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Title: How we built the Union Pacific railway, and other railway papers and addresses
Year: 1910 (1910s)
Authors: Dodge, Grenville Mellen, 1831-1916
Subjects: Union Pacific Railroad Company Railroads
Publisher: (New York?
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
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nt Grant, Vice PresidentColfax, and other officials throughout the country. I did notfail to send a message to my old commander, who had beensuch a helpful factor in the building of the road, and I receivedthis message in response: Washington, May 11, 1869.General G. M. Dodge: In common with millions, I sat yesterday and heard themystic taps of the telegraph battery announce the nailing ofthe last spike in the great Pacific road. Indeed, am I its friend?Yea. Yet, am I to be a part of it, for as early as 1854 I wasvice president of the effort begun in San Francisco under thecontract of Robinson, Seymour & Co. As soon as GeneralThomas makes certain preliminary inspections in his newcommand on the Pacific, I will go out, and, I need not say. willhave different facilities from that of 1846, when the only wayto California was by sail around Cape Horn, taking our ships196 days. All honor to you, to Durant, to Jack and Dan Case-ment, to Reed, and tlie thousands; of bravo fellows who have
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HOW WE BUILT THE UNION PACIFIC 31 wrought out this glorious problem, spite of changes, storms,and even doubts of the incredulous, and all the obstacles youhave now happily surmounted. W. T. SHERMAN, General. That night the visitors started east and west, leaving theengineers and working parties to arrange the details for con-ducting the business of each road at this terminal. It was onlya day or two before trains bound for the Atlantic and Pacifirwere passing regularly. During the building of the road from Sherman west, manyquestions arose in relation to the location, construction, thegrades and curvatures of the work. All through I stood firmlyfor my line, for what I cons-idered was a commercially econom-ical line for the company, and for what I thought we oughtto build under the specifications of the Government. News ofthe contest between the company and the contractors reachedWashington through the Government Commissioners. GeneralsGrant and Sherman were much interested, and in 186

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