Hon. 0, H. Browning New York, March 16th. .N." The Union Pacific Railroad company in December submitted to your department a map and profile showing their line over the Rocky Mountains and requested that by the President of the Uhited States, under Section of thd Act of July 2d, 1862, a point on the line as sho n on map and profile known as the Crow Crebk Crossin«» b^.^f,^pated as, inder the Act above mentioned, the East .of-tlie Rofky Mountains. Upon consideration of the matter, the President deciied to send an engineer to examine t'he line, Verify the March, 1867. , "tejittSo -i map and profile and to decide' thb point.' We'nbw respectfully but urgently request that the engineer'be appointe-^ and sent. The Com pany are willing to pay the expenses of the engineer and make all the necessary arrangements to enable him to detemine the matter and fully comiy with the requirements of the President. The delay in this matter is causing a derangement and embarrassment in the plans of the compny that will be very detrimental to our progress this year. Our work in the mountains must be commenced immediately to enabl-^ us to cross them this year; and we cannot commence work t * ' ■ t ■ so far in advance of our completed line and in the mountains until the east base of the Rocky Mountains is decided, as upon that is ■■ f based all our plans for provi'^ing the money and finding the means It ' I , ^ .to make our payments on work so heavy and costly. Gen. Dodge to Benj. F. Brinker, Omaha, 21st, (21DR246) Note. Gen. Dodge to Charles Tuttle, Omaha, 21st, (21DR246) Enclosed please find draft in payment for David Van Lennep's vouchers, as directed in yours of 16th March. J. 8. Rouse to Thos, H. Bates, Omaha, 21st, (21DR247) I send you the following Instructions, that were given me by * ' ■ t . n , Oenl. Dodge V, . In accordance with the instructions from the compan/, -each Chief of party or 1st Asst. will provide'hia own transit. ^8hen he has none, one of the Company's will be furnished, and charged up to him. ■"1 '!< - . 'v-i' , » • y«.%Vv' iy2 ' ,- *J l' , • W I Jil3.rclij 1867 • -i~. . - 'g'! ■' . . ^ . Each Asst. using level and rodman carrying rod, will be gov erned in the same'way, ■ - . . This is intended to establish a rule that all instriaments are t be furnished by the persons using them, • Ge'.;, Dodge to Gen. Sherman, January 14th, 1867. , jfDfw v^ » • Yours of 5th Jan. came duly to hand, I enclose a rough map of located line from North Platte Gity (crossing of North Platte river) to Fort Saunders crossing of Laramie River, for your private information. It will give you location better than I can describe it. V'e run up Lodge Pole 150 miles, leaving it 65 miles east of camp Walbach, not far from where the Middle Fort Laraiaie and Denver wagon-rdad crosses that stream. You put a lot of friendly Indians * in campwhere this road crosses Hen Creek when you were up there .last yefMp. We then'^ave 31 miles to crossing of Crow Creek, going some 700 ft. elevation in this distance; here commence ascending - mountairrs, and *e consider Crow Creek Crossing as the Eastern base of liouhtalna. It t« on a meridian nearly 20 miles east of Cainp Walbaoh; from this crossing to Ft.. Saunders it is 59 miles. We get into Willow Springs stage station. , I noto ^at you say about military permits. At North Platte fit the and" Of. first 400 mile division. We shall put up extra warehoujses, romm houses, machine shops, &o. and it is now rapidly huildln^ tM4) p town. No difficulty in accommodating here ali bu8lne»B or 4r*|w.A)vernn^S|fe,aay send over us. North Platte la m. March 1867. • - - - also the "base from which contractors will operate next season, the rail road from Omaha to that point going into Compzn's hands Jan. Isli' to be operated by them. We are putting up there all-our ties, iron ^.c. for next year's operations. In Llay we mean to be at Sedgwick where we can '1 n^^ all Oovernment steres if desired, and by 1st of September at Crow Creek Crossing, and at the end of 1867 at Fort Saunders. Either at point where we leave Lodge Pole or at Crow Creek crossing will be the end of our neX' division and where we shall change machinery for movement west. We shall no doubt build up a great' place hei'e or near'here, and the Denver Branch" will- i connect at or" near one of these points. I am unable to say whiciC ^ Just now, but" think Crow Creek " ill be the place. Fort'LKramie c»r will be reached in 60 to 70 miles over an excellent road, either! by road going "along east base of Black Hills, which you .travelled, or by Middle Laramie road, equally as good and, I think, better... Wagon treads, in fact, from either pointy in any dlrectiqn» are good. It may be, you will finally determine to make .your depot for ^Laramie on north. At Saundeffe M, is nearer timber, coal, &o, than either of the points on east base, and is not much farther from Fort Laramie, Howdver, during the season you, no doubt, will use Lodge Pole crossing first, then Crow Creek, and then determine where |ou will finally settle down.''' • , .o'.uo We are doing all in the powe'r fsttlftg ®ut tiee,i ' Jt ^ ' tTs paahing forward interests, so that wfe dAli»1»nftLeit0 Qur plans ..j March, 186 7. ) . getting to Laramie Rivei in 1867, If we have no financial crisis, P' 80 as to close our urse strings, and meet with no unforeseen ob stacle, I predict we will make it. I have my fears for the future. Financial matters generally do not look well for the country. If ♦ ♦ extravangance and bringing to use more than we sell d n't throw us on the breakers, we are all right. I wrote vou about Gen. Cooke, We get along first rate with " « • . -■ "■ ■ all the military, and if any new commander comes, I am ready, and ' -i shall be glad, to give him all aid, information or anything else in my power to help him along in taking care of Indian troubles, ' ' I' • t • • . overland route, &c. We want to cover our work from Alkali to Laramie RiVer as soon * - ' •« * as the frost leaves the ground. Con tractors are arriving*, pushing west and getting ready. I hope you will have troops to give us ample protection. We are going to b" scarce of laborers, and any^ lajck of protection, so that workmen lose confidence in their secur'' ity, wowld he almost fatal to us, as we must not lose a minute's time if we carry out our plans. I believe the moment you get into the Indian country with troops for a camping, they wil 1 leave the Platte route, h»t yo» kng,w that it will require troops on the line to give the workmen confidence, Tha t ^ made an official application setting forth what I thought we should need Gen. Myers is an able <4, m.;., understands his business hnd does X, Sir- '''* and ^ have n® trouble. j , * • i March, 1867. ■ ,.7 </A ■ . . U "ti , . .i... ■ ^ ■■' . I aai^l in my letter about Cooke thct you would need 5000 men east of the moimtains and north of the Platte. To put it st onger, I think in Nebraska, caiorado, Utah, Dakota and Montana, west of • ',T Missouri River, you will nerd ten thounand. At any rate, don't do t ■ as I had to--get well after the Indians, and then let the Interior Department at Washington stop you; but get after them early and follow them to Doomsday, without any let up, until they are punish ed for past crimes'and will respect the pow-r of tlie Government in the future. They look upon us now as a lot of old women, who do ' . v,. ' -li not know whether we are for war, or peace, or both. Q, B & Bt, Joe R.H. is now rtmning from Council Bluffs feo iniles south; N.W.R. within five miles, landed your troops within eight of Omaha. You can buy all the produce, flour, grain &c. needed for troops and posts north of Kansas and Nebraska state line in ^ « Western loU', and lay it down in Bluffs or Omaha cheaper than you^^ . ■ can buy it in St.Louis The Road sout lets us 'right into finest C ' part of Northwestern Missouri, and best part of western Iowa; road east takes us right into the grain and produce regions of Centrali Iowa. ; .'it to very busy making surveys for "the bridge across lllsMUTVl !'Rlv.r-a knotty',uestlon. but can solve It. »a"t to build this , ,,»ar, ,,Jla, be forced to wait until after eprlng freshets before we oan do nuch; then we .111^ ti^ iV on". ' • .r Mrs. D. and myself desire to be rdmenibered to lirm. rS,. and fsisl m March, 1867. , • was very, very sorry to hear of Sayer*s death. Saw Gen. Grant in Washington. Says he^wlll go to Denver in the spring. I go to Utah about Mav or J'une to settl'-: location from Laramie River to Salt ■' , I Lake, Are you not going out then? ^ I .believe I have answered all questions and given y-^u such in- • - 1 « Sight as will enable you to reap the benefit (if there is any) in your military operations, I keep Gen, Coo e an^^ his staff depart— " I ments privately posted, so they can take all advantages in their movements. ■ 1 .: i' ':r Iffhat I have said a" out points, intentions, &c. of Railroad Company I prefer you should not make public, as such things often give us trouble. (JO Gen• Shennan to Gen* Dodge, St. Louis, January 18, 1867# ' I have jusr re a"' with intense interest your letter of the 14th though you wanted it kept to myself, I believe you will I sanction my sanding it to Gen. Grant for his individual perusal, I , . u • to be returned to me. f* <-) »» It is almost a miracle to grasp your proposition to finish to ' r Fort Saunders this year, but you have done so much that I mistrust my own accept yours. I regard this road of yours as the solution of the Indian af fairs and of the Mormon qu.estion, and therefore give '4)U all I pbssibly can, ' ut the demand for soldiers everywhere and the slowness of enlistment, especially among the" Blacks, limits OUr -bility to March, 1867. f. . respond. Naturally each officer exaggerates his own trou"6les, and appeals for men, thus "Ord is greatly exercised lest the'Blacks and whites commence a War of Race, and would have four or five regiments scattered over the whole State of Arkansas to prevent local trouhles.^1 want to punish tand subdue the Indians, who are the enemies of our race and progress, but even 'I'n that, it is well scmetimes to — ^ . .. * proceed with due deliberation. 1 now have'General Terry on the Upper Missouri, Genl, Augur with you, and General Hancock just belowj all young enterprising me, fit for counsel or the'field. ♦ t ' % I will endeavor to arrange so that hereafter all shall act on com- . ' r * • . mon principles and with a common urpose, and the first step, of coxirse, is to arrange for the accumulation of the liecessary men and materials'at the right points, for which your railroad Is the very thing. ; 'rv r ^ . AufTur will be with you before this, and ydu will find him pre pared to second you to the utmost of his power. I want him to study.bis problem and call on Grant through me, for the least force that is adquate for we must respect the demand from other quar- • * ters. Of course, 1 em disosed to find fault that our soldiers-'ai^e now tied up in the Sout'-ern States, but in the light they are hoW regarded, it would be impolitic and iraprodent for me to say so pub licly. All I can do, is to keep General Grant well informed, so * way distribute his army to the beat advantage f<Jr lihe'^hdle aount ry, " '' -ij • . -T; March, 1867. r , f - • t As to supplies, Gen, Augur will be, and is, at liberty to con- ' trol this question according to the state of facts. The staff of ficers at Omaha are supplied with funds, and are on the spot, au- • - • thorized to buy or call for supplies from Chicago or SaijJt Louis, # Though West Iowa might supply your markets abundantly, yet if suddenly called on for millions of punds of flour, sugar, coffee and bacon, they would jumpthe price, but you know we now have Quarter masters and Commissaries absolutely disinterested, and qualified to arrange this natter, « I will surely jDe up this year many times, and will go over every rail more than once, I don't want to go to Utah until your * road appoached Bridger, which cannot be this year; and I don't , I want Congress to bother itself about Mormon affairs till then--and the Gentiles would do well to hold their tongues and pens xintil it becomes feasible to act in case of laws or threats. It is nonsense now for us to send a la^ge force there, and, besides, it is impossi ble, and wouM be to the interest of the Mormons, by the prices "Umw wou3id exact of us for meat and bread, ' , Don't fail to keep in with Augur, Myers, Sec,, who can of .'o , service to you in ma^ we»ye« . Qen. Sherman to Gen, Bodge, Saint Louis, January 22, 1867. *-( • Jan. 9th, for some reason, did not reach me till toI had nothing to do with Cooke's removal, brdefr' orlginat- : Ji -re 567 . • ' . ' • i t . O'i'" March, 1867. • ,f..l f f- •• , • . i. f tr - •;• ed at TTashington, and came to me completed, without my being consult- - , v.; ed, and I do not know what influenced Genl. Grant, but never sup posed* G n . Cooke was in the least bo blamce for the Phil. Kearney massacre. That post had been completed and e garrison increased to the largest estimate made by anyone up to that time, and I would have volunteered to Genl. Cook that explanation, only the instant I sent him a copy of the feelegram,'he replied that he presumed I was the cause of' his removal which debarred me from-.^making any • * « ^ explnna tion. As to Augur*, I only know him of his old army record, which was very ^ood. He was always a favorite, and was, I think, one of Grant's comrades of the 4th Infty. The probabilities are he will be in conimand of that department a long time, and will soon master all the questions, and be able himself, if necessarjr, in person, to lead his troops. You will lose nothing by the change, for I will make it incumbent on the military to give an earnest attention to the protection of your road. You have Gen. H ncock on the south of you and Augur alth you, two of our best officers, anil 'they shall have every man that I can'get and spare. We are pressed for men at all points. I fear the political status Bas a tendency to make .. .the-WU of , property south obllvfous to "their own interest, for outrages on negroes •nd'Union men south dppnr'to lnor».se. It la alleged, because th..better.people don't lend their help to step. It, as they say it u'none of their business. If our am, has to 568 March, 1867. do all the dirty police work of the so'^th :*ou c^n see it-wil] all \/ be absorbed the-e, giving us a small shore of the o.rmy for the real public enemy--the Indian. But so far as interest in your success is concerned, you may rest easy, that both Grant and I feel deeply r concerned in t e safety, of your national enterprise. f Gen, Sheman to Gen, Dodge, Saint Louis, February 20, 1867. . t I have just received your letter of Feb. 8th and map. I now have an engineer officer with me, Col. Merrill, the sai-ie, you will remember, who went with Tliomas as far as Atlanta, He will now be a.i3ie' to compile and make useful all u^aps that are authentic, and I '■ , ••• "» will be obliged for all and any you can giv-e me. f . * • ^ By this time you must be well acquainted with General Augur, sJ and I hope you will work together like brothers. I will want to come up.to Omaha soon, and would like to have f \ ' ' a pass over the road from Chicago to Omaha. I have a yearly pass over the Chicago and Northwestern road, but don't think that is t J ■ y; the company that coijes to Omaha, Do you know if the railroad from Keokuk to will join the Boonesboro road by the Main Val ley or move to the west Uy the Coon service of the Rock* Island Road?' ^All.oould save distance by making junction with the finished Omaha road at^a point in Carroll county. I am satisfied that our St. Louif an4^1i4%sy;iri.peof»e are ative to the necessity and will, tltiitii have communication witft Council Bluffs via St.. Joaeph and, thg. Missouri Valley , as also by prolonging the North .Jala Mcrch, 1867. * ■ Missouri Railroad to the Keokuk and Des Moines. Condit Smith is the contractor on hot'i and tells cie he is making* sure and good ■ ■ r;l ■ rln! 1 ' z . ■ " ^ 1-- -.v • ; - -• progress. ■ V , I think in another year, by'these railroads and the extension of your great ro"d to the Blac^ Hills (Sanders, if possible) and the Smoky Hill to tfie* rieighborhobd of Cheyenne hills , w6 can act so energetically that both Sioux and Cheyennes must die, or submit to our dictation. "This year'we ahe fofced to do the b^st we can, but I hope you will keep your men at work, spite of rumors, and even apparent dangers, for both General Augur and I will do all to cover the working parties that is possible, only we may considerit better done by combining all against the rostile SiQux offen~ sivelyi instead of keeping the soldiers close in, in sight of your men, I think with a little explanation from you, the working parties will tmderstand that they are more safe along the Lodge Pole, with our aoldierw two or three hundred miles ncfcth than if •• f ^ » I those, same soldiora were close at hand, " ^ Gen* Sherraan to Gen. Dodge, Omaha, April 15, 1867> I got your two despatches from Chicago and Boone , and am sorry at the general deluge, which cut you off froa the East, and has prevented mo Tro going out to the end of the track. I Wanted to see you, of course, because I know you will not exaggerate the. chances.l\ You toow as well as I do that thfe failure' to transfer to us the management of the Indisns simply makes it impossible for us .■? Hf ' "I ' March, 1867. to do anything conclusive., and sooner or later we must dispose of the Sioux. Knowing,the previous nature of the Missouri River, I , prefer to operate.northward fro:r. the Pacific roads as a base, for the reason that it is safer than to work bac/,*^as Sully did, to the * Missoiiri. ti' I want to feel a reasonable certainty that the road will reach • , the crossing of Crow Creek this year, from thence, I take it we must -haul north, and I know that you may have to expend a good deal of labor yet on't^at finished part of the road, so as to diminish the chances of its being interrupted. I would much rather see it fin ished good to this base of the Black Hills, this year than to have it slighted over to Sanders. ^You know that Sanders will not be a good deot for Lftpamie, from thence the wagons would,have to haul^ back this way over the Black Hills to get to the Laramie noad,u4- less ther^ be. wagon road straight from Sanders up to Fort Casper, or better BtiU, straight toward Reno. \ xr; i^rfHH>08e we can oount on the Sioux fighting fromtthe Powder Rivor BnS Co\uCi,ty,. which;; will be better for us than if they go north of the liissoUrl* .j . »r . I wish Gen# Augur had more cavalry, but it seems impossible fo^ us to get more men; But if we can work past this year, I think the next we cAn finish up thr Sioux, except as to their small horwethievlng bands, that mlkf trouble us-.for yea^s. Tou saw thai Coftgreea w^d«i(i^ let me cleaij out the Republi- M- - > • March, 1867. < 'c wl: can CoTinty. That may be all ri^t, isut I think a'clamor will ije tfaised in Colorado, Kansas and Nebraska, that will force-it upon us. Under present instructions we cannot attemjjt it unless they break oftt intr open war, ' No matter what happens, my wish is that your road should bei pushed to the east foot of the Black Hills, and then i don't care. • t Wright and Shoemaker promise 250 miles west of Riley this year. Quien Sabef 'feut I hope so. ■ . n Gen. Sherman to*t?6ii. Dodge, St. Louis, Ma:, 7, 1867. ' ickImI I have your valuable" letter of April 28, and am fully convinc ed that you will finish'that road this season to the head of Crow Creek, and it may be to Port Sanders. -Where the spring has been so prolonged, 1 think you may safely count o» a late fall. I will not lo^6tie surprised if you lay rails up to Christmas. • • f.: -.'o v' • V I think this year is our crisis 6n the plains, because every month and year will diminish, the necessity for troops in the recon structed states and give us more and more troops for the plains, especially cavalry. If we could cheoic the universal disposition . to cry out for help we could even nnw direct more men to the real points of danger. General AUgur is bdanfl to make the progress of your road safe, because it iS'the military base for the future, ,, \nd the only difficulty h^"-will have will be to prevent sanding off more and more of his troops to those remote places where the peo|e clamor for'protection* At this mooent, there is an appeal from -V' ■uiW'f':'. S'l ' ''l',.' ' 'f; 1 .. . 11 Montana where they have a telegraph. Many ask for help, little- r thinking it takes two or three months to get soldiers there. . rr. , ' r ' We were all disappointed that Congress v.ould not transfer to ^ our custody the Indians. It would "ive us more work; but as soon • • as any trouble arises, why the agents drop the Indians and call on UH, But the real reason why we should have the control of the an- ^ nuities is, that* by means of the money already apporpriated for the treaty Indians, our post commanders would have the means to r - find and take care of the Indians who doa't want to fight. Whereas now the rascals wKo are off all year on hunting and war parties, come into the agencies at the time fcr the annual payments, and receive just as much as the better dispose'd" class. ■ This, money, or the goods and provisions, ought no-t to be given annually or semiannaully but rather daily or weekly as the Indians need. I suppose I am in for the excursion up the Mediterranean., We are advertised to sail for Glbralter June 8, and ought to reach . .. Marseilles July 4. We are then to cruise along the Mediterranean and Black Seas, stopping at Genoa, Leghorn. Naples, Athens, ConBtantinople and the Crimea (Sebastapol); then out to Smyrna, Beirout, Joppa and Alexandria, back to the coafet of Spain and out to k^-dina, and home in bctober. If you will keep Hichols here ad- „ vised, he will beach me through Gen..Dix at Paris, and I will arrange for Genl. Grant tb tele^«flr)h me, should anything, of enough l,iportanae occur to call me back, in which event I will be^^repared to leave the- ship and return via. England. My departments are now well coniQanded, and should any combination of the troops be nexessary, General Grant will order. I would not go if I thought any thing would suffer, but it is vain forme to.suppose my presence necessary when Gen. Grant freely offers to spare me. I will bear , . in Aind your wish and will write you some letters from nborad as a keepsak" , and as evidence of my personal friendship. Wishing you-^ and, yours all possible happiness, &c. ' ^ o-'i - ' Gerr. Sheraa to Gen'. Dodge, St, LouiSfMay 27, 18G7, «' ■" i received' your dispatch ajad now h-ve your interesting letter V4' ' » ' t haVe h'ad ^-igisod 'deal o.T correspondence about the protection of the country along the railroad, which I ^deem of the first im portance, al-thougi to make it effectual I see no other way than first to attack the Sioux wHo remain near the Yellowstone in de fiance. If they>omlkdnk as aTnatter of ^^curse, they will not fine themsoi-^ to'ati«olring the trains that go to supply Phil. Kearney,'an<! '15. F. Siifttii tut wlH come south to your road. I think GSn. Augur should go there in force, and we must also get other troops to defend your working p^irties. I have asked Gen Grant for another battalioA of cavalry for that special purpose, and'if ke can he will grant it.. You know that thessame.call comes from every other quarter, and. it ie very hard to aay which is of ^ most importance. I «l«h to: Ineurq you that I do pot under-value you^^ work, for, on its-account, I give up^ my propsed trip to Europe, "but if I can will come upthis sunmier and attend to it in person;. , but I know that of myself I can do little without a force in re serve, and that I will try and obtain. If the worst comes to the ^ worst, I will call on Nebraska for a regiment of mounted troops, <for the special task of defending interests which are vital to her progress. -I don't want to do this if it can be avoided, as every state and territory that has contact with Indians ,wlll raise- a - clamor, as has been done more than once, for local troops serving in their own interest. One' would suppose more of the Regular Army should be among the Indians where danger is imminent, instead of • in Southern cities such as Mobile and' New Orleans, but when Mr. Kelly can announce that he can hove all the Regular Army to back 'him in hia speeches at the South, we see that there is a call for troops there, on questions that Snngress thinks as vital as those of the Indians. I have the same appeals from Minnesota, Montanaand Dakota, as well as from Kansas, New Mexico and Colorado. Each wants enough of the army to guard them against all the Indians, but I'note your road as of the most importance and have given Cen, Augur a very large portion of my whole command, but will increase it if I can get the men. i ^ . Gen, Sherman to Gen. Dodge, St«. tibuis, Jan. 5, 1867. At New Orleans, I received your telootoe letter from New York and I assure you, on its faith. I boafeted not ar little of the vast « energy of our countryaien. 303 mllee of railrokd finish&d in on^'t year is a Teat that may well be boasted of . I assure you of my ^hearty congratulations and that the great problem of the railroad seems to be solving itself very fast. * ^ .'"le'' • You are exactly right in making your location independent of local influence. When I was at Denver and saw the lay of the land, I felt cerbain that you would locate north of thab city, and said so incidentally, but some fellow-got "ipld of it and pitched into ite.iv'fts. it wasi none of my .business, I held my tongue and co^unsel, but now the' pebbe there will see that thoug^: Denver is some, still it is hot enough to direct from its course the Great national Hiyhwav.- I also learn wi't": pieasure that your Eastern connection is done Within S2 miles, and I have ordered all troops and stores for the department of the Platte to 50 via Chicago, Clinton and Omaha. llie "l^d^s'df Col. Patterman,'s command up at Phil Kearney may urnMs yeur people; but don't let it, for we shall persevere and push that ro'atf to Virginia City, and it will divert the attention of'thi-Itostlle Sioux f?e» your road. The point where you cross the North Platte and Fort Laramie will become great military points, and ydu should m&kf arrangements with cars to land theee our troops and stores. I take it for granted that you get along well^with^ Cooke and hi« quarte^aster* 'tlyers. ^ I wbuld like to- far. this side of old Camp Walbach yo « - propose to l.av. the lcig. ?ole. It lookoA to me that you oouia f ' take the divide seme ten miles this.side, and get up some 700,or 800 feet before you reach the Black Hills. I rei..ember well the » difficulty in California. Our first locations clung to tho valleys Cor some 30 miles out of Sacramento, and then it was too late to rise the mountains. Whereas, now, the road begins to rise at one® ' on leaving the Sacramento, so that they get up near two thousand feet before they strike the momtain. I suppose your location de scends into the Laramie Plains not far from Willow Sr ngs stction, 12 miles southwest of the new Fort Stevens (John Buford). The coming year, for better or worse, is to be an important one for our country, and if you cQuld, by superhnman energy, reach the . foot of the moTontains near Walbach, it would be a great achievement. That will be the military point for th® road. North and south from that point are good by reason of the nearness of wood, the abundant ' grass and water, and valleys which afford good roadways for travel ling. I will do my utmost that Gen. Dooke have force enough to • cover your parties absolutely, which will be easy from the forks of the Platte westward, . , • r - 1 came up from I®w Orleans by rail. Saw our old stamping ^ ground, Jackson., Miss. ,^Canton, Grenada, Grand Junction and Kack-^ son, Twnn. t would offend me, but such was not the case. 1 ^ ar^-quantity of old rebels, who were as tt#'pdSSlble, **' ' . hut - vn I the .great enteu?prlse as much suecess^ln 1867, as in ,*•' f.' ■■ f ^ 1866, I am as ever your friend', i ' ^ I iMucli •ilf «3fP5i ■>' : carter on Fort Bridger Reservation:. O'^ OOl ti'^Xr. V There is^a tract of country, some two hundred miles in'width, lying♦ilJdtw^.en the Rocky i.iountains on the east, and the Wasatch Mountains on the west, the former dividing the vjaters that flow • . into the Missouri River from those thn t ^low into th.e Gulf of Calif ornia, the latter forming the .eastern rim of the Great Basin. • Green River-rising to the north near the sources of the Mis souri, Yellow Stone and Goltnnhia JRivers, flows south through the centre of this tract and receiving the numhQrous at-^eams that flow west from the Rocky Mountain-chain and east fr9n\ the "Wasatch and its spur, the tiinta, cuts its way through the deep gorges of the ( mountains and winding'around the eastern extremity of Uinta runs - on to unite with Grand River to form the Colorado. f'■ •"Id Uinta is a spur of the l/ITasatch, jutting out far to the East and having thl®?^ks covered'*with perpetual snow,. . . . Fort Brl3g4i»'i3 situated in arbeautiful valley of Black Fork, a tributary of Green River, some thirty miles distant from the. imse of the Uinta chain. Its latitude is 41 18* and 12 longitude ^ - *1 ^ 110^ 32' 23" and elevation' above the sea 7Q1P One mile aboVe the Fort, Black Pork dividesitself into five hhannelB, and after pa'ssing thrdh^'tlie valley, again unita^, ,its waters one mile below the post. One of these beautiful streams, some thirty feet wide, spanned by foOt bridges, runs swiftly over 578 its pebbly bed thropgh the centre of. the parade ground, affording to the garrison an abundanne of delicibup water, free from, all iranrities. I\tn isa-x 1 The portion of the valley in which the Fort is situated is about three miles in width and is clothed with luxuriant and nu- . 1 tricious grass, which is also the case with the Bench lands that i -jij , . . extend to the base of the mountains. The atmosphere is so pure and transparent that the mountain tops, t'^ough fifty miles distant, appear but a short way off. The hea^ in the valley is never oppressing, being constantly dispelled by cooling breezes from the mountains. The officers' quarters are sit-uated on the east side of the * stream fronting west, those of the soldiers lie on the opposite side fronting north and south towards the parade ground. Fort Bridger was established in the spring oV 1858, by Gen. A. 5. Johnston then in coiBmand of the army sent to Utah. During the winter of 1857, the army occupied Camp Scott, one and one-half miles above the. Fort. A party of officers was detailed the' follow ing spring to select a suitable site for building a post, and the present site was chosen. The forst was called Fort Bridger after JoiAOS Bridger a celebrated mountaineer who had settled in this vAl ley many ye^rs agp and had established a trading post, and waS at " ' ' ^ o Uie time guide to the army* ' ■( lIoteL rRoster of cosnnlssioned officers, Department Of thei •-Platte. Omaha, Nebraska, Dec. 5, 1867, Note:- List of members House of Representatives, 4pth Congress. til ba ' ^ ' r . • • - ,gr Gen. Dodge to L. L. Hills, (21DR248) "Xfrt I am in receipt of yours stating loss of mules and I hope you will find them, but you must not let your stock oul to graze with out herders or guard. If you do, under existing difficulties, you will lose it all. You are in the debatable country and Indians are near you all the time. It behooves you to be very careftil, very givilantj Indians strike when least expected, therefore never ♦ ■ * -f ■ be off your guard. Wien you finish up the 5th hundred miles, take into consideration the distance gained and lost in the changes of 4th and 5th hundred miles, so as to bring it out an even 500 miles wes^'o^"^ ' ■ . ' : f Omaha. The country between Lodge Pole and Crow Creek will reqnoire ^ ^tudy, especially towards Crow Creek, It is tViought by some, we can find a high crossing at Crow Creek and avoid the depression we ^et in falling into tbat stream. I do not believe it can be done; Ubut we Should get a line that on^y gives us the natural from summit •aat of Crow Creek to the valley, which is about 40, thus throwing out all the tmdulations directly east of Crow Creek. I am now, and have been for two'-^eeks, confined to *1^ hd4se, # suffering fran an old wound. .. r, XJ n . Uvy t,i' Gen. Dodge to John Duff, (21DR249) . i.. ^ . t ^ • ,,i •' . I.. I enclose the resolutions necessary to be passed by the Board of Directors authorizing and legalizing the acts already proposed X by me for the company in laying out, selling, &c. the depot towns. f I draw, in one, resolution, the authority to act as agent and tmistfee the declaration of trust, i.e. make that a part of the authority and the indemnity of the Co.apany to me. Please have it .passed at next meeting of Board and official copy sent me with seal > of Company, attached. . . .. Parties .purcjiasing'the property are beginning to ask for my authority, and have, so far, gone on the knew/ledge they have that I ' - am officially connected with it. Tlhat I have done has been on ver- f bal authority. The matter is now becoming of so much importance that it should be properly and legally done. '£«(.> • purant. Vice President, to Gen. LI. C. Leigs, (21DR250) . ^ ^ 1st. We are running a road 305 miles west of .the,44anour,i River wg into the very heart of the Plains, with no local traffic, and dapendent almost entirely upon thethrough frei^ts for all our earnings., ^ 2nd. Al,ong. the route of our road, the necessary material for ruWnlne It, abM not, Oiowpti In other words, every oor'd of wood "'""'burned, wW obllgedi toAaul- in som eases-hundreds of miler--; all the proeisions, gro^arias, and in fact everything 'our men and . f * It stock eat, and all material our read requires in its repairs or wear is brought at great est^ense, to such points on the-route as , , ' ; ol ■ ; ' T they may be needed. Our running expenses, therefore, are much greater than the two roads you mention', as they are" rxinning through a he&wily settled country, abounding in wood, coal produce, &c. V/ood^with us is worth from 8 to 11 dls. per cord;'coal 11 to 12 per ton, this item alone more than covers the difference in tariff. That you may have a clear and full understanding of the matter, it is only necessary for you to refer to the cost of supplying a post at F9rt Leavenworth, and the costs at Forfes McPherson and Sedgwick, All the disadvantages you labor under, we labor under, ^ and until the business of the road materially increases, it ie nec essary for us to chrrge the present rates to pay the running ex- • • > L > .I i -f' kf ! ' pensas on oui^ road. ^ ^ ^ , Our business Is' Increasing aAd ere long *e hep to mortify our rptps. By examining our ubllshed rdtea, you will see that Oovernment le charged asme rates as Individuals and no more. Onder the present rates, frPlght Is landed In Cenver and all points north of K,>nsas and Nebraska ,much I ohepper thbn by any other route, we being so far west, out off 20o" to 300 mllss land travel. . . Oen. Dodge to 2. Durant, Wa^ihgton, Deo. 12, 186' (21DR265) . 1 saw the se'oretary this mdmlng. He says affidavit must con form strictly to law and be slgnsd'by Oliver toss. today May, 1867. •- blanks filled out as required by theu. Telegraph Ames to be there t to sign it. Commissioners will, not go until done here. Mr. Tnttle sent me today certified copy of proceedings of Board electing Oli ver jtmes Acting PPesident, Also action of Board adopting the Lone Tree and CrotW Creek line. Gen. 3. agrees wxth us on line. _ Gen. Dodge to Gen. J. H. Simpson, Omaha, May 27 1867 (21DR256) ' I submit hereiwith the following data pertaining to the 10th' ... .- section examined of the U.P.R.R, extending from the 305th to th e 345th mile, or from station 232 to 2337 - 36, 4th hundred miles. Gen. Dodge to Oliver Ames, Council Bluffs, May 15, 1867. Mr. Bates writes from Salt Lake that he considers'it necessary be fore we settle our lines over Wasatch Range' Motintains, that we Should examine the outlet from Soda Springs on Bear River to Snake River and the facility of getting from Snake River to Thousand ■ Springs Valley, west <rf Salt Lake'. This may have a controlling infliienoe on tlje line we shall decide upon in crossing the '^asatch * " ■ « V ■ ■ • • Range of "ountnlno. Ur. Bates now has a temporary party In the fieW with himself making some examlnntioris of the country east of . 5alt LaV:e, and when he nnlshes that work that party can make the ..surveys Indicated, if the company desire It. If not. I shall disirWH,lMnd t-e party aa s oon as he'is through with their present work. leaving only one party in Utah. survey I mention, alai haa a'^iiknent bearing cm a branch of t May, 1867. to Idaho and Oregon. •'.irf.t B-r ■^ir> ' • Gerr, Oodge to Thod. H. Bates','May 15, 1857, Council Bluffs, "Y21DR261)jI om in receipt of your report, maps and profiles; also letter enclosirig map with proposed routes .west jof Salt Lake, and your let- ""' ter of M^y 1st. « ' - . Hereafter if it will save premium, you may draw sight drafts, . notifying me by telegraph when dravmr o-r by letter time enough be- . » fore drawing that I may prepare for them. , la m not prepared to order the surveys from Soda Springs and * a Snake River and then to American Falls; have referred the matter to the company for their order. Unless it is necessary to have ' these line* run before we can decided on our line over the Wasatch Mountains, I do not think the Company wi'll authorize it. In get ting a crossing of the Wasatch, would these lines have any bearing .to ' 1-. on the question. You otate, if going by "Y of Ham's Fork, Bear ^iver. Snake River and Oooee Creek, to Tiiouaand Springs Valley—do you speak of that line as a mail line to the Pacifio, and to oome Into compari son With .ttje lines south of lake and immediately north of lakd, via . promontory Point, Spring Valley &o? Is there no way of orossigg the Promontory Mdge that you turn to the (fouth? fan it he crossed "'i to north of fart I aa now confined to my house, and fiaVe time, suffe] May, 1867. ing from an old*'jir6uhd. As soon as I a:.i a" le, I expect to start west and be ^ith you a portion of the season. I'hope the surveys will bd so far advanced that we can detemiheton the lines we shall take over or aro'^nd the mountains. Let me know whe n you will'discharge the"temporary party, so I*can give the order for the surveys you-think should be "made be fore the-party is discharged, if the Company decide upon making --"'yhem. . ;iA .3 • , • Note;' Resolution Board of .Directors, U.P.R.R. Co, (21DR263) ^ -Gen. Dodge to L» T., Hills, Omaha, May 23, (21DR264) , Yours of May 12th received today. : i7. Ne have no means "of getting the provisions to you. You will have to at Denver and La Porte unless you wait.until you re+urn to this end of the-5th hundred. When you get thr ugh to Crow Creek, I Mntend to ofder ybu back by telegraph to this end of the 5th hundred,'to re-r\ui the adopted line, restake it, and make it j consecutive and eapecially re-run the levels. We find a dis- r crepancy between your levels and Brown's of three feet, yours being 3 ft. lower. Yotir elevation at that point is 3ll7,7 at intersec tion, while Brown's is 7314.47'; Brown»S elevation is 3120.8. : " ' Have you designated the linos try letters in the field as you have on profiles and maps? If T ©r«»Md you back I shall send full instructions as to changes we hare adopted. At 1500 we adopted "B" line. May, 1867. The notes came today we have not workeed up. You should see your report of changes, give an opinion as to best line and the , reason therefor, we, here, in examining some of the changes, may-not see reasons for them that you do. , Brown's party was attacked at Rock Creek and one man killed— Stephen Clark of New York. He was away from camp arid picked off. Therefore be carefulf vigilant, and _make you men the sajne. ■ I engaged a 1st Assistant in New York, but since I came home he has written me.he cannot come. I do not now know where- to get one. If I see a man whom I think,competent, I will get him. If you want provisions leftjat^Sedgwick for you whe n you come Jfeack, I can have them." - I. t , ■ I Ceh. Dodge to Oliver Amee, Omaha,. 27, (21DR266) ^ . ol t'l returnetS from the gpading today. While I was up there the fdailtts attacked us at five different points, and between JTbrth , Platte and Fort Sedgwick t^ok r^bout 100 herd of mules. Most of them belonged to parties travelling along our line. Th-y killed three men along on ou|" work,,, wounded one, also killed four up Lodge Pole. at»ut.40 miiLeW'Jwe^ of Ft. Sedgwick. They are giving us trouble . . . S daily;, but I have got our,men armed,, and am pushing cavalry into the eountry to protect the line. Now we have only two companies, and they have no man in this department that we can get. ♦. i " If (jujj,. ama gradlhg on 4th hundre get out of wo^rk and come 'ka liA •be.fno: 586 aw "/I.' ,\j; r... » 1867, ^ of' Y o ' •i--" ■• > . .' back here, 'e never can get them back .there. Therefore, I would give them immediate notice that the work on 5th hund-ed will be put under contract immediately. 77ith this, I can hold them up there until you let the work. As-long as they have something to do, they do not get panic stricken; but the moment they are idle, all Indian troubl.es grow and they get away as soon as possible. The commissioners accepted 40 miles of work. It is the best constructed forty miles of track that I have seen laid on the road. • - ■ ft ■ . L* ■ "tljhe telegraph line, too, is excellent. X must have some money to meet my drafts. ' 9*0? 