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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-08-31
OVERLAND THE
PIONEER ROUTE
General Dodge Tells of the Start Of
the Great TranscOntinental
Route.
TO CONNECT THE TWO COASTS
President Lincoln Favored the Road
as War Measure.
MILLIONS FOR RETIREMENT
During Last Seven Years Hartman
Has Been Lavish. - e..
ROAD MEANS MUCH TO OMAHA
Growth Has Been COincident with the
Growth OF This City--Has Meant
Great Deal TO Omaha I'm
Many Ways.
During Last Seven Years Hartman
Has Been Lavish. e..
ROAD MEANS MUCH TO OMAHA

From the standpoint OF railroad accom-
modations Omaha is one Of the country's
most favored cities. Every day ten great
trunk lines operate multitude Of trains in
and out of the city and each of these great
railroad lines holds a warm place in the
hearts OF OmahR's citizens. But for sew
eral reasons the Union Pacific has always
been just bit closer to the hearts Of
Omaha people than have the other roads
and has always seemed TO Omahans a bit
more their road than has any of the others.
This feeling is largely accounted for by
two facts, one the prominent place which
Omaha occupied in the events Immediately
preceding and connected with the building
OF this first great transcontinental railway
to make this city a center for administering
the immense business OF the road and for
building, equipping and repairing much Of
the vast accumulation of rolling stock
which is the roads property.
The history Of the Union Pacific railroad
is interviewer with that of the country IT.
self and for each step in the development of
the United States is found a corresponding
development IN the Union Pacific. The idea
of building a raily ad to connect the two
coasts OF the United States was not a late
development. the project having early been
proposed by DR.. Samuel Bancroft Barlow OF
Granville, Mass. who In 1884 first advo-
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-08-31

Gated the construction OF a road from New
York City to the mouth OF the Columbia
river.
Robert Mills, however in a speech in
congress In 1870, in which he advocated the
construction Of the road, called attention to
his design for connecting the Atlantic and
Pacific with steam carriages which has
been published, with other suggestions, In
work which he had compiled in 1919. In
all probability the honor of having first
suggested the road belongs to him, CHI
merical as It may seem, coming at time
when not a mile Of railroad had been laid
In the United States.
TranscontinentaI Line Proposed.
For many years this idea OF building a
great line Of railroad from Atlantic to Pa
cific was talked about and alternately advo-
Gated and opposed. Daniel Webster. who
never believed that any good could come
from the Pacific coast. was one of its
strongest opponents, while Senator Thomas
II. Benton of Missouri never lost an OPP
portunity to say a good word for the plan.
II Is probable, however, that a majority of
the men in the public eye at that time were
opposed to the scheme.
General Granville NJ Dodge 1t was who
surveyed the line upon which the Union
Pacific was built. He commenced his ex-
plorations In 1853 and continued to make
them until 1861 Mr. Dodge had been con-
nected in earlier days with the Rock Island
railroad as II was built westward from
Chicago and had assisted in establishing
the terminals of the road in Council Bluffs.
When these terminals were established
General Dodge purchased eight acres upon
which they were located and subdivided
the tract, a portion being taken by the
Rock Island interests and a portion by
the citizens of the town A part Of the
Rock Islands share of this tract fell into
the hands of N. b. Judd, the general at
torney for the road, a prominent Illinois
republican and a personal friend OF Lin
coin, who purchased from him a portion OF
this interest.
In 1859 Mr. Lincoln visited Council Bluffs
then a frontier town of some 1900 inhabi-
tants to inspect his holdings there, and II
was while on this trip that he met General
Dodge just then returned from one of his
surveying trips into the country west OF
the Missouri, and after a dinner at the
old Pacific hotel sought out the clever sur.
veyor and engaged him in earnest con-
versation about the western country, In
which the Illinois statesman showed q
marked interest. ~
The next time the two gentlemen met
was in 1868. Meantime Lincoln had become
chief executive and two years of the bloody
civil war had been fought Mr. Dodge al
his country's call had given up the transit
for the sword, and at this time was a
brigadier general of volunteers and in com.
mand at Corinth. While there he received
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-08-31

