, 1865-08-03
Qbtfa9o Uribn'ne.
THURSDAY, AUGUST 5. 1855.
THE PACIFIC RAILROAD.
Proposed Change In The Location
West Of Omaha. /

Il 4
West Of Omaha. !
omcIai Correspondence.
GEN. DIX TO TEE PRESIDENT.
u.rcs PACIFIC r. r. Co., PnEsrnEs1's ox11cE |
II Wilfts.n street, New York, May Il, 1865. I
s1H-I hare tho. honor to transmit here
with, for tho consideration Of your Exce1lcn-
CT, map showing the amended location OF
. portion Of the route Of the Union Pacific
ing Of the Elkhorn Rsves. Also "Report
Ct tie Consulting Engineer On the location,
between Omaha City sna tho Platte Valley,
dated December 81, 1864" Also :sLetter
Of J.. I. Williams, on the location between
Omaha City and Platte Valley" Also q
the Executive Comuittee and Boatd!of Di-
rectors Of the unlon Pacific Railroad Comp1-
NJ, upon the subject Of = change In the l0ca-
tlcn Of . portion u the road, between Omaha
and the Platte Valley, at a REGULAR meeting
held in New York on the Sd. ath: 5th and 6th
tie Union Paci6c Rail1oad Company, that
your Exccl'cncy will approve Of said amend-
ed location, and the nbandonment ,of the |
former location, In o der that tue said map |
may be flcd IN the Department Of the Inte- |
sior, as an nmendmcnt to the map filed II
1854.
Section II, Of the act Of CongTfts, ap'
proved July l, la62, granting Government
I'D to this road, provides :" That the said
Union Pacific Railroad Company is hereby
authorized and required TO constructs SIN
point on the western boundary Of the State
Of lows, to be fixed BY tho President Of the
United s ates, npon the most direct aud prac-
ticablc route, to be subject to bis approval.
so aa to foim connection "ltn inc nnes OF
said company At some point on the one nun.
dredth meridian OF longtuoe Alofesa1a, from
the point of commencement oa tAe WesteIn
boundary Of the STATE OF ioWa, upon INC
same terms ana e4naitions " 81 1espeeG "
sc conIa!ned n tais ast lgf lue coas n -t.oa
q me sAa fallfoao ano 1eleg'apa n1ss "cn'
roneo. .,,,. at.
In pu:s :suaecs o. 1ne anose pfo711sa,oons 1ao s Ials
Company, On .oe 1sea 81 ~ Vcsoosl1 aoo4' LEY n.sa
shoW,ns 1ae seatlon q .ns n.sa onn sin1i.a hta1
| niles o. sa0 toaa "est " UlaanH Tatsn tna
or route Tas oniy approEea oy iEa ftcsasus fas..
Of NE uEftea S,s.e n ~ Ing r1tSn, Tg5n ~ R'7sr
| between Onhoa ano me EtA4oIa hsFes y
dts ance Of twentF-three Eiles} haa been
commenced early 1n tae spllns ot !og9, an0
npWasos Of one ulnalea tuousAna uona
bad been expended during That year upon
that portion OF t1e me Waicn Nes M aoAnaoneo
by the actlon OF me ooasa o. Uireetoss N
making me cnange leisife4 70 n Inc mnates
Of the prooeeongs Of lao board. =,
location Of the line are fally set forth n ne
report Of the Consulting Engineer Of tho
road, ard In tie communication Of AIR. jesse
L. Wintanns, civil engineer OF 1age expe-
rience, and government director Of tho
road. By referripg to the appendix to the
Consulting Engineer report, yourEzce1len-
cy will also observe that the change was rec
commended By some Of the most experienced
and successful railroad managers in this
country, not only as mattes of ultimate In.
terest and economy to the railroad company,
but as being most subserTleut to ths liter
csts Of the government and the publlc.
The Board Of Directors Was entirely unan.
Imons in adopting the change, and the G "
eminent Directors were particularly 1tgcnt
in pressing the matter as one orgrest Nation
rior was also present during the discussion
Of the question In the Bosrd. aud expressed
| himself AZ brine decfdef1tv favnrahtn tn the
chanre. and informed the compaoy th1.. in
fis ontnfnn. tha chsnze wonld he anproyed
nnbesita,tngv nv fhe President If fts 1nf.
ted EtA;ee.
| Acting in cood fAitk' rnon ali fhea. r.nra.
