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VROM THE
SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY,
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TRANSMITTING TO THE SENATE
COPIES OF PAPERS RELATING TO THE SETTLEMENT OF ACCOUNTS FOR THE
TRANSPORTATION OF THE SECOND REGIMENT OF INFANTRY FROM
ST. LOUIS TO SAN FRANCISCO, VIA DENVER, IN JULY, 1877.
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WASHINGTON:
GOVERNMENT PRINTING
1878.
OFFICE.
45th Congress, ) SENATE. í Ex. Doc.
2d Session. j (No. 29.
LETTER
from
THE SECRETARY OE THE TREASURY,
transmitting,
In ansicer to a Senate resolution of February 4, 1878, information in rela¬
tion to the settlement of accounts for the transportation of the Second Regi¬
ment of Infantry from Saint Louis to San Francisco, via Denver, in
July, 1877.
February 18. 1878.—Referred to tlie Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be
printed.
Treasury Department, February 15,1878.
Sir: Jn response to tlie resolution of the Senate adopted February
4, 1878,1 have the honor to transmit herewith copies of all papers in
this Department relating to the settlement of accounts for the trans¬
portation of the Second Regiment of Infantry from Saint Louis to San
Francisco, via Denver, in the month of July, A. D., 1877."
Very respectfully,
JOHN SHERMAN,
Secretary of the Treasury.
The President of the United States Senate.
[Telegram.]
Headquarters of the Army,
Adjutant-General's Office,
Washington, July 4, 1877.
Major General Hancock,
Commanding Division Atlantic, Few York:
General of the Army directs that the Second Infantry, whole regi¬
ment, be ordered by you to Ogden, Utah, to report General McDowell
in advance, with view to service in Idaho. Regiment should drop all
impediments for the present. Movement has the sanction of the Presi¬
dent.
Please acknowledge receipt as soon as practicable. Report probable
date of departure.
THOMAS M. VINCENT,
Assistant Adjutant-General.
Adjutant-General's Office, July 5,1877.
Official copy respectfully furnished for the information of the Quarter¬
master-General.
L. H. PELOUZE,
Assistant Adjutant■ General.
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TRANSPORTATION " OF TROOPS.
[Telegram.]
Atlanta, Ga., July 5, 1877.
Major Grimes, Q. M., Saint Louisj Mo.:
Second Infantry ordered to Ogden ; will you arrange for transporta¬
tion? Think you can better rates at Saint Louis than can be procured
here. About four hundred officers and men, say twenty tons baggage
and stores. Should start in three or four days. Answer.
CHANDLER, Q. M.
A true copy.
D. S. MAG RUDER,
Surgeon, Ü. S. A.
[Telegram.]
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Headquarters op the Army,
Adjutant-General's Office,
Washington, July 5, 1877.
Major General Hancock, New York :
Relating to- movement Second Infantry, General of the Army has
just telegraphed me that families ought to remain bebind, or go around
to Vancouver by sea from San Francisco. He does not consider it
necessary that movement be with undue haste.
VINCENT,
Assistant Adjutant- General.
Adjutant-General's Office, July 5,1877.
Official copy respectfully furnished for the information of the Quar- *
termaster-General.
L. H. PELOUZE,
Assistant Adjutant-General.
[Telegram.]
Atlanta, Ga., July 7, 1|77.
Maj. E. B. Grimes,
Depot Quartermaster, Saint Louis, Mo.:
Transportation will be arranged by me for regiment from Atlanta to
Saint Louis. Want you to forward from Saint Louis to Ogden. Will
notify you how many cars to provide, and when, as soon as possible.
CHANDLER,
Quartermaster.
A true copy.
D. S. MAGRUDER,
Sirg on United States Army.
TRANSPORTATION OF TROOPS.
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The Western Union Telegraph Company,
Atlanta, Ga., July 7, 1877.
To Quartermaster General,
Washington City, I). C. : 1
Shall decline unless otherwise ordered to'furnish transportation for
mounted officers' horses of Second Iufantry from Atlanta to Vancouver,
via San Francisco.