an order from General Grant to report to
the president in Washington. When he
reached there he found that the president
had not forgotten the conversation on the
porch Of the Pacific hotel In Council Bluffs
and had called General Dodge TO Wash
ington to consult him to the proper To-
cation for the eastern terminus of the
Union Pacific railway, which under the
act of congress of 1862 he was empowered
to select.
Competition for Road.
There was great competition from all
the towns along the Missouri for fifty
miles above and below Council Bluffs"
says General Dodge In his own narrative
Of the building of the road, for the dis
tinction OF being selected as this initial
point. l found Mr.. Lincoln we'll posted in
ali the controlling reasons covering such
a selection, and we went into the matter
at length and discussed the arguments pre-
scented by the different competing locali-
ties.
1T is a singular fact that while the
United States had spent a great deal Of
money in exploration for a feasible line for
the PaciHc railroad. the government never
had examined the natural route along the
forty parallel of latitude. All the
surveys had been made and all the data
obtained by private citizens connected with
the Rock Island railroad, at the head Of
which was Henry Farnam of Connecticut
President Lincoln, after going over all the
facts that could be presented to him, and
from his own knowledge, finally fixed the
eastern terminus OF the Union Pacific rail-
road where our surveys determined the
pi oper loc&lity--at Council Bluffs, Ia
LtncOln interested.
After this discussion of the location he
took up with me the question of building
the road. The law of 1862 had failed to
bring any capital or men to undertake the
work, and said to him that in my opinion
private enterprise could not build the road
Mr.. Lincoln said that the government had
It's hands full and could not undertake the
work, but was ready to support any com
pany to the fullest legal extent, and amend
the law so as to enable such company to
issue securities that would furnish the nee
essary funds.
From Washington went to New York,
where 1 met the parties then connected
with the Union Pacific railway John A
Dix, Henry Farnam, 7. C. Durant, George
Francis Train and others. and informed
them Of the result OF my visit and what
President Lincoln had, said. They were
greatly encouraged, and Immediately went
to work on the preparation of the measure
which was afterwards presented to con-
gress and passed as the Union Pacific bill
of 1864 Under this the road was built in
some four years, although congress had
allowed ten years for its construction, anC
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1910-01-13

linger to resign, leaving fair field. Mr. Taft
may hang on to his disreputable henchman,
but that won't give him character in the esti-
nation of the public, or Of the better element
of Tafts own party.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1910-01-13

The vexed question of census enulnerators
has at length been determined in a manner
that will relieve the situa-
CENSUS takers ton of most of the embar-
IN THE SOUTH. rassment that at one time
threatened to involve it, al
though elements of difficulty will not be Grad
1cated SO long as any negroes whatever are
employed in the work. The proposal to per-
NIT black enumerators to work among the ne
gro communities will undoubtedly result in at
least isolated instances of an attempt, on their
part, to interview white families, or cause a
complicated and unsatisfactory duplication of
enumerators for districts where one official
alone could cover the ground as we'll as two
There being no real segregation of the races
either in town or country, it is easily seen that
a section in any city where the negroes live,
may also include number of poor white fam
lies and that no rural communities wholly
black can be found The negro enumeration
will therefore be forced to do an incomplete
work, which will destroy to considerable ex-
tent the accuracy desired, and whether or not
his work will be done in capable manner,
even among his own race, is a matter for
doubt. The plan is on it's face, compromise
that tranquilizes the violent antagonism to
negro enumerators, though of dubious prac-
ticability. Mr.. Taft has also recommended
the employment of women, which, as has been
pointed out by THE JEFFERsoN1AN, is emf
nently proper in the residence districts, where
the woman of the house must be called upon
for information much of which is exceedingly
personal.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1910-01-13

Inc ngnC against allowing Joe cannon 10
name the Pinchot-B allinger investigation
committee shows what can
AN INCIDENT be done to down that piece
OF THE OF fosslllZed corruption
P1NcHoT FIGHT. when the insurgents get to-
gether. 1t is one of the Sc
verest jolts the old man ever received, and in
dicative of the end of Cannon. Of course,
eliminating one odious personality doesn't de-
stroy the vicious system, but it is a step in
that direction and thus to be hailed with &C
men of spine, instead of cowardly sycophants,
would have been revised downward, and the
moment than they are.
Just passing incident, of course, but not
unworthy of remark. Not SO very long ago
silly girl, and her still more
THE FATE OF silly mother, determined
Mrs. GLADYS that she would marry, at all
EMERY hazards, slant-eyed fun
GUNJRo AoK1. ky, of San Francisco That
place refused to tolerate the
degrading episode, but the girl rapturously
fled to the arms of the Oriental with the
aforesaid mother beaming benedictions. The
father of the girl, Archdeacon John Emery,
to his credit be it said, did all he could to kick
the yellow rascal out and restore his wife
and daughter to their senses, but to no avail.
Result: there is disgraced and heart-broken
wife, Sinking back to the father whose coun-
sci she deied, with a little mongrel baby in
her arms
What ails some fool women, anyhow?
Brought up in America where the sex is hon
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1910-01-13