4 - Gen. Pohge to Oliver Ames, Omaha, 1867 '21DR267) * « . ■ ♦ t n ■ r, I found on my arrival home your telegram and your letter. I had been out over the work before I got them.I went as soon as I could le^ve the house. The Indians were so bad, and the Commissioners stayed and saw the last rail laid to the 345 mile post and accepted the road to that point; they will return 20 miles, toda", and as soon as they notice, from Leavenworth, or where they are, the other twenty. « Ttoder their orders they must have notice from the Secretary of the • . i ' Interior before they can report on any sectio . I proposed to them to go and see Browning at Quincy and got him to revoke that rule, so ,that, -they could examine all finished up to the Accept, and fX think will get the order, "fhey expects to ♦receive'the order for thte last twenty before they get away.' ; i -■) a' In answer to your letter: When I took charge of the eng^ineering Dept. last Vear no accountability of parties was required' This ■ year, when they went out, I invoiced to chief of each party every article that they took ^^th them and" had them receipt for them, so they are held toca strict account for all they have. Camping out fits only last one year? tents, blankets and buffalo robes general ly rot or get worn out. We save a prtion of each every year. This year I armed the parties with Goverhment aras, but they were useless and I had to get others. The friehgt charged to Salt Lake of'65 cts. a pound is Wells Fargo & Go's charges for instruments, maps and profiles sent to parties out there; and I desire td say that Wells, Fargo & Co. show us .no favors, and in return we make thorn pay over oiir road fof ^ everything we do in their line. Eve lathing goes smoothly here except trmsfer, which should be placed hapk in Hoxie's hands. Be oan handle it, and 1 know no one else that pan. The transfer of pas-engers by the North Western Road 1. a botch and .'great detriment to ue, as everybody charges their delloqulenoy to our road. Hoxie night take them right over on his boats in addition to the other transfer. They have a con tract with Ur. Bullins and suppose they will stick to it. Bulllns passengers In coaches and hauls the.i around through the nud to The ferry, I guess, givee then no facilities, as they 1«nV the job, wT ,,nd all around thay t., -J .' tTj travellers 'u mad . and r we ■" I.- '' get the credit. Snyder is endeavoring to make a change to help it. ® • f . I shall send in ^ full report of repairs needed this week, X ' gtating the extraordinary ones. The minor repairs are going stead ily forward. _ . Gen. Dodge to S. B. Reed, Omaha, June 5th, 1867 (21DR269{ ■. • I submit herewith profile and notes for 50 miles of 5th hun dred. You will see that in the light cuts I have noted "take out 4 ICQ feet wide" the material is intended for banks. Have eh^eavored 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 to go into bank, to take out 75 feet on north side of cut and 25 feet on soptu side of cut; but to pay extra for it when material is not needed, it will be cheaper to fence. On making up quantity you can determine, or if work is let at .30 t®' 45 cents, cut and fill can be let to balance, say, fill 14, iJu cut 10, .Tiiis would leave it optional with sub-contractors to bor row and waste, or haul if wasted. You can put, as you have hereto fore done, in ridges and side of wide cuts. I also request that Llr. Casement be instructed to watch carefully tha to th.t It to all right; it" is very broUen, and •1 dl hot wish to have aay bad alignment, if it can be voided. They .ill be on th. ground and,could notify ua of any changes that th„ think .ould help the line. The line up where bad alignment la wa» changed by engineer in charge, at west end of cutting, and '*10* 0 - IJC 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/3a56e94430df47571739d0ecc4afabde.pdf 6a90b764d80f2f3b186dd29c07e8e00e PDF Text Text October, 1867, r ' Jas, Llaxwell tc Ge-i. Dodge, Caaip on Medicine Bowj, 3'; '. Befqre you 'left you spoke to me about the condition of th stock. I ha ye eight head, erf nrules, six of which are very good animals; the other two are old and would not. be fit for another season's service. I think it would be advisable to dispose of them this, winter and get otherw before starting .in ^the spring. . . . You di'^' not gij^jfierany directions about where they were to be wintered. If 3;t meetS;;with your approbation I would like to take them to your farm, and leave "e 11s to take care of them so as to be sure and have them in the most serviceable condition^ next season. The wagon should also be thoroughly repaired., I would like to take all the pepperty belonging to this party, store it at the most convenient , • • place, make oat' a full inventory of all the articles and give them in charge 8«life reliable person. y . « • With a few exceptions all of my party are godd active reliable men who take an interest in- pushing the work end doJ.ng it in the best manner, several have bpen retained since last season, I would like to retain all that ere good men if it suits you. I have'nearly finished locating >on. my lu'elimino.ry; get a g^-od line with a ruling grade of eight-tenths perhundred, and light work with the exception of rbout three miles going down into the valley of the Platte where the work ie heavy but with a grade of six-tenths r November, 1867. per hundred. ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ I , 'I': 0. .1'^ ' . ' , . Evans.has ohde'red'mo tcr locate Oh "Brown's lineV at which I shall start in two or fthree daj^a as soon as I finish the one I am now on. 1*16886 to answer at Sanders. Note: Nov. 4"'(21DR318 &c.) " ». r ^ , r- ' lunclvfcw er' > f"* ■ ) : : H H. A, Hurlhut to Gen. Dodge, ChicagA", .5': I 'J* T e ' ' • I have been reqiiested-5>y A. Batty, 1st -Lieiit, 40th U.S. Infantry, formerly Lieut. Colonel 57th Regt, Ills. Vol.^ Infantry,' to do what I can for hiiri In-obtainiTig for'him'two favors fromthe UL S. Government*; viz: first, a trevet commi.-sion equal to his volunteer ' rank; second, ah'^ap-pointment as'Aseist^t Quartermaster with rank',of Captain, ,.j' "O I saw Maj. 0en'.'^%lTAfe in regar* io the first who said it^ . could be granted upon getting commendatory letters from the superior."',. . officers. I saw Gen. Jno. E. Carae, who iiVs given^lP'ttMbtbr a cop^ of whl-sh I enclose recomme'hdlhg to the brevet commission. '" , .-u You may possible remembbr iae m a slight acquaintance and as having a brotbar,'^tfb rfbl. F.J. ^Vmit of srth Regt. Ills. Vol. Infantry, who'^er^dd under ybn. - i: , , r John R. Duff to Gen. bodge, Boston, 6: i I haVe not forgotten my promise te write to yo a as -soon as I got hom,e, but although it is a long time since we parted I have in November, 1867. reality just reached there. I arrived in Boston with my pony all safe-and sound a week ago last Fridaj' and only remained at home about ,a day when I started back West again to Rochester to accompany my sister home, v.-ho had been waitin;* there for me nearly a month. Lly mother, who had never been to Niagara Falls, thinking that hsol was so near there concluded to ac company me and so that has occupied the last week. I got home last night and nov/ I feel as though a short rest^ would d^, me good. I presaae by this time you have ully recruited and I trust your health is mijch better. Father :ays that you \7ill leafn all that you wish t know.aboi*t the affairs of the D. P.B.R. from llr. Ames and LIr, Billon, therefore it will not be necesary for him to write a-ything about it. Father says the Ames's and the rest conceded more t.o T.B.D. than he was willing to 'o, but he was sick and knew nothing of the proceedings at the time. I met T.6. in Chicago and „had a long talk with him. He inqulfe^d e^bout you and whajt. you had been doing in the Rocky Mountains. Of orurse I gave him a most flowery accoxmt and spoke in the'highest everything I-had seen, and he was pleased to syy during the qponversa^lon that he thought you were the best practidal and the best locating engineer, he ever kne--. Still ho may have made the threats that wo heard about certain persons being removed if he got the po^^n again; biit then I dont believe he j/flll get the power very soon. ■ ^ t ' -s , „ lIoveEiber, 1867. ' « ' I had a letter from Mr. Corwith thfe other day stating that ho arrived 'safely in Galena, and t^ionght he should coftie to Boston sometime during Noveasber. Gen, Rawlins^ T see by the newspapers, nrrivei in Washington after a six months sojourn in the Rocky Mountains As to Major Dunn, I do not know whether-he has been throivgh here or not on his way down East, (Maine)".- • ■ - • - * - My little brother was perfectiy delighted with the Indian pony and every afternoon goes out to ride. The Te xah saddle that I had made in Omaha attracts considerable notice. I left a boix of specimens either in Gouncil Eliiffs or your office in Oiaahaj also a laria-t rope artd a pair of buck horn^. ' Tf "you see them will you be so kind as to hawe them taken care of for me -until the next time I come out? « Please give my ri^gards to Mrs. Dd ge and thank* her' for her ' courtes" and politeness to me while in Coundil Bluffs; with best ' wishes for yourself. '* « Tit Elijah Sells to Gen. Dodge, Chicago, 111., 6: •- '' My son, David, is a Captain in the Regular Army (41st Infty) and by dr^er of Oeri, Sherldar? has been on Court Martial duty in" Now Orleans during the entire yellow'feve'r season. His reViment'la. l*n ^ Texas on the Rid Grande, and'he is quite anxious , for his wife's sake , to remain upon detached sOi^ice at New Orleans.' ^en at Dos Moines, a few day's a^d', I tiad b convew^tttlon with Col. Gee. Tlohenor, who thought you would be willing t'O interest November, 18C7. * ' • yourself in Davi-i's behalf to .secure him an appointment on Gen*. Hancock's staff, ' " Jno. Morgan to Gen. Dodge, In*Campon North Fork Platte, 7: ' i ' I arrived and went into camp at this*point lest evening on my way in to*Fert Sanders ri^h my party, I am compelled to leave the field this early on accourtt ^f my-escort having "to return *-to- the Fort by the 15th inst., and-I am not sure that wfe could do much -more workfrovii this forward on account of-the variableness and inclemency of the weatherj as we.have been having severe cold and heavy storms iBor the last two weeks* There is a severe.storm of wind and sno w raging while I write and no signs of ita' oeiaslng, an,d. I jaay be detained, here two or three days. .■\'j o. I have sxicceeded In "wsannecting Mr. Brown's" Mne, with that of Mr. Apple ton's west and south of the* IfLrge Dry Xedoe east of. Cla^ Buttes _ I found a very good line 'getting doWn off the" summiit and I think a grade line of 40 ft, par mile oan be obtained pn all except about ont mile of the line on the west jslope^ I have also .explored the whole f t^e main stUAalt range betw?on the lines mentioned, I co-uld not find any depressibrt leading thrc\ugh the divide lower than where we have crossed. I also eicplorwd thp ootintry between the weist foot'.of the west summit nnd thfe hsadr; of Bitter Creek, some ten miles^ west of Bane 11 brings. I found grod ground over all but about five miles of the route, which is crossed nteafly at right angles by high and abrupt ^ <■ ' -.' -y '"EVAIVi N 1 . ^..,-|| ■ ■'- / »>'»' O' November, 1867. ridges. . , ■f ' ,1,1 ,. "* j .ii..' ''■' My last exploration was over that portion of the country lying between Clay.Buttes and Black Buttes on Bitter Creek some ten .miles west of Pond Statioa. I find the ground for fiftasn miles east of the Black Butte very fayorable and .the ascent not over 40 ft. ©r mile, with a summit corresponding with Mr. Appleton's last summit but more flat anr^ tide ?ind-about on© hundred feet lower. The ^approach-^to thi-a simimit from the east is easy with an undulating grade, and I think a contiaauous grade may be had by a more thorough exploratior^ than I v^as able ^>o give it on account of my hcrrse giving out £iQd having no means of obtaining another. My mpvements haite also tteen materially impeded by scarcity of water for animals and no conveniencius for carrying needed slippl'fes. I hefve also. been.hisery considerably retarded ^n my KluVMttienJIrf by the want, of alacrity in .movement on the part'of thu ^ • commander-ol^ my e84ort who has failed to* render "the required assistahoe on several occaelons,' and I have, been compelled to move alorineiv. through an Indian country withbilt ascorjb, i will Vwa-it your instructions and orders aboiyt the disposition of my party at Sanders or* at Cheyenne, and wo"uld be jyleased to-see you in persofi if I can before you go East, when I can explain to ,you . more ^lly toy Views of oountr*y in whldh I hmt9 «been opeijating jSj^ also as to the Work dOn© * • ' ... fhos. H. Bates to Gdn. Dodge, Sanders, 7; • j, November, 18G7. We completed the "'e-Ucino Bow Survey the 2d.lnst.. and con nected with Brown's line ^t Statin 3582. This is a line Brown started d^yn.the iiedicine Bow and ,abjindoned..it at Station. 3604 on the bank of the stream, bein^; unable to prosecute it further on account of hieh water. We came up the Lledicine Bow valley all the way withour train; got a very godd line, but of c nirse it will be greatly improved on a located line. In other words, the.iledicine Bow has a fall of 257 feet in 29.miles or a grade of about 9 feet tq the mile. There is no difficulty in getting froqi the mouth of Rock Greek to the end of my line on a grade of from 8 to 15 feet per_m-lle with only one crossing of the Medicine Bow. The .great objection, most seri QUO one to the Medicine Bow Line, is the frequent crorsing of the stream, but the channel of the atreaxvi can be changed in many places and very ohoaply. It.will .not be necessary.to bridge the Medicine Bow;^trettla,work will answer every purpose. My line to the valley west of Hattlesnak^i Hills .is shorter and more direct than a ny other that lias as yet-boen run. I cannot givr you a clear idea of the line until you get my map and the balance of my profile. It will take us about a week to get our outfit ready to tart back to Salt Lako-everything got pretty badly smashed up. Gen. Gibbon ,iuuB set all his artizens at work fixing and repairing Bell's train and as soon as he gets him fixed up, he will have ay outfit -repaired when I shajll st^rt the partj bank to Salt Lake. I shall remain here until riovember, 1867. I get the*map and profile, and until I hear from you. T would respectfully request a leave of absence for a short time to go East to attend to some very important business, Uhen I came IVest I left many things unsettled and among them an estate of my father deceased, I have severan hundred dollars due me in Washington, J^.C. from the Washington Chesepeake Canal Company. If you will be good enotig'n t6 give me a leave'of absence, please on receipt of this to send me a pass for myself and E.c.Snith, Judge Drake's nephew, i/rtio desipes a leave also. Jesse L. Williams to Oliver Ames, Fort Wayne, 7: With a view ^o'n rapid progress of the bridge next year, 1^ if such be the aim of the board,*I deem it proper to give some stiggestion as to stone for the |)iers, a more definite shape. « It may be possible to procure fetone fast enough from a single quarrv beginning next'spring even if the one most convenient, the Bartlett quarry on the St, Joseph road was of a quality suited for the facing of the piers, which 1 doitot. "While this quarry should be oened early in'the spring and a track laid to'it to procure backing and the large amount of rip rap required, yet I think we should be ■ 4 . Also prepared to.open t e Fairview quarry on the Platte and also the Granite quarry at Dale Creek. Having these quarries tested and their extent.fully examined there will be no disappointment. As present advised, I should say, face the lower part of piers '|| Nove'jiber, 1867, t from two feet below low water to tw- feet above high wate? with the I . • J- ' V • ■ * ' granite, if it turns out well, and all above high water from the Platte quarries. The transportation from these two quarries will probably be about the same cost. Should the ^artlett quarry appear durable, so much of the piers as are under water which at the upper site woiild average 7 or 8 feet, might be faced from this quarry. At the Burlington bridge they procured stone from several different quarries at the same time with a view of hastening the work. As I before suggested, I think a few stone of the several layer§, both at the Bartlett and Fairview quarries, should be gotten*this fall and 4aced in some small water course or other wet place that you may have a satisfactory test duriVig "the winter. I respectfully suggest that these views concerning, the testing ot the stone if approved be communicated to yolif Aj^ent at Omaha or the superintendent of masonry. Notes- TOa. Ward to Gen. Dodge: (Geological •''' section of Bartlett quarry:) Gen. Dodge to E. House, Couficil 8. Send me list of^lots'and price. Sold following parties. I h've divided Morgan^s lots as near as I could and sehd you five contracts for Haj. Litchficld. IJartshorn to gen. Dodge, Coi«yd<5tt, IbWa, 9P ^ ^ election news is bdd, very bad, bdt a§ -l'' November, 186'. ' - , - - - - ; - f V . believe that the Republican party is the party of progress, and ; I' , contending for the rights of the oppressed and down-trodden,' and as I feel assured that there is a great and good God who does all things well I have faith to believe that in his good time (and that will be at the Presidential election) he will give us the victory. It onlj^ remains for us to be true to freedom, country and the right; do our whole duty, like men and victory will be ours. ■Among my brother "Rads". hero there is a strong prejudice against Grant; we; were so infernally sold on Voses" that the boys are slow to take hold of any ne who was with him in his drunken swing around the circle. I have been and am a grant man, and have been working in a quiet way t<? make a sentiment in his favor. I want to send from this county a 'Grant-Dodge delegation, ^nd as I have never failed yet in having a delegation to represent the sentiment of the county, t think you will-find you can count on Wayne. ^ have no fears on that point. The late eleotloM left me In possession of an Elephant. I was elected to represent the 5th Dist. in the State Senate and shall have to spend the winter in Dee Uolnes. I propse by deeds not words to prove oy gratitude for your kindness in procuring for the lioniter the publicatletn of the Laws. I roaeived the appointment i went to conaWefable expensd to be ready to enlarge the paper in time for the meeting of Congreas Noveaber, 1867. . , in December, believing th^t that was th^ session for wjiicji I received it, but I fear from what I have seen in some of- the papers _that the desig nation of the sessions ha® been changed and that the first, the one for which the Monitor is selected,^ only applies to the few days ses sion in March and will end at the regular time of meeting in December. If that is so it will be a sad disappointment to-jae ;and upset all my calculations, and I shall esteem it a great fa-vor if it^ is as I now fear, that you will-have my contract extended to cover what was al ways designated-^s the first session, the meeting in December. Thos. H. Bates to Gen. Dodge, Sanders, 9: ■ ^ ' I have received your dispatch directi,ng the location on Brown's lino fho» tl^e summit of the North Platte. I am very much afraid the season is too far advanced to do any work in a satisfactory mamwr. I shall, however, do the best I can; shall start the party Bovn .8 tHey can be^^otten ready.ana Mr. Bvans returns with Instruo- ' ■ ■ U-i -' tions. « . , If it meets with your views I would like to send the party to Bate the location and remain here myself a few days until I«get the notes worked up and then go East on a short leave ab 1 before requested Edward C. 9aith for whom I requested a leave, of course, will have to * • • ' remain. 1 have drawn the following! drafts. oen. filbbo. desires oe to run out the military Veservatlon at this point and d- some other work for him. I oh.lI try and do It. November, 1867. Gen. 11. Bailey to Gen. Dodge, Omaha, 10: O .',t t ceme in this morning" frr^m Julesburg dh my regular tVip and • I . • found two* letters from you. One discharging me from your employ and the other stating that you had written to me In the fore part of the • week directing me to com'e'over and go down to the timber with Llr. PlatWr. If you still desire to have me go down with him I am at - your service. ^ ■'^ITou have befriended me and I do now and always shall oe you a deUt of gratitude. Tomorrow I will get testimonials of the other Route Agents, the Post master hare and -the Conductors. oi\ the road of my conduct. Oh! General, after all the different pdsitlns I ^ ^;|g| have held, the Gove'mment money I hove- expended, the bribes I 'have spumed, the honorable manner in which I left tha service after i • having expended nearly three millions of dollars and serving .nearly six years without ever doing a dlshmest deed evenUo the value of one penny; always having before me my mother's advice "Honesty is.the best policy", and now to be accused of anything while holding a lo'-, dirty ,^,!, .ten cent office, it nearly breaks my heart, not on my own account, but , jiy pr wife and mother. ' 't . Gen, Dodge to J. E. House, Council EXhffs, ' . - , 1 Jhaye had to take lot 8 block 167. « it w , I send orer.my river map to have Purgeson's sounding put on. 'S I November, 1867. • • f also the located lines r;an by Hudnutt and forwarded to me at Washington. If Evans does not cone in, send Reed profile of the -20 miles from Little Laramie west with the grades changed, as I Changed them J;o throw out the light cuts. Send it to him up to where the change of line is to be made for 30 ft. r-rade. ■ ■ , ...h ' Geu., ^odg6 to J. E. House, Council Bluffy, 11. , „ ^ ^ , If. Capt.-Bailey leaves, place Boker in charge of books, &c. until I get back in December. ; Mr. Bailey 13 buying the corn and hay for mules this winter and tr. also putting up scm.e sheds, for mules.^ I think wp better get all the grain now ps it Is raising fast.,, _ . you can pay lir.Edd:; JlOO Pfr month if that is what Hill.- agreed to pay. Cannot Eedy worK. on maf®' office if hp is going to stay in city?. '.' T " ;«! A rt x.*L_ /.an have him come back. The letter I If you want Hofftoan jou i , i A A. -j *.« . -also one to Evans if he does not Vrroto tcy Rudnutt forward to him r -jax ^ . «• j. t> «./! iMid »went back with him. It seems to come in. I think Bvane areti Roed ^ . . , 1 stronp" enoiigb to take a common safe, me that the buildin- ought to be strong enoug ^ + rA„+. laf it. for it will fall of its own if it is not we get out^ » j weight. . V I want our papera-law and lot, puVphpre they will be safe, and taking one Fro.t has'got saves buying one. Ldo not know how large it is. Chapman says he sent over the lot books-one with 200 November, 1867. pages, start Cheyenne in. -i5:;7uS- 'ttfiif ff?! v, r run :: ul [ - £• I do not want any delays on*those lots, Myers an6 Bowenger. If they ask it I suppose we will have' to give It, but it is not right to ask us any more time. I want you 'to gb' out as soon as possible And see who has not paid up and cancel the sales-excej>t those of officers who are y4t aWay aftd not h4d a^chance to* pay. Llerritt,* Cuttis, Clark and the officers who bought and* are with our parties are to pay when they get in. * Duff has a pair of horns and a lariat rope tfifere at office; see that they are taken care of. Forward my letter t6 Evans Tight off. I will authorize you to draw when I get to New York, I ^ J. E. House to Gen. Dodge, Omaha, 12:* i- --V *■ I failed to aemd* prof iles last ni^ft-'lis I telegraphed you. Have had to make new profile from Sale Creek to Laramie jEHver, as Mr. Kurd*8, that* wiaa sent me by Schimonsky, was profile of the- 80 ft. grade I send the 80 f .t, "gTade to Sxttteiiti and 80 from tpQW down. I do not know what has become of Evan's Black Hills profile^ tip],ess Dr. %rant A. took Mhem West with him. ^ Mr. Dillon called ^ flhV offfd^l this mcrrnlng; is getting ^long quite well. He intends going West this evening and will cross the Black Hills if possible. * - wil' go to Cheyenne-^'Aboh a© I get through with the hurry at ■* .v.'*'. n. 'TTW November, 1^67 . ' , the office and get work up closer.. Mr. Jtidder is making out the accounts and I suppose will be off ei;e long.. Hi.s bills far .expenses of party rafiae jfn very heavy, but I sxippose on the conditions that he was hired re will have to" pay them. I will have Eddy com in the office as the Captain has 1-eft.I will keep Bocker" at the .land matter as that'will take soaie time t- fix upD. C. Bloomer to Gen. Dodge, Coi:ncil Bluffs, 13: _ I enclose statement in reference to the Steps I have tkken to'procure'a pension for Mrs. Mohan- an Irish woman who has frequently been"employed In your family and.in your brother's/amily. ^ It has hung up in the penSlort office a long time. ; , . M. h. Mophersoh to Gen. Ddge, T9interset, 15: . I dont suppose you can do ^.nything in the way of appolnlms'nts this winter for me, as 1 em a radical of tl?e deepest dye, but should there be anything at your eommaad which will pay $2000 and expenses ' 1 will accept provided I do not have to awear alleglanoe to Andy. Uy preferences are for a superintendenoy of Indian affairs. AS appropoa ti this 1 want you to wote. far the Impeachment of the drunken old cusa whd now sleeps in the TOite House. 3. Goodrell tc'Gen. Bodge, Defi MOlnes, 16: r • Capt. Thomas Seeloy, Register of the Ladd Office at this piece, h.e thle day sent his resignation as Heglster to the President I herewith enclose letters-from our friends P. *. Pataer and heo. C. A', " ' *4''.. ■ , .u.;,v: ■/!.;■ •:i*>' '' »/. i' November, 18C7. Tichenor recomiiiending Felix G. -Clarii. Gdii. Dodge to J. E.. House ,• New Yoj^k, 16: " ,f, , IjtvV. 0,1 fj. . i! I r, ., Hurry up map.of locatiori 6th" l^undred miles,• Secj^. of Interio demands its filinjJ hfefore hq, -will a.ccept of work or road built on that portion. Send it toi fa®, at Washington. . • I en close draft for ^:10,^000.. Pub on stamp and use it. F. J. Hodges to Gen. .Dodge ^ Bear Riv&r Statlp^n,- 17: ^ Jl ■ Tjie locatiori of Weber narrows being finished ,and the map and profile forwarded, I have the honor tp submit the following report. Rev.'Thos li. Stuart .to ;Gen. ^odg", S'lk Point, D.T. , 11: I do not desire.the offiQe-for myself or any of my friends. | I only desire that'saae godd Republican.have it. ^ Gen. Dodge to J. F. House, New York, .18: Send A copy of ^heyenne map to me at Washington, and I will have It lithogi'8,r«»a. Put on It the Government depot atvd Fort David Russell, Riin Denver branch inter main line just at edge of town. J. 0. Hudnutt to Gen, Dodge, Chicago University, 18: Col. Williams will be here tomorrr w, and as he has the bridge proper-ln kiind till, I truat. be ready to report to yon in fnll. I will forward a copy of my work as you deyro. 1 am open for an ongagement with ysu if yon deaire and think I can fill the bill. 7.54 . November, 1807. • t ' ' Please make the acquaintance of Senator Patterson of N.'. ( if y^u have not done so already) as he^ is an old college chum of mine. t • Gen. Lodge to J. E. House, New York, 18; . . Under the new contract fro 100th meridian west we must get • . i. the actual cost af each station house, tank, round house, machine shop, machinery, turn table and all other buildings put up by the contrac tors; buildings built by the company after road went into our hands are not to be included. Get each separately and send me as soon as possible. It will form the basis on .which .to make estiiuates infutrrre add you need not retui^a any more estimates on old plan. Get time schedules from Snyder of road to Uheyenne and send me; also send me » « the proprotionate estimate based ori 50,000 per mile of Henry's; it is iri ay desk; also your proportionate estimate on same. You will also construct a proportionate estimate, dividing proper parts as for grading, bridging, tieing, track-laying, telegraph equipment which, ie to ,"be In cash cost !|7500 pr mile for f llowing distances and pritea, C9(»i»tncing at lOOth meridian and going west. 'u t r' Is.t. 100 miles at rate of $42,000 per mile, 2nd. 167 167 « " - 45,000 " " ' 3rd. - lOO 4th. KIO 6th. _100 'fith.^ 100 " 96,000 tt " 80,000 " 90,000 " 96,000 "X*"' '•v ;$ • ■ -i 'Af,, . * v-». . 1 ■■'(o November, 1867. * ♦ • * The proportionate changes i.e. grading, would increase over Black Hilld and decrease again in LsLraniie Plains, increase again over main divide and into the Black Fork. * Morgan I learn is enroute in. I wrote' to Davis of the wrk to be I done on land motters, arid I w^nt the land map painted up and forwarded as soon as practicable, and tne R.R. line and stations pt more pro minently on it. I left you an order of instructions about getting finaly estimate on road as far as constructed with actual cost; as near o; practicable; tais is entirely independent of Send me that rough tracing of map on P.O'. paper that Appleton sent into me. Did Hudnutt get my letter? 1 J. A. Evans to Den. Dddge, Omaha, 19: • ' '■ Being here it seems conveneitti to vh^ite you respecting matters l^est. The location la completed to the Platte«by this time. I.have the maps and profiles here to within lO miles of Medicine Bo*, the rest will follow as soon as they can be made up. The location iSf of course, by Staxw'ell's line wekV of Medicine Bow. The^matter is nearly In the following state: East of Rattlesn.ake Hills Llax. grade. Brown's i-66 feet. „ It " " " Maxwell's 2>9 ffet. ' - , ti " " Brown's- 80 (not less than) n ir West of Maxwell's,*- 45 feet. N'-wember, 18C7. •« II ■ U: «r West of North Platte River . " " Browner -• G3 foot, • • . 1 .".r JV • nr " Bates' - 85 " It appears than that Maxv/ell's Ijne is tigst east of Platte and Brown's west of that river, including the crossing'of the Platte, . it.^elf. Now, the most "desirable thing is to §o connect those lines as to preserve the godd points in both. I am of the opinion - that - we can connect on the western slope of the Rattlesnake Hills-thereby availing ourselves of the lower altitude of Llaxwell's svunmit and at the same . Ki . .. . ' : time maintain ng as a point in the line Brown's crossing of the North Platte. river. r The maximum grade on west slope of Rattlesnake on Brown s line (00 ft.) are near the summit. If the connection proves favofable we will reduce t^ia materially, starting as we shall from a lower sunLuit. I have given instructions to have this line run. Trgiins are running regularly to Cheyenne; time 24 hours. Durant and Dillon are hero-expect to reach summit with track this fall- if l>rejBent weather continues a few weeks then may do it, still there Is c«n»l.derablo grading to do. ^ ^ As soon JW^'Rpil's party return wili have them lay off town •at %id0rs. Regards to your family, who I understand are with you. . , J. A. E^'ano to Gen. Dodge, Omaha, 19: I find your letter Cf the I6th in'the office thl^ evening. IflN**# you fully with reference to lines west* at rashlngtcn'today. Ilovember, 1SC7. supposing you to be there. f'?■). !' Brhwn's line is much the best west of Platte. Maxwell's iine is much the best east bf there. What I want to do now is to use Maxwell's suHi.:ait ahd Brown's crossing of Nbtth Platte by connecting the'lines on the western slope §f Rattlesnake.Hills. I think we^can do this. Parties will set about it at*once. J, E, House to Gen. Dodge, Omaha, 19: It . nYour letters of the 16th fnom New York came to hand this ^ . ... I morning. The draft Cf $10,000 I placed to your Cr. in the First * r • National. I have commenced the map of the 6th hundred'and will send ^ 11 to you as soon as completed. Mr. Blickensderfer left this morning, which releases Mr, Lambach fTomfurther*Work for him for the present. I am in hopes now to soon get the most of the office Work done up. The meandering of the river is completed and am now platting the notes: will transfer them on the river map and then make the changes • ■ f • ? . : on your map. and, senW it to you. The masonry of Loup Fork is progressing finely with every pros pect n w of, completing before extreme co'ld weather sets in. I have made three different plans and estimates on the cast of repairing North platte bridgej one as you designed, another as Mr* Dillon and the other as my plan. They stand'respectively ae regards-cost, yours |l2,e00, Dillon's $10,000 and the last at $25,000 which includes new November, 1867, • e superstruction throushout. t,will send you a tracing and estinate of each in a fev; days. The Doctor a-d LIr. ^iHon have examined them but as yet have ,a.dopted neither, Toiiorrow I am to laake an examinatdion and estima.te for a temporary pile bridge across the Lissouri River, Mr, Dillon starts for New York tomorrow, I do not know Whether the Doctor will go or not, flur track reache-^ Cheyenne last Thursday. I have i>pt been up but will try and get away on Thursday of this week. I received last week another remittance from Talfey amounting to about $5000. Morgan arrived here with his party Saturday morning. He has d'isbanded the'most-bf- .them} the balance ..^, back to Sanders to work up the- notes of survey, • : I - , ,: Mr. Evans ca .e in l^ondajE) momixig ^and goes back on Thursday, He brought in notss and p«,,rila of loe*ted line to Rock Creek. He speaks nf'SOM Chang.® necessary to be made on it. - .Jh. matter of right of way .over the different bridge lines, Mr. Dillon time. He says he will conf 1 t • ■ ^ with the Oootor bwfere he .leaves,and tell me more abouy it. The sals of your lot on Jacks cm Street is an unsetlled matter. It «ees>s that parties have commenced a suit or .set up a claim that the deed to th»en you purchase, d from was a forgery, its merits will probably be dttermined at this of Court. The party who desired to .p».-..s« In the meanwhile are willing to await the d^ision. Their mdTieyls on deposit awaiting perfection of title. N'verni er, 1867. Lr, Evans will take out burial ca'ses for th ae bodies when he goes. He thinks there will be no difficulty in*making the transfer as the climate and aridhess of the soil is such that\decompsitioh dods not take place so soon or tc such an extent as in other local ities. I never sUch delightful weather a*5 we are nov/ havlhg, iind if it only continues a short time the most" of otir work on repairs will be well out of the way. ' 1 disbanded the Kidder party as soon as the surveys viere compete but they are still hanging around; do nlot know) i^at for or when they intend leaving. I hope soon, as I have had janough o f. them. ^ J. E. House to (rejfi; trodge, Oma'^a, 21:- • Please inform me what salary yott' weT© to pay John Morgan, and if his services were to commence when he left Pennsylvania, or at th- time he reported to the party; also if traveling expenses were to be allowed from end of track, ftc. He has left the employ of the Company end has auth^riaed Gen. Casement to 4ign'his vouchers« • There is soi.iething very curious in his action^; came in on Saturday morning ... .t^s at the office all day, apparently aTl right and soufid ; cn Monday he acted as thoggh he had bwen drinking but not to excess.- He left the office in the mottling ftnd that was the last time I oiaw him. In writing t casement he claims that he is Verglnlj ton^rtfs insanity and ere long will be ho*pele\sly insane; family troubles the cause. His accounts November, 1867. « with the Company are all right, having drawn.but Evans goes West tomorrow night. I will not be able to go with him. The Doctor has not left and is wanting something every day, so I thought I would defer the journey till he was well out of the way, I could then gi*e it more time, also want to get off the map of the • • 6th hundred miles; have it about half finished. Will send you River •-'W map tomorrow. - . . . i'*";.* - Jesse L. Williams to Gen. D-^dge, Fort Wayne, 21: I returned yesterday from a 10 days tour among the bridges, Had fine weather and was much interested. If important that my report !)« ready by 27th I shall be much pressed. I want to show you the report before I hand to Board, but how can I accomplish this? Will ot have time to go to Was ington. If I must submit report on 27th, . j ' ' ', ' could you not run over to New York and meet me and the Board? Think I shall start East next Monday night; dont know that the report will be called for. CoX. Hudnutt will send you copy of profiles &c. He estimates on your new line wast.from Child*a Mill Bridge, as best. We find it beat to- throw bridge up river 75 ft. at west end to a void deep cut throu-h ths^t aide. Evans, or whoever run that lino made a sharp an ^ . . , . ^ I had Mv. Colburn*s comany to Cuincy. He explained to me fully their difficul^^a as to water for runn ng their traina, FfSB Danville November, 1867. . , . . Ills. west of Jacitsonville n6 stream except the Langanon has a drop of water in it. Between those points the Company have expended $70,000 in experiment to get water to but little purpose. 'They dig r; • wells and put in tile feeder in everj' direction 6 ft. below ground, tho being in water in wet weather but none in the drought, I give these facts that you may profit by them in your locations. The amount of water required to run a R.R. of large business is very ppt to be underrated. One :,iore point. Did you notice in highest water whether the flood reached the 1-4 71, Sec. 2, proposed as exchange grounds? 1 was sur * ' prised to find it so little above lew water at upper crossing and Child'a Uill. It may be that the water would soak into engine pits; If so the highest part of it should be used. I suppose the river 0 flows into the Little Lake. I - , i'n , J. F. House to Cen. Dodge, Omaha, 22: - - . • - w. f ^ ^ I sond you map of river surveys; have marked oh the presert 'U9 - bs^ijts as shown "red line," have not extended it 'down to Child's Mill AB there seems to be something wron"^ in the work of the old map and I cannot find where the trouble is- have not '.ad time to make full examinations. The changes have been so sllj^it in that vicinity that it- is hardly worth whUe making a note of it, Tho work-Horth of Omaha •earn to check first rate and Is undoubtedly ddrrect. Tracing of Appleton's map will be sent tonorrow. It has been November, ?867. decided to bridge the river temporarily, have cKMBmfenced getting ont piles. J. . T^ans to 6en, Do'ge, fjmaha, 22; iLct'rgan passed Sanders before your instruction-s reached there He has now reached the pariy. LI; • House will explain. I leav for Sanders this afternoon taking Apploton, how in charge of party, with 0(Nel 11 and Maxwell are ex|)loring in Rattlesnake Hills, 7.111 'send maps of everything as soon as possible. ^ If ydu Want me* to send tracings directly, either toNew York or Washington, notify me by telegraph at Fort Sanders,. , J, 0, Hudnuttr to Gen, Dodge, Chicago University, 23: Today I sent per express duplicate copies of map,profiles, &c. and reorts to Ur, TTilliaiiS at_Fort Wayne. They would have been ready sooner by a few days ^xcept that U . 7. modified his plans some what after his visit to Kansas City and Quincy; in particular with 'regkrd to width of wattr-way or length of bridge. If. Snyder to G n. Dodre^C^ha, 23: ^ Yours 17th at hfthd. Congdon's estimate would have been made out aoonei- but-., hava both been over the entire leneth of the road for about two week* organizing business to Cheyenne. 'l aKed c. to have hla estimate of equiment required on four trains daily ea*Il way. We will require that number each day. «r> ■■ November, 1867. . TVe got "buaineas well .organized at Cheyenne'and "our earnings a' e very good, . ' The discharged conductors an^ braketaen' under the ?.dvice of Harbach and soine insiders are filing up the-affidavits on my case and forwarding to llr, Ames at New York, offi.ce, t ■ . - t ; All that I ask o'f "tiie .Coiupany is that they wil] probe this matter thorous-hly; look through every transaction that has taken place and sai-isfy themselves from the record's in the* office or testimony of reliable men whether' I have been working for my employers or myself. If they can f nd that I' hav^ ever uttcde one dime outside of my salary I their want interest them to s dfscharge solely and me.' have If .never' thoy find Qngagod that in I any have transactions wo^rked for | that Jy positiori' could affect'directly or "indirectly» it is sim|)y asking Justice to have'them sustain me. . ^ , J, E, House to GenC Dodge, ddaha, 23: . I send'you, this evening Appleton*s map, I have as yet done nothing towarcls right of way over the-several bridge lines. LIr. Poppleton tells me I can accomplish nothing, until some.one of the lines in leteralned upon. That e .na-Jorlty of the lota are owned by non reaiaenta and those who are here svade the price of their lota and la-pro^emente. I h^ve talhed with Ur. Dillon and Durant about the matter apd they have told me to'liaW <nit the required Grounds for depot"and rlcht of way and send'traeing to New York. That seams to be .... 1-. Noveiaber, ' 1867. • i "- ' the tin'^erstandinj^ no-.v. I'r. Snyder is to stat'e the required '^mount of ground that will he needed. I am anxious to carry «out your -instructions, hut don't see. how I can do anything at present. shall start for Cheyenne on. Monday nin-ht if nothing prevents more ,than I Imov; of nov;.- Map of 6th hundred is platted to I-aranie River; it will he a small task to put on topogra phy. "'ill send you a tracing by last of week.- , U J. T'odges to Gen. Dodge, Fort Bridge , 25: , , I have forwarded to you at Omaha complete returns of expenditurefl'and'receipts for August, September and October 1867. Map, profilB-and report of location of iVeber narrows. Map and profile of locixtion of head of Echo. Prbfile of preliminary from Bear River to both Pioneer Hollow.and. Little Muddy., Profiles Kos. 1, 3 and 4 of Lost creek- lines and two communications of the 27th October and 9th Ilovember, 1867, respectively. ■ • Us roconnolBsanooa of rim of baaln now comprise its entire eastern crest from Sulphur Crook northward to fifteen miles above Salth's Fcrk(moulh of) . Hie-lKiM which have, been run show the only eodd routes. That which Ur. Heed abapdonei appears to be In as favorable (Q locality-ae any from two miles north of auaklng Asp lo my line of last summer. It Is my, oplnlpn that there is no ether except with long ■ tiinols and remalnlne map and'reports will be forwarded at the awliast momani. ^ KovsUiber, 18C7. • » It is due tWe California engineers to .state that they first dis covered the Echo route upon which I have located. Their stakes being placed 500 ft, apart I stumbled over them while reconnoitering the route. Their line was run to IK ft. grade and" shpws .some heavy work. Final location will somewhat cliange", it may be, my line as my report will state. East of the Stunmit it is located With much care; west of it we contended with eighteen "inches of snow for a day or two. The desired information about my late reconnoissajjc^ of ^'ahsatoh is not yet received. ' -K , ' t * i start today torreconnoitre < on horseback .the,^.route , down Hains Pork. Uy party mows to Rreen Rlvor to comply with instruotlono there ^ on account of an accident t^ my ttanSit I.oannot run in curves, hut will approach location as neaP as possible. As soon as this Is fin ished I Shall send the p-rty back to Salt Lake for discharge, procecdinc myself to Omaha where I can have reference to my. notes, without ,rt,ich It is impracticable th vrite report of Boar River line. There aro also o'her coneldertitlone of the highest oharaoter both official and personal for reporting at Omaha. . , Oen. Dodge to J. B. House, Washington, 25: ... _ Morgan was employed at Juleeburg and received pay from the date of dlmpatch to him at Juieeburg, alBo transportation from end of track to his party. I made no agreemmnt with h,m as to pay. It ,a. my intention to make him Divielen HnT., but as ha has left do not Noveaber, 1867. . • » think,we should pay him over .