, 1885-07-15
a RECEPTION.
The Union Pacific President and the
Denver Chamber Of Commerce.

VI &NAAhAtNINs ...
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When President Adams, Of the Union
Pacific, was in Denver a month ago, an
attempt was made to banquet him, and
he declined the honor for personal rea-
sons After leaving Cheyenne last Mon
day he went back to Denver and had u
reception at the Windsor hotel. The re-
suit makes interesting reading, and the
report of the reception here given is taken
from the Tribune Republican of yester-
day; 1t says:
Last night at $50 o'clock in the club
room Of the Windsor hotel, President
Adams and General Manager Galloway
met about thirty Of the members Of tho
chamber of commerce, and an informal
meeting lasting about two hours was held.
Among those who were present from the
chamber of commerce were Gen. r. w.
Woodbury., Ex-Governor John Eyans, W.
d. Todd, Frank Hall, II. A. w. Tabor,
A. Jacobs, F. A, Keener. Rodney Curtis,
John A. Clough, Railroad Commissioner
Felker. Alfred Buffers, j. T. Cornforth.
William n. Byers. NJ. j. Mcnamara,
Col c. W. Fisher J. w. Nesmith, John
Atkins. L. r. Rhodes, Joseph A..
Thatcher, George II. Estabrook. >. II.
Standant, Thomas +. Poole, J Jay Jos
lin and Charles F, Wilson.
Nh maatinu mos . ,,a,,. barmonso,s
one, and those present look for much
good to Denver as the outcome. After
the gentlemen were all introduced to Mr..
Adams and Mr. Galloway, President
Woodbury., of the chamber of commerce,
made a formal address to the two railroad
men, in which he discussed tho relations
of the Union Pacific railway to the city of
Denver, and what the business men of
this city desired of the former.
AT the close Of his remarks, Mr.. Wood
bury presented Mr.. Adams with a bound
volume containing a number of arguments
from the Denver business men, which
they desired to have Mr.. Adams read at
his leisure. These arguments we're all
written with a typewriter and afterwards
bound. The following is a list of the con
tents OF the book. introductory" Il.
W. Woodbury.; Live Stock" l.. H..
Rhodes; Agriculture, William \. BY
ers, Ores and Mining James S. Mat
thews; Distribution OF Goods" J. I.
Conforth; Railroad Headquarters u,
Denver" Ex-Governor John Evans.
Manufacture, " r. w. Woodbury.; Iron
Blast Furnaces j. w. Nesmith.
A general conversation followed during
which Mr.. Adams took occasion to apollo
gize for the statements which he made
concerning Colorado in an interview pub
lished in the TiiJme-R eDablicam on the
18th instant by saying that he believed his
remarks were misunderstood and a wrong
construction put upon what he said. He
had thought of writing an explanation of
tie matter, but concluded it hardly worth
while and let it &c.
In reference to the concentration of the
Union Pacific property in Denver, Mr..
Adams said that when he was here last
fall he was shocked at the condition ofthe
shops in this city, and that at that time it
was the intention to remove the Omaha
shops to this city, but on account of the
then existing labor troubles the matter
was abandoned. That now his
would neither build in this city or any
other place until the labor problem was
definitely settled. He said that he had
given orders to cut down the force as much
as possible and as far as practicable to buy
whatever was necessary instead of making
1t. He said he was entirely opposed to
the policy of the Union Pacific existing
heretofore, and said that he would do all
lie could to encourage manufactures. He
did not believe in the theory of charging
more for freight on raw material than on
the manufactured article. He further
said that he thought Denver would be a
good place for a beef canning factory,
and hoped such an enterprise would be
started.