silly girl, and her still more
silly mother, determined
that she would marry, at al
hazards, a slant-eyed fun.
ky, of San Francisco. That
place refused to tolerate the
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1910-01-13

Just passing incident, of course, but not
unworthy of remark. Not so very long ago a
The Washington herald., 1910-03-30
STRENGTH AND AGE.
me Muscles Have Periods of De-
Veiopment and Decline.

The Muscles Have Periods of De-
veiopment and Decline.
troIn the Baltimore American
According 10 excellent authority the
| muscle in common with all organs Of the
human body, have their periods Of devel-
oPment and decline. our physical strength
increasing up TO a certain age and then
decreasing Tests Of the strength Of sew
eral thousand individuals have been mazda
and the following figures are given as the
average derived from such tests;
The lifting power of a youth of sevsn-
teen is $50 pounds: in his twentieth YEAR
this Increases to $50 pounds, and in his
thirtieth and thirty-f1rst years il reaches.
It's height 800 pounds. At the expiration
tthe thirty-first year the strength be-
gins to decline, very gradually at first.
BY the fortieth year it has decreased
eight pounds, and diminution continues
al slightly increasing rate until the
nftieth year is reached, when the figure
is $50 pounds
Subsequent to this period strength fails
more and more rapidly until the weak
ness Of old age is reached. It is found
Impossible to obtain trustworthy stalls
tics of the decline OF strength after the
nftieth year, as the rate varies greatly
in different individuals.
The Washington herald., 1910-03-30
GREAT CAKE FOR A BRIDE.
COnfectiOn Is Eight Feet High and
weighs Five Hundred Pounds.

BY command Of King George Of Tonga.
a baker Of Auckland has designed and
built a cake for the coming nuptials of
that potentate. In its splendor and i'm
posing proportions the cake has never
had an equal in the annals Of Australia
sian confectionery"
II weighs 800 pounds and stands eight
feet high. Decorating various panels are
the Tongan eoat-of-arms, the Tongan
royal crown, and the initials of the King
and OF his bride Curiously enough. the
lady's Initials are concealed from the gaze
of the crowd who admire the cake in the
bakers shop window.
The identity OF the future Queen Is In
fact a mystery. and one Of the conditions
imposed on the baker was complete Sc
crecy regarding her initials. II is IN
derstood that there has been some com
petition among the ladies OF the Tongan
court for the kingly bridegroom and that
In order TO defer the disappointment of
the unsuccessful ones till the last possible
moment his majesty will not reveal the
name of the bride until the day of the
The Washington herald., 1910-03-30
DESCENDED FROM WASHINGTON
Richard Harding Davis Explains
Peculiar Lineage,
From the Baltimore American

From the Baltimore American
Richard Harding Davis, at a play.
wTight's dinner in New York recently
ridiculed the pretensions OF certain snob-
Dish American families TO be descended
from Charlemagne. William the Con
queror. Richard Occur de Lion. &c.
You see." said Mr.. Davis. proof OF
such descent is very easily obtained. A
herald, suitably remunerated, will trace
man back to the pre-Adamite kings
Just leaving a slight gap to indicate. YOU
know. the flood.
"Once a millionaire trust president went
TO herald for a coat of arms. He knew
none Of his ancestors nor had he any
means of tracing them.
Oh. We'll arrive at something vet
the discouraged herald said. Tell me.
now, If you have ever performed any
signal or heroic feat on your own ae-
count?'
Well, said the millionaire. Il was
once in Jail and escaped by saving the
bars of fourth-story window
And how did you get down from that
great height?' asked the herald
Well, there was a lofty statue NJ
George Washington in front of the win
dow. and tied a rope to that and slid
down..
Good. cried the herald LineaUv de-
seended from George Washington. Wen
give you Washington's arms. of course. -
The Washington herald., 1910-03-30
MORNING CHITCHAT.