^150 per Jionth. I am sorry about Morgan as I had supposed he would make a ,goocl man. It sedms to me the bridge over the river is a cost not called for. You can do all on the i(ie you can on a bridge and save all the cost. I am looking for my Oregon map; also 6th hundred. H. J» B, Oum...lng3 to Gen. Dodge, Winterset, Iowa 26: A soldier dies after making application for the additional * f boxinty. Had he. died in service they would have got the $100. This • « does not seem right, but does seem to demand additioanl legislation. John A. Jackson, to Gen. Dodge, Pulaski, 28:- Hov; kind and good you are to answer my letter of long ago. I thought at. the time of writing it there was but little happiness in living .in the rebellious States if you dared differ from traitors, but sine- my husband, in the face of oaths and indults, voted for Gov. BrownlftW' an-^ other radicals, with open tickets, it has grown more iiitolerahle and aneers and ^slights ore met with oftener. To a gentleman these "things make but little difference unless he meotti th.m ftice to face; to a laay they act as sloj. poison, sappins l»alth, strength anrt life. Dn'er such olrouu^tanoos you must know What pleaaa- .unveakahle we. should feel If the Government chore to confer a co,pl»««.t upon us^ In the face or our enemies for having atood by. our co<intry. when.to be her friend was t6 be disgraced In t' ■ li -j . I'.liJIU., Noveraber, 1SC7. their eyeS. I could never tell you on paper what we have"undergone since the close of the*war; annoyances and persecut:ons in a thousand ways entirely unexpected or merited have been our portion. I know you are and ever were a frieh-' tb sufering loyalist, I know you would gladly confer favors upon all deserving ones,-to show to rebels the difference between traitors and loyalists, as you kindl: did v;hen you governed us as a military commander, were it left with you. Mr. Jackson I fear could hardly get an appointment or even a rsoommendatlon to the present Inoumient at the White House for office, as 1 believe he Is deol'edly "opposed to-raaiiale 'going, abroad or holding. o-^fico if he can help it. 1 . .. . .You will find our friend. Col. Uullins, from Tenn., very much of a.aOBtleman, X hope you will know him, also Ur. Arnell. ExoBee, mo for writing at such length,' an' allow me to Insist If you ever oome to Tenn. to pay ue r'vlslt at the same homestead.- „0 on. would be more pleased to see you than Hr-, Jackson and myself^ J. K. House to Gen. hodge, Omaha, 29: T have lust return-d from Ohbyftniie. spent one day there; ..he townis improving rapidly, but "no hW Pales have take^ place for j +hn'-f» lots selected o-^id held Bo»> time. Mb. Talfey Informed me that tho. e lo b. Officer, that are not paid le no fault of theirs, a. the paymaster has not been there in some time and their .ur^h. funds have been u.,d in buUdlng on their lots; that as soon as money came they would^ ..n Noveaber, 3 807. . » • « - pay promptly, , : . 'a ' The w'eather is quite'severe, .snViv;.having Callen on Monday to the depth of 6 8 inoJiatei and was snowing on the moutaihs, so that I had no view bt Long Peak or the Snowy Range* I felt considerably disappointed. * ' ' - , The track is completed to t'-e 526th mile post. . The' road is in very good "condition as far west as Sidney* but from there on there is no provision'made as yet- for enclosing tanks, &cl all trains going west are delajred very mticb on that account, everything fi'ozen up, no shelter, nd Nothing as'it'oughf lio be. I understand that men are t - be sent' out at oAee to make such ifflprovements as are necessary to keep pum^s and men from freezing while pumpihg water. The masonry at Loup Fork is cdmploted arid the bridge inost . raised, ..will bb able to use it next week. * * • i ' ♦ 1 smn& you Hodge's report will send you ^ tracing of the map in a few days, thW profile has itet.arrived yet.., J. F. House to"®tfn". Dodge,.Omaha, 30j- ^ ^ ^ I send you'thls day by Merchants Union Express a tin case containing map and profile aent, in by Hodges. I have looked over them tut hasltly. t eee he has mKlit a voided Improvement at the head of Boh- ahd reduced grades very much; also, his, line at the narrows shoM pretty wall. I would have made copies of them before sending but"it would have taken too muoh time, and If you return thla month November, ]867. ^ , • y" you would have had no opportunity of examining them. . • I saw Hr. Reed in Cheyenne .and asked him for the actiial cost of all budding, machnery &c. He says it will be some time before they can be gcrt at as part of the accounts are in the Omaha office, part he has, &c. I am inclined to ^hink they ca'-; never be gotten at accurately, . . 'j I have commenoC^ the estimate and will get it up as soon as pos sible. The statepeni^ you asked for of original esttaate made by LIr, ,Honry I have not sent ,but will next week, ily trip to Qheyenne has ■jJUt me behind with ay ,work .but L will catbh up In ,a few days, ,I sent you ^efi:ies thl3 v>oek of loo^ted line as far as Evans has fnrnlshecj ^ them tb lee« Map of St^ihundred miles will be sent on Lioniay, and I Will have it end as,near as possible whero it ought to, and i^r, Evans will have the stakes corrected on the 7th hundred. * ' ' ■ i* The weather is quite boifcdiand the'river is filldd with ice, wit •very prospect of closing up. oBhe pile bridge Is commenced but no piles have yet been driven. Mr.,ClebTlrp has gone West to stake out coal altSM^a! Ante lope i HI lledele. and Cheyenne. f 'ten'. Pod'ge'te>- F, Hou«A,Ma«hing+on, SO . Any m-^^8 going to Sew. York muat be sent, to,me. 1 want to see them before they are fMed in the New York office-no matter what for or of what klrid. I want thw profiles arid maps of Hodge's work, just as ^ 770 November, 1867. . ,• they come inj should have them here, before I leave, Christmas. They may be sent to-^ort Sanders, but I got a letter from him stating that he* would soon send them that came jBst after I left. ■ _ • - l'fear snow will closd wof-k at BiSck Hills before track gets to summit. Presideiit fixed east base au.w'ek ago about five miles west of Cheyenne, Please see Snyder about sending estimate of machinery &c.,that I wrote for before I left omahar-I cannot ^Uvide machinery- . 100th meridian and contract west until I get his estimate. J. L. TTilliams to Gen. Dodge, Fort- Wayrie,. 30.:- . I learned from New York that no: meeting wOuld b© held on the 27th, 30 I continued at work at my aatimates and .reports and am .now about through, 'heave tcmorfow night to attend-meetin- of Ft. Wayne Board An New York on 4th December. Have come out west to look over the bridge subject before I hand in my report.,! suppose-I will be in New York all next weeki If they permit it^ I want it done while I am there. - ^ ' >''J The re,;;=rt lo not qufte done,- Ml D «1U enploee .to you a state .ent or the. llnoe. cost, length, fto. .hich 'Ib very nearly If not exactly as It will be. The importance ef-the subjoot and the differ ent interests Induced me to go muc:. Into detail In estimating founda tion' masonry, putt .ne'fair relatlwe prices to every Item at cut u.te. according to the B-.l of my Judgment end with the beet light I December, 1867. . " t could get. I have never in estimating any work taken more pains, thou^-there may yet be .contincencids.and changes inrelative cost; yet it is as near right as .Cam" be.iaacl. 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 McAlpin'. At Chi3.d s mill some of the 4 piers may possibly be founded in some different way but I think the'dost will bs the same. As a matter of course I did work better at moddrate».^^iepth much easier and, much cheaper, and so the estimate shows. . Col. J... 0. Hudnutt came over and staid a day with me this week ♦ • Xeft with m© for you a copy of his report, estimates and profiles.^ ■hiese I will send you mail today. 0. 1. Clark to Oen. Dddgo, Des^olnes, 1: \ t ^ r . ■ : . • j., ;; jQu have not already made the acquaintance of Josiah allow me to introduce him to you as an old oomrad. and'ver, parUoalaj frUpd of ,mine. He Is one of your oonstltuenta and haa b.en for aooatlme a elerk In the 2nd Audltor'a office. • ■- Jaa. A. Svan» to 0»n., Dodge Fort Sanders, !• yotailettora.of the nth, 17th an"d "zad of Hoveobor arc here B, laat letter from Oaah. »a, ie oonalde'r.d aVeriy to oil except the latter, ifeon yourlottar af Inatruotlcna're.ched Be the party in charge of tiorgen had paa.e? here on their .ay tc Omaha, nr. U. haa aa Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource General Dodge Papers Subject The topic of the resource Dodge, Grenville M., 1831-1916 -- Correspondence. Union Pacific Railroad Company. Generals -- United States -- Biography. Railroads -- History. United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Correspondence Description An account of the resource Data chronologically arranged for ready-reference in the preparation of a biography of Grenville Mellen Dodge. 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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 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource October 1866 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/84a5a0f50138a284e357fb3275233ce4.pdf 107d31e41e0e1322012b3b8441b903b9 PDF Text Text September, 1867. • gr'adients'and work. 1 will keep enoiigh on oide- hill to keep out o^f the alkali, except whehe I have to crosis the valley to get. better ■ alignment and lighter work. ' » ■ ' ' • • ■ - - i^e maximum'grade -will be 0.7 per hundred, which I have marked on the profile on the eastern side; on the western the .grades are lighter and I have ndt marked them' as I did not,'wish to try to. run to any set grade as lortg as I did not exceed the maximum —r The map and profile is only put in in lead pencil, as I have no India ink, and have not .be»R able, to procure any since poiainG The map got injured in .coming up last night in passing through the thicket below here. It, hw^ver, shows me to be 10.3 miles north |and 2 west-of Brown's line . The .Saving ^ distance from^.the Medicine Bow to the Blatle i«• about .si^ jailesv - ^ •••" ' P. Thrown to.Lira. Dodge, Ellswor th 2: , ^ iv* lo . fully established herc^^and find a very rough place Indeed, w«pa« lhan I anticipated, but do.not find that it is objectionable here more than elsewhere for a man to quietly attend td hll bt««iWlMM-aiide#%?i«f«y«ntly our ho^se is riot like to hiWB9»V difficulty* i '[c jeiiTp -,j , ' .. The v.ohk on the railroad hero as well as there is progMsslng rapidly. Oonstru<rt4ho.»««J-.now ,run over 60 miles west of this place and will rurt n>tX ««• »«<• "Wit. passenger trains will prob ably go'threogh. im*th.. the, will pick np the town and move it or , October, 1867. • • not I cannot say, but. should not be surprised if a considerable pportion of it moves out there, and maybe the balance will be better off. The work has not progressed near so rapidly, however, as the northern road, 'for some reason, and must be cheaper and easier to build, too. I am very sorry that you had -so much to mar -the pleasiire of your visi't at Kansas City. Hope you have got entirely well. Artless wrote me about your being* iaick, and also that you were hot Well v/hen .you went home. ' . - . Kansas ®it,v, Oct, 1867. » ,1- . 4 Dear flhnie: ' ' < -t - e Your visit did me ever s-^ much good> though felt desolate ^nough v/hen the bus di^bVe SkWay. . : h • « Annie *8 eyes are sore again, the •oold'weather hurts them. liliJ ' • ' or I Truly, Lettie. ■WtJ i»c. B. Apple ton Qen. Podge, In Qalap, Pass Gr., 4: ' A'cCoiiltElhying you will find maps and profiles of my lines tun si'noe leaving you at Point of Ro'cks. Ly route back from there was first to Laclede Sf'tion, from thixft® I struck wast of north o^ossing the •Creek Brown wAs killed on and striking into a large valley west of it. I followed'f'is valley Aiy to its head and from there to the Clay Buttes, at whlOh point I am sorry say that there is not nor ever has been any sp^teg afl. (SoMlbfd by Sol Gee. In order to get to the Buttes we RAd to «r4oa AlUg^ divide which is a continuation of the mountains so the north of Little Snake R. and west of Luddy Cre'-h . I I I' October, 1867. - afterwgirds fomid that this rid^e gave out west of where I crossed it and that at a p-^int where you see an indicate d. line on the map. -From the Clay Buttes I went ^nearly e'^st to Lake Ldisfortune, which then • ,contained some water; then north to the Evan's road to a point 6 miles west of the summit and then up the opening we observed to the suxEmit This opening .branches a little this side of the. summit to the a-r^d E, I followed the east branch most direct but afterwards ascertained f ' that should have done better to have kept the other, as it would hnve lowered, an Eu.^it 60 feet or so. All my exploring for this and the preceding day I was accompanied only by 2 escort; the remainder of the hone©s being'-so exhausted as to be able to make only the shortest di tAnce between camping places. From the summit I Icept the, rlidge between the operning wo came up and the one north of it. I did not have time to give the country still farther nonCth ■•ai #^(*®ln(ation, ^erftCKihg Q^siP I four^d Cheabro had obtained a much sufMSi^fOr line and' drossing, of the Platte to the old one, and throwing out th» two Bi.immita Spring on the old line, ha^ our Oftl3ft'W.rja with the aforesaid line ' ^■^y running rdund that small summit but had not got a very good line. After reaching camp I ran a ocmn^ction with Fate's line up the opening near the Platte; an #xcell4ifft line dan ba.tobiained. that opning, better than Ay proflid'^alSSwfew^-!•••• had not .got along,fapd we were forced to halt a'day'f6r"hlftr at Bells ^ringa, got || October, 18G7. . ' ' , his Bhls, end proceeded to the mouth of the canon near Separation Creek where the coal indications were. From there ran a line down the creek, crossin the ireek as soon as it was.passable with a 40 i't. grade and'running a line up,the Evan's road opening which I had made up my mind was the best in that vicinity, I could not get them through by hanging t othe slope west of Separation Creek? the ground is too rough, also undulates. Up that opening the last water to be had was at Sol Gree or Sulphur Springs; from there we ran 8 miles west the first day, then made a dry cqmp on the summit, without water barrels r n^ a-small escrt, and from there made the edge of the Red Desert, on the evening of the third day out and camped,at Lake Misfor_ tune, where the water had become so bad that it was difficult to say if it was mud or water. I then continued the line across the Red ' Sink with the intention of trying to break thraggh the ridge.to the south of it a little to the east of whero I had crossed it in my explorations, but had to go into Bitter Creek with train on account of water, being unable too finish the line. (Capt. Proctor joined us at Lake ttiefortune) From Bitter CrSek I went back, tuimed the line east, went down Brown's Creek wlt^^ it and Ihto the Bitfter Creeknabout 8 miles jl^ybnd Laclede Station. Had*considerable difficulty to make this connection, had calcu lated t 0 find n^ter in a-dry" creak In pools sufficient for my stock, but poole wore then entirely dry; there had been water in them three October', 1867. . , days beforaf. v/hen we had cr-ssed the creek with train going, to'Bitter Croek As soon as we had reached Bitter .CrejoJt" a-three days srlow storm set in duhil^ which Mr. iloggan joined us and immediately afj-er, thirthing we could, then find water oVer. there, we went back to connect Brovyn's. old line with the last'line rtan down Brown's .Oreekj we were not able to do it. The w^ter in Lake ;Misfortxine was-ev^n wp^se than when we had left it before, stock WQuid not drink it*^ "Morganj^tells p^e.^that h© has written abotjij this, so I omi'^»-V • ; , ■ ot-"" . i. ; '.We'are at present at- Pass Q^reek, having to wait for rations, as transportat iwsorscaroe at the Post^that Capt, P. has had to send down 8 teams, renderin- our moving impossible* have also had to send down two teams, 'as ow.lng to a misunderstanding Hardin": sent us up t no rations bW;0«Pt. Prootor and have been_living as.y;:e b^st coul'^ lately, j; Ilhad.'aent4<eor'supplies |to Qctober 15th to, oome up with Capt. 1 ■■ ' :» rftt n I . .'m: ® am well aware thai-we hav«fino^;.fccomplish^d .as much .a s could be roMsbnably expecttd.s.indS ypu were with ue. All I can answer to^it is I ''fhat-whild'the wa^ty charge l used every m^an| Jn ray . powe^'%o push *Tis.»#«IWl>tia'throWgh,..but the.,scarcity, of w^ter and the extreme bad condition of my stock delayed me a great deal. 1 feel that on my «Jwo I havt'not had a square chance to do. well. I am not » '^i'all sailefled with the workj know,you cannot be, • . ^ . J ) A - a J a Octobei^, ' 1807, • r' * i Brown'r old sxiHUTilt is 7108,^ Appleton's Ist,^ sunmit 6820, near the Evan's road; Appleton's 2d siuruiii-t 7171, over the Little Snake Ridge-, 'It is impossible to avoid sionL-iit, over the Little ^nake Ridge. I think the best line, everything considered, west of Platte is Chesbor's lino and crossing of that river Then.on.Brown's line throug^ the Rawlin's Spring canon arui to where my line leaves it at the mouth of Canon near Separation Creelo, then following my line to near station 7500, then, south-west up the valley of Dry Creek ( a large valley) to, Bummit of main divide; then down opening to-near Lake Mis fortune and'out t- Bitter Creek (see indicated line..) . _ ' J i The: valley of'this Dry Creek thati speak of has not been explor ed, but I feel quite copfiident that a good line can, be obtained up it to' tha 'summit ,of the mafin divide. On this line the. summit of the Little Snake Ridge iwould Bot: I think exceed 6000 feet^ and would most probably-be less than that.». Yqu will see M-r. Quis.t at^Fprt Sapders, and 'dan make-inquli'ies of him. ' ta oart. "Dodge' to Oltiter Ames, ^he-jjenne, D.T. 7:- , ' Made no noz^ chejagesiJi Black Hills lines. The delay and work done would have graded-a better .line than we have got to the atiramit. All fof»»e {Kjseibie ehould be .put on from summit to Laraiaie plains, te'fcan fi*^ih!-kl*»'C«'ading if proper effort is made by middle December. The" change.at #uim .it is ©bJkP^fonable; makes heavy cross- ^ Ing of CroVCreeb^ No. wprk dene on that change yqt. Ocotber, 1867. ' S.'Seymour t'o 0*liver Ames,-Camp on Lone Tree, 10' : (telegram) Dale Creek ixjUte just surveye'd is two miles shorter and has ' two hundred and thirty-three feet less elevation than Evan's Pass' route. Llaximiua'grades one hundred fee-t in both directions. I think it will cost about two hundred thousand less and take three or four months less time construct. Will report more fu*lly after making further surveys about Evan's Pass and high bi^idge OllverAmfes to Cren. Dodge, N. Easton, 7: . ■ " >' i : ' Ychir letter was duly received from Salt Lake, but we have had do-much excitement ali^u't our ahnual election and making up a new board of directors and contract for building road that my whole thoiigbM h^8 been given to that. We have now got thr ugh thatEand our ne^w board is made up of the old board, removing frrm it Tuttlo, Dix, Lambard and LlcCormick, who ai*B in'Europe, and sHi'stituting for them John B, A lley, ' Benj. E. Bates, T. 'Olidden and F. Dexter-all of bos-ton-. Ve had a stormy time of it but are now all hamdny, and the Doctor agress to go along in hanidny 8md*foi* the best IntwM^tr of the rood. The board of directors is made up ^ nice gentlemen who wtLl loojs only to the true interest of the road in their actionl • ' : Carter has got back, and all of S«yiiotir^s wonderful Improvements of the line turn out to be of no account, as far as yet reported, " except the first Change to avoid Ih^ahlgh bridge which met ypur instant approval. The'engineering department in your at^ence to Congiess. I October, 1867. . *-4 - suppose you will put in the hands of some copipetent. assistant, and it occurred to me that if ^"eed is the ban you would like and feel tho t he is competent in your absence to'direct, that' we might get a man to take his placV more easily than, one to direct the -various parties In your-absence Reed has b^en over' the whole-ground and, hext to your- «adlf,* probably linows"'as much -about that has been done as any other^ person. Tou have to decide this- question soon, as your Congressi^hal duties will how take you to'Washington whfeire" you can for the next 8 or 10 months have but'very little" time ■.to; look after the Pacific R.R. I make' the a'uj^g^Btlon of Reed's name that you may haye the liberty to choose him It you think he is the best man for the place, but not with any desire to inf luerio'e^ your jud'-menV as it is our Ihterest to hav you select the^ best man 'eritlretty aloof from outsi.de influence. ■ The North Platte and Loupe P«»irk» bridges have not yet been changed as proposed; Win should be' '^rne bdfbhe winter prevents if pract!cable. I am proposing, when We get our matters here fixed up, to resign my place as President Irtlfavor of LicCbbmbS, who will be able to give more time to it and IS quite desirous of the ]3osition. ■ Note:- ^Corttract Diarant, ^mSs and others, Qot. 16m,18G7. . .. 5ol» Oeo. Spancer to Gen. Dodge,.Tugkalooaa, Ala, 22; *■ My great iifflfotion, and .Also sickne^f myself, and your absence bombined,'prevented *e writiag you since my darling wife's October, 1867. . ,Todsty I received your. letter Oct. 15 th. I ani now recovering from a very severe attack of the fever and have not yet recovered my strength. I am comjbetely broken down in spirits and care- but very little for the future, I fe^el that my duty is to j?emain here and help reconstruct th,is God forsaken and miserable country. It is truly an awful place to live in, but since we have the colored men to help us, we can out-vote them and 1 think if- it becomes necessary thet we can -ut-fight them. I have lost all my ambition and have but little heart •to engage In political life; "while I remain here T cannot help^doing it. I' am having'a, good peal to do iri my office and will make at least a god salanr ont of It, We have this state now in our hands and can keep it if Cong»f«rf wtLll stick to its policy. Since the elections. In Ohio and Pe'nnn , the rebela Jire very jubilant and talk of the time . * n j ^ When the-"' are again going to commence hanging. ^ tiiope Congress will * not back down one-viMSg' but go- aheacti-' and that the first .thing they ^ will do will b^ to pass a general impeachment law and then impeach * I the President", " We Will send ire Republican delegation to help you frovi, this State* 1 can go to Congress ,if 1 w^sh but at present do not'feel lilte.ltj ai* mdnths-may change view , I stand as well is any TJnicDnaan in blje atftt^ and do that there is any man'in the party that wields morf inf^Li^enco ^han, I do. ' ■ ' 1 have been trying'to persuade Tichenor to ,come here; v/e could. A.I - « "J . October, 18G7. send him to Congress if he would come soon. .1 shall go to the Nation al Convent on and support Gen. Grant, Does that meet with your views? ?rho shall we nominate, Vice-President? Senator "ilson came down here last stun.ier to fix up the Southern States f-r himself*. I am not a ^Vils.on man. Please give my regards to ilrs. Dodge, Bella was speaking of writ ing to her only a few days before her death and said: "As soon as I get well I must write to Mrs. Dodge." How is your health? "hrough • • • . * . t • • • the papers and from Tichenor I understand that It is very-poor. I ^ ' hope your trf^p did ,you good. I saw Phillip Henson a few d^ays- asoi- u\ hi he is at ^orinth and the rebels are persecuting-him terribly:. They- . have all Bp-rts-of ^uits against him, When f#uig«i-rto G^ongrees, this winter I am going to send you a petlttlBtoCor. a-'speicial pension for Tfta. Looneg, the guide and scout. He is broken down in heplth and very poor and a family to support, and Qftv»r ^ee«iv»d: for all his services only about $75 ahich you paid him. I have li34ra*y,atP«*g petition signed by. about 500 . persons asking Congress to paas a joint resotuticn giving him a pension. Dont you tliink you cotild get it'through without much tremble?. t ttvi^p^se, ytm are vet'y bucy and as ever hard at work. I hope you Will- not overtaok yowi^olf and that you will take, the world easier than formerly. Please let me jioar froov you soon^^,^^^^^ ..ry;;, p. g, I studied a Jong time to make out one of your questions, and ^ October, 1867 have conclxided that it was" "What is the porition worth?" I cannot yet tell what it w'll be worth."■ I lary make'ten thousand dollars out of it and may not dver fivd thousand. ' I dont think it'will be under the latter figure or above the former. I have now 90 cases and will probably reach 400 befoi e Jxine. The work is immense. It has been'so long since f have ready arfy of ycfur writing that at f'i'rst It puzzles me. I see that it, "is plain now. ■' e I F. S, Hodges to Gen. Dodge*, Camp,* 105, Head of Echo, U.T. 27 ' I have ^he honor to -report the location of Weber narrov/s (seven miles') c'bmp'ete. The Lost^ Creek'qee't ion "thorouf^ly exhausted" and two md-les of location at this point. A map and profile of Weber narrows and a profile of Lost Creek nearly finished, thus employing the two SDowstom'fi wS have alfeady had, but the weather has gieiherally been so fiW ahd the approach of* winter so near th" t I have conflUfeftvr myself to out dowr work eVery available' moment. ci r^' Reports of Lost Creek will embrace about sixty miles.of line, and four paasi^s within two to ilos of connection wlth'iUr. Bate's lino? that route is impractlca'le on account of heavy grades without slopes to overcome extraordinary elevations. A pass for thO north Is made on-fj 60 ft. grade without ttinnel o^ cut an#-As Just ICQ ft, hd^j^her than Echo; but to reach its vicinity requirAa^t miles of..maJtiAW grade, three of which show Very expensive Wohlt. ' : - rfl| , * ' ' Uade a reconnolsaance of the crest of this, ranger to. the northwari October, 1867, • t until I reached water flowinr; into Cache Vallej'", "Kill '^report on it as Scon as further inforrnat on, wri-tten for/ is-received. Hope" to show a better profile and'grade here than you expect, but running the serie's of reversed curves requires much time. • - Regret •fhat I'iiave been*^ unable to meet Ive^ of the C. P.R.R. owing of failure of mails and a change of his programme. He returns westward after reaching Rains Pork via that stream. On the 15th Sept. I telegraphed Omaha for 20 pay rolls, lOO blank vouchers and led pencils to bB^ forwarded to "Bear River, care* Myers. None have been 'Received. "On the 1st NovembSf shall forward"* g such vouchers and papei^s as 1 have, sanding remainder when the pay colls arrive. On the 1st of November I -shan draw on you for. :C one thousand dollars for current expenses.- "^he maps and prqfilea shall go forward as soon as complete. ' • ^ A.R. Anderson to Oen. Bodge, Sidney, 29": 'I i learn with pleasure the t you have "returned from your labor in the rest in comparatively go6d health. I hbpe you may be strong for your labors in Washington the coming serfeion. I l^arn that effort, growing out jjealopay and meanness, is being made t remove our friend Dr; Rumbaugh from the Hanlyville Post office. The Dr. does not care a fig for the offic^ but dont want the creatures to beat him. The fight is not based upon political grounds, as the incumbent and t ose trying to oust hdni are radicals, but is the rut- ' 1 October, 18G7. « . growth of a trifling, ae^an spirit of rivaly among a ^a 11 -bored set | of light-headed politicians. The Dr. is as good as any of,those oppos-. ing and ©specially ^is he-as gooi as the leaders of the moyement, prominent among v/hom is N, B. Loore, wlio wasn't a delegate to the On- - f-' •.gressi.onal Convention, yet was there fighting for Rasson, Anything.you can do towards holding this thing just as it is ^ would he good service, and I only sviggest to that end the propriety of writing Randall the nature of the fight, thp-t it is not pQlitical as all the parties are of the same.political faith and suggesting the propriety of leaving ,it just-as it. is. Hanlyville and the, entire com- * ■ ' • munity supplied .at that office are all satisfied. The effort to oust ^ the Dr. csaaes from Clarinda. - Well, General f -I got scooped put in the election, but after all dont care much. I would, however, ^1 ike office if appointed. I could enjoy that in connection with my other office business, and that would suit my financial ct>ndlti<*i better than .to post off to Des Moines during thre®'oft four of the rbest working months. And could you succeed in raising this session wl».%, you came so .near lifting la st, you will ^ ^laee^'me under i^newed dbligations of no ordinary character. I wd^lld he-flsssed to hear from you, General, if you have the leisti're. ^ ituf* 4ti' i -ixor, , , 738 ; yf*T n , .i. ■ * - jj,^ 1 . . . ^ i* -.To ■< r •N ; Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource General Dodge Papers Subject The topic of the resource Dodge, Grenville M., 1831-1916 -- Correspondence. Union Pacific Railroad Company. Generals -- United States -- Biography. Railroads -- History. United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Correspondence Description An account of the resource Data chronologically arranged for ready-reference in the preparation of a biography of Grenville Mellen Dodge. 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Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Book 1866 civil war General Grenville M. Dodge Union Pacific Railroad https://archive.councilbluffslibrary.org/files/original/f5acdd14ccf23c59eaea7ab027645557.pdf 00c974b399a36455494aa575ea95852c PDF Text Text August, 1867. .V .T ■ pu-pose too, everything should be kept indefinite until the right of way is obtained nn both lines, ; - ■ - • . ; ^ ' . . . To enable you to make proper fir^al locations from Black Hills to Salt Lake, you must have two or three additional engineers more expereinced in hilly location and construct dan than- those you have; without this, no chief engineer coi:\;|.d 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 seem »illing but dont know where to find them. I esteem Evans very highly for the work he has been dping for three years past. He is a man of good alignments, but probably has not ' qe mi^ch at definite location and construction; however, I may be mistaken, Evans in the future might answer very well for one. The ... - ■ ■■ . > selection is with you. Advise me .at what time you will return. Grant's letter to Johnson and other issu'-s will make him the V . « T • r ■ k * Union, nominee-and elect him. ^ ,1 . , ,Oen. Dodge to Col. S, Seymour , Salt Lake, Sept. 1. I have no maps or profiles with me of Black Hills; they must be at Sanders or Omaha. Maxwell's party must move west. Lam- ' . . . .. . . ,,i ^ . . : • - . • hart's party oan^Jse used for Bi.ack Hills surveys. Judge "'.-A. (Spl^er to Gen. Dodge, Fort Bridger, Sept. 1: • »-'■ . i Your favpr f^losing pass over the TT.P.R.B.for myself and AxJgust, 1867. . ^ wife, Is at hand for which please accept our sincere thanks. I am glad to learn that you are enjoying your trip to the city so much. You did not say how Gen. Rawlins was getting along, but I hope his health is improving. Col. Mills with his command leaves Londay. ' I will send by him some Beaver,skins for you and Gen. R. They are not a first rate lot but the best I have on hand. Please tell Mr. Duff that we had no hair lariats on hand , and that I hired a Mexican to. make scme for him. They will not be dene in time to send by Col", ' Mills, but I will arrange to get them to hiij before he gets out of the country. I - ' • . ^ ^ ' Te are getting most encouragihg news from the Sweet Water mines. A considerable party reached he^e today-for supplies and lumber for: making flumes, Mr. Eddy writes that rich placer dlggins have been discovered and that a party of old miners has been organized with capital of ^6000 to bring a difcch into the mines, a distappe pf 15 miles. . ' A large quantity of Ittt&ber will be required there, and I may have to send my steam mill down or order out another from the states at once. This woul'd be k go6d organization for our project, but I fear ' r-vr, • your faith is weak, and that you consider iie rather whimsical in my actions-bxit time will soeui show that I am ri£d»^» ^ want you. Gen-, Rawlins and Gen. Billy Myers to have an interest in the Pioneer Coal I Oil Spring if yo^i think it will be of any value. Have written to Gen. September, 1867, B'lly to. send me 160 acres Dakota Sioux script today on it. We. will get up the stile in a week or ten days'. I will then go to work, put ting up stpne buildings upon it, . ' • • You.must let. me Jcpow as soon as.possiblr whether the ^,Road will run up Hains.Fork and by Soda Springs, up Muddy and south of Quaking ^spon or up the canon by our Oil Spring, and give me any other information that mi^t be mutually interesting, I cannot give-upthe Itober project as I consider it perfectly feasible and frought with "big money," £et me know wheteher I can get tie contract, and speak favor able word for me, , I wish sincerelypyou could have remained with us longer, and trust in passing you,,(H!n, R,-and all your party will make our house ~ yoiirt'homa*"and that you will give all your friends letters to us and it #111 lil#ayB afford us pleasure to serve the , y/ith wamest regards to Gen, R., Col- Mi?;ner, Maj. Dunn ajj^rall the party from myself and wife, ^ . I will expect to hsSLf from you before you leave the conntry, relative to the track of the rpad* , P,K. Coonor to Gen. ®odge, Stocton, Gal, 1; ^ ; r am in receipt of kind letter of July 28th, and am pleased to -hefiir *you. are progreeelng so finely with ^^.R. It will have a great influence'^Ti settling the .pormon question, but it will not do it 'tmalded by Government'lnte»f®'^'®nce, , . It eeems to m, at this distance, that the Indian war on the plaiW September, 1867, instead of being checked by the troops is intensified by their pres ence. If we had had one fourth of the backing and support that the present commanders have, there would be Indian war now, and the Gov ernment would save millions. I would cheerfully go to the plains again if the Government would give me authority to raise four regiments of voltinteers, and give me a roving commission for one year. If at the end of that time I did not settle the Indian question I would- bewilling to^ forfeit my reputa tion, . • j If I possibly can I will visit Washington this winter, when I hope to see you if fl) do. I thank you sincerely- for your recommenda tion to Rawlina, and for so many kind acts in the past. Remepiber me kindly to Mrs. D, Note;- To Mrs. Dodge from her niece Stella, Elkhorn, , ', ' Gsn. Dodgs to S, B. Reed, Salt Lake. City, 1:- - . , - What line are yr-u building on, on east slope of Black Hills? Have, you received any orders to build an SO ft. maximtmx grade? V S. B. Reed tO'-Gen. Dodfep, Julesburg, 1:0 (Telegram) House cannot Hake head or tail to O-'Neil's change; could not find notes at Sanders. .Col. Seymour is working in Black Hills. I have a' large force on grading there, < S. B. Reed to Gen. Dodge, Julesburg, 2:- (Telegram) ^ Same as copied before. 5 "^*' , o , ' * ( September, 1867. * Gen. Dodge tn his wife. Salt Lake, 3''' • f-v/»e;^hi '■! Tomorrow*SSorriiirtg I start out on my retnf^' trip, I *may *h'aVe a chance to v;rite you'from the South Pass-by some of the miners in that region. Should, I not, you will hear from me next from Sanders. I have with me as ea<K)rt two largS companies, one of cavalry, one of ■ infantry j»nd 2ob strong. '■ I have* to^ leave hfere in a -hurry without being- as well sho-i up as I wanted to."" This^ crossing mo Witalns is terrible on thu horses and mules shoes and feet, I can see nothing here that would induce me to live here; The doctrines openly'preadheil li%%'e''«i4*"Outrageous. I did not get to'hear Brigham, but -Sunday most of bul- party df , and he preac^ had on duty*of men marryingf says that "He wanted everyone to under stand that he did not marry hie wiv6s for love or lust, but because it wad commarded by Godrthat it should he done, 'that, they all, young and old should be made'motherir'in Isreel*" and wound up by saying" if the young men did not marry the girla, he and the old meri would." As to polygamy th^'^wo^m^'cbald not eruah it out or stop it, God only could and' tfien by 8 i-evelatlon," add. urged all to. take one, two threfe'ur' a dozen wives -b'they wanted. You see he begins to squint at latlon doing'4*%^ with that crime. . - ^ The amount of work that has been done here is Down 300 miles fhora ftis^re" whe*^^therei va ha'rdly. greau- for a grasshopper to live on, they are raising cotton; get three .or rfpur hupadred poun^ to ^ the care. Every womsn and oHlld works; either at the ginning wheel, September, 1867. " 5 rr loom or in the field, end if woman is made for the lif e tljey-. lead here, certainly the Lord's hand lays heavily on them. They are bear- » • ing a cross for their views that is beyond anything I exer expected to see. The on}y,amugTOent they have is the theatre and"a].l go,, young and old, big and small, babies gmd all. .. . I: .■ ^ hope ne^t year t o bring you out into this cotmtry. The scenery is magnificent, '^.o springs, the finest I ever saw, sulphur, soda,, iron; hot, warm and cold, and some of the;, -so strong one cannot hold his hand over the.1. Salt Lake is a-bqaut.iful sheet ^of water, but its shor s are very hard to get to and the lake isr ahallow; one twentyfifty of it ls salt, I have had no time to go-to it or go into it, but those that have say one cannot sink in it. prom here 200 Biles west country-is little more than.desert with isolated mountains rising out of it- then you strike a country , that is being prospected for mines; Nevada comes next and lastly , Caltifomia, I 3aw sons ateroscopic views of the o.p.n.r. that are beautiful* I "hBire sent to California for them and hope we will get . ' • . • ' _ - _ • I f '.L * I ho« your visit to Kansas City will prove profitable to your health,! Will send thl,s to the Bluffs and let it be forwarded from there I wrote the last letter to^Kansas City. I h^P® hear from you at Port ' Sanders, love to al^j kira,the baby. I will now'soon be with you have got.700 miles %9 fort Sanders. I go north 150 miles to Soda "eptember, 1867. • ' Springs on Bear River thence east to South Pass, thence north-scutoast to Uedicine Bow River, thence due easl to Fort Sanders, and mean to travel 25 miles a day if stock will stand it. Notes:- Gen. Dodge's RSminisceneces of Brigh^i^ fToung, Note:- Reminiscences of the Indians. Salt Lake City, Sept. 3, 1867. idy dear Lettle and Ella:-1 Tomorrow, a'fter all my mtileS are shod and all my wagons«repaired, I start home, going through a wild, mo" ntainous coun try hardly ever trod by white man, and you"will'not'hear from me until four weeks or more. Seven hiindred miles of-fcarohing arid then I shall ^ reach Fort Sanders. You could hardly believe that here in this mountain basin is a \ city as large 8ts Council Bruffs and ^Omaha put together; streets lined with fine shade trees, a mountain stTOam poUri'ri'fWfown the side of each ^ street. Tfth* a*ir the tr®erf-'ls the loaidsdi-w ith apples, pears, peaches, plums, grapes 'dril appricota all ripe, and pa's tant: Ua* been well supplied all the time. This is all that there is inviting here. Tfhen I see so many children running rround the streeta being bfcought up in the misery and crime that Vftey are! here, T am glad that toy children are not doomed to siich teachings. i You hare all heard of'Great Salt Lake, and Great Salt Lake City; both from my camp are in fullvview; one embowered intrees, the other a vast eapame of water looking like the ocean, salt, do^tted here and ' Septeu'iber, 1G67. .""'. OT " •there with beautiful islands. Oae drawback it has--its shores are muddy and marshy so that the beach is n6t> except at one or two places, approachable. Tt has nono of the beauties of■cur Eastern Lakes, though the water is twice, yesj three times as salt, and wljat is most wonderful all the mountain streams that come pouring down into it are from fresh water; so soBlewhere in it must be immense beds or springs of salt. I have been in camp since'I have been here, three miles from the cit-" and getting ready to return apd very busy, so much so have hardly had time to see the sights. I send you a photograph of all our party, that ia, that are with, me; then I have one company of cavalyry^and one company of Infantryj 200 in all» as escort to keep off the. Indians^^y^ The pon'" 1-s fi ine the black mare •as fat and plump as when she left. Raaraaber me „to all .the cousj^a; kiss iH©..and grandma for me- .fte good girls. La 8aid.,eh8 enclosed ,5^ programme of your concert, b ut I did notijget it, - : n " t i.'c Truly, your father. 