Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-04-30
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II IBCuSsING the revolt IN ireland and the part In
IL IL played by Sir Roger Easement brought tho
observation BY Robert cowell while we were
walking down the street the other day that the Case
rnent family had branch In the Isle OF Man Mr.,
Cowell's old home.
Il wonder II the Easements who prominent
In the building or the Union Pacific are in any way
related 10 this Sir Roger Easement ! asked
Y am sure they were" replied Mr.. cowelL Tor
members Of the family settled IN Ohio where IN.
derstand, these Easements came from"
Looking up the connection Of the Easements with
thu Union Pacific have across interest
Ing material In the following extract from General
Dodgss account Of the construction OF the first trans
continental railroad
The entire track and large port Of tho grad.
ing on tho Union Pacific railway wss done by the
Easement brothers General Jack Easement and
Dan cagefnent General Easement had been prom-
nent brigade and division commander of the vest
ern army. Their force consisted Of 100 teams and
100 men. living At the end Of the track IN board
ing ana tents and moved forward with II every
few days. II was the best Organized best equipped
and best disciplined track force I have ever seen
I think every CHIEF Of the different units Of the
force had been officer ~ the army and entered
on this work the moment they were mustered out
They could lay from to three miles Of track
per day, az they had Insterel, and one day laid
eight and hair miles. Their rapidly In track
laying ~ far rs ] know, has never been oxceed.
! used II several times y fighting force and II
took longer to put II into fighting line than II
did 10 form II for IT. daily work They not only
had 70 lay and surface tho track, but had 20 bring
forward 10 the front from saeh base all the mate
rial and supplies for the track and for all the work.
men IN advance Of the track Bases were organized
for the delivery Of the material generally from 100 10
90 miles apart. according 10 the facilities for
operation Az these bases have many as
1000 teams waiting for their loads 10 haul forward
10 the front for the railway force, the government
and for the limited population then living IN that
country"
Still another reference TO the Easements n con-
tanned IN a telegram quoted many times by General
Dodge az the response from his old general, William
Teeunaeh sherman, 70 the message wired him on
that famous May TO- 1852 telling ~ the completion Of
the work, which reads ~ follows.
I'm common with millions, sat yesterday and
heard tho mystic taps Of the teegraphc battery
nounee tho mailing Of the last spike IN the Great
Pacific rond, Indeed, am ! ts friend7 Yea. Yet
am part Of Il for as early az 1854, was vice
president OF the effort begun IN San Francisco IN
der the contract Of Robinson, Seymour 4 Co As
soon 40 General Thomas makes certain preliminary
Inspections in his new command on the Pacific. I
will 80 out and. need not say. Will have different
facilities from that Of 1916 when the only way
California by sailing around Cape Horn. taking
ships 1906 days All honor 10 you, TO Durant and
Jack and Dan Easement 10 Reed and the thousands
Of brave fellows who have wrought out this glorious
problem, spite Of changes. storms and even doubts
OF the ncredulonA and oil the obstacles you have
happily surmounted
Nv. 7. SHERMAN. General
have no means Of knowing whether General
Easement IL stu alive, but recall that when he
out 10 Omaha believe Il WAS for the celebration Of
tho fortieth anniversary Of tho Golden Spike, ] met
him in company with General Dodge. My recollection
II that he large fiorid-fAecd man beginning 10
show his age but halls and hearty and decidedly sol-
iorit In hook
duees photograph Of him with fun beard but plainly
taken when he was much younger
or all the sixteen delegates chosen 10 represent
Nebraska republicans In the coming chicago
ton Peter Jansen alone enjoys tho distinction OF hay
Ing been a delegate 70 a republican national conven.
ton once before lie was a member OF the NJ. Louis
convention which nominated William Mckinley IN
1895 when he served the resolutions committee and
helped make the platform, which was the only real
fight there, inaamuch Mark Hanna had the votes
for president nailed down before tho gave tapped It's
call to order At that time Jansen was between two
hot fires the silver question TO say nothing Of tho
compromise which John NJ. Thurston had proposed to
tho minis to the free coinage of the American
product" But our Nebraska man held his ground
firmly and with his help the word Gold" was written
into the platform and the word Victory inscribed
on tho party banner
Whenever Peter Jansen Is in evidence and my
friend Arthur G Smith, is around. the colonel dor
Smith possesses a oolones uniform and aeeoutrements
for which he paid some $50 good dollars, but which he
has never worm cries out
with apologies 20 the Danes
Back Of this Is an incident dating before my time
which over some reference In Tho Bee 70 soma.
thing Peter Jansen had said done Jansen wrote
reioinder, taking exception particularly to the mis-
spelling Of his name 'Janson" which he said was
the Swedish way, while he spelled Il Jansen tho
Same would Dane, The bee promptly made the
correction by printing Mr Jansens letter but turned
the Joke by heading iti
with apologies 20 the Danes"
reminded OF the flse,nsss o. time BY a notice
Of dinner given by tho Alumni Of the law school ~
Columbia university IN the nature u farewell 10
several special guests amenE them rrafs. Francis NJ
hnrdeh ana deotwe W l6lrchwsy, who arr about TO
close twenty-five years of active teaching In that IN
siltutien And 80 on retirement pensions, took
courses aud lectures from both of these professors
did also maai Of the Columbia law graduates IN these
parts Pref bufdicks subject rferts In which
field be the author ef several standard law volumes
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