HAD TO
kind bad when
4 view.
50 just pass point Of
along
Isn't o live toward
And a desir thing?
Isn't it better be something
remember girl who who
disked by Of the girls because
be terribly
That
girls that
i'll or shut frequently helped
ITS Marion likes TO
patronze people
this
I mayh been simply
better than
good be but
But the point pose wasn't
1 VIII
Didn't posing girls who pde
themselves thew
for genuine7
There is
man. In the pursuit of
he
sh cultivate
profanity and such things
that really cultured
10 fbspseves
a he poses?
preferable
Of of those who make m a
People that
believe
to 50
viii become natural and no longer pose.
Considering dposefs a
RUTH
The Washington herald., 1910-03-30
FASHIONS IN NOTE PAPER.
Little Hints 10 Make Your Note
Attractive in style.

Little Hints To Make Your Notes
Attractive In style.
From the Kanas City Times
Fashion DEGREES a slightly new form OF
writing notes this spring. For example.
a formal communication now begins on
the fourth page instead OF on the first.
Only business letters start on the first
page. and women who follow fads now
have their letters stamped with the ad-
dress in two different ways-that for
business on the first page, while all
social stationery is stamped on the fourth
page.
AS OF yore IN the country, "ny" re-
mains the more formal beginning to the
name with which the note commences.
Only to ones close friends does the
dear" begin the prefix The newest
way to begin a note IS to start writing
almost against the outer edge Of the
paper. The first word Of the communi-
cation is put almost in the center OF the
page, as between the two edges. and a
wide margin is carried down on the left
as well as on the right side. that Of the
right being only a little narrower than
the left. This makes panel-shaped
sheet. with the my dear in the margin
space at the top.
a little practice makes such spacing
easy, and the effect when opening such
a note is far clearer to the eye than
when the lines are run across from edge
to edge. Cordially or Most cordially"
makes the most formal finish to q note
the full name and not initials. being
signed.
Both monogram and address NAV be
used on note paper II one wishes. They
may be put in the center. directly over
the address. One should not write the
name of the city at the top of the page.
for IL the street is so little known as to
make the address vague when read in
another city, the whole address must be
put on the die. But when Fifth ave
nue." or Connecticut avenue" Is the
home address, this is supposed to con-
vey TO any mind the city from which IL
Is sent When the city is used on the
die. ii does not go directly under the
street address, but IS indented noticeably.
Pointed flap envelopes are again popu-
lar. Smooth finish papers are more IN
vogue at present than they have been
for several seasons. No high colors are
used. Gray and an indefinite blue are
most liked, but white is used in greater
quantities than it has been for many
years. Correspondence cards now are a
necessary part Of the dark equipment.
but are used for only the shortest and
most formal communications
The Washington herald., 1910-03-30
KNEW THE BRoNrE SISTERS.
An Aged Minister'S "Reminiscences si
Two Gifted Girls.

An Aged Minister'S "Reminiscences si
Two Gifted Girls.
From the Kansas City Star.
Charlotte Bronte and her two sisters
recently have figured In an interesting
Renaissance by Rev. J. C. Bradley, who
lives in Yorkshire. This old minister
now in his ninetieth year. was the ac-
tual REV. David Sweeting," the cele-
brated curate in Shirley" he knew all
the Brontes quite well. and frequently
spent Sunday afternoon at their home in
the parish of Haworth. Charlotte often
used to make tea for us" he says in de-
scribing these visits. though now and
then Emily and Anne undertook the task
when Charlotte happened 10 be away
from home. after she had gone out as a
governess."
He gives q hitherto unpublished ex-
PLANTATION of how "Jane Eyre" was first
suggested. There was on the very Dor
DER OF her fathers parish big house in
habited by family named Greenwood
I had called and seen its master several
times. and always thought there was no
mistress Of the house. since he never
spoke of one and never saw one. Then,
on a certain day, I was simply astound-
ed to hear something there which raised
my curiosity. ! made private inquiries.
and eventually discovered that the gen
tleman had a wife who was insane and
whom he kept quite secluded in a back
room at the top OF the house. Now you
see the curious resemblance in this 10
part Of the main incidents in Jane Eyre
which is admittedly somewhat autobio-
graphical OF Charlotte Il was through
this house and its mystery that the plot
of Jane Eyre was first formed in her
mind
Judging from Rev. Mr. Bradley's de-
scriptions. the Bronte home was any
thing but a happy one. The father was
given 10 the worst kind OF "tantrums."
and used to fire off a revolver in the
house when angry, He never shot at any
Of the family. but used TO amuse himself
or work off his anger-by shooting at
objects OF bric-a-brac or pictures. When
he missed them he became still more in
censed. Once, according TO Mr.. Bradley.
he picked up the hearth rug and threw it
in the fire. The brother of the Bronte
girls was addicted to drink, and Char
l0tte Bronte considered herself lucky
when she got an engagement as a gov
erness and was able TO leave her home
Emily Bronte, author of "Wuthering
Heights" though less known than her
sister Charlotte. recently has come into
her own. Her book figures largely
among recent reprints. and its genius is
The Flemish philosopher,
by the way, gives this novel
Of Emily Bronte's unstinted praise in his
book, Wisdom and Des-
tiny"
The Washington herald., 1910-03-30
OF INTEREST TO WOMEN.
JANE adams AS A GIRL.
The social settlement worker rsll'