0. M. Dodge. r Oliver Ames tO jOen. Dodi^e,. .11, Easton 3: Ypur favor of August I7th from Fort Br dger is received, and ■J ^0 . . > . . . • awe pleased with your sviccess in locating route on so excele llri® Sinoe date of your letter we have had a letter from Seymour sfaUng ar^ Rlickensderfer had run the western slope of Black Hllla and had, foja}d_,a„line that, could bo built on an So ft. grade with |120#000 loss money to the sutm^it, with a practice"'ly gcod ■y-fff September, 1867. r r ■ alignment anrl. with no heavy cuts to retard the work; and bringing the heavy grad farther east sp the base of th6 Rocky Llountains will be fixed three.miles farther east. This will be certainly the most ■ desirable route, and if so, should be adopted. , ^ Our grading here is going along well but weld go much better if Reed was r^n active, energetic man; but now we are constantly having delays for want of system and application to duty on his par+. It will not do for us to keep him another season. V.'e had a letter yesterday from Caseraent saying-the graders were idle for want of loca tion, rnd that Reed was off at Chicago to purchase some lumber that Miner could have done better on order from Reed« Trie fact about Reed is he prefers doing any thing but his duty. I presume you #111 find ^ the line he has rtm"anything but well done. He has probably run over the c6untf7 and made up his report more by guess from a birds-eye View of the country than from any actual levels and critical exaninations of the country, ' « . I have had a Mr. Kidder to go out on the line of the road, who trecommended as a first class engineer, and will report for duty i i about two weeks, Mr, Carter has known him fav-^rably, I hrve an application from Mr. H. f. Armstrong, of Erie, p., who hag held prominent positions f on several roads, desiring to take charge of a survey party, I hope |,p be able to get some men that will be first class on the oaad wh^n you leave for Congress, which will soon be, and you, for at least 6 or September, 1867. . . . *• ■ 8 months, will have-to be away and to trust to reports and if we do not have active, working, reliable men these reports' cannot be trusted. I hope you will be able to get a good line to Salt Lake. I sup pose it is fixed th6,t the line of Central Pacific ^oad will go oh north side of'Salt Lake, and if our line will be practicable that way vre better make it so. It is of the utmost importance to us to have the Salt Lake business'for our road. ' The 'Central Pacifi? are striving to get'thf^ side of the lake before We reach it, to isecure itj we muf't prevent it if possible. - - • I am "glad'to'leam thnt your health ia improving, apd trust you will ; get through safe and find a good line. ' ' ".w ■ - jt Oliver Ames to (len. Dodge, Nev? York, 5: (Telegrm) Seymour 'with ^ickensderfer have run eastern slope and ■ eighty (80) f t. grade; make cost less than ninety foot (90),and less time. Must adopt It; will examine weatorn slope. .. Oliver Ames to Gen. Dodge, New York. • 'Your letter of 27th of Augftet Is just received. Dr. Durant 'h«'a"Ue'w.st and will, 1 suppose, se.'yBu before his return. He made no alteration. In your line and 1 premme hecwver Intended to. The Dr., icvea authority and wahts the reputation of havlnp power through he does not exercise it. • * ■ I think you hove, from ^epbrt, *'Eward Una mnd would advise you to do all necessary things to perfect It. The town In Salt Lake September, 18G7. . ■> •; valley we shou d secure for the benefit of the company, and if the best point is three miles beyond Ogden^ I would secure land enough there foi* the town, as we dhght to have all the advantages that the railroad will confer to ens. ''re , to the benefit of the company. Wien yuu have the line west of Salt Lake as far as we can build located, if there is any work that in your judgment will promote the interest of thisi comany, to be done, I wmild put them on. ^ I am satisfied" that on the ground you can better decide this matter than we can here. We have let tl\e bridge, over .the ilissouri to Boomer, wlidse bid was considSeralbly belcw any other, and he is to put it through within a year The river"is now low and the season right ^ for his work» ■ , W€f"ha"Ve fwt got the map for the 9th 100 miles and had to nut in 50 mllei rif it. 't ^ > * • . B. Hughs to Oe:^.-Bodge,'Denver, S: v. . - . . , . - .j u , I have though^ some time that it was due you to state how I came to sunder ay eonneot on with your road, but the hope of seeing you soon as often caused me to delay. Thinking of the matter today, I concluded that it was due to myself to state fully the matter to you. After I had been here a month, Mr. Reed sent me a pass which I sent back to him, as you would have done, yourself, und^r the circum- * •taneVs,' I liaa^ then ,v roai would not come into Colorado and i. ' Y*ieaat»^ ' % Set)teiiiber, 1867. that you would have no use for my services, and I did not choose to accept a pass from.it on that ground alone, but after whad had passed I resolved not to accept a pass even^ if the road came to this city direct, as the duty of the company was to give me one ^d they had steadily refused or failed to do so, I could but concikude that the retention of the pass was an intentional slight and that it was a^ hint that my services were not wanted. J^ien I came .t'-- Omaha last September and found your party ready to o^e west, I called at the office of our stage line d was Its attorney, and a stockholder also In It) and found that no order had been given to pass It over the line and the agent In doubt -h-tto do. I tobk tlie'responsibility to .order you aqii your friends passed any where you oho'd to. go, promising, the.agent that he shouW have no annoyance. Holladay^ for a wonder, was satisfied with my action, hut ;Lf your fare had been paid you would hardly have gotten It again. I thought that seeing this , Hr- Reed, .'ho knew our agreement, for a pass, would have the men readily furnish "me one, and feit obrrespondIngly mortified at the manner 1 was treated. I think you have not asked me, none of your company, do anyt'utng which I have not cheerfully done, and tbls since I gave up the pass. I felt HP resentment hut simply that mortlfloatlWMmhloh. any other Kg «1^ » ,.i».0t'.d to feel urider the olrcumstahoea. ; . .. . t .. ..Tst^te t,hls to Vou to set myself In the proper attitude before * *■ "ir'vc712 XT September, 18G7. • t you and you only. I regard you as an upright man, certainly one I admire, so also as a frien-^- and hence the above. - ' S,B. Reed to Txen. ®odge, Julesburg, 6' (Telegram) e'i ' Have written Ames about change of location. Carter has gone to the mountains. I go Ust Tuesda-. 'There seems to be a dispsitinn to retard the work at the expense of somebody's reputation, yfhat about locating engineer llorgaff? —' . Hawkins Taylor to Gen. Dodge,''Washington, 6.s T '' ' ' If you want a furnished house, therd "is orje hare that will suit yo'u' exactly I think; It Is iocallad dn Pennsylvania Avenue three -r ■ . . . or four blocks west of the "Wftr Department. f. y ^ Note:- Augusutus Drahms to Gen. Dodge, Wheaton, 111, 7:- Gen. Dodge to his Wife, Camp on Beat l^ounta n ., ''jo t; . 1 ^« f . ' , if the'^hop that I may see some one from thfe 7,'ind Wlter Binea colne to Brldger or Creen River that I can get to mall this. I left Salt I^e after stopping .there a week to get a refit, and It was a poor one; then struck due north along the oast shore oS Salt lake, passing.through the toms of Sessions, ^amlngtoni Ogden Olty, B»le,ism City to Bssr "iver, ^ ^ • •• . The mow.es lo the, valley'settli In towns and have large fame, or small fawa In Ur»., Jk>dlse, In the surrounding country So that they appear to Wiwa .eO ^^ey really are. t do not belleW that there Is over dO.WO all told. 20 acres of land 1 a ah^« all any one September, 1067. . *•/> - r improves, and the good land that can be irrigated is nearly all taken up, so I see no inducement for an inteHigent man or woman to come to this-to the worse'than any hell they will ever see. After leaving Bear ^iver, I struck north to the waters of soda, passing through a mountainous, wild, picturesque country. Have had a very hard time getting through making roads and climbing steepes that look impassable. When we strike a valley they are beautiful; grass is plenty, water cool, clear and roars and tumbles over the rocks and boulders with a perfect looseness, but the countrj^ is too high to cultivate . it is full of springs and minerals; two salt springs we found yesterday; three quarts of salt water boiled down makes one quart of « . . . salt. Sulphur lakes, .hot and cold, baths here without naimber and with out 'cpat. No game here except bear and they are plenty. All the streams are full of mountain trout; some weigh 3 or 4 pounds, and we . them every night after camping. I have been trying to make Fort Sanders by October 1st but the • * . ■ q ountains keep us back and I shall n ot be able to do it, We march all day lopg-get up at 4, get breakfast, feed stock and break camp at six to toeJLf past and often eat our dinner by six P. L. I «m ahead hunting road all the time with a fine Pioneer Corps. Rawi:ns with me. He is om of the purest, highest minded men I ever saw, and that he muat (We with that dread disease consumption seems too bad. This country when it loses him, loses a great man.You would llle him; ^ ^ C wA- :,i September, 1867. • ^ hl3 ideas of right and wrong coincide with yours and he does, not hesfitate to makep them knbwn, For todayi goodbye. , Dear Annie* ILl ^day, Sept. 21st, Sweet Water,, north of South Pass. r : -.T T , ■ Jfe marched today twenty five miles and are camped for first night on raters of the Atlantic. For two days I have been struggling over the Bear and Green River fountains through a terfible snow storm. Some days we made 8, some 10 miles only and ouV poor mules arid horses .. suffered; many died or had to be left on the road. The officer Th command of escort is Inefficient and the labor falls on Rawlins and mysfilf. We ca:iped every night in snow, had to scrape it away to pitch M our tents and what little grass curdles got' they had to dig up from under the alow. After crossing the mountains 100 miles long I think the valleys of Gre n River come c^ut of a snov; back into warm weather ,.,and splendid grass and water, 'te also struck ga.ae once more'and have killed in all some five or six antelope, today, one; it being Sunday did not hunt much. I h,.ve not rested a sinsie day slnoe I left Salt toe. 1 .1-no. near discovered lately knov.n as the sweet Water or Wind Rl«r minos. Weonle from Idaho, lltah, Uontana and all other ere nocKine^o,^.m^and Sfoat retufne are espeCWdS . The Sna.e ' .114 Bannaek Indians V'®, a"'' friendly, W have aewi a good many all peaeeahle. Today we hav^ strUe. the'siouW »nd CheyenrW Septemloer, 1BC7. country and from this' on will have to be careful and vigilant for they are evi(Jently through here. Tonight we camp 7000 ft. above the sea, in sight of the Wind River Uo ntains, the Boar Liountains^ the South Pass and on the celebrated Sweet TIater. Tlie country is studded with pine, beech and beautiful streams fui:. of trout, in fact for two weeks we have had mountain: trout on ta''^lo daily. Antelope for meat, canne-^ fruit of all kinds, and now I have struck a country in which I h-pe I can make about-25 t- 30 miles a day, as I want to. ^ • *' We are 250 mfes frdm Sanders'aftd 5^0 fpom ^heyenne. The loss -'""of a week in the snow stonn puts me that far back, but even with that 9 I have marched 400 miles tlnoe:! left Salt Lake City. After leaving Soda springs, latitude 42, 1 struck the waters of Black.Foot, Soad, Salt, South Plney, Rreenj Haw Pork, Big and Little Sandy -nd passed the suunlt of the '^oiky Mountains tojiay at 10 ''• U. Ho one In the party tnew when they left'the wat.r«;.of the Atlantic and struck those oT the Pacific, thoti(<b *00 eould put pne foot In waters of one and the other In cf the ather. And nok, I wonder hhk you are »U ^oing. Are you getting ready ■ ■ to go to tashln-t«i'Mnd disposing of the house. or ■hat? Perhaps "you are at Kansas <Hty; I supposa you are and will he hack to ^ meet me, for I pou wartt to MS Le"'' ^ y"" very, very " much, and little Annie, docs she grow?. Can she talk and has she forgotVen me? 1 hope nOt. t came away, without my pocket alhiM with all the J.V >7'/^ September, 1867. ■ r .. s t. photographs ir'i» but hers I had in mir diary and she looks as cunning t as possible, •'The progfeuoafle'of ^tha concert I got just before leaving Salt Lake* I see Ella figure^ in three pieces and Lettie in one. I would love very much to ^ee.them. "ou often ask how we spend the .time in camp; here is-a «day5 work. At 3:30 A L. cook gets up; at-4 reveil le; at 5 breakfA'st' Chard .for lAe I hear you-s-ay-especially f -.ese fposty mornings) at six train rolls odt going oyer the mountains. I have to repair and "bui'ld a'rdard «S.o' I am in advunqe with men armed and carry picks, spades, a'xe.a, ftc,' artd'we work and ma^ch until 3. to 4 P. L, ; make ■ generally 25'miles whfert have good roads. We scoiir the country dur ing the march-to get its topography, climb the hills and mountains to ^ 'look Out upon Its vast i^iaggedrtess or its,luilimitsd plains as. the case nay be. As'soon'aS trainri get in have,our tents pitched with a fly between and*we #aih up, get up a camp fire, and Hawlins generally reads aloud to us from T>ana*B eeloctions of poems. He is a very fine ready and lovea'poetry, and ttfcrreAk/eiioy it*. Corwith, Dunn, Duff and Van Lennep go out to fish or hunt *, fire -^t targe, &c. At 6 P. LI. we get dinner and then* by tfc'8 we are away to. our ^unks sleepin- hard, often very tired. Old Army times are discussed, battles fought over, &c. Very little iiqUor ie drank; w* have trtiisky and wine with us, coo cacionsally take a'€o<id/^i^1»'e«k a out con3lder.ble'4rlfUdfl8 wil^aone; I dM,k:«i.rlj,.T,ry day thinkIn- it would help me up: so >u, 1. did not believe it, and Septeabey, 1867. T , for four weeks f UaVe drank, hardly anythln,^» ' Dr. Parry says my system hns the..old '^orinth miasma in it and'"the congestive turns that I am trotibled with arise from it; however, I arii getting fat and long t' see -yuu oil. I hope you c-on come to ^heyenne and meet me with "Ella and tfettie. I want them tb see the rbad, our camp, &C. but I can tell better when I get the-r'e' an^vsee hov; ithiters are and if it is- safety; I hope .tomorhow-lo find some bne returning to Fort Bridger who will takb this to the'mail station for lae-.' Kis-s the girls, remember "me to .allJ my friends. " » • • ■ . L - •, : ' :• urs. Cahrle Bhosm td Brs. Dodge, St-, Louis, 21: Youra-. oT the 18th was duly received. We were very sorry to learn 'of your' .illnasa on the-, cars, yet we feared it all. the time. Mr, B« is getting.Vftung" pretty wejl with constant watc'^ing and al.:iost total abstainance-, i,. oi T - ' ' ( ■ '' -Ranaas ^it.y, Sept. 21st, 1867. De«i^ sistor Letfctie; , r ' .d" ,. .. . ' , - ♦ ^ ! ... I hope your leg willdbe well .by the time I get home; does It hurt yolll very much? I hope At dont. ^ I Uama is f^p]t.ar>d was go dng home Monday but she cant because she -Wont be abl3 to go on the cars; bud I guess she will go home Saturday, i want tO'.S^e you SQ much, I will be glad when we get home, won't you? How Is the baby? Is she well and happy? I hope she is. When 4W you co»e herns fro^ Elkhorn? Well, good bye, I guess I must close, t fzwKS Slla Dodge. Septembrr, 1867. James Bvans to Gen'.' .Dods^, llfilxwell's Camp, 22: ••-t The opdi**tions of this party do not seem t' be sufficiently advanced to determine much yet, further :t;han this, that the gap they are now in wit- the line, seems to be the lowest and most available summit. Their levels carr:ied,to the top yesterday show it to be 240 feet lower than Brown's Sumait to the north. North of this point-there is no opening short of tho valley of- the Medicine Bow ^iver. Looking froin the'divide: away to the northward today I failed to trace the drainage from Maxwell's summit to the Platte valley. It must either break through the .RattJLesnake, hills' to <the West 'bn empty into Medicine Bow east of* Whiere that river mckos its last Canon. They will demonstrate it soon with a line and locate back on it.. On- thing is certain, that It would be an improvement on Brown's line and: must, be (throwing out the line by Medicine Bow valley, of-which we, know nothing yet) ilf seemtf m# the line that can be had here. As to tho operations of ^O'Neil's party, the best line* is north of Coopers Lake, grades ascending 30 feet des.-, to Bock Ci^eek 45 feet with light vork all the way.* The line w 11 run very neaw the extreme northerly.bend if Rock Creek,and if it did not canon giving a great many crossings of the Creek, the best line would be down its Valley; as it is, will cross it some ten miies below Brown and asoertd .t® toble making a much lower sumnit than the other iinos aild passing to the north of ^'ocky Ridg'c, that fohns so pfcminebt'''^ in the plains • ■ ' i,of September, 18G7. and which you can see from all points in this vicinity. ■ O'TIeil is nor on Rock Creek. As I can do so little here, shall go back to him tomorrow. My opinion is that na ximiam grades to Medicine Bow from ganders will not exceed 30 to 45 .and with ut much heavy work. I-think the "same arrangement can be made to reach the Platte River; it certainly can as far as the summit. The western slope from here I may l?e a little doubtful yet. T The folks are still ssweating in the Black Hills, As I came alon , three separate lines of grading could^be distinctly traced in plages showing that some of the changes had been changed, it seems they are determined to build the 80 foot line on eastern slope, so that the last line run by 0«Neil on western slppe v;ill be . taken. Considerable ingenuity is being xised to avoid Dale Creek crossing and as a conse quence Ivan's fass, alas.' for immortality, , -'i I want yo\i, .if you can,^to sell me.one pf the reserved blocks in Chyyanne. I think a little can be made out of it, and if you would as soon I would. di> It as others and if consistent, let me have it, Hope to see you «oon. ^ Panlb -'Varjia (^n,Dodge, X^eon, Decatur, Co., Iowa, 22: - . -r • SPhare a petition, in circulation in our county, praying thW &iji)oint«ent another Post Master in Leon, the petition is algn^ by aien who an© living in the county. Our present pos^-master Is a gyntawmanf ^ true loyal .citizen .entirely capable to fill thd September, 1867. • ' "office and he did fill the same to fehe satisfaction of'every'man. • It would-be the greatest calamity for us, j ust in Decatnr Co., should he be removed. We are willing-to redeem Decatur County from •Copperhead Yoke and'sham,e and our Postmaster, A. J. Snyder, Is one wh^owdrks to that 'effect. • 'Therefore I take the liberty to ask yourr honor. In the name ofthe loyal-p eople ot our place and vicinity, to pay your attention to this question which is so-imoportant to us. Some months ago, we sent up a remonstrance; please inform me whet'a er it is needed to send up a new one. We would ver- respectfully ask, to watch at Washington every movement, to destroy their plan above referred to. Jesse v. "*illiams to Gen. I^odge, Fort Wiyne;'24: . i , I hope soon to hear of your safe return home and in improved health. I have heard rothihg'from Col* Seym&ur fop six oh eight weeks nor do I know what is the final arrangement of location on the Black Hills. The ConMitt^e, I believe, got Llr. Carter to go out a.month - ago, and if in the multitude ot counsel, there-is safety, all will_ be arrragod for the best. ilr, A .es uVgBd Be to look out for one or tVo »«(l*nlBnced englneete to put at the head of locating partiia to act undSi- your direc tion aest. The heat lin I could hear of aaa Ur. LoB, of ahom I wrote you. now under W. tiln."r R'oberts. Both Mr. Biickensderfen and Roberts hWlng recoBBended him very highly for thf* service. 1 .rote hta but TTfJT-r' September, 1867. have not yet heard definitely, . My plan was for ,him to report to you « 1 t • * - • * * at Omaha by 10th of October, and for you to put h.'ici at the revision of the river surveys there, which will take him, field and office work, a month. He has much more experience of such heavy river, woric thsui any man you have, and there is an advantage in having a fresh mind to look at this whole subject. . . V - X : I . .. I.Will be here, two weeks from the middle of October, and will be with the party occasionally. The ugly changes al the & LI, Cross ing induces me to oxmine .a^ain vprj carefully the Child's Mill line _ the ridge, rock bott-.m, &c. I propose going by Quincy and Kansas ^ity and up the river at low water to Omaha. I am atill looXlhS ^91^ experienced and reliable engineers. As I sai-^ femora you should have for heads of parties men experienced even at greater cost. The board meets tomorrow but I could not attend jBxpeot to b.« in New York at the organization of the new board, frm thd 1st 4o 3rd'0§^ber. . I oonol^^de that Mr, Evans is still in your service West, Mr, House, I suppose, would not have time to make these river surveys and fYSR if he bad.the bridge experience nescessary, ' The tJ.P.R.H. fokks are now in good financial condition and nothing * " ■ J.',. o.. I must, prevent a rapid progress of the work. To this end they must orevide engineers to make the right location in time, and these pRrites laut have good escort, , , . . i . We.. ,raw rMak* rra*--' September, 1867 P. JoneS to W. Palmer," Lwn, lotJa, 26: The Cops, are making an effort to get our post-master removed and a Cop appointed'in his place. Peti' ions are being circulated in localities seven or eight and even fifteen m'les from'here, ^ore the people have no interest in our postal affai s,' and in that i»ay they hope to send a large number of ndmes to the Department, making' it " appear tliat the present incvmibent is objectionable to a majority of the people interested. • - ' An effort was made six months ago to' remove Mrl ^nyder, the" present incumbent, and a petition of rem6nsti*ating against his remov al was signed by all parties Tiere and h*e was retained. But now they ^ are trying to play a sly game and obtain his removal without knowf f . , ledge of those most interested. They are not circulatihg their petition among those who get their mail at t.iis office. * The object in addressing you on this subject is to get you to place the matter before Oen, Dodge, so that he may, if not-able to attend to it himself, place it In the hands of Some other member of Congress who will attend to it dnd defeat this attempted fraud. There is no fault found with lir. ^nyder only that he is a straight out Republican, and those most interested find ho fault with that. By using your influence you will confer a"favor in this community, W. "'aimer to Cen. Dodge, t)es Jloines*, October 4: yo\j please give t'"'.is matter your attention «nd ^frite ^ September, 1867. James onthe subject. He is one of your old Fourth lowmi soldiers, is a capital Republican worker, and a good fellow. ^ ff ' >.K Gen. Dodge to J. House, Council Bluffs,, 27.: . ^ ■ Send D. L. Hines, Springfield, Mass., one of• our maps proloj'giBrly prepared. ' ^ teakb me for.' my hearly report a table of grades, alignments and distances from Ogden to Humboldt ^ells, by north side of lake, so I can compaT«e "it iflth south side; use 80 ft. lihe over promontory also makd table of "^gt'ades, alignments and distance from Morris .profile and map of located line' from Ogden to Salt Lalce..^i wf :.T Jesse L. •TTilliaas to Gon. Dodge, Font '^ayn,e, 27 : ; Since my letter of this morning .have one for Mr, Ames, saying that Dr. Durant had subscribed 69,000 shares and tendered $55 per share- $3,795,000;"thereon Mr * Cisco-refuses to take it, insisting that the same requires par. But if, thi»©Qgh the committees of inspec tion, the subsopiption is received the-cdntrol passes,into the Doctor's hfinds again. v . 'o We were assured that late contract,.io the Eastern base of the . Waaatch at so high price was to quiet all diss^ntions but this does not look like it» * t ' , i >]<• J. M. Drown to Mrs. Dodge, LoUlaf, 27:~;,xj , ^ .t ■ T send you herewith bilf^^f #ipethl»g wtsich I paid to prenehman-Ribot. Today I sent you a haslet'of 1)etetoea, $1.25 a basi-et. September, 1867, gr'adients 'ahd work. 1 will keep enonsh on olde- hill to keep out o'f the alkali, except where I have to croas the valley to get. better alignment and lighterr work. ' ' • • - ' • " The maximiml'g^-ade wrill fce' O.V per hundred., which I have marked on the profile on the eastern side; on the western the .grades are lighter and I have n<jt marked t,hem as I did^ not. wish to try tp.. run to any set grade as long as I did not exceed the maximum -r The map and-profile is only put in in lead pencil, as I have no India ink, and have hot.bpien ahle. to procure any since .coming out. The map got injured in .oooiing up last night in passing through the thicket below here. It, hw^ver, shows me to be 10,3 miles north and ■J .h'» .1%, r - j • ' c 2 west-of Brown's line . . tti«..flavins im distance^ from ..the Medicine Bow to the natte 1* about »ilesv • • . - j <L. P. Prown tOiMrs. DodgQi Ellsworth, ^2: ^ Oman.! . noi, fully established hero„^and find^it a very rough place indeed, iw»s«« Iban I anticipated, but do^ot find that it is objectionable here more than elsewhere for a man to quietly atten.1 to hli oWi difficTaliy*. 1 Tc jeirrp - • ' > j ■ ■■ ■ ■ ..- The wokk on the railroad here as well as there is progressing rapidly. Conatftartron.tiwAjand «lll VuA:ti» »•«. "«• nait w«K., when paasenfrer train's will prob ably go they will plok "P the town and ,ove It or I'i 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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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 1866 1867 civil war General Grenville M. Dodge https://archive.councilbluffslibrary.org/files/original/8b940197ce784f266e5dd4153289ccb2.pdf f15ae98d9a56d8a86095b7c59bcb76af PDF Text Text March, 1868. wofcking up grades on Bates' and on Brown^s line, they'should "bel corner to corner intersection in Black's Fork. xX<tAo*i iq« •to r H. C. Crane to Gen. Dodge, New York 31:-' ' Yours received. Doctor will reet Hoxie and Dunscomhe at mines next week. He received map all right. What time will it be convenient for you to have my boy go with you out on line of road? He expects to have a feood time and I want he should, but I would not l.et him go except with you. Let me hear from you on the subject. Note: Gen. Dodge to 3. E". House, Washington, 31:- Encloses draft on U. P. R. R. $20,000, 1 lo aX«a *Tu;J .r-i.T • t ^ i Note. Samel B. Feed to Gen.* Dodge, Oheyenne, 31 ofi \ In relation to pass for Oov. Woo-^". 't-.r Note: Copy of letter on Southern connection. Act. of trip to St. Joe to make arrangement for throu^ connection. Rough draft of • • < ' /r, agreement with Iowa roads. J. H. Knight to Gen. Dodge, Ft. Sanders, April 1:- "i f Headed by Gen. Gibbon a number of officers at Ft. Sanders waited Mf on "r. Bent and pro-oe.d to hi" to take a number of lota In Laramie , City not exceeding five provided that three -ontha tlte oonld be ob- ■ „ talned for p.y»ent, conditioned that each officer ehould within 20 days erect a good, subetantlal houae on one of-the lots thus obtalned• I April, 1868. • ' , ^r. Bent says he could not sellrthe lots on these ternis without your • authority, an-'advised us to rnake the application to you with the 'X vo request that it be granted-and that you telegraph him in regard to it. dSl I am therefore instructed to address this letter to you. Will you be kind enough to instruct Mr. Bent by telegraph in regard to it. Be is aware of the contents of this communication. Note: Monthly statement showing face of ledger, :- itt 09 X « p ' ,.^■1 Note: F. M. Case ta J. E. House, Denver, 1:- " f - Sends-tracing, &c. - • - , I Oliver Ames to Gen. Dodge, North Easton,- 2:- -"i.-j Kf* . I am greatly obliged to you for the very effective speech of *'**'yours on Pacific Railroad. It cannot but have a large influence on Sends-tracing, &c. the minds of all disinterested parties, ■^bur letter saying that the Railroad coff^nittee woulff report a bill totake effect after the completion of the road was shown to me by Mr. Duff. I think there can be no objection to that if we can sero ■ • cure fair mjnded men on the Committee. The great snow storm m^st delay your parties for a week or more. r r' *1 Tou spoke to me once of the importance of an early'commencement of the work on lihe Bitter Creek country, so that the grading may be completed before the country is dried u; so that we cahnot work there. Will you obJx ^ . write me showing the necessity of our starting work in this region im ) mediately that I may say your views before our Trustees^ Apri], 1868. .e-iox F. M. Case to Gen, Dodge, Denver, 2:- f. .'*0 f i,c .vj!d I send by mail to you today tracings of line and profile. ,)^ fl am too unwell to:?ay to write much. I can get a better profile over the sum-it and am only waiting for the sndsw to leave to go up with . party to do it. Have reconnoitered the bluff sufficiently to think the summit I .went over the lowest and most easily approached. When - I go up again will look around still more. I think-a fair li e can be .§ot with a maximum grade of 75 ft., though I may make it 80 or 90 now to save work. I have estimated from the profile of the line as rim which will not vary materially If; rlo' ' from the line to work from. I send an extract of my report to the Directors, as I am too poorly to write it myself. Will write more ^ when I feel better. ■ ■ ' Jas. A. Eyans to J. E. House, Ft. Sanders, 3:- ^ It is to jbe ^9p8d that you did not furnish passes to 'tm I Hurlbut and Trumb ill. Sorry that I did not meet you at Sanders. 1 go west again on .iiO Tuesday and shall not return probably until locationis finished to , <♦ Green River, which I hope to complete this month if weather will per- • •.1 '"it. ♦ ; w ,,ov Note ; F, M, Case to Gen, Dodge, Denver, 3:- f ij Giving comparative estimate of the west side line with line on east side of Platte, with figures as reported to Directors. ■{ no i ( ij April 1868. Ilnih .isiw I Ncte:- J. E. House to Jas, A. Evans, Omaha, 4:' Concerning Mr. Fenno's account, . "c lo Note: W. S. Fenno to J. E. Houses Ft. Sanders, 4:- 'y ♦'Mil 'inol-M,' Concerning his expenses from Omaha to Ft. Sanders. . . ^ J. Biickensderfer to Gen. Dodge, Salt Lake Citjr 4;- ;» ,7*?"! Mr. House telegraphs me that you will be in Omaha next week, but I have so fully advised you of my moveT^ents and actions that I have but-little to conmiunica^e, I will, however, report what I have already written, that on the receipt of yours of 17th, I decid ed to organize a fourth party and called Maxwell in to take charge of it. Re is now here actively.at work preparing and will take the field next week. His party will be somewhat smaller than either of the others, and can be disbanded at any future ti'^e if dee-ed proper. I will send him to Weber or Echo if the snow gets out of the way sufficienlyt, as 1 • I now incline to think It will. If not, he will examine Promontory Point and afterward assist in clor.fng.up gaps between Green River and ; ; -JHte , fQ-ber. ^ ^ r-v ' Morris* party passed Weber station no Monday going east. He has "had a very hard time and I have heard nothing of him since he passed y-eber. I th n directed him by telegraph to hire additional teams to help him over to Bridger or Green River in order to get to work at the earliest possible date, and h% had advise^d »e that he did so. ^ 265 i ' <1 April 1868. Hodges is somewhere in Cache. Valley, hut I haye not heard fro™ hi™ for about a week. As soon as i'faxwell gets away fro™ here I wish to get out to see the.parties, and gather a better.knowledge of the country ™yself. I will try to push on and ™eet your expectations and desires as far as practicable Note: j. Blickensderfer, Jr. to J. E. House, Salt Lake City, 4;- ..r Sends lists of drafts drawn on G.M. Dodge. OT/iT X *^Not^^ Geo, H. Hurlbut-to J.-E. House, Chicago, 5:- ^ Of t Sends Col. Hudnutt's vouchers. Wants his expenses from Cheyenne refunded him &c. ix-n ■ L i' Note: Jas. A. Evans to J. E. House, Cheyenne, 5 - ..t Encloses vouchers to amount of ^1518.36.' Dislocated his kneww getting off cars, nn f'e* i t ■: BehjamAn Dolbear to Gen. Dodge, East Portland, Oregon, 5:- Having read With interest your report upon railroad lines branching frc^ the 17. P. R. tr Oregon and Washington Territory and terminating upon Puget sound, I beg per'^ission to address you, and to inform you thftt until within one year past I have resided at Steilacootn on Puget Sound since 1854, and that I have long been satisfied that the building of one hundred miles of railroad to connect the ' Columbia River with Puget sound would open a lincof trade of vast -'fceneflt tb Oregon, to Washington and ^ntana Territories and prove a 866 April, 1868. profitable investment to the builders. ytji r^r'-r- -tijB 'We have waited patiently and in vain for that Institution called f'^%Re "Northern Pacific Railroad Cc^pany " to build or even to begin their work, but they do nothing but beg in the Halls of Congress and '* ' leave us no hope. ' ,I arr determined, poor as I am, that they shall no '•act the Dog in the manger and prevent others "-ore enterprising from building. If they will not build, why do they stand in the way of ■ others who will do the work and open a line of trade across the Con tinent ? The peculiar business of that Institution seems to be to wait and beg. 1 1 c; uf Four years ago I took the Bill granting lands fo the Northern Pacific Railroad Company and another rai''road bill and from the two, I, * manufactured • a Bill to suit myself and forwarded it to my brother in in the Treasury Department to be presented to Congress. Mr, Denny, the Delegate from the Territory, failed to do any thing to further th matter because the road would terminate at Steilacoom instead of Sei 'v at-tle, ' the little * own where he resides. Had ^r. Denny secured the ^ passage of the Bill he would have been returned to Congress, but now he has the satisfaction of remaining at home, in qtiiet. .A yeat since I left my home about the Sound and came to Fort or rather the City of Vancouver, where I remained two months perfecting a Bill to incorporate the Puget Sound and Columbua River Railroad * ' 267 •u '. -nni S! April 1868. - ' Company. They are named in the Bill eleven persons (myself among the number) as Commissioners. The Delegate has forwarded to my address the printed Bill on v/hich I find the following endorsement: Tri'' r r- ^ to incorporate the puget Sound and Columbia 00 X "C'f ^ It}..'.' . /■ ."i 10 ^ 'River Railraoad Comany. " .Nov. 26th, 1867, REad Twice, referred to the Committee on the Pacific Railroad and ordered to be printed." The underscored lines are ptinted on the back of the printed Bill; this shows that the matter is before Congress. A letter from Hon. SaJnue] McCaw, of Steilacoo®, dated February 3d, 1868, says: "the news reached Oly^pia last Thursday that the Bill h^-d passed the House of Representatives and a second reading in the Senate with a fair prospect to become a law." I see nothing of this ^atter in the news papers and therefore think that the dispatch to Mr. MoCaw has not been confirmed. The Bill called for the sa®e amount of land p r miie as has been granted to the "-orthern Pacific Railroad Co^ipany" where 'it passes through Ihe ^aVrltories, and should it become a law the grant will be a rich thing for the Company building the rpad. A lit tle effort from proper parties will make it a law. Enclosed you will find a printed statement which was signed by Generals Grant, Shonnan, Ingla s and Medical Director Gen. Barnes and 'Sii. I fifty officers of the Regular Army. A particular object for this communication is to innuire if I can interest you privately in locating a termiinus upon tlif Sound for this road in case the bill should pass. April, 1868. Note: E, Apple ton to J. S. House, Ft. Sanders, 6:- ; 11. ^ ■ n 1 r ■ . ^;h. . ■ ■ • ■ -.4 ■ • Sends notes of located line, &c. ♦ ' i ^ J. L. Williams to Gen, Dodge, Ft. ^'ajuie, 6:- Encloses suggestions as to South Omaha crossing, &c. Note: peter E. Falcon to Gen. Dodge, Burlington, Iowa, 6:- Wants information concerning Missouri River Bridge. - Thos. H. Bates to J. Blickensderfer, Jr. Bait Lake ^ity, 6:- I have the honor furnish field notes Nos. 1, 2 &3 containing transit notes and topography of my survey from Green River at • . 1 mouth Big Sandy to intersection with Brown's line on Medicine Bowj also copy of levels from Station 8090 to mputh Medicine Bow, together ^ with a map on scale of 10.000 ft. t one inch, with traverse table \ calculated from the courses and distances of the survey, Mr, Ho^^se telegraphs you that he has "no map of any kind shewing oJ Bates' line, either jln O.maha or Ft. Sander(s office, Rrofile only of err line from mouth of Big Sandy to Station 8100, and from North Platte to Brown's line." Gen, Dodge instructed me to forward map and profiles » of my survey to him through ^r, Evans, Division Engineer at Sanders. On the 26th day of November, 1867, I turned over to ^r. Evans at Sanders . tn a map on a scale of 10.000 ft. to one inch of my survey from Green . River to intersection with Brown's line on Medicine Bow; also profiles from station 8090 to Station 10.949X93, which intersects with Brown's April 1868. . KJaoo r. ^ TJ'V line at station 3582'of his'nui^bers. The profiles of the line from Green River to Station 8090 had been forwarded to Gen. Dor^ge prior to receiving instructions to*forward through Evans, On 27th of last month I forwarded to Mr. House, at Omaha, by Express from this city, a map on scale of 1000 ft. to one inch of the line from Station 8090 to Intersection with Brown's line. Note: J. Blickensderfer, Jr. to j. E. House, Salt Lake City 6:- Concerning Bates notes, 5=0. I T J'V: Note: Henry UcKenty to Gen. Dodge, Ft. Sanders, Dakota, 6:- tp.'ir," ' , sites, &c. ^ T T J Is following the road westward, and wants charge of town 'to the current at Omaha is this: That the great westerly bend at the t<3 " r ' Saratoga table must contineu for many year*, and work in nearer to O'i "" the bluff. Then if the hard point At and above the Telegraph Pole nralt' . shall remain, as it will probably will, being on rock, the current thence must continue in a south-'easterly direction, undermining the East bank at and above the shops and thence, making a bend, will bear . L. "illiams to Gen. Dodge, Foht Wayn^, 7:-^^ '"t*" • The theory which I have adopted for the probable future of a rno 'r «0 : against the westerly bank at or hear theT M. & Crossing. It was this action ana raaoton that cut out the west bank last sutmer. While 1 a" fully aware of the'uncertainty of all speoulatlons as to the course J -4^ April, 1868. , iKff this riyer, yet I think so^^e such progra^^e is reasonable. Look at llJBO it. c J(. ■ c»J *'j Now, if this theory should be found nearly correct, then it must soon wear in to the noint where I thought of placing west ^hutment. But, until it shall wear in westward, the west span will pass but little .water. Heretofore the river has been quite straight from Tel egraph pole to the quarry; but now it inclines to become serpentine- .& ly washing first east bank and then farther dovm the west bank. It may be that the wash eastward will continue,, and, taking a larger sweep might hereafter abriad the railroad line east of the proposed east abutment. In-that case we should have to. try our hand at rip-rapping in a north-easterly direction from the proposed aburatnet pier, ifliich- * though not so light a job as Mr. Joy represents, might be practicable with plenty of money. ^ • 1. - > , kro Tc •You may perhaps doxJb t "the Safety of my proposed dyke on the sand ■'"'"bar; but would a treatle bridge be any safer, even if on piles? The 'dyke could only be movod by the channel encroaching and undermining it, but title same cause would imdermine the trestle bridge no matter how deep the piles were. . The dyke, by lessening th height of the trestle, would make t' at ®uch safer-while it is so much done toward a permanent «mi,ankment will apply to the embankment on the west sid.e bridge at this site cannot be very short. It must necess-^rily ^ pass between the abutments-nearly the whole river. With the Council i;o Jc ■ April, 18G8. .018r Bluffs roadway and tlie thick willows on the east side,'and the street embankments at Omaha on the low bottom, no great amount of flood can be passed on either side out of the channel; but whether it should be . 2000, 2250 or 2500 ft. long can better be determined after the measure ments of flood section which I have suggested. The longer the safer^ I go to Pittsburgh tomorro" ; probably Home by Sunday. Write me "" here, and when you go East advise me by telegraph when you will pass. " I consider wither plan on such a bed of silt somewhat expensive. Note: Joseph S,, Wilson to Gen. Dodge, Washington, 7;-^ :: fm Decision on lands matters. y o. Chanute to J. L. Williams, Kansas City, Mo. C: . | •rfoii'iw , Yours of 3d i« just at hand, add as we are very glad to have friends profit by our experience^I hasten to give you an account of the wreck of our curb No. 4 which you may remember we expected to ' put down 32 ft. be low low water and drive piles to the rock. The washing away of the shore above the bridge line last SiMnmer « has materially altered the current linos at high or medium water. althou^ they remain abou^'the same at low water. We find that the direction of the vein of strongest curren,t, .after impact against a shore, is in function of the velocity,- so that the angle varies with the stage of water, and aS a necessary consequence the point of impact also being governed by the upper bend* The velocity is governed April 1868, not by absolute height of the river above low water, but by the height of the flood wave coding down, so that we find greater speed froi^ a sudden freshet on a low river than fro™ the great flood fro® the ®o\anWe had put a curb No. 4 down about 16 ft. through the sand, whe a dudden flood from the heavy rain in the beginning of March came upon us. The low water current lines were about as dotted, as the water rose they changed as. shown. The current vein in vibra ting from the shore scoured on one side of the curb to the depth of about 25 ft, while it did not cut at all on the other side, which was in slack water. The weight of the sand on the side which had nlot scroued pushed the curb over, Tiiile the scour' tmder its edge allowed it to settle towards the current side, andih the process it first bowed in the center and then broke to pieces; so much so at least that it is cheaper to build a new curb than to try to repair and use the old one which is canted over and in fragments, j - . The conclusions irtiich Irq have drawn from the mishap are: 1st,, That Mr, McAlpine is probably correct in his estimate of the danger of unequal settling Of ft pile foundation not driven to a resisting strat um in-i rivc^' subject to sdour, and 2d.