CHANDLER,
Quartermaster.
[Telegram.]
Headquarters of the Army,
Adjutant-General's. Office,
Washington, July 7, ís77.
Major-General Hancock, New York :
General McDowell, by telegram dated yesterday, just received, says
he has determined to send Second Infantry through by rail to San Fran¬
cisco, steamer to Portland, thence by boat to Lewiston.
Instruction as to impediments being dropped, for present remain un¬
changed.
VINCENT,
Assistant Adjutant-General.
Adjutant-General's Office,
Washington, July 7, 1877.
Official copy respectfully furnished for the information of the Quar¬
termaster-General.
L. H. PELOUZE,
Assistant Adjutant-General.
' [Telegram.]
Omaha, Neb., July 9,1877.
Captain Grimes, Q. M., U. S. A.,
Saint Louis, Mo.:
Will charge regular rates, which depends on destination of command.
THOS. L. KIMBALL,
A true copy.
D. S. MAGRUDER,
Surgeon United States Army.
The Western Union Telegraph Company,
Saint Louis, Mo., July 10, 1877.
Quartermaster-General :
In trying to arrange for the transportation of Second Infantry, At¬
lanta, Ga., to this city, the N., C. and St. L. Ry. have refused to transport
troops over the indebted portion of their road from Nashvil'e to Union
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City, because they receive no pay for such service. This action, if
allowed, will force me to use the St. L. & S. E, ßy., Nashville to Saint
Louis. What action shall I take in the matter Ï Chandler telegraphs
me that the baggage is ready to ship now ; troops to follow immediately.
GRIMES,
Depot Quartermaster.
■ Kansas Pacific Railway Comp'y,
President's Office, Saint Louis, Mo., July 12,1877.
Dr. Sir : This company will transport the 2d Intfry, about 450
strong, destined for the Pacific Coast, from Kansas City to Cheyenne,
guaranteeing the government against any delay, either between the
points named or in the transfer and start from Cheyenne westward, and
further guaranteeing you a rate of $5.00 per man less than by the route
via Omaha. You will be given ample notice at just what time the
troops will reach Cheyenne, when we will ask you to have the Union
Pacific Railroad notified by the department, as well as by this company.
Very respectfully.
KANSAS PAC. RY. COxMP'Y,
By ROßT. E. OARR, Prest.
DENVER PAC. RY. CO.,
v By D. M. EDGERTON, Prest.
Maj. E. B. Grimes, A. Q. M.,
Saint Louis, Mo.
A true copy.
i D. S. MAGRUDER,
Surgeon, U. S. A.
"War Department,
Office Commissary General of Subsistence,
Washington, D. C., July 13, 1877.
General : In reply to your communication, of this date, enclosing a
telegram from the presidents of the Kansas Pacific and Denver Pacific
Railroads, offering to transport the Second Infantry, via Denver and
Cheyenne, and asking if rations can be furnished to the regiment if
sent by that route, I have the honor to inform you that a telegram has
just been received from Colonel McKeever advising me that the Second
Infantry has just started, via Denver and Cheyenne, aud one in reply
sent to know how many days' rations the command has started with.
Upon the receipt of the information asked for, instructions will be
given to furnish rations to the regiment at the point where they will be
needed, either Saint Louis or Cheyenne.
The telegram enclosed with your communication is herewith returned
you.
Yery respectfully, your obedient servant,
R. MacFEELY,
Commissary General Subsistence.
Brigadier General M. C. Meigs,
Quartermaster-General U. S. Army. *
TRANSPORTATION OF TROOPS.
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[Telegram.]
[War Department, Office Chief Signal Officer, division of telegrams and
ciphers. Deceived at Soldiers»' Home July 14,1877, 10.30 p. m., from
New York, 14,. 1877.J
To Secretary of War,
Soldiers' Home:
I understand troops are to be sent immediately to San Francisco.
Can't they go by the way of Omaha, as it will disarrange our trains to
take them at Cheyenne, having no cars there to receive them.
SIDNEY DILLON.
The Western Union Telegraph Company,
Saint Louis, ilfo., July 14,1877.