eeatations E aad assursuces and finding ffom
sctnsi sn|rers ard ea,fmaras .tat 81. live ~
znns ,scamsned bv X. H. iee ~
nter. pYoYed to be mora hYnrah1a A. 10
a'ienmsnts t r,aies and cost ~ constrncs,on
fhsn ~ Az sssn,ne1 n ths " rennrt recnr,
rns1ainC men ~ chsrre ~ Enmn,nv IA - ~
1:9g mea9alng ING eaanse' no Gompaay a.a , nGs ais
H. sS1.aana ns, n.A ~ sas ~
nne' alo 10 csmmenee No!k upon tne e"
3eea a eatn1ea @ spoa sat dne aoou' E"o aua'
The grading ls now so ta5 advanced that
AHa5kenents nass oeen MAue 3of GoMmsne-
Ing l9e Ay!9E u tne ttacs ~ Omsaa On Lne
n.ss aas % sane neas aaa 10 M " conIoaons " ns
y rom nlt} TO seTenty-nVe miles Of RACK
during tne Present season.
louf E3e=nene} W1a oosefFe that he 1ee-
&lon ei ne act q congress. hefetnbsloro
quo1ed, contanS tne only actnot1ty uoneI
.oa H. enn " -.
~ oekreen sas .ss1eiu ~ opnn9y .. has esas1 =,
o. !oEa, ana me one hana.eath merriam Of
1onsMuoei anat eoele1otcs tnat, unies5 goar
frequency h4a4 appipse ne Amenaea locs'
tion 9efeHitn enomntea. mo ComPaay VII
o 1oIgea 70 saspena sa Holh upon Inc @ amena. ts.
of1slnai .93 ltne. ..,o.
lbs VIII lnso!Ys ot1ay o. a. leaat one
year N % 1ae compiGtlon 2, tne n9st n; one hna
also compel the Company. for al ttme, TO en-.
counter the damage and tnconVenlenee Of
overcoming 1ae hasn g'soes upon the ong7-
na1 nnx. r,oc, <,-.4,, eo.-+., "a
~ Ta y. 80. e..atsa. a. 4 ~ -,an. A.
80 ~ ,.oa ~ - Ill ~ .~ns.d ~. ~
49, @sre5ss "a rn,c.'s ~ ~ tha BsiIsnor. md 0n;o
RaIiroad." :" :,
4ne M mA9naasn n1n gssaes eppa So hAlusnase saN
an un ~ ].nr Tnts vhieh In -.s.r.in. ~
teen 1set PET Laue, "AGa, ~ Psheuee, a7T
found 10 De very onecttonAo1e: tSee page V
! oorsl % sppeno'1 10 o'a'u'''ne Engineers he'
BF adantrnr this maximum to the or'r1ual
, 1oecttnn fre11resented nnnn The mar, hT ths
full red line} Inc cost OF constructing would
hsi 1h h;Gs nsu ~ ndei r @ ,na bnt ~. Tonrpor
AZ ~ T.o1 ins.iHed Il, rea,s4foo ~ +hsst ~
. +1s,ns 1+ss3as ~ fhaf 1fne aIfh1n1h ering
: - n.ss1 Ir1d,s1 *hn,,s.saI 5a3,.rs 9-aniS
ol eeFefa4 n11a'sa lnonaanu aotlafs "ou!o
have been effected thereby aud, Tor tae same
| reasons, II does noi ieel tnsIaea IN aohel7ng
toa A4W AaAtaN. o. e'saky aess ~ LUG wnGIe
lees Ms4unuin num- cAo os aIsA'aea oS sl'sas
increase u uisLau ;..x
- tt.t ia rcVnnsnr T. 49,
H. T., .ae shout 1Eantr.t;ye hnGarsd do1ia4a M
. day On tue smenoea nne. upst tnat 1ous Jug
E1ecllency VIII mTuon me 1ol pt2ng az
carly decis1on o. tals A1s.noa. nkvs soe
honor TO remain Soe1 E1eelencJs opeoleh'
seESaot. ,o1 n =
ts.snedJ ,,. H,s oVnS =. ~;
To the ffessden1 OF Inc oaltea stasee.
= EXTRACTS FRox TEE N1SCTEs OF THE sxscC
TIVE cosQn7TEg AND BOARD OF DIRECTOR:
OF THIS COMPANY.
EXECUTIVE ConuyTkx, Jan. 8, 1861
. "The Vice President spbmit.ea the foi1ovtns
commanica.lon:
"'9ExT1zxEa:-Ih heg to present tor 5ous con
EideIallon M report o. toe e9n.ai.fae E e. saeinee
uPon " - ~ W. IL. hs,1eeT 9nsS, osu .n.
H. PI.t,t Ys'ity. - A,.o a renort mon tne sssa
tnsjert ron III. Williams, one 81 the Govern
ment Directors, Ii which the subject Of higi
ettdes tersus Increased length Of line 1e fully cls
. crs.ed.
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