- That any pier in the Missouri should have enough mass or weight in.proportion to its surface to hold the thrust ofia bank of sand saturated with water, 25 or 30 feet •: n: Mia #'V .v> " April, 1868. . '03t high.: ' ' t' ' --r: *0 3' #5;vr I am contemplating a plan for, this foundation of btiilding the pier first a:nd putting in the foundation afterwards; that is to say, to make the outher shell of the pier the curb, sink it by dredging in side and v/ater jet,s outside, building .on top as fast as it goes down and filling the inside with concrete and backing after the rock is reached. M ' 0^ ■ -Jo .JTsr "> T.: J. E, House to N. P-.-Dodge, Omaha, 9:- , r-i Mr, Evans telegraphs under date of 8th inst; .^Evergreens fo Gen, Dodge left end of track today, prepare to receive them." It takes a freight train 40 hours to make tl:\e riui in from Ghey- 'enne. That would bring trees here Saturday morning. Should they • come by passenger train they would arrive tomorrow morning, I will see to getting them to Council Bluffs when they arrive, and thep notify yc«i tJaat you may be in readiness to receive them and have the® transpla nted at once, " r ' ■ jfote: Jr^as, A. Evane to J, E. House, Ft, Sanders, 10:-; tb ed* "io lot of vouchers. v Sends duplicate lot of vouchers. Rote: Iowa Southefcn R. R. Meeting. ResolutSons to build it without Government aid, if not crippled by rival projects. d. L, Williams to Gen, Dodge, Port Wayne, 11:- • Inclosed copy of letter from Mr, Chanute will be interesting and important in your bridge investigations. As a general resiat it April, 1868. , confirTns the recommendation in my report of November 25, 1867^ of pneumatic piles or columns sxink at least 60 ft. below low water.The shifting current as shown by this letter, with the deep and imequal I , scouting made perhaps in a single day, shows the necessity of great stability in the columns; especial y if run up to the bridge chord. The conclusion is forced upon us that the Missouri River is far more formidable in the difficulties presented than the Mississippi or any other river within our knowledge. These difficulties * can be overcome -;C not by underrating- but rather by full appreciation of them. I learn from another source that the work at this foundation h d cost from ^Ib.Op to ^20,000. Che first curb or caission lying as it does' in the way of andther one at the same point, the suggestion has beendnade, I understand, to so change the spans so as to bring this ' pier 50 ft. further west. No doubt the entire damage to the Bridge Company will be doublfe the above suP. Contingencies of one kind or another should be expected in all such work., ^In my estimate I think they are amply provided for. ■ The change wo.uld place the 250 ft. span not next the drqw as re quired by the law but over span further east. • D. C. Dodge to Gen. Dodge, Denver, 11:- _ ] Understanding that you have the locating of the depot groxmds of the Denver & Pacific Railroad, there is a party who has considerable J < land adjoining this place who i? desirous of having it located I ^ - i . if, , r ♦ • April, 1868. . ' ' t on his land if practicable, and says he is willing to give a portion of the land in order to secure the" location. If you think advis able, I will ascertain what he is willJng to do and let you know. The parties connected with the road, who reside in this place, I 'do not think would favor the location. I think the location of depot groun-is should be made with a view of extending the road farther south where a road from the different points in the territory can make connection with it. Kote: J. Blickensderfer Jr. to J. E. House, Salt Lake City, 11:- ♦1 pn ^ Talpey to J. E.'6ouse, Cheyenne, 11:- '1 i-oo nvti ; T 1 i Q 4ner' 1 r* r«(a1flt.1nn t.O 1 ot. S Sends uniaid bill for advertising in relation to lots, Sends list of drafts drawri-^ amount to date. T BldJ •^1- J. Blicksnderder, Jr. to Gen. Dodge, Salt Lak'e City, 11:- I't yesterday Tour two letters of 20th and 25th of March wjsre received ' I am happy to be abfe to rapcTrt 'that I have met your views in set tling accounts, as I allowed the assistants their transportation and expenses of board until they reached this city, but nothing afterwards I • until they got into* camp, except simple waftea. "-1. In regard to my doings with the parties I have heretofore written you so fully that I have little to add; except that Hodges is scP^ewhere in Cache Valley(I have not heard from him for nearly two weeks, although he was requested to write ^e frequently) Bates is on Weber I April, 1868, .Ar.af and Morris near Green River.i The latter reached Bridger on the 6th having, after the receipt of ny telegrar at Weber Station^ hired extra help and worked his way over through the snow on sleds, taking his 'Wagons to pieces. The trip must have been pretty hard one, as he lost two mules in the snow, which with every effj rt to save them died, although they hauled one to camp ona sled and Intended going so with the other, but when they came to it, it was too late. I regret this loss, but my anxiety to get over was so great that I pressed Morris and he went at it in earnest. The extra teams he hired were driven as he says by men accustomed to the moxmtains, and he sends certifiai.. cate of what are said to be relinble men to show that the thing was ^ not the result of neglect or carelessness. He left Bridger on Thurs- • • • day with escort for Bitter Creek, and as we had a terrific storm last - ■ night With much smw in the mountains, I ®ust say I a*^ heartily glad i he il» over. r,^ Maxwell's party .leaves for the field on Monday. I will set him 0 ^ to work from mouth of Weber westward for the present. I have hired Ic "' for him two six-mule teams at $9 per day each, a driver to accompany each team, whose wa^ee are paid by the party furnishing the teams, took six-mule teams because I could get no 4 mule teams for less, -nmn except one which was so indifferent I did not want it. I have the op- 'i" tion of ptirchasihg the teams at an agreed price $3100 or rather of k taking them any time prior to July 1st at that sum, they allowing m^ April 1868. any wages previously paid on the hire as so much toward the purchase ■ money, I took this option because I thought circumstances might take it cheaper for us to take the teams. I shall most likely visit some of the parties in the field next week as I wish to see personally how they get along, . 5. -ft ni i Oi. )Ui . ... Jiote; E. vr. Fullerton'to Gehl Ibdge; Cofydon, Iowa, 13:- In relation to an'entry of land made by himself and the aiTiount in which he deisred to be rei^^ibursed. Ox J. L. ITILLlams to Gen. Dodge,-Fort Wayne, 13:- "» i have Written two or three letters to you at Omaha; the last enclosing copy of Mr. Chanute^s diagram of his currents and his misfortunes. It will"be foimd suggestive. His 25 ft. scour on the i^ side of a pier and nothing on the other is a thing to be thought of. The plan of two iron columns 8 or 9 ft. apart would have the advan tage of allowing the sand and rip rap to equalize somewhat' aiid thus in part ayj id the pressure which ovdrturned his caisson. But how would such a current at such an angle operate upon a draw pier nearly 400 ft, long? It would require 1 think a better foundation than some of our friends imaginei • ".-no 1 think I suggested to you that Mp, Wolcott's estimate of excava7 '."f J . tion on the Alnsworth line station grounds might be materially lessen ed; 100 to 150 ft. wide Would do for a long tl™e. When tho trestle .shall be flXled ™ore can bis excavated. Tho immense tiwtwfer business ^ .■v'T Aa- ,, . April 1868. at the Pittsburgh terminus of the Penri, Central is done on a TSidth not j exceeding the above. It is not my duty, however, to say T^iore upon ,1, , , this subject. You and your assistants will no doubt state the com- ; .. parison fairly between the two lines to the Committee. Some members of the Board seem, still to have an idea that the line west from Omaha to the Elkhorn will be changed, and thus the saving of a mile becomes of less impo tance. Any such change at 30 or even 40 ft. grade must follow the west bluff up the river for some ^ miles to get distance; and such a line must cross the City near the ' Court Hour.e, "With its numerous windings, 3^t could not possibly short- ' en the distance so rr^uch as to prevent a line more cheaply worked than the Mud Greek line or, if a better line, certainly not so much better as to justify building a n6w line jr. Nothing in the future can be more certain than thai the Pappillon Valley will always be the route of 'the TI. P. K. R. TJhichever line the Board should adopt from the end of the Bridge,-they should not do it on the mistaken promises of a future ^ straightenin'^ of the line over the high country. Note Gen. Dodge*s advertisement for proposals for building Bridge over Miwaouri River, Note: P. E. Appleton to Gen. Bodge, Ft. Sanders, 13;- ; D Sends Maps, 4:0. t'»1 tun a Ifbte:' De^rbit B^idga ft 'li^n wwrki to L. Williams, Detroit, 15 Request copies of specifications for superstructure of B. idge April 1868. John Pope to ^^enT DcJdge, Detroit, Mich," 16:- - ■ I have heen intending for some time to write you and thnk you for your kindness in sending me the docuTr.ents which I wrote you for, but I have been for the greater part of the time confined to my house with rheumatism and in little condition to do any hing. Received also your report on the P. R. R. for which please accep my 'i " ''thanks. .. . . We are watching 4ith profound interest the result of irapeachment. The question is thoroughly understood by the people everywhere and if .1 piatters now stand, either the President will be convicted or the t •> pv rrnrf.}- Republican party be defeated. Theee is no retreat without disaster I from the position the party has taken on this question. We hope for ' ' the best, though at this distance and with our limited knowledge of the situation, we do by no means feel confident. T hear frorft pretty reliable sources that it is the purpose, in case of a new President, to send me back to Atlnnta. I hope if you f hear auch a thing mentioned you will discourage it, as I would not "return to the command of the 3d district under any conceivable circumstances. , please let ae.hear from you when you have leisure, and believe me as ever your friend^ ti l' , UoTcJe-i , iItiiftim>iaffaAjr8aff§ms to be promieing, as unuaul. -lol , cei-oo April 1868. . . . .. , Note;. Thos* H,.-Bates to J. E, House, Salt Lake City,. 16:- • • . « Encloses vouchers to amount of $63.75, ; v,1 :' Note, J. Blickensderfer to J. E. House, Salt Lake City, 16:- .1 . Sends lists of drafts dravm up to date. Note: "^as, A. Evans to J. E. House, Ft. Sanders, 16:- fi'i . Sends vouchers for $1554.04, bipVi^«'E[ote: H, Higgins to G«n. Dodge, Grant, Iowa, 17:-!. W' Wants docr'^ents, speeches or any ®atter of public interest wM'Bh Tnhy be of use in the coining Presidential campaign, , Wm, J, McAlpine to Gen, Dodge, Stockbridge, Mass,, 17:- >j I ic' Some days since I observed in the papers a statement that the plans for the foundjpition of the piers for the Omaha Bridge had been ■ iadopted by the Board. If this is so, and has been made public, will you be kind enough to inform me and also ifriat plan was finally decided "''ftiipon, 1 • I have felt ®o much Interest in the question that you will par don for dqairlng to learn as early as possible whether the plan * which has engaged so much of my attention as the best one for crossing thaae rlvera has m^t with favor or otherwise, I gave a letter of introduction a few days since to my friend, Jas. Dodge, and English Engineer who is visiting this country. He is connoted with London "Engineering" and I am sure youvwill find ■ ' • f I him a ™ost pleasant acquaintance and well informed. .C'>pc a '■ Fote: Ja's^ A?-^vanVto J. F. Rouse, Ft-. Sanders,• 18:- Sends mapB, &c * Note: J. Blickensderfer-, Jr. to J. E. House,. Sa]t Lake City 20:- Has received notice of the Wykoff account; it is o, K. J. Blickensderfer, Jr. to Gen. Dodge, Salt Lake ^ity, 21:- Yours of the 30th ult with map of country between Wasatc Mountains and Humboldt River and description of. lines was received several days ago, and^ I have given the subject brought up by these papers a cursory examination but it will require a little time, to make me quite 'familiar with them. ^ The suggestions of your, letter, however, as regard the questions in reference to route fron mouth of Tfeber to north point of Salt Lake are no doubt well ptt and will be attended t^ at once. I have already written you that Maxwell is charged with that work, and he is in the field engaged on its now, I find myself preparing for and becoming.rather anxious to get Into the field myself, new that the parties are all at work. I would like bo make rapid trips from one to another party, spending a few days with each and moving forward in advance of them, and taking near out from one to the other. But I confess to some serious ioubt in regard to the propriety of travelling alone in that manner through this country. For example- 1 should like to go from here to.YTebef; thence to ■cbth point of Lake And back over Promontory Point; thence ^ i-'-*. X , . '>/s J ' o' c ' 'In M I fy^n April, 1868. . , ,, « f - up Cache Valley to Hodges, and thence across to Ha®'sFork and over to Green River, or perhaps fro® here to Green River via Bridger and then back via Ha®'s For,, Cache Valley, ©ro^ontcry point, &c. Could pot an arrangement be Tnade by which a small escort of cavalry might be obtain.ed for me personally? A corporal or Sergeant and 8 or 10 men well mounted would ^.nswer every purpose, and although we would occasionally ride briskly for a day or two they would not have a hard tas:^, because they would rest and recruit whenever I was with one of our rrties, and I think we would heed no supplies except those we could carry on our horses, or possibly would need a pack mule or two but unless absolutely requi-ed would rather do without this incumbrance. As I am almost totally ignorant of military matters would like to * hear fro® you alwut this. I would very much like to visit all the parties, and I think I could be useful to the®, besides acquiring ®uch knowledge personally, and may be often by a mgre inspection decide questions which ®ight otherwise consume much time* '- cinot»li0r X wisti X c9-rin.ot> find liop© , good saddle horse. 1 have purchased one a pony, that looks pretty well I kno" he will not do half my work- if I once get going y.f * briskly. Col. Lewis has some good horses at Camp ^ouglas, more than they need, and he says it was decided some-time ago to Bell off the ^ surplus stock at his camn, but the order does not come. Now, cannot ■o®c arrangement be made to get ®e a godd horse froi® there? If I once April, 1868, start, one horse will not do tnore than take me to one extent of my lines and back before he must rest, if I u.^e him' day by day wh le r ^ with the party; and to take a second trip will require a second horse. 1 write these things because they have come to my mind. Please give them such consideration as they are worth. I think I shall go to Green T?ivcr, as suggested in your message. from omaha, soon arid will communicate with j'ou from there. I wish to see the line at Gr een River and likewise try to make up my. mind how soon we can work at head of Echo, owJ 10 J. Blickensderfer, Jr. to J. E. House, Salt Lake City, ; Yutirs of 13th is received. The amounts advanced by you to Lew is ard 'Vykoff are correct, and I have credited them in account. J iix: ■ I am obliged to you for settling with Bates and Hodges without bring- . V Siu^lng their old accounts into mine, as I preferred they should not. ■' - As your letter has just reached me, I have not seen Capt. Bates or any of the old employees since it came to hand and cannot say what account will be given of the animals on the list. As far as my know ledge goes there were but 10 mules here before I came belonging to th Jit'i R. R. Company and no horses., if Capt. Bates' statement is correct; but to tell the truth 1 suspect the three horses on your list are the same he sold me. • I will see him soon wlhien I shall ask for an explanation« You do noA say so in exact terms, but I infer from yotir letter . u, ,5 -«?> ii;,a «eo''' isfr^'je ^ •4 xMfm ly"' . ■r..z r April, 1868. ,( • that in settling his account.with you he took credit for the three horses on your list amounting to $275,00. Is this correct? 1 send you toi^orrow by V7ells, Fargo & Go's Express a package of vouchers amounting as per schedule accompanying to $21,775,88 which if correct-please pass to ®y credit. Among these is a voucher fro^ ■> 'Capt. Bates for three .hoaraes amounting to $510, These, as I wrote you, were turned over to me by him, as his property and if they are the same-three which are on your list, his creidt on either your account with him or on mine should be cancelled. There are some item on one of Hodge's bills (that of F. E. Brown) in regard to which I was in doubt, I noted them in red ink, and request you to advise me whether it has been customary or is proper to allow such items, Mr, Morris lost two of his mules in making the trip hence to Green River, h ving been worn-Out and strained in their struggles in the snow until they died. what kind of certificate or affidavit is required to enable him to obtain credit for them? With the vouchers I send receipted invoices of property from Messrs, Morris, Bates and Maxwell, chiefs o' parties. Hodges did not get his int^^ proper shape and it must be corrected and hetumed to him for signature. Duplicate of all I send are retained here until-dt. a™ advised of the safe arrival of these at omaha, I leave for Valley tomorrow and JBhall go as far east as Green River before 1'i-otiirfil# . IrM# ■ " • t'»(n XII, j.nt April, 1868. '' • Note: -Thos. H. Bates to J. E. Houre, Salt Lake City 22:- Wants to return.vouchers for board of men during the winter T'® ® . in Salt Lake. -Thos. H. Bates to J. Blickensderfer, Jr. Bel:T,ont, 23:-, n Enclosed please find a coTiiTnunication to Mr. House on the subject of the accounts disallowed by you, also duplicate vouchers fcr the same. Be good enough to trans-it the letter and vouchers to Mr. House, with any enrlorsement you may see proper to make, .■ 0, E. Davis to Gen. Dodge, Omaha, 23: • I-jfelt" '- o' Will you please .obtain and forward me?at your earliest con- ' venience from the General Land Office, a map or maps of the first ^ two hundred miles of the U. P. R. R. owing the ten mile limits on ■'either side of the road?' The ten mile limit that I h ve marked on our plats may not correspond in wwer- respect with the limit as shown ' on the maps in the General Land Office, I want this line exactly in '' *"aking the division between the U. P* R. and S.C. & P.R." I think the U. wUli^fcin by using the ten mne limit from Gene^r-al Land bffice. office, ■ " '• '. •■' 0 .1 iir*® ,;xpw*e... ^ ■ Oliver A^es to Gen. Dodge, Nv Easton,. 24: Your letter frSm North Platte is received this morning. I have fearea th 1. trouble wlhhe the Indiana and see no say to avoid 1 unless the aov.ms.ent ,111 feed then or give them auoh severe punish ment that they will not feel that they can rob with Impunity. 1 see ^ Tf (. April, 1868. . v;r ,IH nothins but exter'^.inat ion to the Indians as the result of their thiev Y»r , , ing disposition, and we shall probably have to come.to this before we f . can run the road safely, . ■■ Your letter on the water ajid depot question I presented to our j {^^o'Jimittee and urged its importance. I have sent a copy of it to Durant and Dillon since they went out, .and a letter to thei^ urging their acting on your suggestions. t.w u<» • ■ ■ Your rei^arks about the condition of road are ver * satisfactoyy. I think we should have the tunnel work got at as early as possible and 1 i T I ^ whatever hard places there ®ay be should be put under contract as soon as possibl". I A . -fc ^ . If you can do anything to make Genls. Grant or Sherman feel that it is of great importance to Government to have our line completed, and that protection by larger bodies of troops is absolutely necessary you will do a grand work, / Jas. A. Evans to Om, Dodge, Ft. Sanders, 24:- Our parties will finish location about May 1st. I hear from them often. a a aiwqn i^ere is a good deal of activity here; all sorts of projects. ,5Phey have let a good deal of work at the town, round house with 20 V .3 '■». i ^ '— stalls black mith and other shops. Carmichael starts on Monday next for Green River with a large force. This house is to be fitted up for the Commissioners, so that April, 1868. we will be in the new town very shortly, " > ax i Indians -^ade an attack on Boyle's men near Rock Creek yesterday wounding four menj one or two will die^ The carried off 12 head of stock. From what I can learn there are about 200 Indians between Laramle and the line. I arrf inclined to think that they will make things pretty hot here this' summer. Track is tonight three miles this side of Dale Creek Bridge and will be here by the first May. Dillon goes East in the morning and dill not return for so^^e ti^e. ^Oie Dr. If he goes at all will return ' soon. Reed and Sey^iour awe going West of Green River and perhaps to ; Salt Lake. The object I presume is to so fix matters that the conw&l^^ ting may make a little ca ital in some way- out of the work there. J, Williams to Gen. Dodge, Council Bluffs, 25:- naamoMk v:' Offers to sell certain property and his figures, 0. Chanute to J. L. Williams, Kansas City, Mo. 26:- • Yours of 13tr and 14th raise so many questidns 'of interest, that I allowed them to remain unanswered until I had leisure to notice , all the points you make. , With regard to our own woyk, we propose to shift the spans as you eutoest, but not to use columns as we can go down to rock quicker and cheaper with the plan we propose and secure much greater stability. As to the bridge at omaha, concerning which you ask ®y opinion. ■ 4 : P April, 1868. ^ I fear that it will have hut little value, without a personal study and exat^ination, hut I give you the impressions derived from your map and report for vhat they are worth, 1st. Location- It seems to me that the most expensive and trouble jR 1, some site has heen selected. Being on a straight reach of the river it may he necessary to protect hoth shores for miles in order to secure the channel within its present hanks. A bridge on the Missouri should always be located near the tangent point of the second pair of reverse curves or at thn head ofa straight reach, and there should if possi ble be a rocky shore on the concave bank, as the tendency is to scour ; the concave and fill up the curve side. The protecting one bank then ^ holds both, and shallow foundations on piles become safe on the cuvre bai^. ^ . I r 2d; Length of Bridge- I should doubt the propriety of cutting off the flodd overflow, and in that case would put all the foundations V down still deeper, as the bed will scour. A good rule woul^^ be thr t « the flood discharge and cross section being known, the obstructions I **' ■ caxised by embankments and piers should not rr ise the surface of the river, so as to give it more than ve locity of 12 feet per second ghrough the bridge in floods. This will r.cour rocks, and be diffi- ' ' • .> wtn "\jult for steamboats to stem (a mnag pgr hour.) 3d;*- Rip rap will stand in the Missouri, but will require conttlf» Htw *1 B* , April, 1868 ^r:rcr ■ ■ !-■ r f ■ ■ . stant and ti'^'ely repairs. The^bulk of the stones thrown around pier No. 3 have been carried 70 feet fdown stream. As soon as they get a go good footing against the bar formed by the eddy behind the pier, but little more wear will take place. Curb No. 4 would have been safe against the flood we had if it had been coTtipleted as proposed, but a s succession of floods without renewal of rip rap washed away would have . . . ::ni ' ' • destroyed it. 4th, PlanA- I ani very glad that pneu^'^atic olunins are to be I 1 • adopted, as It will furnish a fair oo«iparlson of cost with the method we have adopted and time employed. We need besides a good set of air machinery In this country, and yours should be 'f the best. ' I hope that Mr. MoAlplno will be selected to carry It out. As to the W particular dimensions you mention- I fear th,y are too light, although this Is with ma a matter of Judgment and not of experience. 1st. I fear a shell 1 1-4 Inches thlck(fllled with concrete) would he broken by a blow fro- a steamer or a raft of drift, parts exposed to shocks are generally made 2 1-2 Inches thick In Europe. 2 d - The Ice breaker columns should be put down as deep as the others, otherwise they may scour out end pull the' pier over. I should say you ought to go down 65 or 70 feet below low water. * ' * 5th. Are columns 8 1-2 feet In diameter stable enough? In case ' of scour on one side very little material will flow between the col umns, as It will arch itself on the tangents to the linos of adhesion '«d.t w April 1868. * ' ■ ? ' of the sand as shown in plan, and it seei^s quite clear that the si^all columns under the ice breaker will be ushed over by a scour of 20 feet on one ride. Take the tube of 3 1-2 ft. in diamter, call the angle of repose 15° and wei^t of 1 cubic foot saturated sand 120 lbs. The thrust would be 30X0.588X3.5X 120 lbs. 111 tons. Weight on base, "X"000b. Weight on shell--llX60X12X450 lbs. XIO p.c. IT tons. -12X2000. Concrete, 9.62X60X133 lbs- 38 tons. 2000' Ice-breaker say this proportion - 10 tons,. Considering the columns as a beam these may be calculated as two bent levers of which the moments are exerted on the base, which we will call 6 ft. in diameter. Movement of thrust 111 T.X40 on the edge, 1480 tons. 3 Weight 65TX3 6 1-2 tons, 30. Movement oh case, differences 1.473 1-2 tons. It does not see^ possible that the weight of the column, of 30 ft. water and the resistance of the soils houlrl hold this thrust and prevent the column from turning upon'one edge of its foundation as a pivot, tipping over and dragging the rest of the pier- after it. I have made calculatio'ns of stability of 8 1-2 ft. columns, in the same rou^ way, which shows them barely stable under a 30 ft. scout on one side, even wit^^ the weight of the bridge on them. I should like to have you send me your calculations of st'-biTity ~in order to compare with more accxirate ones*l Intend to make. The scour now at pier Ifo* S is S3 ft. below low water. I cannot say how m^ch deeper it would go at a pier, as it is down to the rock. April, 1868. .ofvef (* The deepest scour in the river bed iast year was 30 ft. below low water, but it is rnuch rrore at a pier. As this question seems of general interest, I have begun preparing a paper giving a resume of European practice with the air process, which 1 shall publish probably In'the Journal Franklin Institus Sup- » • • « • . . • erstructure. Connect your spans over th-^ piers by all means; you will save from 15 to 25 pc. of iron, and with wrought ir n there is no objec tion in tension on the.top chord between the points of reversal of # • •y-strains, and with a high bridge you can roll it into place over the piers without the us© of scaffolding^y' ^ ^ Jas. A. Evans to Gen. Dodge, Ft. Sanders, 21:- V »v - i . - 4. V, „ QTr>ThO Q rfi at. Wl The parties on the Pacific slope are at work. Lawrence reached there on Friday and Pumpelly on Monday last. Appleton has joined the lattw. I thought it best to send him out, for the reason that he is familiar with the country. Thi k I shall be oble to go myself about the last of week. ^ , The party arrived here the afternoon of the da:' you left. The Oootor as you notions but did not get the .tart.of ne in any -ay. I convinced hW. that so far as the line to •e. : oreen River was concerned he could bring on his 8000 men as soon as .10- h» pleased. I a" quite satisfied.that the only oourse.,lnsurlng comfort mi April, 1868. -t . . • t in dealing with hi"i is to put on a reasonable a^no^^nt of assurance. I gave hiirt to understand that we could locate line faster than he could ■^arch men and transportation over the road. After that everything was right. Seymour kept in the back-ground and didn't trouble any. I dont know of what use he is here, unless it is to drive team for the rest of them., • - * Ints at the new City are selling quite fast; think it will be considerable of a toHr\^ With reference t our building here- the Dr. • . t ; and Dillon have decided to have it fitted up for the Commissioners, so that we lirill have to move to the town soon. They expect to cross ^ Cale Creek Bridge today. The design is to turn line over to oper ating departTTient so soon as a siding is reached, so that Reed will have but little road to operate. o . . t Note: D. P. Toodruff to J. E. House, Ft. Sanders, 21:- . Wants to return to Omaha and work in Omaha office. ' '" J Blickensderfer Jr. to Gen.Dodge, Salt Lake CtJjy, 2^ :- " * . . You will remember that before parting from you in Washington J requestO''^ you to ark your Board of Directors or whoever h d the matters In hand to fix the amount of my compensation and I understood to say that some tim© in "arch the* Board would »'et, when you woq^d request them to do so. ' ' Will you be kind enough to advise me oif the decision in the . .A yf-f, ; .11../ April, 1868. * premises? I request this for the reason that on the first of 'June, I would like to ur'e all that ^ay be coding to "'e to that day, and should like to know precise iy what amount I ®ay be entitled to draw. Note: H. C. ^ayinond to Gen. Dodge, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, 22:- Has just received telegram and packed and sent trees by Express. Next Fall will move to Council Bluffs. Note: Knox & Shain to J. E. Hou-e, Philadelphia, 27iSends l-IDOO ft. steel chain, &'c. rift' i »• - Note:* Modification of an agteement between the Denver pacific Railway and Telegraph Company and Sidney Dillon, Oliver Ames and their assistants. ^ F. Hodges to J. E. House, Ca^p No. 18, Cache Valley, Utah, 28:- 7/e will leave this canyon in a few days and travel around go Brea Lake by Soda Springs, connecting from the east wi h These Cache Valley lines and estending them to Beftr River. I expect ^.-4^ - to be back to Salt Lake by the 15th of June, f,,' J. E. House to Gen. Dodge, Omaha, 28:- ii.w uof Enclosed you will find m-onthly estimate to Contra6fcors for f- ' t the month of *arch, 1868. I have written to ^r. Evans concerning the laying off of twon at Sorth Forkj 8h»ll .ndeavor .to be prepared for it. Have al»e written hi® about having notes for Oonmlasioners prepared at his office. April, 1868, I gave orders to have track measured, on the 20th, and to have notes sent In at once; have not received them up to this time; expect ' GoiTipany will call for report every minute and I a™ not prepared for theri. They are on the way, have been delayed somev/here. Mr. "Hudnutt telegraphs from Laclede that he is waiting for sup 0 plies and orders; that he has located 90 miles of road; sent maps, profiles and notes to Evans, I have profile 25 miles west of North ^ •Jt piatte Crossing, but maps nofarther than when you were here. Am getlines pretty well tggether on the map- have the profile allcopied, '^f*} ■ fja now inking up the original and working up table of grades. . I was out with the Doctor and Mr, Dillon yesterday P, M, looking over depot grounds and the river crossing. They have decided to have • more lines run-before making a decision on the grounds they want. They now propose running north of the Breweryj making the curve on 'the trestle instead of the table and station, "depot grounds at edge of bluffs, &c. That will carry the line in filling nearly all the ' way. They contend that it is.better to spend more money on the grad- . kf ing of grounds and have them of greater length than to have them as " short ai laid down on the map. ^ - " V. ^ Mr, Wolcott. ts running line tc^ay., - ^ * ' s"* "»j tft Samuel B. Reed to Crcn, Dodge, Cheyenne, MwiNot > "^Can you get a P, 0, establiehed at Green River Stage Station 295 April, 1868. . r C , 'X i for the convenience of our V'ork in that vicinity? There will be give hundred to one thousand men on the work convenient to the Stage Sta tion most of the season, and as soon as the road is completed to that place, the office can be moved to the station. Note: T. F. Fisher to Gen. Dodge, Iowa City, 29:-. Wants sltu?5tion in surveying corps, ; t Ir Note: M, White to Gen, Dodge, Omaha, 29;-; : ct'ui Yours of 25th was duly received, I went down to Mr, Pull man's office but he was olif of town, I sp oke to his brother Albert about it and he said that his brother would like to have you take the amount, I will see him on my return and arrange the matter with him, and have him write to you about it, ^ ^ " I leave today for the end of track with Gen, Sherman and D , Dlirant and others* The othefr Co'°®isaioners have not arrived but will I think tonight. We will not exa^^ine the road till 40 "^iles are finished, V 4. • :: *1 rr} Note: Jas, S, Wilson to Gen, Dotlge, Dept. Interior, G.L.Ofifce,30 " ' In relation to claim of E. W. pullerton for reimbursement of certain money paid by said Fullerton for counterfeit Ian warrants. Note: Jas, S Wilson to Gen. Dodge, De{)t, Int, G.L,Office,30:- Acknowledges reciept of my. requdest asking for map of Ist 200 miles D.f.R.R, with lO- mile limits which he will forward April, 1868. as s oon as it can be made. Note: W. Denton to Hon. W. b. Allison, Ft, Dodge, Iowa, 30:- T/ants to be informed in relation to contracts for heavy S:.-." . ■ work on Jas. A. Evans to Gen. Dodge, Ft. ^anders, 30:- Col. Hudnutt joins Blickensder i'^niediately reporting yo him at Bridger. Lawrence, as soon as he makes connection with B*s line near Green River, will report to him likewise. O'Neil will come back over line revising it, when he will strike tho stage road at North Platte. Pumpelly's party will go on construction. I can use o'Neill and part of his party laying out towns, turning over a small party and a rather inefficient one I am now using, to Reed. This work will not last long and it seems to me that engineer ing at this end is closing up. The hired teams with the parties are turned over to Company from today. n ' I •• Jas, A. Evans to J. E. House, Ft. Sanders, 30:- ' Yours of 28th is refteived. With feferenae.to town at North Platte- I design to have O'Nelly lay it out. He will be there now very soon. Col. Hudnutt will go to Blickensdefer immediately; Lawrence as soon as he makes connection with B'xe line which will be in a few days. Pumpelly will( or rather hi-s party) go on construction. So ^''1/1 ^ f i « i ^ April 1868. • "^ *• * there will be only the old party to provide for. The location will be finished to Green river this week. We have worked it through without regard to expense and have been quite successful, bont you think so? We have been in the field about a i^onth and the thing ^ • • • . • • is done. I a^ very confident that the ^atter could be organized in such -a way as to insure a location to Salt Lake City in two weeks. You can readily see that "^y engineering is drawing to a close here. I I With reference to '^easxiring track &c, send on your papers and . . t I will do all that I can toward attending to it. ■ fiiiE. Coates to J. E. House, Ft. k, Russell, 30:- I send today by Express on pair Elk horns for Gen. Dodge shich he desires you take charge of until he returns fro"^ Washington. ; 1 I'Note:* Abraham Bockee to J. E. House, Council Bluffs, 30:- Concerning his private accounts. Order on Mr. House to pay Eddy his s-alary, ^ ^ ; • ' ^ Wote.- F, S.-Bodges to J. E, House, Cache Valley, Utah, My 1:- 'ep.t •tcrf' Concerning hfts account. , Hbte: H. C» VanLennep to Gen. Dodge, Lime Springs, Iowa, May 1. vfen n I- IP relation to mail and route. oP" T. Baldwin to gGen. Dodge, Council Bluffs, May 1} Your telegram received all right. West is here and everything 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 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context B D6643z Type The nature or genre of the resource Book 1868 General Grenville M. Dodge Union Pacific Railroad https://archive.councilbluffslibrary.org/files/original/8a3299cb889b53a10a61f792de2354d3.pdf 05fe52e56e94ba349d36c1891e482c01 PDF Text Text March, 1869. together. ; U" 'i S'v. 'i.f" to 4ti f, 'io3 'wr'T l i ^ Mr. Duff has gone to New_Haven today and will go tp New York tomorrow, and will in a few days go out on the road V7ith you. He wants to get money enough to pay up the most pressing labor claims before he goesy' ^ , x i - I'l • x. u G. Wj. Martin to Gen. Dodge. Omaha, 22; ^ '.I r I enclose herewith copy of Col. Hudnutt's letter this day received. Jo.'i W. Snyder to Gen. Dodge, V^illow City, 23;.r. w The and of U.P. is hero today on edge of Salt Lake. They lack ties to make much headway. < t Warren * a Div. is had. He workSp l^ardj will get It in hette^ f hape soon. The weather is favorable for, him now. -"w : ! .. . 1 IHie Central is working some along grading, are dr^vlfig .piles a few miles weo.t of here. .1, ' Gen. Casement is quite iipwell. ^ ^ r.IJi'X xn j ^ Warren has charge of Bjrers,^ &c; that Mvision (west of Wahsatch) D.W.E. and has an awful track. , X? u . t, «•* , v.c .hJIota; J. T. Iley to Gen. Dodge, Omah^, 1 *April. , al l 0-1 _ K. In relation to planting forest trees around depots, j. ao < J. L. Wjlli^ tq Gen. Dodge,- "New York, April-1:-' ttj» • Yqu should telegrajh to hurry up Blickensderfer and Warren April, 1869. to give their viows before the Senate Committee. I knov7 they would • - • - t V - / • - " throw much light on the question of comparative location and construc tion. But they must tell their own story, I will say to you privately that the bridge may get into a bad position, not as to engineerirxg but as to means and the use of it by Eastern roads. I gather here that botli the North Western & Rock Island will stand aloof-as matters now are, both in regard to contribu ting funds and pledges of using it in the future. They profess to be afraid of a job inside. They say that the U.P. have commenced it without an arrangement and that the;: are bound to builS it and pay for t . . . . . . it any how. It is a great pity that there had not been a contract in the mutual interest of the U.P. and the iJ or 3 Eastern roads a year ago, Mr. McComb and his Committee have not managed very prudently. ' ■ " - « • As it how is I am very confident that our folks will have to take all the certificates. I, must starjt west on Monday, Nothing will be lost as I see no pr^j^ct of the organization of the Board very soon. The courts and the press seem to be against us. A very unjust editorial is in the "New York !]^es" of this, morning ; get the paper and read it. I thought that Journal was on the other side. lie- eif.i .. . 1 ^nyder to Gen. Dodge,, Omaha, 1:- (Telegram) „ ^ •▼•IT I Must have help at once to keep going. 1083 . -.arc April, 1869. \- I . - ' " "' . ' ■ i' * S. Seyniovir to G*en, Dodge, Brigham City, 1 (Telegram: ./•I Our engineers and contractors all say that they never saw or heard of Commissioners passing over Central line between Monument and Weber previous to 1st March, J. Poppleton to S. Snyder, Salt Lalce City,l:- * I reached Salt Lake City on the evening of the 24th and the next morning received a telegram from Brigham City, in relation to affidavits, from Col.' Seymour, and also your telegram directing ine to' co-operate with S. in taking testirony. I I'eft S.L.City the morning of the 26th and returned again on the evening of the 30j^h, having spent the interve._ing time in taking testimony at Promontory Point and Brigham City, and yesterday morning i s'en't all testinioney taken by Welis Fargo & Co. to Echo City where it will go by special me'sseng'er ' -^^ 4' « " J fill I'vxri ii .. to Washington, as directed by Gen. Dodge. I find as yet no move on the part of the C.P.rf.R.' towards a lit igation but think it is inevitable'within the next 30 says unless Gonress unites the* knot.'' The ^o tracks cross each other once east * ' of Promontory point'and s^erai* times 'beyond it. Whenever we lay " track across their grade, as we will within the next 10 dat^s, I think the pall nnist open. I have lost nd in'miking mj^self fdmiliar with the organiza tion of the courts and laws of Utah, and feel that' I am 'already 1084 April, 1869. 1 familiar with the ground. My judgment is lhat the courts and judges are both ignorant and \incertain ^d when once, laucnhed in litigation. no one can tell where It will end* For these reasons it is very , ■'.♦C way desirable that the points in the controversy should be settled by . . Congress if possible, and I think you*"shn:uld urge upon Gen. Dodge thlaji Vein of the matter. ♦ .il «-X In the peculiar situation of affairs hefre it does not seem likely that" I will be able to leave for some weeks, "^n the meantime I wish you would post me on anything important transpiring in New York, as i .f, I am utterly without informat on since I lefty/ •. . Jti 'lo f 'W. Snvder to Gen. Dodge.,. Ogiaha, 1;- y r.d# ' ©if I understand that peremptory orders, have been given to move the U.S. land dffice from Omaha to West Point to take effect within one month. This will; hurt us in many ways and will not help the public. Think Thayew 'has effeotBd it to. carry out pledgee giv^ by him. ought to have the officeur here or at least some station on the road,^^..^ The Oovsmmont will loaa. notvey by changing tp . Note: J. D. Cox to Own» Dodge, Washington, 1» ^ ^ .-id i i atr: ^ j " Encloses liat Qf dates qf filiqg of certain papers by Pacifi TRaillNMBtP lo ate* i snat: 0»■#>#iutt -Pen. Qodg^, Biut • lir" .', - April* 1869. , ')0l ,!.• I have just returned from a rough trip through 'the canons of the glue Mountains, west side. I reached, the foot of the mountains March.. 