To Quartermaster-General :
Second Infantry go via Kansas Pacific Railway and Denver at rate
of five dollars less than Ornaba route. Expect to leave here to-morrow,
Sunday morning; arrangements all completed.
GRIMES,
Depot Quartermaster.
Office of the Receivers of the
Kansas Pacific Railway,
20 Nassau Street, Room 24, Neio York, July 14, 1877.
My Dear Schurz : I have just learned that the Kansas Pacific Rail¬
way Company, at Saint Louis, have made a contract to transport troops
to the Pacific coast, with Quartermaster Grimes, at a less rate than.
charged by the Union Pacific Company, and that the latter company
refuses to take them from Cheyenne on the terms prescribed by the pro¬
rate law.
Now, thecharterof theUnion Pacific and all the other companies isvery
strict and imperative on the subject of the transportation of troops and
munitions of war when required by the government or any department
thereof, and gives the government a preference over all other business.
It may be that the Union Pacific Company will reconsider their pur¬
pose before the troops reach Cheyenne, and conclude to obey the law
and keep out of hot water; but if they do not, I shall perhaps give you
an early call in Washington, and ask you to help us in the way of put¬
ting us on a friendly footing at the War Department.
Yours, very truly,
HORACE WTHITE.
Hon. Carl Schurz,
Washington, D. C.
[Good tor 10 days from date of issue—Not transferable.] *
H. No. 76128.] Saint Louis, Mo., July 15,1877.
The Kansas Pacific Railway Company will please transport thirty (30)
officers, three hundred and forty-four (344) men, and forty-two (42)
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transportation of troops.
laundresses, Company , Second Regiment of Infantry, from Kansas
City, Mo., to Denver, Col., en route from Atlanta, Ga., to San Francisco.
M. C. MEIGS,
Quartermaster General, But. Maj. Gen., U. 8. Army.
Signature of officer issuing the request :
E. B. Grimes,
Captain and Assistant Quartermaster, U. S. A.
Remarks.—Special rate of $12.50 per capita. The holder of this re¬
quest or the officer in charge of troops is required to fill the receipt
below before signing, stating the exact number of men transported, and
the places from and to which transportation has been furnished. The
receipt should be filled up in ink if practicable, and if the person receipt¬
ing cannot write his name there should be a witness to his mark. Names
and places should be written in full, and if the transportation is fur¬
nished by other than passenger-train or passenger-car, the fact should
be stated..
Denver, Colo., July 18,1877.
I certify, on honor, that the Kansas Pacific Railroad has furnished
transportation for thirty (30) officers, three hundred and forty-four (344)
men, and forty-two (42) laundresses, from Kansas City to Denver, Colo.,
in compliance with the above request.
C. A. DEMPSEY,
First Lieutenant and Adjutant Second Infantry.
Office Depot Quartermaster,
Saint Louis, Mo.,'July 15, 1877.
I certify that this request is made upon the authority of
, and on account of change of station.
E. B. GRIMES, •
Captain and Assistant Quartermaster, TJ. S. Army.
The United States to C. S. Greeley and Henry Yillard, receivers of the Kan¬
sas Pacific Railway, Br.
Account No. 250.
For transportation furnished from Kansas City, Mo., to Denver, Colo.,
for thirty (30) officers, three hundred forty-four (344) men, and forty-
two (42) laundresses, in accordance with transportation request H.
No. 76128, dated Saint Louis, Mo., July 15,1877 :
Four hundred and sixteen (416) persons, at $23.15 per head. $9,630 40
The amount charged above is arrived at and explained as folilows :
The contract price per man from Saint Louis to San Francisco, being
$5 per man less than the offered price per man via Omaha and the
Union Pacific Railroad, which proffered price was $112.50, and to be
apportioned as follows :
From Saint Louis to Omaha $12 50
Union Pacific Railroad, regular rate - 54 00
Central Pacific Railroad, regular rate . 46 00
Making through-rate
112 50
transportation of troops.