The Social Settlement Worker Tells
of Her Childhood Experiences.
From Jane Adams AutoblosraphicsI Notes in the
April American Magazine.
My great veneration and pride in my
father manifested itself in curious ways.
On several Sundays. doubtless occurring
in two or three different years, the Union
Sunday school Of the village was visited
by strangers, some of those strange peo-
pie who live outside a child's realm,
yet constantly thrill it by their close ap-
proaeh. My father taught the large
Bible class In the left-hand corner OF
the church next to the pulpit. and, 20 my
eyes at least was most imposing fig
ure in his. Sunday frock coat. his fine
head rising high above all the others.
imagined that the strangers were filed
with admiration for this dlgnifed per-
son, and l prayed with all my heart that
the ugly pigeon-toed little girl, whIse
crooked back obliged her TO walk with
her head held very much upon one side,
would never be pointed out to these WIS.,
itors as the daughter Of this fine man
In order to lessen the possibility of a
connection being made on these partic-
plar Sundays ! did not walk beside my
father. although this walk was the great
event of the week, but attached myself
firmly to the side Of my Uncle James
Adams, in the hope that I would be
mistaken for his child, or at least that l
would not remain so conspicuously I'M
attached that troublesome questions
might Identify an ugly duekIlng with her
imposing parent. / simply could not en-
durs the thought that strange people"
should know that my handsome father
owned this homely little girl. But even
In my chivalric desire to protect him
from his fate, I was not quite easy in
the sacrifice OF my uncle, although
Quilted my scruples with the reflection
that the contrast was less marked. and
that, anyway, his own little girl was not
so very pretty, Happily. however, this
specter was laid before it had time 10
grow into a morbid familiar by very
trifiing incident.
One day I met my father coming out
OF his bank. on the main street OF the
neighboring city, which seemed to me a.
verItabls whirlpool OF society and com
merce. With playful touch Of exag-
geration, he lifted his high and shining
silk hat and made me an imposing bow.
This distinguished public recognition,
this totally unnecessary Identification.
among a mass OF strange people" who
couldn't possibly know unless he himself
made the sign, suddenly filled me with
a sense OF the absurdIty Of the entire
feeling. L may not even then have
seemed as absurd as it really was. but.
al least. it seemed enough so to collapse.
or to pass into the limbo Of forgotten
specters.
The Washington herald., 1910-03-30
Groom Takes Name of Bride.

II is one thing TO ask a girl to marry
quite another to ask her to change her
name, says the Denver Republican. So
thinks the man who used to be John
Melephant Williams. He loved Miss Ag-
mes A. Wood. but it was as Agnes A.
Wood that he loved her, and he did not
desire to change her name to Agnes A
Williams. So he married Miss Agnes A.
Wood yesterday, and her name is now
Mrs. Agnes a. Wood.
Incredible as that looks on the face Of
il. il is true. For John MeIephant Will
hams had his own name changed be-
fore the ceremony 70 John Melephant
Wood. His petition for the change was
granted by Judge Dixon. of the County
Court, yesterday morning, Without leav-
ing the courthouse the man with the
new identity went down TO the first floor
and signed his new name TO an appH-
cation for a marriage license.