9th» have run one line acorss, got a good lihe with light grades up East side, but found the descent west so heavy that 1 left it , om row trying another pass. « ■ f- . v an® Snow is 2 1-2 ft. deep and more falls every cLay(&nowing fast all ^ y today) What with wading in snow and. fording deep creeks and .j^ljiual rain and sleet, we are having a moistUnie of it. In fact, duri^S .tlie last 10 days we have worked only two full days., because ^ StOr^SS. .vl'-i . - ... .. j j!r From the pass at the heiui pf Mercham Cra/ak I am now running a lin® down the ii%«t M'd®^ ifbpe 'to get down aritii 80 ft. grades, but through a fearful canon fot' eight miles aiid'then by a pretty ./ J n IP line ' it i® . crook to the Umatllla River. When we rekoh that wa are all right, gO^d < n .J QX'SiSB 1®' crd^M^'^t i^,itocl ve!?, gpfcten flourishing down In Umatilla 1tailley< Hp here wj^have an artic winter,, Shall» • V, orr aa fast'as th4 • w#«*hWr i^Jtermlta so as to reach the open plains pusn ^ ^0 Umatilla. " T^Hl write you -again so soon or, I readh bottom. ,' t Klchal-d White to Oen, Podge> Chicago^: 2;- ; ■ Wh^iever you have any favors to ask of please Qomraunicate me directly, ifM edydWIfcstHif idoat send .an agont who has nqt more ^ith uxx-awiixjr, wmx eETywwwwkv ^♦ion than to offer me money. ■ ' ii I ' April, 1869. Pleaso do not say anything about IJiiis.^?-I-think Mr. H^-has already been sufficiently punished under the circumstances. I think^it is proper that y.ou should know about this matter, but it will please me^fbeist if you keep it to yourself. .:.J- ':v: itto .Cjtt -7 W. Miller to Mr. W. Snyder, Salt Lake City, 2:- or- ! . I telegraphed you this morning that I had seen J. M. Simmons. The result of a long interview with him is this: Simmons, up to a j short time cigo, was arr"engineer ip. Capt. Bates' division, and he .as- . eribes as a reason for his writing that Letter to President Grant,, that he had been reli,eved by said, Beites asnd; took that measure tg obtain his. revenge. ■c It , . - . " He states that the worst kind -of coolness is now and has been existing between the engineer corps and the contra ctors, and that up tor.-taaa'Jlfet day odP January of this yiee« "^are were two acogunts kept in the banking house of Hussey, DaJiler & Co; one called miscellaneous^ ht other ,road Ciieieount, and each one had, a balance upon that day of a quarter of a million, acre or less. Purtherraore, that there are \ vouchers existing stating what those balances represent of for what^ they are kept, save.thtat they are the products of gigantic stealings; Purihewmore that he made out an exhibit or ratha^ifafepied one at the instigation of said Bal^s. and that-.said .«lhihit ^s now ?.n the posses eion of S.B.Reed* 1087 April, 1869, W % X ^ ■ Item No, 2. That- S.B.Reed sub^let a contract for ties to Brigham Vni^pr. Jr., and stipulated to pay §10 per day for each item, and he is cognizant of' the fact: that vouchers were given for four and complete work according to the tenure of the contract, whereas there would only be one load of ties delivered within a space, of 5 days, •Item No. 3. That one,-Jonas, Chief tie Inspector of ths Construe tion, was fudly aware of the fact, that about one third of the ties contracted for were really delivered, and that he gave for them vouchers for full amount, reserving for himself a heavy percentage'.'lo over and above the stipulated percentage allowed, and that S.B.Reed was in full Icnowledge of said fact luid received a commensurate sum, AncP%o -he goes or. enumerating such like proceedings, proving conolu- ^ sively *ith "hho heads of the Construction, and they in turn with sub contractors and moths of lesser magnitude that have been flutter ing around the lamp of construction, * I met last night another member of the Engineer Corps, who proves conclusively th4t the from Wahsatch west ca^ be and was built at a cost of betiNr«iiaKlrty and thiry-two thousand dollars per mile, 'whereas ninety-six thousand was the price charged, -Now the inference I draw from cJLl these reports ts this, that we have a key to a vast amount of corruption apd theft in the banking .i rtci c April, 1869, ■i^n- . , . «» • 1 • *» V ^ n V* V t tf 1, . •■:*. '■ rfl itu" ram'Toa q4 nneif «1 .-"'''l .%.' frt" ,r«»tMiiij " House of Hussey, Da'hler &_Cp; they possess and have knowiedge of private accounts, and accoimts for private purposes* tinder ficl^P^ous " titles. The question is have you any power that can force this house into disgorging these- statements both true and false. If you have the matter can be exposed by comparJLng vouchers, and accounts with apparent work performed, J . ilw It is not in 'ify power, neither would it be province to attempt to obtain any inforaation from them directly on the sub'ject; further- • more within a short time back contractors and sub oontractors have be- ^ ' tween extremely reticent on matters pertai ing to their departments, 1 remained in Echo City, Mr. Reed's headquarters, an entire day with- ^ out hearing or learning anything of importance saere this: One of Maj, Dajjia,' chief clerks told Me that the- pig was nearly up with" them. T presume he had reference to Davis and associates. So under the clrcumstancjs, I conclude that to learn any news one must go away from home. a If I h»( ' Col, Seymour is nilT Srigham City, a point 1 will reach in a day or two, and I will Watt here until ttmorrow to receive any advice that you might have ai>ei4 fit to forward. Kf'. Poppleton dasires ma to visit the above place alWo Ogtfan, In much asone-. Judge Robl^n- &i Sacramenton •f<^r the at. one or the other of thea«:- At , .1 . ■ i April, 1869. .caeX places, and Mr. P. thinks is here to comence suit in the U.S.Court against this, road. Ho w:^es me to aid htm in finding out this particu lar. A certain Mr. Yates.. brother to the Cashier of the 1st National Bank at Omaha, and assistant to Engineer House, informs me that the arrest of Durant and the injunctions of Jr. are nothing t^an the carrying out of a programme by which said Durant and P sk will obtain entire control of the road by prodjacing a state of „ affairs (which they certainly have done) and so involving the; road in fJLnancial disaster as to force a sale of the Ist mortgage bonds, and .with the aid of what stock they hold obtain the road into -to virtually. Of this particular you doubtl :ess know more than either he or I, but in as much as I I^awe biftfna sent out to become a faithful chronicler fit events and. ^inga.t rl giv^ it to you for its specific value. Such bein& the case. I give ,f<fu a telegram ripeivod in this city a £ew> hours ago, and which'* I presume will appear in the evening papers. That , Dtirant. was in confinement vuider guard,- and that the railroad officials in Omaha had left the city. During. niT "this A, .||% with Simmons I came to the con clusion thatrvhflhw> wilting thi^triatter was out of a mre spirit ©C .aiilioe in tha hopes .of allveiviating to a certain degree the chagrin ho was ,ohairfing under by having bean removed. There is no j doubt but that ha money during his official career, for upon his hOM April, 1869. , , < ' - • retirment, he was enabled to bi:iy out a large restaurant in the Revere « House, of this city. You may safely rely upon his statement being in the main correct, as I dont think he has any desire to obtain money ^ for what information he did or may possess. The general feeling^n this city is that the road is bankruj^ and what few people I have seen that have any money invested are swear ing eternal vengeance on the contractors in general and T.C.Qurant in • t particular, and merchants here are not in the least backward in pronoucning it the most gigantic swindle ever perpetrated upon a credulous and outraged public. ' ^ 1 j r ■ .rr , r If I can possibly obtain any furhter information from this point, ♦ > I will immediately forward it; if not my next coirmunication will be • * from Brigham City or Corinne, If I should leave this city before re- - I m ' I ^ ^ X ceiving any advice from you, should yoj forward any, I will inform llr. c' • - » I Poppleton of my .vhereabouts that he may be able to remail to their . , iv.v. proper destination./ A. J. Ponnlolon to W. %iyder. Salt Lake City, 2;- I have^tftls morning learned that Judge Wilson, iflio is now East, will return by way ol* Omaha, passing through about the 15th or 18th of April . He is Judge of^ the district in which our jA«li^a%fu» • « • , ; V " must take place, if we have any. I suggest that you intercept and pass - .d.A iKiifl'T will 90 nciJl4aKi Oitat %09t April, 1869, .9081 iltnqA '■ ■u-nJiaBt ^ it»r ojh frl'joni" r.s- : lUw him over the road. The Central Pacific have^ retained M&rshall &* C.aili£r» 'Atty''s here, and'I have thought it best to retain one and if we ccfea to a struggle • • . 1.' j. may retain another, ' ' I have been looking into' the condition of the lands of Utah this <rc\ ■ v : "v . . r ' . - i .-r morning and have written 0. F, Davis, making some suggestions as to what ought to be done here at once, asking him to confer with you, I have seen in telegrams that some'kind of an act hats been "passed by Congress pro ibiting suits vs. the Company in any court other than a United States Court, If this be so telegraph Gen. Dodge to send me a certified copy. Our greate st danger is thdt we may fall into the hands of the Mormon Probate Court. I learn this morning that a Mr, Robinson. Attorney frdm Sacra- *mento, is here for "the C,P,R,R*, and I lo6k for active operations in a few days. . , . . 1' hi' f t*" Note: A. A, Hug^hrevs to Gen, Dodge, Washington, 2;- * "*• -: , , , " " . ,t *, A Giving address of Gen', G. K. ivarren. jfC t-f , . j . I Note: I, Price,to Gen, Dodge, Says that if he is wanted to atleM meeting of i^krd* " " • ' . • ' . . ; A 'i ■ iUCl Directors to telegraph him at Davenport, lowa,^ Note: Jacob Ri^to Gen. Dodge, Washington, 2^- Wants position on the Union Pacific R.R. for a friend. 1092 % , 1869. >• • r ^ / Half?; Ayerr& -6D, ; Gefl.. Dodfe, Chicafro, 2'i<^ —Your teie/*iHim was receired today:- Tlio wfiter iTrmediately called on Mrw Wftlte,* the Senior Editor of Chlcaao" Tribune, and ' he promioed the Writer that he would -arite ■ a' rood-, stron-y article-' expresslnc himself atronrly that the U.P»R.P.. had riphtr on-their^-side unless there was soitietMnji-'ln, a'9 td the-point of meetinf flxj.nw it at, a plven point-.-' e-'r / -r - .» ■» t We came to the consluclon It was not adWisable Vo have Aft article on that"Snbjact-puMdshed-at-fthe'same time, 9s if miyht look as if it Was (gotten up" for" this particular, oncasloifi by doncer 6f' action smehg the <ifoumal8- of the city'.' "fomorroW wlll-«endeav6h»*lS'D hav" . an article In some ether"paper.♦ ff thehe is anythiftp #e can do f6r - -yett further, eownand tls.wnfl we'*will obey. I have'written Sehator" Carpenter,- who »ifl-an-IntimAte fhtend of-thff whiter, l"i^ behalf of the U.P. R. O. Hazard W-Gen. Date,' W.l.^ 2rC t !•> o • Tha •anifdst desli^e"Af'Hwrtr Grant" tfi his Cabinet tc ' solaat hrmest non for •offices »of the •woomnwnt^ohcnwi^ <fnrist' 'all 'rood men in the-"<«IMoo^ Some 'Offlcfe'*»eeke#s do fidfstrffer frcWi 'e<ceSS of modesty la-purihinr ^theinse>we».. . •>-'0 ."«P ni h-T'" --' . ' .T t believe-Gen. BumsWe with Iw tJhis matter; his own preference Inolinine-to Mr. I»erry/ who-didb ftlroadY'b''dd some'«W|5brlence. •I have darned it heat-vte-make tlffe»%tH!J^ttomP,'Vis you "ferfyWiaNlls"\he tfm April, 1869. . " / opportunity thein useful.,! Rove never*aske^a any favor of the * "ftoyel»Rm«flt'fOr fiiij^self heVer-recommended any one 'for any office in any case^ift" irfttcR I <5iS-^net^tKlnk" the"public interest would bepromoted by^tfte select!onJ'and t know of'rtc •eaftfe-In ifhich It^was'-rtot found to be'so when tried* ' •! r Jl T. Baldwin to Gen.• Dody^,-Council Bluffs•, B:- * napfrnf I sent you sonetlme ayo account on G. E. apincerl'^WRat Aid you db with !tf- f»«, ♦ >■ ►r "» it ' ' TCm Conner, who had been a h^avy cbntractor on the'noHhwestern ft-Rock Island R.R; wafits-tor ^o'in %ith me'and take ^dohtract for grafflinp approach P«'"Bridce^on tfil'Sogf de'or both'sides; Tfe'hfts a larj;© amount of Stock and liRPlomdnts and" iS'prepared tA do the wOrh, T7ould-there be'any-ohanCfe.to ^et it?' ''Gen. Smith told.me'thert Boomer has nOt-fjot that work, t undorfttartd''that Crefmhton is trytjli^tO"'§&t Do yoTl .flhlnlt IRiO'dM) *day draft given byBlnsey ofT Cisco .vill b« paid »wti«T(lae|i*W4'got aberOt"1(^18 of'thdm ^d ^ot those discounted r«-.^-by Gilman ib Sdna; If-ihey ar# rtoU paid'a«'ffl?rturfty'Vo 'wllT'hjfir* to provide for those "and'If possible would llk-^ t6 know before htfnd. R. G. Hazard to Oen. Dod^e, .F««(rfe llald, Tl.l. 2:- ' 'I' «*P«*t •to-^be»4n-Rew Ydr* • Cgaln TifoTsffei^ A.M. and will , ^.^rpoooaod .W Washlibgtow Irf 1 ban be of any. usd"tnere ^sori and bis „ wife and four ot>Aldreti walld for Buropb ewf Iro'dnbbdaV 'next and 1 will mri April, 1869. » ' ■ jjL , i.., . - be glad to see them off, hut if important, I will forego it. Please write me Care New Jersey Central R.R.company, 103 Liberty St, New York, and let me knov/ if there is anything I can do. ?^e are suffering very much by the delay but I suppose some of the Senators • . ' ■ ■ . J .. 'ji;. I , want us to suffer till we consent to pay Fisk, Wm, M. Fvarts to Hon. Cakes Ames. Washington, 2:- When you called upon me'on Wednesday of last week and in-' formed me of the wish of the Union Pacific Railroad Company to retain me in an expected litigation with the Central Pacific R'. R.Company, I started to you that I had been spoken to by a gentleman representing th4 last named c^mp^y the day before, and that upon iriy expressing a doubt about my relations, or those of any firm, with the U.'P.R.R.Company in some suits in New York, would leave me at liberty to take a retainer from the Central Pacific R.R.Co,, he had requested me to - ^ ' jL *1 allow my, position to remain as it was until he had opportunity to go to New York and see the President of the Company and further coramu- ♦ " ■ w i , : nicate with me on the subject. This, as 1 also stated to you, I " agreed to,and therefore declined to entertain your application until 4. a reasonable time had passed for the Central Company to make up its mind on the subject, when I would have to considoh'whediher I Was fr&h from any implication with the U.P. R.R.Company, and aVltbe^ty to take •• u 1 v o*"' ' " a retainer from the other company, - -Irto , :;,5. ,1, 1095 L April, 1869. ■yt, . . '.*ni IL: * <!-"■*-. ■ ' ,' ^ ♦ .p,/;- r-cf When you made your application to me on Monday la.st, I pro- '' '^'T Jt ' posed to consult still further the wishes of the other company from an unwillingness to have any misunderstanding arise. But as there can now be no doubt that the Central Company has no occasion to as^ any further reserve of my services, I feel myself boiind by the ordinary rules of professional duty to accept a retainer from the Union Pacific ^ . 1 . n rRailroad company. Note: Snvder to Gen. PpdgQ, Omaha, 2:- .V- c ■ J Returns letter of Geo. F. Sdmuad? favoring Leslie M. Platt. • i .j , oJ Can give him situation if Gen. Dodgg.-d-esires it. • ^ \ j■ u.Kn Icil 43.: Gen. Podge to Oliver Ames, Washington, D.C. 2:- I have learned today, from the report of my engineers, that in the building of the bridges over Green River they are preapring to put it in on the present liAe run." Although I have no chared or super vision of this matter, yet I deem it mjnduty to most-resepctfully protest against this and request that it be put on the line located. I do not think that line of too much angle to the stream to make any great difference in oost, at_ any rate not so much as the increased'-^ ' curvature on present line. .'rai .1 also am infonned that they are-preparing to -put the Truss Bridge over Black's Fork to one aide of the main located line, thus<> breaking up t e tangent and very materially increasiiig the curvature. 1096 • V pf V'' April, 1869. . •C'W- iXiW^iA »«P' otum 1» ; '( Lttw ^tU Ti/0 , :.t "prfjr a« vj {r;^ ».►?• letyj Against this I most earnestly protest and urge you to immediately. ^ notify the contractors that these bridges must bo b.uiLt on the located • * » line or^theywill not be accepted by the Company. The masonry on Bitter Croek# I am also told, is very inferior, the foundation abov^ I • . ' low water, &c< In the rebuilding^ of all structures great care should be had to malee them peromanent, and I hope psotivie instructions will be given in these matters. t * < i " ' ''i Thos, B. lisariLLa to Gen. Dodge, Promontory, 2 (TelegramO • , Between Station 4070 and 4130; between stations .3660 and . 3720; between stations 3200 and 3400. At all these poii^ the two ... lines are within 500,f«et and grades within a few feet of same elevation. ' ' f . i . , ,S. B. Raail-to Gen, Dodge, Echo City, 2:- ^Tekegram) , Frost left last evening with depositions, , hn% ' Exra Millard to Gen. Docile. Omaha, 2 (Telegram: - Irote S^th ^rch, Tele|^aph results; immediate response imperative, ^ - l.t r.'*'* 'if I'r"- •: •fev ocj rviiow Oakes Ames to Genl >odge. New York, S (Telegram) . ♦ . < • " . ' t ' f# .f*' Shall I be wanted before Monday morning in Washington? S. Seymour to Gen. Podge, Brigham City, 2 (Telegram: fi-TT. -.-J Will resolution pass fixing our western terminus at Ogden? April, 1869. .C* :* Our regular line will be completed at head of Echo and tunnel 3 long before tracks can meet. Please post me fully as to what is doing in Washington and New York. t- .'j'i®.:. Warren to Gen. Dodtee New York, 2 (Telegram) '■ r will leave here for Washington on Sunday evening. " Seymour to Sen. Dodge. Brigham City 2 (Telegram) " » » ' On the 5th December, 1868, mailed at Willard'-s hotel Secretary of Interior A written application signed gf^i^cially by T.C. Durant, V.P., for an examatlon by Corainissi.oners of work done on our line in advance of last.completed section, and an allowance of Gov ernment IfUbsidy in accordance ^irtth section 8 of amended act. What has become of it? e«'#ed ; jS' - vi .- T. J. N. to S. Snyder^. N,erth Platte, 3 (Telegram) Commissioners extra left at 7:30 A, M. They proceed no fur ther than Grand -tJlilIKi today. Mr. Clement has temporary seat under head light on whieh ridden through from Ogden. But very few minutes were ddvoterS to otir eetablishment here; examination"fi^^fsory. He claims for the Central a better permAneAtt way but Ccncades our motive power and other facilities to be superior. A. Eyanft. to Gen. D.od^e, Omaha, 3:* V* cJ' f Jiay^ wri^^th you with regard egard toto n'.«A ae.irO thS bridge^,' but the des to write you about mattere more private Is irresistible. 1098 April, 1869. ,'^H ,t?-- Matters here financially are in a very critical condition; a spark liable to dro p any minute that would thrpw everything into con fusion. It doesn't seem to me that matters can possibly hold together t a week longer. ^ - 'K .. The Omaha National Bank,^ in which we are both interested, I find . today have advanced to Snyder to pay off dl^chargdd men some $55,000. They hold in addition vouchers enough to make their claim $100,000. Talking with Millard this morning I told him tiiat I would write to you asking you to give the matter some attention. The asistant Cashier ■1 ',u is now in New York seeing to the matter. Milliard claims that Mr. V ■ I Ames promised verbally that if anything of the kind was done ho would make it right. At any rate the advance w§is made in such a way as to pake it a matter of honor to pay it^ Spyder fe^s eP and I hope it will be ar^ranicpifl soon., b- -. i ■ r.: " ; What I am afriwd of is th^ft fgjuebody will pitch in and ^stop the punning of the roadi/by attaching rolling stock; thiA will certainly happen unless relief oomes aoon, Wrane telegraphed today that funds would bo here next week* I. dont know if the tiling will hold together till then, ^ t.i'fsjT •di :0 ol : . . o-.1 From a tolecnub sent me by Snyder two weeks agoj, asking about- - taking charst of! coi#||«c^oft. and oomifig primarily from you, I hoped iimin ft '.' t -I'-vo /oo- A. 1099 ' * M no .1^ .. ...1 J April, 1869. fil thaU mattera would so-Shape aa to iaake the getting rid of the thieves at the west end possible. Now it seems from what I can leam^^hat the ■ undignified and disgraceful quarrel in New York will last, and-that matters will continue in the same old ruts. . cS is '' W. Snyder to Gen. Dodge, Omalih,' 3:- ■ ^ .OCOt'-- As soon as Commissioners telegraphed me that they were ready to*go over track between Ogden and Wahsatch, I telegraphed Mr^ House^ requesting him to accompany them. H. was then at Ogden but did not' get dispatch until he was near Bear River and the Commissioners on the road* 1 had no intimation that they were coming east of Wahsatch until I heard of them at Rawlins on.their way through; was then too late to get an|^ody to l^elKi ' . Webster has bean B&st and «hly returned Thursday of this week. House at Bear River; Hoxie in charge of Laramie.Snd Bridger Divisions and under present situation of our financial affairs I would not dare leave Omaha for an houb, our position is awful and I have only heldxthe organization complete hy watching livery moment and borrowing in all quarters to pay discharged men* Itust-ftaVe^ help or there will be' ■ trouble. New York can now see the beautids of the Duj^anl^ Seymour and Reed management • - v; • Am now sending ties again from Ft. Sanders. T want the new Cbmmission on Construction tft look over the grounds, see what has been 1100 •> 1 ^ • >1 ■ ! ■,' ' '• r'r ■ ^ .r. - *1, April, 1869. <1# dpne and then I want to move East for « permanent residence* ' r j >o' Evans has written you today on the-bridge question. I showedyour dispatch in regard to elevation of line to will talk to others tomorrow night. James Dredp.e to Gen. Dodge, Londson, 3;^ n . ,5>rtJt« I have the honor to thank you for the remittance of two printed reports upon the Union Pacific Railroad, which I have had much pleasure in reading §uad in making use of in combination with pther inforaation, in scHae articles which are appearing in "Engineer ing" I regret, however, that my soyrce of information is far from being Complete, and fear that_therefore i may havp been led into inac curacies in.my statement. jl would ask you> if It be not giving you too much, trouble, to fonrard me cuiy printed document bearing on the subject that you may •have by you, that I amy be enabled t« place them before the engineer ing profeselon hero. I aAmo iromld ask you kindly to answer the fol lowing qtUMMMhi vhJJht«mir''tQr the way entirely personal; '■ut. 1 Supposing thfNit-'iMto {rallwey to Sacramento is. com deted by the 4th of Ju3^ next, will the line be. tpr so reliable a condition that ladies could travel by themselves to the Pacific Coast, and will the speiial aooomodatlonm |»lt>vj.dad. for, then bp sufficiently good to warrant them in taking the long railway journey? How will the opening 1101 . I ^ April, 1869. • • of the railway affect the ocean roui^'^ith regard to rate of fares, and what about will be the approximate fares throxigh from New York to San Francisco?. We-hear wonderful stories here-of bowie-knives,ire- .. volvers and Indians encountered on the Journey, and as^gme friends o mine, American ladiesi eire bound for San Franc,j^'^o^^this coming sujmer I am very anxieus to obtain reliable infornatiQp^.on the subject.. T think there- is noth^jag^-1 would wish for better than to'be ' able to make the first trip over your line. Pardon the trouble I am -thus putting you to. I fear I have overburdened you with questions. ■Sote; J. D. Co^ to Gen. Dodfto. Washington 3;- nH *i : That verified statements of the completion of' the.section of Central Pacific R.R. are not fil^,j in this dep^r^craent. , T. C.Durant to Oen. t)odge. New York, 3j- f -.i- ' . i::» L. I think Hoxie can post you on Snow's conduct. The proposi us to-give hia a eoal contract ^made throu^i. a third party T* wlll iili I I IHi rif fhB party to have his named used. At present I do* net taiet hinilwc ivam to ..consider it cna^i^^tial. . -No. 2-3. Have «!ebtiende *« blt^ depositedJ^n the Treasury Dept. coUtited to see they are all there. I think there apa stole:^bpnds on the market I «• : ; I % jt. ' ««n. Hki^aw^ Ills. 3;^ . Xali r .w Alia l ofl <5, \j . vr -ol oi ,;i Oilrfi 1102 toit •V ■ • . f KW.' April, 1869, Stanely has been holding back ray recommendations. He writes * r. • . 4 rae to that effect himself in answer to mine inquiting concerning it. I expect my chances are poor enough, are they not? W. Snx^der to Gen. Dod.ge, Omaha, 3 (Telegram) Blickensderfer here. Will reach Washington Friday next, Williajnson and Clements on road east North Platte in charge Division Supt, reach here tomorrow night, Warren ought to reach Washington today. No, 2, 3: No proposition to Company's representative direct, but through owners of coal mine for contract, as stated for purpose of securing favorable report on road. This can be proved, , . Jas, A. Ejtaos to .Gen. DfidSP* Omah; , 3 (Telegram) Foundation commenced at all crossings; at last crossing of Black Pork masonry commenced. Write you fully today. J. IXiff to Gen, Dodge, Boston, 3 (Telegram) How can c..ange be made without action of Senate? 3, Snvc^ou to Gen, Dodge. Omaha 3 (Telegram) Evans^here; says bridge atf last crossing Black's Fork changed by 3eymQur , who insisted upon phanging all as to crossing west of Granger, He coincided as line distorted, but little better crossing S0cora dn piles Can be driven as is necessary. Other crossings are being made on established line. / 1103 April* 10G9, * ' Geo. W,' Martin to Gen. Dod.^e* Omaha, 3 (Telegram)*' Mr, Blickensderfer of Special Commission arrived in Omafia this morning; rest of Com:.;ission ^ill probably be in the 7tli. Bjickens-' de££ar thinks they will want complete Aaps and profiles of our line to take to Washington wi h them. He has*suggested that we had better be prepared for them to prevent delay. Could copies of maps and pro- ■ • -i . ■ , • , files filed in Washington or New York be procured for them, if nbt would it be best to send originals from this office along with them in charge of some trustworthy parson? Answer. ' Sidney Dillon, to Gen." Dodge, New York, 3:- " i Your letter and repjort from Dlickensderfer is'^:^coived.'i' 1 am glad to hear from you in regard" to the' location of thos^ bridges. IPPF*' They must be put in right place and I will see Duff next week and have • I''- ' ' . **i 1 X •' - 0 r ■ it attended to. Thiggs are locking better today. ' I saw Mr. Tlldon thl's morning. He thinks case will be removed; if It is not our folks I>uff and all hands are awake and are determined "to teike all of our matter to 'r, ■ ■ . . . Boston, that is the contractor's part, which is the whole. They raised $300,000 yesterday to pAy Off drafts from the WeAt smd to take up bonds that were pledged at 50 cts. on the dollar, ^e have had a hard time of it for the^ast tliree days but"! thihk'we are over the 1 1104 April, 18G9. , -C: worst of it. T.q can. go on if the cItsB is not remoVed". They are all deternined to raise jnoney enough to ijut the^'thing through and they have gone to Boston to dp it-t 1. Li . ...S :. I think some of us will go otit on the road next week to put things straight and hope that you may be able to be with us for,we want your advice. As for responsibility in Washington take"it and I will back you up in it. We pay $100,000 to go West today. Say toSnyder to keep up good courage, we will.be with him soon. Let me hear from you soon. J zl , ..Oil- •':'VC ^/^as. A. • iVans to Gen. Dodgej Cmaha, 3t- * '■^1 Happening I'n the office here yesterday-I ti&S able to furnish the information to you by Snvtlgr in-reply-to your telegram, •in answering your ttigpatoh of this morning it was impossible to be as ^explicit a4 I meanwto bi in this letter, in which I propose to give the whole history of the bridges west of and including Gre^'fiivor far as 1 hlMi<'mn](ihing to do with them; J l , lot. The Green River Bridge: Here the foundations are started above a-.,d close -in'the-'^brldg^ tibW-'-ln use. The angle differs slightly coinciding on the west side and on east side eo far from present track ~as to avoid the neeeeslty of rmoetiig thd water ttaiu' This gives a corssing heerly at rlQjht anglee with'the tMMid of the current.-' With niiMi oj 1105 ■:OXi .Vhi: April, 1869. - \ regard to thig crossing, I think this is right, at-any rate it is much better than the one first located; . ' . ■- 2nd. First Crossing of Black Fork (west of Bridger). This is put in on main line; foundatlon_is grand. : They:are ready and mas onry.is now being put up. r . . - ; ' ■ . '3di Crossing of Black Fork:. This will be put on present line the fovindation I eing same as l^st so that we,can work and uso present bridge. Npthing done here yeti- Thip is .the best tempflirary bridge we have over Black's Fork, wliich is the reason we leave it till last. / • 4th. Ham's Fork,;, fhis. brj-dge, is ,on main line; .foundation are ready for masons 'i. c^.r '' .,tj;. 5th. Third Crossing of Black Forkj This bridge is to right of iline» Foundations are Skcavated and piles being driven at the bridge and the one abov# piling is,absolWteXy necessary. It would be diffioult preparing the foundations:.p§ the present line and at same time using the road. This it geaati to me is the only reason for changing .them* -vtr. ... . rr cl ;? • 6th'. 'Bourth C^flfsipg. of ®laok Pork. As stated before t© right of linjsf foui»dtt4en prepared a«d masonry started. With regard to two last bridges th#»a is saved in amount of^bridging nor in di rection eacept with regard to the.form which is a better crossing, not enough, however, to make any change were it not for the difficulty of April, 1869. .J'8X ,1:1,A j^etting in the piles. •" o4 ifjiflurtpat .Y.fP.C: '•I tfcwlroei IiiiJ ^icV liuoY . ' I » , <i i Now, as to my connection with the matter. It is pretty generally conceded that all the bridges referred_^to should be secured. In Feb ruary meeting Dr. Durant at this place (Omaha) he requested mo to see the foundations of the bridges, which I told him I would do. Upon going west I found that Seymolilr had started the bridge over Black Pork (4th crossing) to rigiit-of line. My determination was then to • . .VT.'. „ V - - . . '.q 0 . have nothing to do with the liiatter, but you know that I am interested in this bridging, having the most of them framed and some in transit, tha'lt occurred to me that it would be wiseon my part to maintain some kind of a connection with the business, and I have therefore paid some attention to the matteh, If I had not done so all of the cross ings would have been changed, for which no possible reason could be , q- : h, : ■■ giv n other than such «aS would be likley to occur to S.S. The Dr. * / ' - - • -t.. - . - - ^ r V- - • . . . . . , ^ ■ y. . . • . . ' I, previous to leaving here gave him pretty extensive power, . : , 1 < , - I" q •' * . - " 'V" yj ' With reference to the Green Rl/ver crossing, I' am sorry th4t I cant agree with you and Mr. Blickensderfer. My impression is that it would be ruinous to advocate the adoption of the old crossing, tn.- :. n . . : . 1 - i.:-. loai 0 a infl : q: - -I i To tceibti ixJleRocen 1107 April, ,1869. S.W.Y.Schiiuonskv to W. Snydor, Echo, 4:- Your very kind letter received, and I do thank you for them, the more that they prove that there are some men yet who befrierid me. I am afraid I will for the last few weeks (I shall stay) have no time as we are closing, and have outside work for final report to make ^ r. " - 1 ■ ■ . ■ * ♦ the plans for .all work previous done with estimates and bills and but * .. V t 50 day s time. The day of my railroad bliss or captivity are numbered-not ihat I complain for the past-- had very little to do; all my fretting came rather from the contrary direction seeing things done to tarnish the re utation of any engineer. Bridge after bridge bound to go down, \ carrying the loss of thousands and tens of thousands. Our abutments I> * * have often very often but a face, v;hile in the back is carted loose gravel and stones. I did ahow t Mr. Armstrong: a good deal of it, so that by taking with a penknife a stone out, out came a with loose gravel. There is reason for your losses. Two miles from here the bank instead of being rip rap wi h stone is so with flat and box cars and will be on a steep grade a reversed curve where a tangent at exactly the same cost could have been; the bank might have been r ' . . 6 inches higher at an additional cost of $200. The land slides were a natrual necessity; instead of 1 1-2 slope through clay we had a 1-4 1108 April, 1869. :(one-quarter) slope. Our 4 1-2 ft. high side cuts have no sustain- •ing walls or not even an .engineer like-slope, and God knows they could have been made at les.s cost. Is there jiothing to fret? Whenever I "Inade a plan was it not always entirely destroyed by some ignorant change or addition to. show his superiority? All these things I was ■ mentioning to you S did not for tJie old-womanish desire of complaint, , but to show you where you must, necessarily suffer in working this road, as if some of these great evils shouQ^d not be removed you will and must necessarily have disaster by all care. Also I dent blame the Company which has paid for first class work-the money forth-coming promptly, and more than abundantly; but honestly speaking the fault lay in the employ of a jaan not adquate to the task. What Col. Seymour. did I never found <tu"t-hB never found one of the mii^lion real faults, '/'-TsAt aome of imaglriatioin-all he di^ wiB*(per3onal comfort and employ of humbug^ and loafers. If the man Snow (Lawrence incl) had really un derstood his business or pretended business he might-have found really " something, not against the Ccaapany but ajgainst the Constructing man, and if the Dr# had made last summer the ohange he did intend he might have saved hi of thdhsands of dollars in the past and ma;^ be^ in the future# 'O aav. -io'! r ; - i Inn V If r Energy? I even Any this quality- the,energy:,cfui^vin thundering ..V:/-. ; '!t n.,L April, 1869 .~'0.r telegrams and fear of being disgraced -and di srai-ssed What crowds o'f engineers-none of expervience-mostly none even of knowledge and almost all with an inquiiitive bvimp. Think of l.taclL_Sy(who could never even read a plan, but who paid tremendous sums"employing cabinet-makers to make without necessary tools trifling and trinkets and playt things, being booked as bridgemon • Think of the uselss status alone. ,■ - Col. Seymour having feot the lot our office is on from Bromley, claims this house as his ow n, preparing to build a two-story house with' cupola in front (I made the plan and Mark is getting the timber from the refuse of bridge timber) A nice present made to himself by himself of about $10,000; hot that I shdtild begrudge it if .a man should benefit the Company to the amount of $8000 I would overlook his ^ -pilfering of $10,000 tvLt. I cant see wherto^ei* he did. . , In regard to the car-brake, I thousJht- it might be wise to delay -It till I come to Omaha, as by different trucks .the construction must ..I necessarily be modified not the principia* t' : • . « You are tired to death (for all your Icinxiness) by nje and I close, . Would it not be WWwe to cleeir the wrecks beforq the Commissioners come, either burn theai or ramote^^em? ahr^eTenelegraphTpoles for shears with block and table-a locomotive for power could remove them in a few hours hr days hi " .d. ruivt T 1110 April, 1869. W, Snv ler to Gon. Podge, Omaha, 4 (Telegram) Commissioners not considered,officially location between Union and Central or point of Junction, being instructed to furnish other examinations and proceed to V/ashington. Grading and bridging Central line one hundred miles west of Monument will cost four to five thousand. t'. i . leave here tomorrow; goes direct to Washington. Williamson and Clements arrived here this .-orning. S. ieymour to Gen, ;e, Brigham City, 4 (Telegram Track last night at 1760 about 5 miles east of Monument Point, No later news from Central-expect some,in day or two. ^ I mail to .you thi;^ day my revised affidavit to take place of one sent in package by speci&l messenger. Has Commissioner's report,,on located reached Washington? .. 1, -x' '-d od ©ic M JB.B. to W. Snyder, Ft. Saunders, 4. (Telegram) Boyle lost G teams yesterday by Indians; 4 were shot»^ Glidden & williama to Gen. Dod^e, Boston, 5 (Telegram); . ^ Telegraph yp today poceedings and write us, ^ jx W. ff •Snvder to Gen. w*. • Dodfte, w Omaha, * 5 ^ (Telegram) * «-» —' t f Wllliainspn and Clements stc^rt. this morning; reach Washington Monday next. 1111 , , ' ' April, 1869, » ''ol ,X M ' .W Geo. S. Bou twd ji to Gen. Dod^e,' Washington, 5:- The bearer, William Baker, is the young man of whom I spoke to you last evening. W. Snyder to ^en.'Dodge, Omaha, 5 (Telegram) ''i ' ' "ftu .1' tr.Kit i'.- Is it necessary for Popoleton to remain at Salt Lake? He is needed here and hag secured good man in Utah to act for cdmpany if any legal action is takeni O'l'i xac, J '* 'I fi ' P Marion MorHjuon to Gen> *DodgQ, Spraland, Ills, * 5: - Your will pehhaps not recognize m6 at all until I say that i I was Chaplain of the 9th Ills. Moimtaed Infantry during 1863 and 1864. MJr object in troubling you with this 1 itter is to ascertain if I can when a certain piece of work is to be accomplished at Omaha. I have seen a statement that some time this summer very large piles are to be driven in the Missouri River with a view of constructing a R.R.Bridge. If the work is bf such magnitude as I have seen*stated it will be one of the greatest triumphs of science and art, and I would like to witness'it. Would you"be so kind as to let me know when it will occur?' If 80, I will try and see it if I 'dan raise the means for my expenses at the time'. ^ ' To Gen. Dodge^from his' bi»bther. Council Bluffs, 5:- ills \ur April, 1869, Your letter of 30th just received and note your suggestions about -my (Sffioe. I shall settle upon no plan until after your return. .ft I am highly pleased with the prospect of Father's appointment to supersede Street, which I learn from Annie. It is just the tiling for him, will.give general satisfaction hare, and one that I can supervise without any inconvaiisnce.. Street is unfit to .attend to any .business half the time and you heed not hesitate to make intemperance a cause i^'frr his removal, I rWas under the impression these offices would soon be merged Into the Des Moines office. "Gen, anlth met with his first disappointment last week, when-f down 50 ft. He cannot get poweij enough from Iowa coa; although he uses part wood the coal clinkers so bad he has to use a cold chisel to >get it out of grates. He has sent far car lojjd of Mtss^^wri coal to try it; has made a --reat many satisfactory experiments with his cylinder, very anxious for your return. i.. a l-RM c-fit; t shall go to Elkhorn tomorrow with Annies -trt ^buni JtH* fv Qildden & wn.llama to 0®a. Dodge# Bostony. 5s- a r. ! .4 i We'telegraphed today S. C. pomerory and Suraner and W3J.osn as anolOitdii -Hots: Telegram from Qildden A ;|yltltaiBa to Hon» Q. ^umner, about getting bill through. • *1 it' ' ■ '110 V 9 ■ 1 1113 Hi • ti i* ■ • i' Lii April 1869, • IIInqiA *> J. W. Snyder to Gen, Dodge, Omaha 5:- t JicI lis t I enclose copy.of part dispatch fi*o1n Seymour "giving '§ituation at front* 'OTe have for past ten days been picking up ties faafet as possible at all points.on line.as far east as North Platte (Benton) and now commence at the Laramie. Will do all wo can to push things. S. S^rmour- to -W. Snyder Brigham City,. 5:- (Telegram) ■ This is the situationL Track now 1 mile east Bear River, grading done from this to east base of Promontory, on .20 miles of which track should be laid at once, so.as to deliver timber for large trestle wo work 5 miles beyond. While this is being done and grading .finished over Promontory, which may delay one week, material should be delivered and track Iftid ort »oad at side of Echo and tunnel No. 3., so that road may be accepted. All this must be done within next 30 days or we are whipped by Central' for possession of Monument Point. We are Jiow 50 mi miles and thoy about the same .distance of leas from it., If^ypu can gat track material here in tll»e'*• can .beat them to death. Is not tJiis more important than anything Ihebe are ties enough along, the road west Shennan^'wlth those l^elng delivered at Piedmont t'O lay track to Monu ment. OBght they not all be picked up at once and brought tg the front? « Please-keep Ifce-iposteA about material as other arrangements and expenditures may be governed by it. 1114 April, 1869. 0. P. Da.vi3 to Gen. Dp^se, Omaha,; 5;- .^s f'O' jilT;. I thi-pJc it would be good idea to have the lands alon^* the eleventh hundred miles withdrawn from market as soon as possibl^e; thQse are the lands in the valley of Salt Lake I bellevsHi . Settlers will continue to take up ar\d occupy lands until the R.R. lands are T^ithdrawn from market;^ cind settlement thopiigh the Land office. Please see that the necessary instructions are sent to the District •Land Office at Salt -'-'ake City by the Co^'.miissioner of the General Land Office. It might bo boat for'US to make an entry o f some of the lands there. ,'lt IM'f' c A m as far'ready as I can gat td sell Jiands; have the necessary records, ic. in fine style. Am making exatolnations fon an appraisal. » Note; Thos. J. Stanflold to Schuyler Coifax. South Bend, Ind. 6;- In'relation tp passes for excursion th California* i ' JT ' Glidden & Williajas to Gen. Dodgeii Boston,-6: r fin "vr ' & ?f. telegaphed you yesterdEvy. and received your' reply, for which are much obliged and hope to get another message from you this evening. Our AMto«la f«|drrMts gives ua bu% PQ»r reports,. Your .i the defeat of the Ogdon amendment is very gx^tifying-ahd we pgot it from no other source. Think the .Of «ckes AnkA'Azfd othei^s out today amet help the IXilil r-' ■ ■Mt.i/.f • 'V,' 1 r' ■"«- • . ' . - •:; ' .- v'-;^v ' April, 1869. . f Senate; it is a good statement. Wish our friends could have .passed to a vote on our simple proposition, for election arid removal of offic e from -N Y. and left the fixing the place of meeting for a fhs-rparate vote. Our U.P.R.R. .friends will all be in New York on Thursday or Friday. H. C. Crane to Gen. Dodge, New York, S:-* ^ ' ' Some time since I spoke to you in regard to selling ifly stock • ; I in the Bank at Council Bluffs, at which time you thought I could .do so without difficulty. Will you please put me in a way to dispose of^it. I have 50 riiares for which X paid $5000.