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Deducting $5 from this offered rate will leave $107.50 as the contract
price for said transportation per man, which contract price is to be
apportioned to the roads furnishing the transportation as follows, to
wit: ,
Central Pacific same as via Omaha $46 00
Union Pacific half of $54, which it accepts on through-busi¬
ness via Omaha, the distance from Cheyenne to Ogden
being just one-half the distance from Omaha to its con¬
nection with the Central Pacific Railroad 27 00
Denver Pacific, Denver to Cheyenne ' 3 85
Kansas Pacific, Kansas City to Denver 23 15
Saint Louis, Kansas City aud Cheyenne, Saint Louis to Kan¬
sas City 7 50
Making 107 50
The proportions as here given to ,the roads from Saint Louis to
Cheyenne are entirely acceptable to them. The rate as stated for the
Central Pacific Railroad is the regular and full proportion accepted by
that company over its lino on like business via Omaha, and that for the
Union Pacific Railroad is one-half of the regular proportion accepted
by that company on like business via Omaha, the distance from Chey¬
enne to the connection with the Central Pacific at Ogden being one-half
the distance from Omaha to Ogden, and is all that the Union Pacific
Railroad is entitled to charge for transportation of through-passengers
to San Francisco coming over the Kansas Pacific Railway and Denver
Pacific Railway to its line at Cheyenne, under the acts of Congress
creating and regulating that company.
[xltlantic and Pacific Telegraph Co. ; dated K. Y., 18—; received at
Wash., 187-.]
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Quartermaster-General :
Referring to Grimes's telegram to you of July sixteenth, in regard to ,
transportation of Second Infantry, St. Louis to San Fran., in which he
assumes the charge of Central Pacific as forty-six dollars, Ogden to
San Fran., I beg to hand you the following telegram on that subject
from that company, signed Jay Gould, dated San Fran., July 17, eigh¬
teen seventy-seven. Ko one has asked us for special-rate account of
troops via Cheyenne. Government has never objected to our tariff rate
of fifty-three fifty, Ogden to San Fran., and we shall demand it for
Second Infantry.
F. P. GOODMAK,
G etil. Ticket Agents G. P. R. R.
The Western Union Telegraph Co.,
New York, July 16, 1877.
To Hon. Carl Schurz, Washington
Troops for Oregon referred to in Horace White's letter of fourteenth
reach Cheyenne to-morrow.
In order to prevent delay in forwarding them, would suggest that Mr.
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White's letter be laid before Secretary of War at once, so that he may
make prompt requisition on Union Pacific if necessary.
This at Mr. White's request and as of counsel to the bondholders'
committee.
AETEMUS H. EOLMES,
120 Broadway.
The Atlantic and Pacific Telegraph Co.,
St. Louis, July 1G.
Quartermaster Gen'l, WasWn :
No error has been committed iu transporting Second Infantry via
Denver. Chandler telegraphed me regiment was ordered to Ogden, and
on this I based my arrangements and rates. Union Pac. refused to
make any reduction. Kansas Pac. offered and gave written guarantee
of five dollars less rate and no delays. Saturday I learned unofficially
that regiment was going to San Eran. Kas. Pac. agreed that if such
was the case they would still hold to their offer & guarantee. Eegt.
arrived Sunday, & colonel informed me that he was ordered to San
Fran. I, therefore, made arrangement accordingly at following rates:
St. Louis to Kas. City, seven fifty ; Kas. City to Denver, seven fifty ;
Denver to Cheyenne, three fifty; Cheyenne to Ogden, forty-six, half
same being local rate U. P. Ky. ; Ogden to San Fran., forty-six dollars ;
total to Sau Fran., one hundred & eleven dollars. The rate allowed C.
P. E. E. is based upon supposition that they are eutitled only to their
proportion of regular through-rate St. Louis to San Fran, via Omaha".
Kansas Pac. agree, however, that if decided otherwise by the Qm.
Genl. they will stand the difference and thus protect their five dollars
guaranteed reduction.
GEIMES,
Depot Quartermaster.
