The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-07-08
/, 3 - EARLY every morning In the
" week despite his u seventy-slx
~ years General Granville i.
VI N Dodge alights from his & carr,

II INK il YEARS. a General Grchvllle m !.
is h Dodge ialights from his ca r-i
+ I'll n Ria 81 II, front Of No. L Broad
u way, considered one Of the ten most tbeau-
tin, buildings In the United States h by
architects Of taste, and takes the selevfa--
tor{to hla otflce on at1 upper fltlor.
a on the8walls of this Office hang por-
traits 81 Grant and sherman and other
military heroes and n few battle scenes,
X IN some OF which General Dodge played
q d personal part. He won hiss title braves
~ on the field and because OF his MILF
4 tary services lRB best known to the world
" nut, Important and noteworthy nB they
y were, the work In which he was engaged
during tho few years following tho Civil
ii War was OF even more value to his fel-}
i Wv IN e:l. gI n Esl1 IA K K 3si9 85E SSi
S5ror this man, whose shaggy hair, eye
prOws, beard and mustnclle are as white
as freshly fallen snow, Il but whose 3 eye
h ID still bright and whose voice is stu
Y that Of n leader. was chief ngineer5
an TIE CONSTRUCTION OF tie Union Pacific.
e Z He first roughly&1aid its course a cross
the plains. * over the mountains and.
SthrngliHthe canyons. personally exr lorings
4thesro,ite with "a devoted band OF folloW-
+ ers when TO do so y meant continuous
L l1ardslltbs and almost daily danger X or
Il death; nterahe supervised itssactual los To-
II cation By the surveyors; still alter he
4 who graded the rondbed and laid ~
rails. 1nsb brief he built the Union Pas
q ctflc. tho first Itrnnscontl nental railroad
line In America!s ijaa n f$55 1T vi 55a # WI
Completed thirty-seven years ago last
e May this railroad revoutonized the
freight and passenger trafflc betWe the
rs two greatest oceans and has layed quite
as Important part in the worlds CONF
i mercial development as has the I cana
across suez, or MS II the canal e across az s''
VI Panama Will. Al
tho linton Pacific work until some time
nfter the close OF the Civil War. but
for more than ten years before the
4 breaking out OF hostilities he had been
exploring and surveying for the pr'o-$
tea!ed Missouri and Pacific Raflroad, and
q was therefore unusuall " well tied fcr5
Ills most noteworthy task. The n Dnio9n8
Pacific Railroad Company was organized
Isl, 1862 E5 Ground was broken at On1a ma 1
oh y December 4. N 1863 "a II 1854 half NE AZ
million dollars was cxpe nded for grading, "
end in 1855 forty miles Of track were
laid TO Fremont. II V sssg
d I. In the spring OF 1863, while In command 4
OF the II CorInth5 4 (Afiss.) military distr1ct,s
y re was summoned by Predde nt L Ian 4
through General Grant. to D report q; II
J. Washington. No ndrnauon as TO why
" the gtresldtnt7 " ~ 4 Wv
given, & and Dodge was afraid he was 70
! be called to account for organising and
arn,ing some negroes to- guard q con ira
I band camp At /! corinth. But this act ion.S
which had been criticised severely, wa 9
not mentioned at all. ~
s% Lincoln wanted to talk about the
proposed Pacific Railroad. Under the
law Z 1867 the, President was to fix
ahe east ern terminus OF the \ me. L .ale
Nc l,atF y n
talked with Dodg e . bout the plains coun-
Stry and railroad building. Dodge had
then just returned with a pa rtys from a
trip to the westward y and he and the
y Illinois lawyer had sat together on the.
q piazza OF the hotel and In ked the whole
matter out. The stirring. tumnltuo tIl.
years that had elapsed had not driven
tho memory OF u that eafter-dinns ta!k
from Lincoln's mind. IS
4 His recollection Of the details thereof
was SO complete that in describing the
interview to the writer, General Dodge
declared .5.'Alr. Lincoln completely shelleds
M Words, getting from him al the Sc
Y rets II he rossed concerning a. the 4 trans
Missouri country and the results OF all
u his surveys.
X Undoubtedly Lincoln's course in fixing
Oma lla as the eastern terminus was
due. In part at least, to his talk with
Dodge but It was three years befo:S =
the latter was to take charge he VIC |
asked bv tho Union Pacific people TO do
SO in 1865, butts being then In command |
81 the United stntest forces on the plains.
he had his hands full campaiSninB
against the Indians. By spring the 4fol-5
lowing year, however G General Ora NJ II was
willing he should give up his campaign
ing. and leave Of absence was granted
on May LIST. Il a q s5. & i. I. \,
There was trouble with the Indians at
the beginning of the work. 4 Each sur
Syeylng party, OF from elg hteenS to twenty