-, I, suppose it pan Ire s.old >o now at a premium. Would like to hear from you soon. ^ jn -rr f© are having pretty rough times hare-whare it will end I cannot If the U.S.Court has no jurisdictl^"Judge Barnerd--^v7ill ,strip %he Co.mpany. I would not give much for what the. co.mpanjy will have loft aflier their affairs run-throug i the hands of Pisk's crowd-who have all matters their; own way at present. , ' .'X? . to 9is anyder^ CP. end of track-> March., 30 th: : . We are now 30 miles west of Duff Crook and 60 miles from'i Monument Point. They laid 17 miles last week, delayed on account of.j matepHsal. Yesterday was wet apart for a big days' v/rck, but iron and "t- -- . ties oame to lay 4 1-2 mi lea only,; a paLrt of material went in-ditohV:> Prom hare to Echo the road is almost impassable. They cant get down more than 2 1-2 to 3 miles eaSh.idmjr At present. Road, eergllMs and lllfXl April, 1869. til'j cars are poor. Green pine wood for fuel. Ties all corae from thp Truckee. iron all at summit to lay to'Ogden. Ogden is.still talked of. Hard came here yesterday; seems.to be well known here; is here thifl. ittorning. Told met ha was going pn an explorih.g expedition up the Truckee. Told another man he had some teams here waiting for freight, Water is poor for 50 miles west; a train'hauls water for outfit. '-.'.f Watson is at Sacramento. Train dispatcher, Donalson. also. Thatcher -^r. running freight.- H. Hunter expects to be Division Supt. soon,.I cant get a job yet. Have a tough time getting acquainted some. I was in all outfitting camps pn road up; saw a gr.eat. many, teisas op rpad;. did.. not see anytliing wrong in freight-. -i': I. .nr.. . W. Snvdor to Qen. '.Dodrce'. Omaha, 6'(Telegram); ^r. IP-..: Ji . . Difficulty ip ties. We arp loading at Laramie; all west of theiWI mhipped.and only 15,000 per day.nielivered at PiiyjUpQnt; 20 miles iron in transit west, 4C miles iron her© tliat I will ship.on-, 12, days track delayed last nigjit by grading, also, out of tiesj* , ■ 'I C. C. Crowo^ jto Gen* Dodge^ fafjiington,' d I In dw Uy chancop for Confirmat oct, are awfully slim, I fear, and I am ediwwitwndlngly blue My casp was ^ this momin". Howard ^d X hea lanift aM»©man.' -iRepira. and McCrearv*' Dem. were opposed to me, end the cas suspended until tomcsTTQ^. JLf continue^d by a friend, because tua saw April, 1869. . a < . ' . danger, if by an opponent because he wanted more time to.strengthen ' o . the opposition. iJye. I suppose^ is for me. I dont know how Oregin ... . .:'rT stands nor who the other two of the Coimittee are. I learn that McCreary, Dem., who is against me, vms for Longstreet. I.have always apprehended that Democrats who. supported Longstreet would, op ose me on the principle (without vanity) that I had fourdit them harder and dam aged them more thap he had. M X'.e/.n j The Conmlttee meet again in the morning arid.I need not say how grateful I would be if you.could.be on hand to help me" through triihitch. It is neok or nothing.absolutely with.me, because I cant keep my family any longer in that social hell in Alabama, and this . appointment is thoi diiy. read I see byvWLAch I.can get out of.it. - S. Se.vmr:!I r t:o Oen. Dorlrre ^ Brigham Cityf'Utah, 6 (Telegram) TT" Central 38 biles west,of Mehumezii' last night. pi|iloiia 50 East. 'We are being ruined for want of track material, x.: n! -lvI . ..i Geo. J. Eflmond to Gen. Dod-rre. Wae-hington, 6:-, . - ; J. ' ; I beg leave heartijy to, ask you toappoint some.suitable place' in yoiir^ Sorps of engineers ny young frierid, Lesie 1,1. Platt of m state, but at-HWAoiw Wisconsin. You will find him strong,- • ^ willing and oapable for who Im. s had no exparience,' in the fleld» : Oliver Ames ^to Oefw Dodrta. Worth Eaaton, 6:- ( rv ' t-J w « V ■ Your letter of 2d inst. enclosing one from Blickensderfer. 1118 April, 18691 ::>L is reoeived. Not knowing exactly from yours the sort of lett^ir you desired, I have written the enclosed and also a letter to Rred on defective oonstruction, - If this is not right will you please state more definitely your idea of what should be written to m?et the case. I am sorry to see you are getting along -so poorly in the Senate, -I am afraid we shall^ get no satisfactory action and shall have to lay the responsibility upon the President, - If he is willing to take it we shall be all right. J . . H. M. Hoxie Snvder. Rawlins, 6:-* f '- ^va given orders to side-track-mdgs, at Cheyenne, Laramie, and Rawlins and B-ryan, and to push construction material to end of . . track. Send me all the motive power that oan be spared from below, om Notes: James Blake to the President of the United States, Washing ' Applies for appointment aa Superintendent of -Indian affairs m for the territory of !Jew Mexico, Refers to James n ilson, Richard YateS, Geo. E. Spencer, Gen, G.!,!. Podge, John Sherman. John A. Logan. K. B, Jxldd and others, « , o I i tr ''^Oliver Ames fo ConSractSra of TI.P.R.R., Boston, 6:- ' .'rto'J The character of the work under the Ames and subsequerjt; Xr:^ contract with this company was-to ba first quality and-everything was to be dftRd rOquirOd to make a first -OlaSs road, 't c t '« , X/f , tn gpj vflt vflY •/fic ,'I. * u Sffit/ 1119 mis/' April, 1869. • - ^ ■ I .understand..that, the masonry and its foundations on ^bridget work on Bitter Creek are unv/orthy of a first class road, thai the bridges are placed on sharp curves,, diverging from the Iqcatinn line, making tt dangerous to run over them on high speed and th. t temporally work.l^S being substitutde for permanant. Let me say to.you that such work caimot be accepted, and unless made first class as required by contract, the Company will do it ab ince at _your expense —«r —; ' D.II.E, to W, Snydor, End of C.P. 7:- in Xr.'r od ll / Crocker, Supt.,. returned from the east yesterday. He told several tl)at they woul4 meet tha ll.P. at the Promontory; said that the U.P, would not be able to get the cuta open there before the C.P. would have thelt track there. They have laid 9 miles in the last 3 days. ^ j : V Himd,returned fpOiiii j*fst today. He said he,had gone to the TruCkee and.back, Rdae Reed. 20 miles from Duff Creek West, is to be the end .of a division* Water .is brought 8 miles in wodderi pipes to that point. The pipe Is coming, it is said, for 15 miles to putin at Monument Point. Duff and Locomotitif ^gringa cant be useT, "'too salty. J :t>l ■ , t" • April, 9s- Four miles laid today. A man is here who claims to be a U.P. man by the nam^rof HaryQy;„ia sent by Seymour-1 think. He dont seem to have any favorw shown to hin here by this company Brg^ ■-IJLX 1120 April, 1869. gi great heap on th«. U.P. i -'i •X^ « ri^lqq^Jv .-^"rf T s-trTf* April 9: 12 M. Laid €#6 mires'toda^r'iD&re iron expected,'" "i' April 11: I have been here 14 days and 4:2miles have been'laid'" in that time. They had a collision, two engines and several cars used up yesterday. ' hon-w-'-'i i -u • v d . - Z,Z Strowbridges,'-Sapt, Construction said yesterday they-would haVe to change tlieir line some from the Promontory to Ogden^y' : Sidney Dillon to Gen. Dodge, Hew York, 7 (Telegram)-1 I e*; . How soon can you meet me in Omaha? Answer. p oifw ^-laJ i .Tfllm A.-Alley to Gen, Dodge, New York 85 (Telegram): * rfnir . Field, Counsel for Fisky Says they shall disregard. Black-- fork's decision, and tlaey have issued subpoenas to appear before ref eree this morning; Bai;nes and himaelf had not yet done anything either way, but probably will today, f t t - trtu S. Soyiaour_^o Gen. Dodge, Brigham Ctty 8 7 (Telegram).'"It- 5 K - * Particularly ties. Read says tliere are plenty on line west of Shermaii. iiia' blitlg delivered at Piedmont to l. y, track over Promontory, but they do not come forward. I have telegraphed Sr^yc^&g and Durany^^ _ repeatedly upon the subject. o5 ifr^criifvo" .. joxls .ic.'-Xi r'ln ' u H. liiilac. to W. Snyder. Brigham City, 7:- ,.tZ ••t'mrrived here this aftwt^ipjb«Cilirect frbm Salt Lake City, ^ J •*!#«# ion ut' 1 t'. itift 9di lo !. 1121 Mii ■ V V. v; April, 1869. ,xi r where I have been stopping a few days at the rQqijest of Mr. Ponnleton. who anticipated the coiamencement of legal proceedings on the part of the C.P.R.R\n ^ Upon my arrival-here I found Col. Seymour. at this.hour 9 P.M. ' S,B. Reed and party have just returned from the frnnt; they,intend returning tomorrow and I have determined to go myself on the first coach tomorrow i^orning,^ .. . . /?• ^ -r "■ I met this evening,a man by the name of Brown, a timber contrac tor, who certainly has done well by hie contract facilities, in as much as he is the possessor of a fast woman, horses, 5:C. &c. and is generally "loud"* .HIS case could not stand a very searching or honest investigation. •cTvOTJ :• The railroad from Wahaatch t Cori-ine is in a fearful condition and requires the utmost care for the construction trains to pass over it in safety. I understand- lipen inquiry that the same amount per mile is charged for tfaie road in its present condition as though it were ppw^erly gwftdwd, bAlaated and ironed, and it is a self evident fact that it will require as much money by two-thirds to put it in. nunning order, should the Oovemment Commissioners deem fit to accept it. ■ :*r . . « I will mention Jew#: that Ki^iu different Head-Quarters of Construe tion are adorned by gems of the fair sexj I am not aware that this t-.'.sri' April, 1869, item has any particular ,jt>e^ing upon construction, hut merely^ notice the matter to show tha-t> our aforesaid heads have some time to devote to the fine arts. aul m .i'tfi v I write tonight woTe to inform you of my movements than to impart any particular intelligence, but tomorrow noon I will be in Corinne, which has .already become a fast place, and where liquor is dispensed and punished to a fearful extent; I then hope to transmit to you information touching directly upon the subject of research. /J. Duff to Gen. New York, 7:-y^ ^ ; h I answered your telegram saying that ^J.eld, counsel, for Pis^ had Bommoned Cisco and Durant before the refiwed to testify, end they refused to sworn as they considered the case in the United States court* It 1,8 not known what Judge Barnard will do but the impression is that he will disrega rd it« 1 '■ tJ Dillon goes West tonight .and I ^ink it very important that you and Price should be with him, as he will want your advice and Judgment about straightening out oar affairs there*- I hope you can go with him, I hope to io:out to nex^, week %nd -et our land matters put lifte-l^aiNb so that we ean put them on the market at an early day. Have we got no friend in the State who vill'oput our case as it is?, r I think that we shall get our affairs in good condition here in a i : i-.f- yfH '■ 'TM * j /inlij Jv .-v. t 112S ' -p'' ' • i 7*^- ' April 1869. .^DCI , ri'tqA few days, Unfortunaitely the money market is worse than it has been ^ since the road has been building, but we hope to have a change in a few days. Let me hear frmra you toinorrow^/^ . :^J i h Webster is here and Price is expected toni^ti' -'' — i'v- - W. Snyder to Gen, Do^e, Omaha, 7:— .olJ'ir- iftd inr- - * I enclose a of last night*s dispatches. The track at Slate Cut west of Echo has frequently been obstructed an entire day by • blasting-side cut and material thrown on track that required an entire day to remove. As soon as -Seed is ure tliat trains cannot pas-s his obstructions he ccamaences telegraphing all over America that he cant get material. i 'i - . . ■ *:a c C •/. , ...itf - - - Geo. W. Martld to Gen. Dodge; Omaha^ fTelegram) ratrxct licrU Eddy arrived in Oradhdi' yesterday morning, Mr*.House is' at Corinne, '' 'i at 't. Jieae-t t. -- ■ifi'' - f^vder to Gdh, Dod^j (3maI3L, 8 ^Telegram)" I'C " " ' Sanford officially notified Bent forbidding him stirring any material within 200 ft, of Central line on Promontory, J 'oor P. V. Hay den to GOftV Bodge, Phibaidelphia j 8;-p ? : • , u Your ^#te came wlien I had come On here and just commenced my lecturesi I sSnd you a paper, Just publiah®d,,:on the .geology of the • route from Ortaha to Salt Lake City, •r. • I do not think there are ayy valuable beds of coal along the lino 1124 April, 1869. . ' ,J ;♦* .A of the Pacific Railroal west of Ooalville. The next coal east la at Bear River, and Important mines will be found of f that line. You -will see by the dislocation of the beds that the exposures of the coal are accidental and cannot be numerous. The ereat coal fields of the _ west commence about 15 or 20 miles east of Green River and extend to Carbon Station, That there is little or lio coal in Salt Lake Valley and vicinity we may know from the fact that Brisham Young has for years offered a great reward to any one who would discover coal within a reasonable distance of Salt Lake City, and the coal used there is at this time transported from Coalvllle to Salt Lake City. ^ I If you fail to get my numerous notes on the geology of Wyoming and Colorado Territorosi, Ho. 2, let me know at once and I will s^end you a another copy. I shall go over the whol^ ground again in June and I will ■give you all the facts I can get with pleasure. ^ ^ 0 0 Oeo. L. Miiy^er to Gen. Dodge, Omaha, 8:- . _ , , km much letter. Dent-work yourself out down ther«» _ --f z -^nn'^ : » • « ts : . I think. .8 you say, ye- have already got the enemy good as down. Clements and nil.lmson had pne before your letter reachedl " snyder has given, you definite accounts, pf their ride over the road, .JyvXWfV • thinks yon will ho ahle tojiphh1| l1 amson.^^ 1125 'tl irrotKii nt . •til '■ - ■ ."i ,. ''i-i;?!- April, 1869. • ' f t '' '.'Sf\,. '' X '' '. I ■ r . r ..fc . J gn^dar suggested a doubt about"the publioat-ion of the Ames feply to Huntington and I am '.vithholding It, since you said nothing about - - it, until r see signs of it East. It is to me as being a masterly answer. You wrote it, and you know you di^^ o f : I want you to me a favor. I have asked it-in vain of Durant •.?? for whom I have done, I fear much more than he deserved,, and he has'-.-jO failed to care for me or iny interests. When hw was weak he. required .. my help, and at much hazard, after he was down-as I supposed forever, _• I tried to let him fall easilyJ even when as good a friend as you are advised me to silence. He'was the t'oal^s representative, he had been kind to me, I admired his great pluck and ability,- and I stood by him as I always stand by my old friends. • » ll-r:. Now this is what I want; I h ve fought with you anji for your for nearly four years- I mean for the road for which you have peroonally done 90 much. T have done 'it to Such an "extent and in the face of so many stroms that I havo^oome to bo regarded as the champion of the line and its managers by friend and foe. I have perhaps done more to settle conflicts between the line and Omaha on several occasions than any other tto men in Omaha. This, I think, is the unanimous opinion of our people, and I am sure It Is the opinion tef Mr. Snydqr-, IJr. * 'XI " Hoxie. Mr. Ciank^Col. Browns on and all the rest of your represontattives. In the recent fight I have, I am sure, given Mr. ^nvder a r.x r 1125 April, 1869. . 11 , J i't ; valuable indirect support in a trying time, aside to my hea^y respon883 to your suggestions rrhich I am flattered to have you so cordially approve. T was the only man in all this section of country who dared to speak out and change the comment of opinion as you know, ' l5o much preliminary, and now to business, ' " " % ' " . w , You do ^300,000 worth of printing in New York and Chicago yearly. (>f"this amount, with a fine office and ready to do it, we do only 4 or ■ 'fe' thousand a year; the Republican a much perhaps"; the Nonpareil perhaps more whils^t a favored job office in this city conducted by Gray gets as hi'gh as 4 or 5 thousand a month# A job office that can~ not- dixcel on work, tha-t charges as hi(^ and higheir than we do, ' * and that has not the slightest po ver to do you the ^-BAighAast good. It is all accomplisrted by Ham atfd Eudd ami one or two clerks, whilst Mr. Snyder ddea not'desire to and Jwould not interfere. Now I want you to have Mr.- Ames addair» ^ilion stop this injus- '^''tide. If after all I have done for the road you-cannot give me its business, 1 beg of you in the naaie 6f all that Is right:to-.giVe it to the Nonpareil fiCnd Republican. It is a shame that a corporation lilMI yours shotlld'linO^the of absence, unknown and ireosponsible men with moneywhBn the newspapers dd so' much to help it. My article ift^ybUr^'ii'Ad's alone hda done you mOf*© gOod than yotir whole job work In printing could do me if I had It myself, and I say I have a 1127 Aoril, 1869. • . ^ righteouG coid woll; earned claim upon you for a definite contract for printing articles, I am ready to do it at Chicago rates and quality., giving a card that no pay shall be asked unless. I do this. The Republica ; paper never does anything for you; it is and always has been, as you know, agains t you, but if you camot give, this work to me ■ ¥ youmught to give it even to that concern or the the Nonpareil You - ought to susta'n the Ilorald with at-lest $50,000 in- printing a year, provided we will do .it^ee well- and at the some rates as it can be done in Chicago, which we are ready -to give cards to do. Authorize such, contracts and we wili^i inynedately prepare for the work. This is ? . r u 0 ' #1 business, G-aneral, eend you see I am in earnept. You know^.hw® m^y ^ years we have otimgglod on here in building up- this region of country. .You Have been in high position. I in, a low one, but. General you know how I have stqo d by you and all your interests. I have never - flinched or faltered and never will. !\h' Joe Wilson» the Land Commissioner, Oscar Davis. your agent, say 80'and evem RepuMican in Chnaha will toll you that I have the beat f * pfiper in this whola country out of Chicago.and St. Louis and th' I it is ddiing ton tlmds'a® awah for^the advancement of settlement and business cn'^ydur line than all othe«>e putt together. ^ Now I ask if ,I ought not to have my peward-not in bribes, not in eb li:sro -nl: 1128 April, 1669. X , llnft/ J.i favors as such, but dkn the simple pr:-vlege of doing your printing on ^iriv an honest business basis-or my. share of your printihg-say $50,000 of your $300,000 per year; a. contract for this amount so that I can pre pare to execute the work. Please read and ponder. You know how bic- (freely I talk, to you and will excuse this franlmess of style which is my own. If I am right lay my claim before Mr. Ames, Mr. Dillon and Mr. Duff, and act if you can as I. know you will.» . • . ♦ ou i J. M«^ Ii;d{i -to G-en. Dodge, OmaJja, 8:- no I arrived here from Salt Lake yesterday^t-o take charge of the office during Mr. Hpus^Js absence, there being nothLng.moro''for me to attend to out there, I left Mr, House at Ogden expecting to dtart for Promontory the next day (3rd inst.) i. At the suggestion of Mr. House. I obtained the refusal of suff icient: land at Desert for station, shops with some eighty acres suitable for a town sits, ttrt: ground can be bought for $4000 cash and the owners agreed'td'-hoM ft at that figure until the loth inst, I told Mf. House about'It btJt think Jiothing has been done since. I also informed Mr, Snyder yesterday, as ordered t6 do by Mrl' House, oyi fljM» .1 found here in the office an invoice of Ord. stores which came nj '•>! during mbsence and ifiae'ilot forwarded. Gen. Myer told attJiasIf^ December that it was nartf iMNMlssary fler'you to make retui^SyV'tHaf he had carrlied,all the iMCelgedllar on hta papers, and if I would furnish 1129 April, 1869. .' , i' nf'J^ him with receipts showing to whom it had bden transferred he wduld himself invoice it to the parties. I gave him receipts covering every article for which you were responsible. The Ciiief clerk told me to day that the M. Genl. requires you to make returns, and I have » t - made arrangements to have them gotten up immediately and will forward ' them to you for signature, 'nlv -I*") i; W. Snyder. to Gen. 12od£e,' Onaha, 8 (Telegram) , ."T " ./*. Track crossed Bear R^ver yesterday; men at ttinnel No, 3 on •t - strike for pay due. Quiet injooy d®partmen't but must have help very quick. J r-i •-'.■.I't o/.; 01 S. Seymour to Gen. Dp^e, Prpmontory, 9: (Telegram) ',)! Central track at ten yoaterday was 32 miles west ofa •v-ltfr *onumentj Union itgKiiijf 48 east. U iyt^Note: Hijdenbrand to Goni Dodr.e, New York, IG:- lal In relation to check given him by Hudnutt, cAdifcilUd ' -WOX ^ Megeqth tO ?. Sayder, Wahsatch, 11:- . . "I'i b.'J t-I " . . .. .1 Last night we had hers 37 loaded cars 13 switched off at ^ Eo!io qnd 10 at Castle Rock, Ve gst them up so slowly I have conolude4 Wiw.:have as many as we will get up for next 15 days* You can see by estimating ft. that wq have over~|iooo,ooo in ft, and it as much as I felt willing to risk and have adviaeti Hurd to stop checking until we get some out of thsyard. On moat of tints ft, we cannot realize 1130 ■ . ';'i:'.. V '' • 1-,. April, 18G9. :y^f «x:!' a until delivered at destination and as a natural consequence has about used up our small change. Our ft. bills so far this month have been about $10,000 per day. Another reason for not wanting any more ft. is that nearly all the men west of tais have struck and will not allow those that are willing tb''work to do so. Threats have been openly made that no car can run west of this after the 1st, if the-men are not paid off, and the damned rascals would as Soon wreck one of our cars as not if it should get off the track, On my return from Echo today all along tlie line of the rofi'd where there was camps were squads of drunken men; their : oney is about gone and as soon as their credit^uns out hunger will drive them to some more desperate means of getting a living than work. I heard an engiiieer tell Earl that every engineer west was in the league not to imn a car after the*3r6th if not paid, and at same time-said that when ® ' th«y left the engines would want to go to the shops^ So you will see that things are not in the most pleasant fix here. I write this to Justify Megreath & Co, for holding up checking goods until we can clean up cars already checked. ^ ' S. Seymour to Gen, Dodge Brigham City 10 (TelsgrAmJ "."oj . , Central track last night 20 miles west of Monument, ' Ro track ifclV^bn'Unioh"last 8 days,* *'v • Xu JA : : lisi iji'' » '.I'O April, 1869, ,C^?I i -c- « House to Gen. Dodge ;to Gen. Dodge, Corinne, Utah, 10;- ' ev»' ■' ^ have already sold ^85,000 worth of property at Bear _River. How shall I settle thi^ matter with the people hnre? Answer. ojiB ' r Seymour to Gen. Dodge. Brigham City, 10 (Telegram) Please post me every day or two all about matters in WashliiSton, f 1' jrr,v - . s \co . • , Note, N. P. Chipman to-Gen. Dodge, Washington, 10:-, . w Wants a pass for his brother-in-law; says he is going to California to take charge of a Mission Church. ■fif , Note:- Instructions to Gen, Dodge about settling with C.P.Co,, -and to use up siarpliis stock of iron steel &q, on hand; and to have -every thief r^jid incompotent man rey|foed as soon as his place can be filled with « better man. r. * ve - ' i h' !*.>> .ih.lt gt, H. Miller to,!. Snyder, Brigham City, 12:-, j. IIJ? 1 returned to this point last night from Promontory; came in with a lot ofmulo teams belonging to a sub contractor who is . shortly goifigj^n to t^. Nerthom Pacific. The information gaines while there I will give to you substantially as follows: Finetrltoek contracts a s a rule have been very profitable and are.more susceptible of producing large returns than the ordinary run of grading contracts: About a year ago there was one, James Farrell, XA132 V'-' w. -'■f: April, 1869. • -"S came out from New York wit'houi a dollar "and for some time was thd -'-recipient of the'"bounties of his celtic friends; through the Influence «' of Carraichale he obtained a sub contract for rock grading from S^B. Reed, the stipuations of the contract read rock, and the price claimed per yrd. $5 was allowed, under this false statement; what t roc^c existed within the limits of his contract was only sand rook rtiJO"*# which cost him Including wages, ^tock expenses,'&C. $250 per yd. a clear gain to the aforesaid of $2.90 per yd.'.'.-This-man will admit ' himself (so t am informed) that he has made over $50,000 on that and ''' other jobs, from off a capital of-nothing, and now intends trying ..is ^ expetience-backed by his present capital-along the line of the Northern Pacific. ThiswInfonaation is in the main correct as I received it from a party who was at «ne time a foreman of the aforesaid pontract. SecOndJ-■ 'In feferenoe to ties and their delivery, I rode down from Promontc«py with a.man who 11 the owner of 86 mule teams, and has b b«att"oll!#itged in thaP daCLiVery of ties. He contracted for and received $i6"per dayt for aa»h'"tr<Wua»«l»d on sKtte days only one team would be at work, on other^ys a t%w of his toams would make.a trip and during the whole course of the day perhaps only two dozen tiea would bo delivered d'latribLrtod. When he thought he had tiee enough ahead so as not to out Mo taaun- to* waftireiy-outa|#o parties for ifcoao'i i lioAt lo 'uo .♦'t; yjiolo' ' lo ana ! I . - ■> r Vf ■ ■ ■ - J -•'.: April, 1869, . . jfiX. »I ap' the transportation of freight, and way he has made consider able money, aiough-to enable him to imcest several ,thousand dollars in land along the lineof the road, considerable portion of which is at Corinne City» , . ; '.'.o rncJti ' J Carmichael has made equally as much If nbt.more than any other sub on the road, and judging from what some of his own me. i tell me, he is the most.accomplished thief ig^t^e construction, and he has around him the worst gang of.cut-throats and marauders that it has ever been my misfortune to fdll in with. When I was in their midst they were cl highly delighted at the prospect before them of cutting the Chinamen into small pieces. Hill Green are also at Promontory and they are entirely bank- »if>',rupt, the firm's liabilities being_over a quartejq^of a million. From what I saw and learned I dent believe any contractor is making much d » money on the works aA around Promontory. They have very heavy rock work largo through and are wprking the same men all day and up to 10 o'clock at nightj night work and §uredaya fi0a.hle wages, besides this it requires many taams to be taken: off- from Aegitimate work for the ; purpose of hauling binish to keep their night fire blazing. Some of V * these rock contracts, however, have been given out at fi ures ranging '( .. fron-thirty to forty dollars fter yards, but you may rest assured that should any of the m moroly get out of their presont contract without 1184 April, 1869. losins money they will be certain .to make uo the loss before -they, get .through with it. , r , .1 L Matters here are at a stand still; there has been no track laid forthree oi* four days, and I understand by last night's -report that » .the Junction will not be decided upon until May, If you see Mr, Poppieton inform him that Judge Robinson is at present at Corinne, and I learn from good authority that he has not at present any intention of commencing suit, but is there on business -with the contractors of theC.P.R^R. I will remain between this place and Corinne; cannot go to Promontory vary often, as it very ^eaypensive euid my treasury is growing ^extremely low. i , Oliver ^es to Gen, Podge, North East on, 12;- ,-0 vrmnl'l Your telegram a aying you would leave for the west Siinday . night is received. The arrangement made to settle on point of Junction we have not yet le^arnad definl^tely wo have yet on]^ the riimors of the papers. J^a9-/a•tt^ment is better th^n a constant figh*^, but —i. jtiao infonaation.we yet hevej is not as fiavorable as we hoped. To give the Central Pacific / th® .fJ^btion at Ogden, la giving all they claimed. They only paying us for our road to Promontory Poipt and probably not -I,, saying neay &e puoh «a it has oos^ us* * • j j , ^ The Qammltte# Qhos<l^ t<^ ^ out qo the road and take charge of construction and everything else on the line and report at the PCi: 1135 35? April, 1869. » —.-^wearliest moment has not yet started. I h&ve a telesram today frc^m Dillon wanting si copy of resolution appointing thd Coinnitee with the full power of the Board. ' I will telegraph our Secretary in the morning to send It to him. ... .. ^ . .. - Oi^r money matters are In a^bad'state and I fear before we-get them running smoothly we shall have s ^me more difficulty with our men - on line of road, though I hope just as soon as *we get our offkce and "-'^•Board removed to Poston to have things very mu"ch smoother. - • I want you to take full charge of the engineering department and "in order to *flnish up the road we mus t * use the'utmo r t economy in our ^ finances. TTe will got things working here smoothly soon, and as soon as the road is opened wo shall have such a flow of business as will - at once give us credit. Smdoth up'the road so itl^ill run well and r:.;. i' before another winter sets in we should have ur •machine ohops snowfences-, water tanks and reservoirs all prepared, and we think'wd shall wwoug^h Veiling stock all tWo^^fomands ^pon. i t. - • Yoti will prdbalfiLy /rtEhd Dillon at Oinaha.. Price was here Satur- *• day and left for Washlngtdn Saturday ni^t and will go out witli you over ' the foad if he can got hono iw'flihe, I sfioWld not# however, delay my visit on ac ount of delay of Mr« Brlsio, arf the of this Commltoo on lino of road iJBs^itlal to lUf spaedj^ eompXetion and the t/.W ' i-nv .1^ Oili J . t. .oiv r "J1136 ■T.i,. April, 1869. »i:?i A rjeslioration of confidence to its stockholders v -'Jtyi rr*' I /Oliver Ames to Coll Silas Seyiaour, North Easton, 12;- ^ . <; r ♦ • Xou will please give to Gen, G. M. Dodge,, Chief Engineer of this Company, all the maps, prfifiies and contracts you may have -relat ing to the^ ai^gineering and construction of tlie road, together witLi such other informa^ic^j as you may have of service to the Company, and report to this office either in New York or Boston, as you may be. . required* Note: 01iYe£_Amea to Gen, Dodga, New York, 13:-, , 'Ci' V . Notio® of stockholders* meeting of U.P.R. R*. ilei4tiL Noter W^W,Boyj^pgton to Gen._Iludge, Chicago, 13,:- ,, '■J V' ^ relation to specifications for the various mechanicql workni has made an estimate for the bui .Idings, &c, , , , V ■ 't.ilt ■ J - h -:cF • ■V' X M Oliver Ames w- to Gen, • I - '' —^ ■ :ib I enclose herewith a dismissal of Col, Seymour from,service of th^ ;comply on the iin^,jPg. jpoad. You may forward it to .^im i;.imediai^ly or:,]>ii||d it to^h4jiy,ii^|i^ you reach his scone of duty. I suppose ptifjAJfc a^Qtitiyy to 6|Bipa one there and a, poor man is better than S-a rr^ ,, , , ^ 1 ,6,W,Y. Schtmonsky to W. Snyder, Echo, 13:«„ ,, , _ - • y . * - i;: • J . Clouds and^ tJa^e4teni|^ wpathor while I^^do^rite, and dark ■' X, >\;f3ioo9d.nc feelinsa awang iMp. |Ir«. xlQ9.d> h&8 9>2?2^jL !V3C1^ ^ji^XX t^lTiO IfOC xiar, April, 1869. «- 1. up with new carpet at *the end of the thin- and I do believe that even smal "'room will be talten because msrse-needs it—there is a bic family here. I had this roora built with my own lumber-not that I ~ claim it, I had paid v/ith my time to Bromley and this time as I-Ir.- Reed thinks beloncs to the Company, so I see my dismissal hourly be fore me. I begrugde nobody-but I would likd to look at the last scramble. Seymour (the Colonel) looks at these things as his private prpperty, while Mrs. Reed marks all furniture, bedding, &c^, with i S.B.R.- may they long live and prosper. "* ' I sympathized earnestly with you all the time. T know every disaster put on your shoulders, while our poor work, which I maintain ■^ehould have bean first class-as on this section we all the time in the " beat and glorious weather and plenty of moneyj but where thingah were done in such a suspicious way-nothing else could haVe-been ex pected. Now to na'ibnry alonei On• Strawberry'Ford the engineer, Truesdale wont aec6pt the sound stoneB because too small and outside of reach of apecificatiott-dwon comes North with orders to accept them-the insin uation being held out that Dr. Purant, is in cahutea with Whit^. and Warren the solietmen. Now suppose It were so, would the-Doctor being more interested In the road not rather i«h (cahutea or no) the work well done? Are life of passengers and- loss df goods and rolling stock 11S8-- ■ April, 1869, .>';rx nothing? Bl^t you know where i-t ooines from. Winter work is "bad but ' there is excusQ, but da it in this case? How-often have the slides of the sand cuts not closed the road; a small wall (sustaining) of 11 ft, would have prevented it, the sand below forced out, the cost would long ago have paid for the work. Lt would have been cheaper than takin-g more out at an increase of the enormous height of cut. Think of'sheet piling in the salt flafes ifor the purpose of. merely ptunping the water out and making an embcMnkment when it could have been quicker and better accomplished. The rround being perfectly level, by simply - planking, laying track and afterwards raising it to any height by gravel trains. * . ■ . • . .. I ktfow'4ivMitared of faults athd frauds, • I dan prove a defaulting of I of about ffeoOO lately in-favor of Olirnicliael." 1 know of " Brlgtiom Young Shi new'wagons funder prete^ise- of work on gi^hde-)"^' which he hauled t^ Salt Lake and sold-the report of it being made and squashed.!^ These things are nothing and would mean nothing if -there in fould not lay the igerra of disasters which inevitably fall back tn youand even tiieso things must bo supprswwWHi or else they Would add -ter- **'*>ibly to the discredH of this roaTf.''*% feel IWce the accomplice of criminals, 'If I can help you by those' hinits to mend up and better the road for your and the Co pany*s sake I shall feel" thankful, anyhbw 1139 April, 1869. __ _ . . , lliqA forgive thi-s intrusion and regard it aj being well meant. - Now I would ask a kind of favor from you, whose refusal will not in the least affect me as I do it in - the belief that I have wronged the man, >3 I am positively sure that the fait of the reason of his dismissal lay direct with Mr, fieed. as he states that he im plicitly obeyed Mr. Reed*s special orders in regard to the Weber bridges, I . mean Capt, Bates, He wants a contract for delivering at Echo Sta tion 50 and upwards of tons of coal daily. You will Ineed all this CDoal as Spragua has gone to his limits. He asks the same as Spra^-cue has. Now, the owners of the coal is a company in Salt Lake (Mitchell & Co) of some twenty men. Bates does merely the hauling but these ' men go his full security, ^ The mines are this side of Boalville but J:ho same distance^ the coal is exactly the same if not superior, terms, &c. same as Sprague. I do believe tlie contract will not be bad, as I think the company bettor monopolize the coal trade and sell to the California Company. These men will bind themselves to exclusive trade with the U.P.R'R, not that 1 propose sk speculation to the com pany, but in case of need to avoid a dangerous co:petition. My wife loaves, and i close* In case you. honor me with an answer w 11 li jiofftiiipadi.it Mrs....Raad- is very curious and I fear i I i . z - i 1140 1 April, 1869. >rWm». E. Chandler to Gen. Dodge, Washington", 13:- .':r.8x ♦x.tnA ' set... :ot) rfi I called on .Judge Dent and offered hinu the retainer as re quested by you. He didn't seem satisfied.;and asked me to talk with?-' Paige, his iJjfirtner. Paige said they ^jreferred .some arrangement for a yearly fee-say $5 00 to $1000 per month-that they had. just been offered flOOO per month to fight us , &s. have no idea of taking $500 as a retainer, which would keep them still ; 5:c., but must have a yearly arrangement. The Judge said-that Gen. Rawlins had said to him that he would be retained by the U.P.R.R*, and he had been expecting a very liberal proposition. I talked prudently and discreetly with them, but they declined detainer, and await propositions for a definite arrange ment. .1 4 'tis .btilnKiDlGated resiilts to Mr« Ames and he said, "Let them gor- we will not pay such stun". I suggested that perhaps we had better submit to it until our bonds .vere all delivered, but he said, "No" and so I lot it drop.. I shall toll Judge D. that the .Company is in a transi tion state and that 1 do not gpet any defdnliel answer. I suppose they mean to get not less than $600D out of ut It they get anything. Judge D. ie a clever, well-meaning mam, but he has got into the hands of '•c Paige, Who is a smart, shahp money-makingr--- . « Yesterday morning the Cabinet considered the subject of.: the new 1141 April, 1869. ':xr Commissioners and will probablj' appoiji't, shortly. I shw, Gov. ■ a moment yesterday, and will see him -eilid Gerl^ Rawlins aga.in tliis morn ing and give them our names, 'l.'-'.- . J" * 1 - , , I sent you Gen. Culcshing's and m^r opinion y^sterdpy by mail^ No tiling else nev/. The office seekers are getting terribly disappoint ed as the appointments oome off , C Tichenor to. Gen. Dodge, Des Moines, 14:- ,10 '' 'J . ■ ^".*11 r.l- Is Jim "ilson going, to make a fight for Senator? I see your name mentioned in a number of papery* amongst the candidates. Judge ; Wj'ight is a very anxious candidate, and as our nominating convention meets in a I'ew days I want to know yotUc wishes. We can control the legislative nominations in this county if necessary, but dont care to ^ make a fight ag^inat i('riBht nwiRfls you or Jim Wilson are interested 'I can also do acme tiling in the matter of..'legislative mominations in GuUirio, Dail^ CBMMne, ^ar. 10114 aftveral other counties, but have nol reliah..for that w^ffc unlesa it j.o servo you or Wilson.. : ; How did look j^t WafMngton whan yt)u left? What shape is ' tihui Marshalship In? I tell ^^j^u that if Jtta Wjj^on is going to be a candidate for Senator be had better pee to It that Hedrick Is not appointed Special Mail Agent-unieae he pl»484s |il»ttelf in writ to catpjport hiiDa^t ?? rfj .ittwit0 "S'J/i Iill42 ' v.. .. , • I. . . ' m'} ^ ■ » rii:.-' ■ V ■" dfiX: D. B. Randolph Koim to Gen. D odn:e, V^ashinRton, 14 :- ■. . . ^ You will probably remember the pass over your road for Mr. I'^oQ (of the Press) in relation to which I* spoke to you, I presume you have since received the supply you were expecting. Would you please forward tickets promised for Mr, D. R. McKee to the care of "J"? 0 N. Y, Associated Press Office, Washington, D.C.?- . . ■■ rjl l1 enfidi Oliver Ames to Gen. Dodge, Boston, 14 (Telegram) Dont remove office from Omaha till advised from me. dAlr -'t; J. 0, Hudnutt to Gen. Dodge, Dmatllla River, 15:- ,j, 4 - ^ A week of good weather has been Improved and my second line over the mountains connected wi Mi the first on the Grande Ronde Rlve:^^ 12 miles from the summit east side and we have- run down 10 miles from the summit west. Grade used In both sides of summit 2.0 (105 Ft, per mile). Thl^ can be madq some lighter by encounterijig heavy vork. < Height of summit 4260 ft. or 162 ft, lower than the Birch Creek Pass. This range not so high but the ascent and most espoci^ly the . - • j I ^ descent west Is very short. The line I have now got will be of cheap contructlon, . - ' 'ici-rr -x • , About 12 miles more will carry me to the Umatllla River, whore the question of grade ceases to be troublesome. Today Is very stormy and snow one foot deep , has fallen In Mie mountains. The whole route ~ ■ f-P' • , . « .. . 'if' April, 1869. .i - ■ ■• . ■ . ■•■ . ■ .' ?T. /. I '' -'jifl . ." has bean through two foot of snow and very thick tTimber and brush ' . . ' • < . *"• ' J" . ' J which has hindered us very much. ** Have jU3"t moved down fro' the summit to the Umatilla today and tomorrow shall 'pack some of my mules up Meacham Creek where we left * off as my train cannot make 'the canon. Once down to the Umatilla there is no further troubl^, " * " I have not" heard froid Omaha for a long time, and never learned whether you received my map and estimate_bf 250 miles of lino, which I sent you frdm Boise City. ' Vmen I reach Dallas shall put my camp on to a boat and drop down the* river. Please inform'me* w*hat disposition to make of my camp, ' j c' ' V i u ■■ 1' SX outfit and mules 4;c, and what route you wish "me to return. " - ■■ 2 ■ ■ ^ ^ 1 ^ . -.J 'I . u c. • rfj W. any dor t.n Gen. Dodge, Omaha, 15:- • itl " . . f... r " ' - I will be over to see you at 7^9^clbck this B. , *if you will . '■'^"7' j.; I bo at home during the evening. ' ■ ' S. Seymour. Webster Snyder, Birgham City, 15:- (Telegram) Sidings were put ^n east of Bear River on account of plenty of good, available water from Box Elder Creek. No water*oh westsld'e for many miles and Bear River wa-ter very bad in summer. When will Dillon be here? 0 Lf'C) V < ' I »■ '" 4 W. Sny der'to'CW. Dodge, Omaha, 16:- (Telegram) 1144 April, 1869. . flioA -vJ Bent telegraptjia;^his morning the Central continues to push their .work qh )eastor»'r«lope;'.dont (driderstand it if act of Congress is of no account, Chinapien-at work near symnit. , . r ft ' r-O/'ftlMWl {'(' W. E. Chandler to Gen. Podfre^ Washington, 16 (Telegram-)- , ^cvOpinion iistai>t^d:.Monday, All await Warren* s report to be ready next week. Ndw Commission will be appointed immediatelyi .