Office of the Eeceivers of the
Kansas Pacific Kail way,
20 Nassau street, Boom 24, New York, July 16,1877.
My Dear Schurz : On account of my wife's illness 1 am unable to
go to Washington this evening on the business mentioned in my letter
of Saturday. The troops referred to are destined for Oregon to sup¬
press the Indian outbreak. They, or the first installment of them, will
reach Cheyenne to morrow7, and it is important to you that they should
be forwarded by the Union Pacific Eailroad without delay and without
stopping to have a joint debate over the law in the case.
The sixth section of the Pacific Eailroad act of July 1,1862, provides
that the said railroad shall at all times u transport mails, troops, and
munitions of war, supplies and public stores upon said railroad for the
government whenever required to do so by any department thereof,
and that the government shall at all times have the preference in the
use of the same for all the purposes aforesaid."
Now, we have no interest, except as citizens, in taking steps to pre¬
vent the Union Pacific from getting into a tangle and a controversy
. with the government; but, in order to do everything fairly, and especial¬
ly in order to prevent embarrassment of an important branch of the
public service, I have taken pains to advise you of this matter before-
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hand, q>nd I caused a telegram to be sent you to day suggesting that my
letter be laid before the Secretary of War at once, so that he might be
iu possession of the facts and act intelligently and promptly if the occa¬
sion should arise. I hope, however, that it will not arise.
Yours, very truly,
HORACE WHITE.
Hon. Carl Schurz,
Secretary of the Interior, Washington, D. C.
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Depot Quartermaster's Office,-
Saint Louis, Mo., July 17, 1S77.
General : The following is an official copy of the telegram sent yon
from this office yesterday :
##*#*##
No error has been committed in transporting Second Infantry via Denver. Chan¬
dler telegraphed me regiment was ordered to Ogden, and on this I based my arrange¬
ments and rates.
Union Pacific refused to mate any reduction. Kansas Pacific offered and gave written
guarantee of five dollars less rate and no delays. Saturday I learned unofficially that
regiment was going to San Francisco. Kansas Pacific agreed that if such was the case,
they would still hold to their offer and guarantee. Regiment arrived Sunday, and
colonel informed me that he was ordered to San Francisco. I, therefore, made arrange¬
ments accordingly at following rates: S't Louis to Kansas City, seven fifty; Kansas
City to Denver, seven fifty; Denver to Cheyenne, three fifty; Cheyenne to Ogden,
forty-six fifty (same being local freight U. P. R'y) ; Ogden to San Francisco, forty'six
dollars ; total to San Francisco, one hundred and eleven dollars.
The rate.allowed C. P. R'y is based on supposition that they are entitled only to
their proportion of regular through-rate S't Louis to San Francisco via Omaha. Kan¬
sas Pacific agrees, however, that if decided otherwise by the Q. M. General they will
stand the difference, and thus protect their five dollars' guaranteed reduction.
Yery respectfully, your obedient servant,
E. B. GRIMES,
Captain and Assistant Quartermaster.
Quartermaster General U. S. A.,
Washington, D. C.
The Western Union Telegraph Company,
Kansas City, Mo., July 17, 1877.
To Gen'l M. C. Meigs,
Quartermaster- Oeneral, Washrn :
We are advised that depot quartermaster S't Louis has reported com¬
pensation to be paid Kansas Pacific, Denver Pacific, and Union Pacific
Companies for transportation of Second Infantry to Ogden, allowing
the Kansas City aud Denver Pacific but a nominal sum, and the Union
Pacific an arbitrary rate, a discrimination which we think the act of
Congress forbids. Please suspend approval. We have written you fully
by this mail.
S. D. M. EDGERTON,
Preset D. P. B.
T. P. OAKES,
Gen'l Supt. K. P. B.
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Kansas Pacific Railway-,
Kansas City, Mo., July 17, 1S77.