-cjf;rtu W. Snyder to Gen. Dod.nie. Omajaa, 16 (Telegram) (unS Sm im»^' See fifth page of New York. World, April Igth^ «*w II .ft, L., Hoxic to W. Snydar, Hawlins, 16:- i'il' • Warren telegraphs me that at 6 P. M. last night there ianeeded 22S cars ties, 30 of iron west of Wahsatch to close vp to- ,, Promontory summit. I have 243 cars ties loaded and shall be through,. loading this week. Letter regarding opal received-, 'and also one aboift 1st Morg.. .Am glad to hekr "the news. -• • - iifote: Hfenry Delojng. to Gen, Dodge, Council Bluffs, 16:- . ' • In relBtloxi lo Gen. Dodge's spiritual welfare; says the General has grown old so fast and thinks it is too much business. « • Tgr Boylngt'Oo to Gen. Bodge>. .Chicago, 17s-. Enoloses set of tracings of house, &c., AieheD nsrtjhwf W.SnidfliL_to Gen. -^odge, Omaha, 17 (Telegram) •aillew f •Iff April, 1809. * " Your letter with enclosed received pt 5:30 P. Dillon tele graphed Kennedy yesterday to pay only men employed by Co .pany untl 'w he reached Echo, ^ill send D. letters tomorrow. . No. 2 (Telegram) ' I send you Blickensderfer's dispatch as received. Dont understand it as I have not telegraphed him anything except that yuu were at Council Bluffs, , ' Thos -. B. Morris to Gen, Dodge § Promontory, 17 (Telegram) Central Pacific track tonight 2 miles pf Monument jPoint, If we have no strike will be ready for track in 15 days. Final estimate completed on all but about 7 miles. Can turn work over at any time with few days notice. *11 V;, Snyder to Gen. Dodge. Omaha, 17 (TelegramJ ttfrf* - »• -f,; gllckensderfer says: • "Have received telegraph. , Course and distance between Centi^f pacific. «:#ro at Ogden and some station of U.P. line; also bearings 6'f C. V," and aong D.P. tangents: immediately. No. 2. (Telegram) ' ? ♦ : , - Bllck^^l^jjiileupfer wishes -to know where he c.an ^et quantities between Ogden and ffllAdldt Wells. - Add ress care Secy^ of Interior, ,^d<wr.O Washington, No.3, (Telegram) I get nothing direftt frcm Central P acific, but outside 1146 April, 1859. ., ' i; j ftTfi; dispatches say that they are within 3 miles of Monument Point. Think *■ Duff is not on todny's train,- ^ n®" •xo No. 4 (Telegram) III fttwln •• ^ , onr" 4 " ' • ' Have telegrap'K"^15uf# req uesting tiTm to 'At*op and see you at Council Bluffsj also want-to gsi exact location end of Central. <• n • T . ./• i--,- a •>» •L ^ ■; I ^/''■^os, B. Morris to Geh. DOdge, promontory, 17: I ^ - I was anxious before afisweri^iS -your question ahout the grade at Green River-on the location made by yOurself-to hear froix a reli able source th^r"^grades used east of there, also soiie additional facts as to the manner iii which the road was constructed.; how well the track was surfaced and wh-thor the settling of-the large embankments had not very materially increased the grade uSed in locating. I am now satis- ^ the location is the best and true engineering one-assuming that the location ffir 160 miles eas€ of thf point is the correct one-becauae I consider the ruling grade of' tha 150 miles east of Green * River to bo tfie grade'which controls" the grade used in or© ssing the Didi«e between Green ^Iver and Black's Fork, If all the grades east of nuaking Asp*(excepting the Black Hills) could have been made 53 ft. per mile I then should have used a 90 or lOO'ft. grade there and a hfiI mT : -I'c^ ti T • . helping engine. I consider the futft Voh give me 111 yo«r J-Stfttei-, via; "that .an 1147 ■"\ »* ■■ April, 18C9. . , "* ;"" * engine will haul more cars over grades east of Oreen River them over the Green River grade" is not due to the located grades nor the curva ture, but to some inferiority in surfacing the track on the grade or to the increased grade due to the imperfectly made embankments. Of the general question of grades, curvature and general -questions of location, I think a little more in favor of heavy grades than most - engineers. I prefer'to make low gradqs most of the way and then put T^'in a division of heavy, very heavy grades to overcome the elevation. -While engaged in locating the Rondout & Oswego R.R. this question. , caifle up, l ( ±n connection with my father made the following table) which I found by "comparison'agreed very nearly with the guaranteed "duty" o^' Baldwin's best locomotives:- • Assume that the "load of one engine is 100 units-~thus; , One engine upon a 14vel "f ♦ 100.*- < Grade 0,0 load of li eng, 100 Tw6 engines Upon 30 ft* grade i enp;" 20 ft, ^ 50 Two and 1"*2 Engines' ; 30 ft# e^lOO " 30 40 Three Engines ' ."-f-;i»100 " 40 ft-*^ o*" 't -f" f».fy rftt Vr. ,.rr.loo " 60 Ft, ^ * 25, ' ."-f-.,.100 " 40 ft. " 33 1-3. • * ;t od ot ' ■ • ■ rr« Ar. ..rr.lOO " 60 Ft. • 25. Five'*' «• " rre*f hf $0 100 . _ 80 ft. " 20. glx P? 100 100 . • 100 " " 16 2-3, . 100 " 16 Fro.u thia I say if the grade on the plains Was 40 ft, per mile we could tidb -100 fti", grades on the- mountain divisions and on3y fully. u«'- April, 1869. -'friA use the second enf^ine which it is calculated shall he put on the heavy grades. Even if the same engine is used on the heavy grades that is used on the plains, I think the above, arrangement is the correct one, as she could make two trips up the grade and have each t5me a full load. From a report of. Oliver H. Barnes, C.E., on lines surveyed in .connection with the Dutchess & Columbia ^.R., lately ublished, I take .the following: "Uppn a gradient of 60 ft. per mile an engine , witth its tender weighing 50 tons v/ill take up at a speed of 10 miles per hour, 18 loaded cars of 17 tons--306 tons. Upon 34 ft, grade 13.2 cars at 17 tons- 244.4 tons. Adding 50 tons per engine and we have 356 tons on 60 ft, grade and 274 tons on34 ft. grade. Now the load of same engine on level grade is 1424 tons, apply my table to load of 1424 tpna and we hav® on level 100; on 60 ft. grade 25 or 25-100 of 1424 tons. 356 tons for load of engine on 60 ft. * " 'grade and for 34 ft. grade 19.23-100 X 1424--273.8 tons, which agrees very well with Ur. Barnes' reprt. It is not true engineering on grades to maafli the grades and, make them heavy so as to enable you to dpubl,© your whole ibf it*? ^ - A»s regards the curvature on Green River grade-had a 90 ft. grade "• * r • ' 1 been used the amount of curvature would have been very slightly o i«* ui 0^0^^ 9is»in r . i ' ?ort ihm miff 1149 wrt ".vV'l, '1 . , X' '''i .1' 'r ^ r^-rt; -April; 1869. . . . , m \J ' • « .' I. . . I . ' - r — - '• ■ -- * , r. ^ r decreased because there was a bench which was ,iust passed by the 60 ft. * grade. Had the -^rade used been 90 it would have been necessary to * put in a piece of level grade at this point and made all the curves now used. ^ I had thought xuitil I saw Mr. House that you were fully informed as to the work here* ahd the line* which" this company were building in air its details. The" line which is being built up to the big fill (station 3030 is the line located by you-80 ft. to mile and 6 curves) except in one place, near station 2730, her the line was thrown in by increasing the curvature to avoid long swamp; change was to add 30 curvature In one degree curve SLhd 220* ft, of distsuice. A-t the big .O. fill the alihgmeht has been battered by throwing a tangent across the gulch in place of turning in as was the original location. The em- » ■ ' I ' T • bankment has been very much increased; this is being filled by trestle V ^ work. The alteration also mad e the rock cut lighter. There are two _ f 8 curves at either end of tangent which can bfe reduced to 6 by taking off a little more rock all of which can be used* in the fill. At station 3053 a 10 curve is used which runs around the point there and leaves very little of the hlg rock cut and allows the 6 curve tb lay flurther up the hill, decreasing the long fill but increasing the distance. 2e next rock cut near station 3030 is very much decreased by 1150 April, 1869. another 10 cruve. Prom, station 3090 to 3110-90 ft. grade and align ment are both used. Rock cut at 3115 is taken out on 80 ft, line and fot very nearly to 80 .ft, grade. Fro.. 3120 to 3155 there is a tenporarjr line having a ,ntDnb©rwOf 10 curves and a 116 ft. grade to station 3140 and level from there to 3155; from 3155 to summit 80 ft. line, curves and grades. Chas. Laughridge went north and v/est with 3, Lawrence and up .to yesterday I could hear nothing from hi.n. He was ^.in Oorinne yester day but I have not bean able to get one word out, of. hira. I hop.,^ , however, to see hiia tomorrow or Monday, There are two cuts on the- line of the C.p. Company on the east * • • slope of Promontory which willi noft be out until our line is grades unless the force is very mUch increased and worked _to better advantage. If*"oUjP track doe's not come ahead ^faster ttipiti it has during the last *^15 or'^ days ^"S will hate all of the grading out of the.way. j. The Central Co-Tipatoy have drawn aff all f.Qrce,3 east of the cross ing of Blue CreekJ r- , ' L. B. den. l&edgc, Chibago, 17 (Telegram) Mr. Duff nfit airiiea.• ■Expected daily; will telegraph his arrival. " " : ^ ' Jesse L.^tilli^s to bdn. Dod^j ^«hlcag»> l-Bini '"i .Ti: c'.f ryh *0try fUrttv .tn'-' arrival. I . , 1151 . .1 • , .. .1 . .i . if-ij " Wvm '•■'■ •wr;- ' ■S'" April, 1869. I learn here that ycsu "passed through here some days ago , and that Duff expected here soon. So I suppose there Is to be no meeting of Board in Boston on 22d, but only sto^kholde-rs, Whenever the Board does need to organizre, we ought all to be there to secure the right 'man; tut I 'suppose with all their warning the will not put Durant in again. ' Write me all the news about the road and the officers in New York, I cant understand about that five millions in Com, Exchange, back'money,* or is there any money there? Tell me how the bridge goes fto "^/'sn^dor" to-Gen, bodge, Oinaha, 18 CTelegramix: About throe miles of track laid yesterday* rrff To 2-18- (Letter) Pirat paid, missingv ; --afrtxr Wahsatch is as far as on bill regularly commer- . .. cial freighty wast of there ship at risk of owner in chartered cars and send wheh' If doitt interfere With construction material. We get $50 per car to Echo, $100 to Ogden from Wahsatch. The paymaster of western division will reach Wahsatch today with "^"funds to pay tor January. He has,paid for January from Cheyenne west. No, 5- (Telegram) 19:- ^ , Honefe telegraphed from^ i;>esert. about depot grounds. I dont know location. What do we need there? r :r r 1152 P April, 1869. , Note: Statement of 'rf. Snyder of the estimated earnings of the Union Pacific I^.R, froi^ April 9th to 15th, 1869.' : ^ tup c Note: Gee. C'Tr.ic, Jr» fo' Gen. Dodge, Omaha, 19:itnIlliF .ijif to Wants a situation. B'. House to Genv DOdge, Ogden, Utah, 20:* (Telegram)-,-,^' '• ' ^' *" Course of tangenf U.P. at Ogden Station .480 plus .80- north 38 degrees and 20 minutes west. Distance from same station to zero , on>C.P. 1V70 ft., course north 71 degrees wast, course of tangent ' central Pacific at' station zero north IG degrees west. ' Snyder to Gen. Dodge* Omaha, 20 (Telegram), ^ .""If'- tl, ^I-./yXwr-n ' Mr. Evans wants to know when you will leave for the West? rXH w-Uj. B. House to Gen. Dodge, Corinne, Utah, 20:- (Telegram) , , ' n- i - flave you given any order regarding miner's camp outfit and stock? If not will you when done with them? I have disbanded O'NIel's pprty 'and i^ goes ^aat j.n a .few days. • sfo''^ " : .t. Note: Geo. C. Tichenor to Gen. Dodge, Des Moines, 20:- ®n relation t'o shcubbery, , mtm "irtl £; Bdomer t« Gem. Dodge, Ghlcago, 2G:- Mr. Piltean, my partner in charge of raising bridges on your line informs me that 3'Sowe Bridgaa of my construction have fallen doitn-one of Ihra th« iw«t day aft.r it wa. ralsad, owlna to th. Imperf.dl Mviih *•>•*'"P. .pactod, and that ri -rr' tad wtf fflw t -153 .1 ^ April, 1869. , fiTci 'another (the 150 ft, combination) is giving^ wsTy, While T presume your Company will abtach no blame to me. for their J'alliriff down, yet to the uninitiated the odor wiLl fall upon me", I therefore protest against raising any more bridges upon .imperfect or unsafe masonry or supports, and have instructed my f<M?eman not to haise any nuore bridges upon imperfect masonry-only unden a written protest directed to the engineer in charge, and not until he has received said engineer's order in writing to do so. I am not' informed upon wh'at portion of the line these* accidents occurre--'' but infer that it is Upon Mr. Evan's portion, Mr. Evans has displayed masterly inactivity in forwarding my woriE since fxe has turned bridge builder, I would not knowingly do him or anyone Inlustlce, 'but it doefl i^eem .to me that he has done all he well coui^ to detain toy work and to bring m: in bad ador with yo\r Company, train. Mr, Sickels arrived thisTnbifnlHg^. Mr. Duff-fi^xpected evening^ . .eer, • , Ten ^ W. Snyder to Gen, Dodge „ "Qnalm^ 21 (Telegram) Central'with'IB irtfl®s .of sumiBit Promontory Point this morn- •ir»r*v nrt itig; we are within 1« mrlf##, " d.w.E. to Snyder, Promont&i^; SI- (Telegram) q._ , ■h.% • WBiurf CiP. le iS miles th# eonnecting pi^iat this morning but may'be detained iotow' for flllLtt bad condition; it has been raining. I will be here xintil tomorrow. 1154 % April, 1869. , ^r.r ./ ^yder to. Gen. Dodge, Omaha, 21 Telegram) r f* Your message to House- on location C.p. and U.-P, delivered 7 to him all right, Dillon at Promontory yesterday. No, 2- 21 Letter: yThe place called Desert near mouth oi! Weber la point near est Salt Lake, and if the Weber was bridged I think-.SL. shops and freight would leave the road there; bridge could be built I am informed for $2000., R.R. could control the town and make traffic take that direction,' ■/* ru/rfltT orW House*s dispatch dated Red Desert must refer to Desert, and I • ^ #ould recommend purchase of the land there, ^ill start men at once on-ties and timber w.est of Black Hills, . -rirl * f Jaa, P. Wilson-to Gen. Dodge, Fairfield, Iowa, 22:- , -ayfl tmlSlfr' I have youcNH of the 16th and .19th, . '•IffiJW/'iC 'have a ^aste now ^of the independence of private lif® and dont trhinl^'!Bmwill give up soon, I will not be a candidate for the Senate,' ' Gtta you get Tichenor to stick a few pins for AllisonJ I dont "t® '' think we oTaght to send an Inexperienced man lioewrrt Grimes, • ' c The Tribune (Chicago} published an editorial on my cabinet and HeflBWHoiMH matters, Wk44»t,;#|||^I,letely demoralized Washburn, Washburn attempted to take Whtta to for it when hhite told him he had lost iie&f April, 1869, •I ^ , 1. all confidence in hi-:i. ' Iwill tell you all -about it when I* see you. Townsend -wrote to -White in answer to his demand for his authority as to his statement that I had lost a place in the Cabinet on account of my connection v.ith the Mc. G, case; that Washburn told hiiir so, ' I see it announced that the two tracks will meet next Sunday, Is this true"? I hope the meeting at Boston today will put matters in good shape, and leave every rascal out of the directory. It is my purose to remain at home until instructed to' proceed- out on the road, Townsend will write no .ore for the Tribune after the 15th of July, at which time his contract will expire^ Vt-h v IT. SnydeV to Gen, "Dodge', Omaha, *22 (Telegram) hrwinoo I think Mr, Duff-is on train this p-. M. from Chicago,-lo J. 1flicl(^hsderfer, Jr. t-r (Jen. Dbdge, Washington Z2:- Yours of rYth is just* received contai ling quantities from mouth of i^eber to Htfinbofa-i-'Wells in gross, I an sorry those quanti ties will be f no ase to "ds. W© want the details of the quantities 80 we ' can institute comparisons between your line and ap; line between any desired point. This is necessary to "cfiip^^e th^ from point to point. I*have today teleg^ajtied'for'these'details and'if you have not sent them or have not got them when this reaches you let.me know at April, 1869. once, We are now calculating the quantities on C.P. line on detail f"* *for use in this coiaparison, The quantities were calculated in part while we were on line locatAng, hut I have not the results here, Thos. B, Morris to-Gen. Dodge, Promontory, 22 (telepam) ersfi' ^ ' C. P. track yesterday 22 miles east of Monument Point; raine here for three days. Mud in flats very bad. Central Company carried tS.es on to them; cant work ahinials. U,P, track at station 2740 ,11 miles east of summit,; S, Dillon to Sehi Bpdg®, Echo, 22 (Telegr^) ^ ^ 01 140(10 II you know lia^re Mr. Duff.is^.. ij^en will you and he be up? AnsW^T^® .C."'. . IT .-Mar : "" t - -"twifl It; «; .-»• »v. ' T, C. Durant ta DuCf,. Chicago, 22:-, (Telegram) .oiwoliin i leave Uiiq,.Pw Mn7 for .Omaha; was detained in New York to 'sigh' ' - ' f ' t -VT ' '''^ Sidney DllTE^i ^o- Co-n. Dodge, Echo, Utah, 22:- (Telegram) I saw Gotland and Stanford, Their line over Promontory Point'fB^eariy done.- Vm Vant ua to.atap and lay a track on their line. It wili taia lintil the 10th or 16th of July to finish our grading. What do you thlhft oMt, will it interfere with our settling with themT> V '■ o ?r> 1 ' -Thos. bI'.'«oMs tar (*n„ Dodge, ?romontor5, 22. (Telegrm) • • (!. f. »erog»->«B flat. Tmues oast ,of Upnuoent Point. They havo 2 miles raaterifcl on hand. «^fl 1167 April, 1869, ,?"^nr Sliekeng^erferj'-Jpi to Gen, Dodge, Washington, 22 (Telegram) .♦tttq rl ' ' Your iiuantities will .'hot answer. Send details per station immfediately, ' "/id T ' "ij r ...-,2 f ;in r-* " W. Snyder to Gen. Dodgej Gihaha, 22:- Your dispatch received, I Judge that ^eyjpour and Reed have ? e'- gotten hold of Dillon and are making the most of it. He takes their wor' for various matters without examining Cor himself and is telegraphing me to do various things which I know are not rjLght, and which he would not do if S, and R. were not writing dispatches for hi::., - / I wish you could go out and*look through the outfit. It ought to be done quickly or there will be nothing left. If T.C.D. comes here with any authority I propose to quit- at oncey/' ' ' . ^ I Jas. H, Bowen to Gen, Dodge, D-ill-on, Duff & Durant, Chicago, 23:- Say when last connecting rail wi:i be laid^ We desire to arrange for demonstration^ here at swine time. Will you arrange to have it occur at noon that day we oan Jubilate? - r t ^X^idney Dillon to^^en. Dodge, ilahsatch 23: (jTelegram) Wd have'iWlfliS track lay yet» I think th© work will be ready for tr:^Ck oicipi'Carmichael'd cut 2 1-2 miles from end of track; that will take until 10th of May, We are working it ni^ht and day with all the 'pwer we can pwt oh^ I am going over work at head of T Echo today with Mr.'«eed; wilf report y^ U^s evening. / • no we / .^r 1158 April» 1869. Thos, B.sJIorris to Gen. Dodge,-Promontory, 23 (Telegram) hamp equipage is all that I stored in Salt Lake City, It is in charge of "Wii, Gilbert. Received notice yesterday to change it, thought it had better be sold or send one of teams after it from here, > trv Have 14 mules, one horse 4 wagons with camp outfit and blankets com plete here under charge of Isaac Rogers, who is herding the mules. . f ^-Sidney Dillon to Gen.^Dodge, Y^ahsatch, 23:- (Telegram) Jrwf • "''Ot ■ L dont give up our rights, Y'ill finish to Promontory Point, ,Duff and you had better take the officers car when you come up the . road, 4.,. ei ^ .. JPeter A, Dey to Gen, Dodge,. Iowa, City, 23:- yi p. I •. «r r • r.-. ■ I. R, Hartsack of this place has been appointed and confirm- ' ■ • . • » * ed Post Master hero. The feeling of indignation is universal and 9 bitter. He held the office at one,time before, was very much disliked and in overy way unfit for the place. That he should be froced on this coraratinity for another 4 years is an outrage-no man applying was •as unfit ow unpopular. . ^ ^ 1 j ^ . I began this letter, not for the purpose of finding fault with anybody but for myaelf and Fra|\k,, to thank you for the interest you have taken in him, and to assure you we appreciate your efforts to T - aid him^ anA >only #ioir regret that It was not in your pwer to have ■ ^ —7 T,-. ^ .f f. r-M a- succeeded, o^r r 1159 April, 1869. W. S^yder'to Gen. Dodge7 Omaha, 23:^- Telegram. .tl ,y* Will you be over today? Al-1 eas'y as yet,*^ but I get no »help ffim the East. ' nl Seymour to Geh."l^odge,■ BrlghlSif Gl'ty^'*:^3''(f'e^Iegraai)^ * 0 ^ A _ M ^ M. J "I "1 ^ Ah -Mhvhhhh AhhAh 4> rt A. /T%. + V\ « + O V> 4 If both companies agree will Government«agree that Central 'line be adopted on east slope instead of ours? X' Irrt-jf y«io • * r f J. Blickensderfer, Jr. to Gen.'Dodge, Washington, 23 (Telegram) ' Received no pay ""form Reed. •^iT^ail invoices today. Want r quantities between points of comparison with Central Pacific line, that is between stations 480 at Ogden and 2742 Lookout Mountains 4589 Monument Point 5932) Red 6ome 8395, Passage Creek 10240; Turno Summit 11230; Pig Nop Summit 12308, and location each by itsdlf. V/ill need ' tr.f- * le - ■ , ^ A .. it immediately. J. Blickensderfer, Jr.^to Gen. fiodge, WailhlngCon, 23;- • no h99C\) s ' n'. Your telegram dated yesterday. Inquiring whether I had r 'HI-' ■ • received pay for outfits of Lawrence, Maatw^ll and others ttirned over to Reed on construction, was received today. I ansiWW'eirtMt i had X w f«.) , ■ j . A .. . ' J i ' not received pay for any. I enclose hferewlth ther'pai^ra in my possession showing the disposition made of prop^ty in hahds of parties'in Utah. You will probably find^ it someSAat' defetive as my departure • ' * 0 :f * f I f- fc . with you for the west occurred before Lawrencb^s matter wad entirely 5' 1160 - April, 1869. disposed of, and my subsequent ...ovements ifrete ^cfi' that I' could not weil keep trace of what was done .•' Morris'finally came into possess- ' I'lW V'ion of mtich of 't.he Company's property, and as rejgards Maxwell, you will- remember I parted from h'm and you before he actually entered on constructing service, and you said you would ascertain what was in his hands before"'you parted with him. I'ain tO be charged with the follow ing: Sold'ijy licCabe and Moberly and accounted for in my settlements ' ' - '. if f 'f: with House: Sold by McCabe; One wagon $50; 3^-mules and one bay marfe'.$2^0; -$500.00, Bold 'iiy Moberly; 6 mules and 2 wagons $1025.00; -one.ihaj?e $50, fotal $1375,00. ^One additional mare turned over to pfe by Moberly was ly me turned* oVei^ to' ur. fiddy in ''Salt Lake City. . , • I telegraphed you today also in answer to your other message about quantities on TJ.P. line Ufel^en? "Ogden and Humbbldt :?fells. You sent me the aggregate quantities','but as we desire in our report to institute comparisons between the U.P. and the C.. P. lines from point to point these aggregates will notr do. We want P. quantities be tween Sta. 480 at Ogden and 2742 *east of Blue'Oreelc; between 2742 and Monument Point; between Monument Point and Red Dome, &c. &c., in short, we want the quantities in detail so we can select any point we .choose and Institute a complete coipparlwon'of the two lines between : f 1 rv-if ew Vrv-'i" e . 1 •Xu<'*T 1161 '' f\f r April, 1869. . ■"•r. r , ritr,. any points selected. 'I ^designed, to ,a,sk you for these facte before - you left here, but' it escaped me.. trr'r • r/, .T , r' I understand the Central Pacific Is becoming anxious to hurry up our report. I think they should have hurried some ti..i ago. I fear we shall not get entirely done here until week after next. The com- ~ . parison between the two locations west of Ogden will be favorable to "'TT.P. line and my impression-Js it will be the line reported to the Secretary by the Commission. We have not yet fully discussed the " * sutrjectj but I think we shall do so tomorrow. • ^ "thos. B, Morris, to Gen, Dodge, Promontory, g4 (Telegram.),.^ — "fit " V c. p. forces drawn off on Lost ^lope. Our men maiing troub for money. C,p, t^aclc">at east side of-cmd^ flats. U,P.track near Blue Creek tonight„^ rd - • ; r * .C 'W. B. Ohandlwr-to-Gen. Dodge, Washington, 24 (Telegram) tr"*- r Wid tlorria will^ jprobably be sent out next week; Warren to folLOW^ Soope-delay in withdrawing lands, but will^ succeed • * > - nextwoek^ Al] .look» here. , ♦ , . hrm t ' "(Mtfdeen * to ^en. Dodge, Boston, 24:- . ■ ■ " .r "• fti .'^Tour8 Apil 15th and 16th received; also your telegram of "21st to Oliver Ames received at Washington, and the reporters rregft fhenhole* ' w^re .la ,puf f ? wm ® by-word? Tour certificate and stock we have to keep till the books can 1162 April, 1869. f ,'^taA ' be pi in shape. Have put"^ you'down ad taking your Share of bonds, but dont see ^ow you can do it as cannot probably change that security at Savings Bank; have been too busy to attend to it; will try to t;jt« John R. Duff to. He has moved home-we fear that he cannot do it. ',V V. . ^ ^ ' WOT n X Please hurry Duff and Dillon back and all Govt. Directorsyourself *lth'theA, so we .iflay have an election, are not safe till we d(y'(Confidentially). Erie might borne solvent and pay $10,000,000 or $12,000,000 or so, and with some of the friends (enemies) get the control, pay themselves back and ruin omt ppy-see to this. ^ I 'J i y W* Snyder to Sen. Dodge, Omaha, 24;- |L « . ^ " ' ♦ ' ' Indian news,looks very bad; the ^evils are all along our line, Pine Bluffs to Willow Island and mean to give us trouble. They steal stftftk* and murder whenever they can. All the plains, men 'say that we will mile more trouble than ever^. , the peaceable Indians *' are coming in to Ft, Platte as they say to be safe from those on the War path a'rtitl'to- demonstrate their good intentions, . f, " - ' fEnclosed fiMW-Bant ..explains itself. It will hurt us on the grade ' ( *" "* I* , ■ ^UvShernAn is expected mwe tomorrow,and I shall make strong efforts to have force of Pawnaao put in service to patrol the road.y I. ^ fit -7 . OhMldlup to Oeu^ Dodge, Washington, 25:- Youn Utters of 16th and 17th inst. and teiegram of the • • f a • . - ^ . : r .fi ^ 24th are before me. Wkxr 1163 April, 1869. f Huntington, in reply to a telegram-from me,,said it must a -ittfflistake about their working east'of Promontory summit, that he would telegraph and stop it if such was the fact, 1st, Warren and the other Commissioners will probably be throug'i their report in a week frmm this time. They will probably all agree ^ upon a line-substantially-1 think the line built upon by both roads With some variations, which may not require serious action by the Government." Thereport will not hurt us so far as past controversies are concerned, neither do I think It Will whitewash the Central Pacific road; of course, we want to* be vindicatedr. At the same time I think it would be best that all the Commissioners should agtee upon the whole report if possible. * ' 2d. Ab I fslegraphed- Tmnlf f .hall gst tomorrow or next day ""'iWtruotlona laaued "to the cc»BlBBldhirB to oar oompletad aeotions, and hawe il^rrls go out, get Wilson ahd proceed to the end of the track. If Warren Is delayed here too long he will draw a report _from .the lOWth to the-lOdOth mlle-eend it out-Wilson and Morris can Mgn and return It here, so tSiAt it may KB placed on file before Ihrren makes hio examination of the balance Of the road. M. t hare been delated in tpitting the lands .withdrawn. They 'should be withdraim upot'o^it definite locatlbn from the 1000th mile to oj rl',: , 0" I r1164 £ April, 1869. " / y'l- Promontory Point, as we do not wish the map of October 20th tO'nbe+ - recognized east of that point; but the question of line-causes-the delay. I told Secretary Cox yesterday that somehow or other, prior to th'" 4th of March' the« Central Pacific could get anything it wanted and the Union Pacific* nothing it wanted at the Interior Department, .ifimln: 4^^^ The new Commissioners were selcted Friday but it- was sol- '•eiinly agreed to conceal fcom all of us their names until they accept ed. * I Shall try and find out tomorrow who they are. I have no doubt they are good men, and I trust some of the names we suggested are among the number;although the Cabinet probably had friends whom they ^ wished to honor by appointment cm the Commission, In other matters I know little more than you do. The Central Pacific are anxious to get some bonds, and Mr. Amds is anxicd© to get land patents and also lands. The Administration "is earnestly desirous , /'"'of holplne us and appreciates our situation but ulll move cautiously. '""' we shall press for lands and bonds Immediately;' and just «s earnestly as we can without doing our cause more hi«B than good. ■« : (fJ rn ^he organisation of the company quite ae sooft aa-1 shall learn it, althou^ lir. Oafces Ames is to be here this .e'sk', ahd i ,111 write you UII have any.peculiar opinione or" facts to" communicate.' Aa fast aa the sections are oompleted beyond the >.040th mile 1165 April, 1869. .Wf , fltq;. toward promontory summit you had better telegraph, so that we- may ask 'ifor instructions to the Conimissionerfi t- examine the corapleted-secHions,/ • ' .'-•rr f" /- ' * / . p."V/, paaaner to Gen, Dodge, Des Moines, 26:-^r •>.. •}> ,.i * ' Yours of the 22d has just reached me.- Before its receipt iTTiad'received letterh from Lyman and Treynor, asking for appointment "■•' of Robt. C. Bunp in place of Burke, and supposing you were not within J'^i'ci»each to cohsult with I endorsed this recommendation of Bump, I had * already endorsed your old recommendation^of Putney for the C. B & St, Tc- Joe routes ^ J. B. Howell to Gen. Dodge,, Keokuk 26:- ^ ••• T ^ , jr ^ f • The President has treated me and my friends rather ►' ' ' ahabfcily in utterly ^ignoring my application for the appiintment r to Guatimala, I cannot ace why he should want both to disappoint and insult me in -vie* of "the ajiergy and enthusiasm which I have displayed in hlB support# ^ould you not call his attention to the matter after Silas leaves tiie coxintry? ■n' - -n f'"'• f" " Roping through your kindness to have the pleasure of visiting th Pacific Cost some time during the season, &c. J. Duff to Oliver Ames> Utah, ^ ^ Track will meet during next, week, ^Tfeen will you bo here, Anrf*^ ^ OgdenT . e-T ijb99 ihIJ mm mA April, 1869. ."^nf ,IttHA '"'3', G, Hti(5!rlutt €6'Geh, Dodge, Portland^'Oregon 27 (^elerrrem) tui t j j ^^tine nearly to Colxmbia ^iver, V?hat orders, -eo® NiJ' Note: J. D, Cdx, Secy of Interior to Com, Genl. Land office, rtilw (vMieo Washington, 28 In relation to v/ithdrawal of land of U.P.R.R* nifo »* y^vi E. Chandler to Oliver Ames, Washington, 28:- ^ At the Interior Department this morning I saw your letter '"ofHhe 26^h relative to your affidavits on the-completed section of the road. Pleas keepme informed of your communications with the Department. There haS been an unfriendly influence against us some- '^'^'^here in the Interior Department, and a wrong answer to a letter might I • " ' get prepar>ed by a clerk and signed by the Secretary anrisent forward 'Which it would be hard to undo* The Secretary had handed this letter to nr. Blos*'iaifllfeB It would be unnecessary to answer it,. ^ - opinion Is that without asking the Secretary how he would the affidavits maffe. Which fee may not inform you, you should go on, as suggested in my last letter, and forward your affidavits as fast Itfr ^g^n-that road hfeW beerf* donstructe ' in sections beyond the 1040th mile, with the reciuest that the Commissioners s lall be instructed to 'examine it. ' fe tfhall th^n get the instructions issued without any 'questions raiaed'as t(^'^ther we or the Central are to be treated '^ as the ownefs of pAsmontory Point, I# we raise that question for April, 1869. , fttlfA 'discussion there will be delay,which is what we wish to avoid, 1st. Today the secretary of the Interior has decided to issue ♦e'the instructions.to the Commissioners to examine the completed sec- * tions of ou?'road, and lir. Morris will go ..out at once to proceed with Mr, Wilson t6 the examination. Gen. Warren will join as soon as can get away from here. lelTet-'I «;!» t to ,j,^Q Secreiar^ Has also decided to withdraw the lands throug - Or."*! Utah upon our definite location to ?ro.:iontory simmiit. We have been Selaye^because lie wished the Cdnfliits si oners to inform him if the lino fr.y ■ ID ' ' actually bullt'^i'S''upon the definite location. As the ComlBissioners ^•■"will so inform him I think we shall get the lands withdrawn tomorrow. ^ The new Qemml&sloners are accepting their appointments. I cannot Ifearn why the^ m. Horace Greely declined and named some one / S. M, Falton accepted, I suppose by Borne unfair manner I could ascertain Who thoy awe, but'the exigency does not call for such action IBS': : no doubt It W4-11 be « good CommAasion. dJOK'iJ f ' ' 4th, The Cornmi'soioners now here preparing their report; are nea. ly through with their figuring and estimating and within a day or two will make an effoi!^ to agree upen a report. That report is to ' cover tio Vuestio^- letl 'IThat is ttoW'lwst line over the disputed ^territory? 2nd. U ftdceaaary to make the Central a ft^st class roadt 1168 April, 1869. r .r: - On the first point they will substantially agree, and I think the rpport will substantially vindicate our past claims. On the 2d point they will probably differ somewhat, but they may agree on this f' ' (r.f maklny mutual concessions. I do not suppse their reprt will be .fully made, and signed for ten days yet.^ , , I think of nothing further to communicate; am looking for Mr. .i .f; - - . . - ; . j" '. . {■ ' L> Cakes Ames. -I' ' r.n tunm • .. W. E. Chandler to Gen. Dodge, Washington, 28:- The above shows you how we stand to day. Secy. Cox is very friendly. Friday both roads meet. Hoar, Bushnell and Cox in consul tation to see if they will give us any more Government bonds •1st mortgage bond as security for the completion of the road, I dont •' 4, • " r • ■ imagine they will do this just yet, ,ii ('-^livey Ai»e8-to S. Dillon, J.Duff & H.^Price, Boston, 28 (Telegra.m niQi^ln here on money matters • You have full pwor of Board; exerctse your authority. Sidney Bartlett says while I am on hi«*'|Lt.^ thp Ctompany's headquarters here, the Vloe President has no ^ ^ to act as president,/. .^ . f/6en. Dodge to Oliver Ames, promontory, 29 (Telegram) Instruct New York to pay no draft nor authorize any person to draw <»rai90J!(S»«tpr's account unless authorized by letter. ^ a*er«u ^ 1169 j j..., April, 1869, :rri - rf 5nl^' - I T - »' -J-- • -. " f •• J 7ft T~ ■" -- --- ▼ Oliver Ames to Oen. Dodge', Boston, 2& (Telegram) bft wU ftj riiaessage deceived and being attended to. Duff, Dillon and nidt r— ''r'" ' -i - ^ •' price have full power, and no one else. "/Oliver Ames to J. Duff, S.Dillon & H. Price, Boston, 29 (if-le) i You will make'no permanent arrangements for connection. Change cars onl'" at end of the track laid by us-till they pay us, other wise shall find it difficult making settlement with them. Get mattors in best shape you can. Come home soon, and let the-new Board ' ' . " . ■ ' ■ *: ovo'J.,' authorise future arrangement^ Ezra Millard to Gen. Dodge, Omaha, 29:- . - ' i ^ * A ^ The assessor for this precinct has assessed the whole cap-^ ital'stock of the bank $100,000. It is therefore necessary I think for you to list your shares in the Bank in the precinct where you reside"for 1869, as the tax will have to be paid by the bank here. Ibi. Chandler to W. Snyder, TTashington, 29:- "" •" ' '■ pieaa. r.ad and forwartl the enclosed. The Oonmtssloners "wllVpro'-bably be with y'cu the first of week a'fter next, at least Uessrs. Morris and *llson. Gen. Vlarrerftay be delayed longer. I told Mr. Ilorrls that you would furnlsli him t*4A«s for any f^-lcnd he might Off -ffiq y iraff bring along. ■ I wlir8Jnd\T?nelo.uMeto Gen. Dodee under cover to you and you can read them before forwarding unless they are marked person J . ")•» r r M 1170 April, ^ W. E. Chandler to Oliver Amen, Washington, 29:- The Secretary of the Interior yesterday directed the V7ith drawal of the lands in Utah from the 9C0th mile post to Promontory summit upon the line of our definite location. I will forward hy ^ ■—n •»" "■ /«> . . - . - , - , mall copies of his letters to the commissioners of the General Land ^ . ••• 0 -aU .J| * Office. - --o '• I' --erfU Yesterday the Secretary informed me that he would immediately .r., .. r;. issue in'^tructions to the Commissioners to examine the completed sec- .. . f i ■ '■ , .. .. - tions of our road. Today the Secretary having gone to liount Vernon, ^ . f . I - . . r .t t . r. the Asst. Secretary Informs me that it is decided to send out the Commissioners on^y upon receiving your affidavit of the completed sections of Promontory Pdint. T do not know whether the Secretary will adl^ere _ ; p - - 'v ■ - •» f f ^ . /-.t, ' r I. . . .. ^ - • ,, to thin decision. There Is certainly an unfriendly influence at the I r ' , ,; i 'iv' j ' i Interior Department and wo must find out what it is, I only know th.-t • jv, I - ' '*■ :i;~ * , .J It 1 ■: not with the Secretary, who is very friendly, very promot and anxious to do all in his power to promote the construction of the road ■ /I" ' ■ ^ .... .. . . and the financial intereats of the companies so far as he mav nroperlv ^ » •-«S* ■ ''' • ^ •' do so. If the road reaches Promontory summit within a dy or'so, and you Team that fact hy telegraph from the end of the track and forward your affidavit at once, the Instmtctions will reach the Commissioners about as quickly and they will reach the ground about as soon as If April, 1869 * ,» •t r ^ •- f .f. ■ • ■ P ,T .V rartlal Instructions sre issned. I tmst therefore you will send t]ie affidavtts as soon as possible and inform me. Nothlnp: new about the Commissioners. Gen. Hiram Walbridge is probably one of them, . . . W.E. Chandler to Gen. Dodge, Washington, 29tAbove is opy of my letter to Mr. Ames of this date. Nothing else new , . • ■ . - • t n - * > ' f ■ .N , ,♦ . ..f ► p. ; l-> . ♦ John M. S. Williams to Gen. Dodge, Boston, 29;- .' rst ' r Have seen your letters and telegrams to Oliver Ames. He ~ % t- f. ■ f ^. f '' . has sent out some good telegrams yesterday and today to Duff, Dillon ? and Price and some to you. Ho is disposed to take more responsibility ^ w h ' than in N.Y. as you will have noticed in these messages. * ^ . 1 • - - r ^ ^ * . f f. . . , . Sidney Bartlett, our ablest lawyer, says it is a mistaken idea that our by-law gives any power to the V.P, ; when th.e President is attending to his duties, that his coming to the office each day- of .. . . "... . • ^. . • ' ■ ^ , - ' - • . - j ^ the company gives him full power everywhere, and the V.P. cannot . -.r-i . ■ • ■ ■ rightly exercise the power of the President. Mr. Ames so telegraphed Duff, Dillon and Price, that thf>y had all the power and must exercise l€-whlch 1 hope they do not fail to do. '. ..rf' r, " - - ■ 'i '-f - ' w.'-r' ' • Mr, Ames directed them today not to make any permanent eor'-np .... ' > • - ^ f t ' > - ..r. * ^ ' r ' •» tion with the C.P., but his telegrams of yesterdaj'- dand today are s . 1172 April, 1869. r' ,., « goofi I will copy the.Ti. They have the right ring of authority. I am '' ? ■ ' * • anxious to, hear their effect on your CoiimisSioners, &c. The two telegrams from Lir. Oliver Amos copied before. \ . . 'O'-f Are not these first rate? Now if,Commissioners will f > only ^ exer- rcise their authority all will go well, I feel anxious about this ..fj ».^matter of connection; think the C.P.R.R, will claim to come to Ogden f or near there at once, but 1 hope it will not be consented to till they V 1 pay* If we take this ground they will be as anxious as we for 'the Govt. bonds and a settlement with us, but if they a e allowed to come to Ogden, we m^y whistle for years for a.settlement. This is the ^ more important as there appears po be so much doubt about the meaning , S(f the atgreeovackt made at Hoppers, and the la"'-both so v.ea;'. in th ir provisions and,.open, to all sorts of Qriticisms and objections, o.t .iron. ^'.T.G. , Ct., telegrahed Dillon and Duff to authorize drafts on him $200,000 and 0. ■. Pres.t today directs C.S.B, not to pay drafts {bl«rtWiB:«uthorlz®d.4»? Duff ana ^illon^Nothing came of your telegram. .. a, wrote. yoH fi^lly p7th. Shall send duplicate of thls-so if Agent or wife sees fit to forward it, she can do so. Hope soon to see you ^ t r. ^ here. Bring Price and Webster. . , J. Duff and S. Dillon to Oliver Ames,Echo, Utah, ^0 (Telegram Answer. Are you coming here? Will meet at Promontpry the 10th or 12 ■ tHow eefl dc trtwtff feel .1173 r , f I'l-T April, 1869. P. Wilson to Gen. Dodge Pairfield, Iowa, 28 (Telegram) * Comiiissioners will raeet at Omaha on 12th liaj^. Go west at cnce. *Winslow once lived at I-^t. Pleasant, now a contractor on '" ' * ■ ■ ■ ' i construction; also is a civil engineer. ^^liver X-trr^-w^ Ames Am^O to +/> Gen.Do&ge, H-ovi Tlz-N^lrrQ Bostn, RrM3 + Vl 29:- OO ' —• - ' *' toto Have instructed New York to pay'nb drafts'not'^Sluthorized by Duff and Bmon, Say to Dioff that he iill want all his sagscity about him to not be circiomvented by Hentral Road in any arrangement they may propose about running redd. I would make no delivery or road until we get our pay- they will come It over us if we do. I have sent to Mr. Bushnell tonight power signed by Bates and ( self giving Duff and"^ilIon full pwer'i^f Board of Trustees on line, and he is to forward it immediatelyl hope if you can fix up the road so as to run it at reasonable cost to give-you-money enough to »8. "to ■' -ji 1..* 14. , bi'fr. ' " ^ - ■ finish it upy • r» f ♦ 0. J. Hudnutt to Oe . Dodge, Portland, Oreg., 30 (Telegram) 11 or*-'? *■ ■ ■ No up boat till Monday; 'shall then dismiss party and return ;t ft ! o'M.. via boat, A. West to Gen, Dodge, Council Bluffs, 30:- (^eleg^^m 1.^ . ■ , Vr W ■"{ f *•« r*" Currency ought to have reached Ke'nedy before -this time. W. Snyder to Gen. Dodge, Omaha, 30 ;- (Telegram) Track last night 18 miles we»t of Ogden. Road all clear. Apri 1, ISffO. ^ ,. r , 9 ■ Material going through pomptly;. t.i93 forwarded .fast as,dellvered» rr»WBfc'f? James Wilson to .Gen. ^odge, Falrfield, Iowa, 30:- ., ...r Kilbourne writes me that he has rese ved for me six Keokuk Bridge bonds, and I propose to.let.you have three of them. We go in • « » on the ground floor, get the bonds at $859 and also the stock with them. Installments are called at the rate of 10 per ct, per month, commencing with the 4th of April, B^/the time you get this'^pril and May will be due $510, Send your draft for that amount to D.V/.Kilbourae* 19 Broad-room 43, New York, He will apply it and send you the owners receipt. Send $255 each month thereafter. These Bonds ' have beenapld in Philadelphia at per and 25 p9r ct, stock. They are a good investment, , f \T^ How are ipatters goigg on with th® B,P,7 I have heard nothing • Washington-. Hope,Oommissioners .will not be ordered out on road t'of a week ewftw® "yet, »Let me hear from you as soon as you get this, Henry to Dodge,. New Haven, May l:g ' Yotire ;or t):ier JHth was received yesterday on^my return home after arifisbnce'-Wf weeks, and contents noted, ^ I am sorry to tay that I m «hort of funds just now and have an ticipated all be likely to receive for some little time to come, W 'WPWdire, oblig»»d .tfo decline .your kind offer with regard ?v»i nl at * ^ art ^ I . imoa 1175 ; 1 '• r - V 1 ■ ■ ■ . Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource General Dodge Papers Subject The topic of the resource Dodge, Grenville M., 1831-1916 -- Correspondence. Union Pacific Railroad Company. Generals -- United States -- Biography. Railroads -- History. 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