Sir : We liave to-day telegraphed yon as follows :
We are advised that depot-quartermaster Saint Louis has reported compensation to
he paid Kausas Pacific, Denver Pacific, and Union Pacific Companies for transportation
of Second Infantry to Ogden, allowing the Kansas Pacific and Denver Pacific hut a
nominal sum, and the Union Pacific an arbitrary rate, a discrimination which we think
the acts of Congress forbid. " Please suspend approval. We have written yon fully by
this mail. ,
As indicated in our telegram, we make the following explanation :
You are aware of the several acts of Congress placing the branches of
the Union Pacific Railroad upon an exact equality with that road. In
the management and operation of the Kansas Pacific and Denver Pacific
roads, notwithstanding the penal character of the laws, the Union Pacific
has never conceded to these roads any rights which the acts of Congress
plainly intended to bestow. When the regiment in question was about
to be removed to the Pacific coast, our companies solicited the depot-
quartermaster at Saint Louis to direct the transportation of the troops
over our respective roads. We think you will agree with us that in
doing this we only exercised a palpable right, as the troops were being
removed from posts far south of the initial point of our road, and if
carried north to Omaha the distance from Kansas City to Omaha would
have been over roads in which the government had no interest or con¬
nection. Our roads had been put so much under the ban of the Union
Pacific, and had received so little support from the government, that
we were constraiued to propose to the depot-quartermaster to transport
these troops at $3 per capita less from Saint Louis to Ogden than the
rate demanded via Omaha (viz, $89), a saving to the government of
over $2,000. Although we think it ought not to have been necessary
for our companies to make any such reduction, nevertheless to secure
the service it was done, and there is no disposition to ask the govern¬
ment to credit our companies on any other basis.
What we complain of is that the Union Pacific should be allowed in
the proposed division more than half its rate from Omaha to Ogden for
the transportation of the troops from Cheyenne to Ogden, the distance
being exactly one-half. The Union Pacific local rate from Omaha to
Ogden is $77.50. We will concede their right to one-half this rate, or
$38.75, and claim ourselves to be entitled to the remainder of the com¬
pensation from Saint Louis to Ogden, viz, $50.25 less $7.50 for the lines
from Saint Louis to Kausas City as agreed upon, aud the $5 concession
made by these companies to secure the business. This would give to
the Kansas Pacific $30.75 and to the Denver Pacific $7. The allowance
we are informed is $7.50 to the Kansas Pacific and $3.50 to the Denver
Pacific. You will observe from the foregoing that this is quite a serious
matter, not so much for the amount immediately involved as to settle an
important principle. We do not find time now and perhaps we ought
not to undertake to argue with the department the principles of law in¬
volved in the acts of Congress j all we incline to say is that the disregard
of these laws has driven our companies well-nigh to insolvency ; jeopard¬
izing the value of the government interest in both of them, and we
think we may rely upon your sense of justice to do whatever you can to
protect these compauies iu their lawful rights. If you will indicate by
telegraph that you will suspend action, tha companies will take such
further steps as may be necessary to bring the whole matter before
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you and the Secretary of War, if it shall be your pleasure to ask his
advice.
We hope that this matter will seem of sufficient momeut to merit the
fullest consideration.
Very respectfully, &c.,
T. P. OAKES,
General ¡Superintendent Kansas Pacific Railway.
D. M. EDGEETON, '
President Peurer Pacific and Telegraph Company.
Lawrence, Kans., July IS, 1877.
Sir: On yesterday Edgerton, president of the Denver Pacific, and
Oakes, superintendent of the Kausas Pacific Railway, addressed you a
letter in respect to the transportation of the Second Infantry over their
respective roads, which letter I have read.
You are aware that I have been connected with the Kansas Pacific
Railway since 1805 as its legal adviser. Since the completion of their
roads there has beeu a controversy between that company and the
Union Pacific in respect to the interchange of business and traffic over
their roads. It has appeared that the Union Pacific and Denver Pacific
rivals for through business, and these latter compauies have charged
and do maintain that the Uuion Pacific makes the same or nearly the
same rate on all through business, freight and passenger, between Chey¬
enne and Ogden that it makes between Omaha and Ogden, thus quite
excluding the Denver Pacific and the Kansas Pacific from engaging in
the overland transportation. In fact the Kansas Pacific Company has
been compelled to confine itself to its local trade and the Colorado busi¬
ness only, whereby, as the company alleges, it bas been driven into in¬
solvency.
The receivers appointed at the instance of the bondholders regard it
their duty to bring about such management of the Union Pacific Rail¬
road and branches as will be a compliance with the acts of Congress
upon the subject.
The act of June 20,1871 (U. S. Stat., vol. 18, part 3, page 111) em¬
braces, with the acts referred to therein, the laws upon the subject.
You will readily perceive that the question is a grave one, and that
the Denver Pacific and Kansas Pacific have rights that ought not to
be set aside upon the caprice of the Union Pacific Company. Their
claim is that all the roads in the Union Pacific system are to be operated
by the companies as one continuous line, so far as the public and the
government are concerned ; that in such operation neither company is
entitled to charge for the use of any part of its line a greater rate per
mile than it charges per mile over the whole line of its road ; that tho
question of cost of transportation, or of cost of road, or of inconveni¬
ence, has nothing to do with it ; that a fair construction of the statute
establishes the claim of the Kansas Pacific and Denver Pacific Compa¬
nies, and these companies hope and expect that now, since the question
is fairly before the government, their construction of the acts of Con¬
gress will be sustained. Until now the question has never been brought
before any of the departments, and I trust you will excuse me for seri¬
ously urging upon you a full consideration of the subject, not doubting
that the Secretary of War, if you shall be pleased to refer the matter to
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him, as well as the other heads of departments, and the President, will
sustain the views which these companies maintain.
"Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
J. P. USHER.
M. C. Meigs,
Quartermaster-General, Washington, D. C.
Saint Louis, Mo., July 13.
General M. C. Meigs,
Quartermaster-General) Washington) D. C.:
We desire to transport the Second Infantry, now on their way to Cal¬
ifornia, from Kansas City to Cheyenne via Denver, and have offered to
do so at $5 per man less than by any other route. In view of the fact
that the Commissary-General has ordered the command rationed at
Omaha, Major Grimes does not feel authorized to accept our offer.
Will you approve of the carrying of the troops on the terms offered,
you to arrange for the command to be rationed either here or at
• Cheyenne ? We guarantee no detention at Cheyenne. These troops
will arrive here to-morrow evening. Please answer.
PACIFIC RAILWAY,
By ROBT. E. CARR,
President Kansas.
D. M. EDGERTOÎI,
President Denver Pacifie Railway.
Depot-Quartermaster's Office,
Saint Louis, Mo., July 21,1877.
General : Replying to your letter of 14th instant, I.have the honor
to inform you that the rate allowed on the Second Infantry, Saint Louis,
Mo., to Cheyenne, transportation was as follows, per man :
Saint Louis to Kansas City . 7 50
Kansas City to Denver 7 50
Denver Pacific Railway 3 50
Total 18 50
Very respectfully, vour obedient servant,
E. *B. GRIMES,
Captain and Assistant Quartermaster.
Quartermaster-General,
Washington, D. C.
Table showing distribution of amounts on government account dated August 20, 1877.
Currency.
Department.
Date.
Total.
.
Aid.
Non aid.
Pass Q. M. Dep't
July, '77
23,582 50
22,727 87
854 63
23, 582 50
22,727 87
854 63
transportation op troops.
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State of California,
City and County of San Francisco, ss :
E. H. Miller, jr., being duly sworn, says he is the secretary of the
Central Pacific Railroad Company; that the prices charged to the United
States Government, in the account named in the following schedule, to
wit:
Date of Central Pacific Railroad bill.
August 20,1877.
Transportation.
Pass, tbro'
Date of
service.
July, 1877
Amount in
currency.
23, 582 50
23, 58-2 50
are the prices as established by the regular tariff of the said company,
and are the same prices as were charged to individuals for the same
service.
[seal.] E. H. MILLER, Jr.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 23d day of August, A. D.
1877.
CHARLES J. TORBERT,
Notary Public in and for the City and County of
San Francisco, State of California.
Headquarters Department of the Platte,
Chief Quartermaster's Office,
Omaha, Nebr., August 29, 1877.
General: Iu compliance with instructions contained in letter from
your office dated July 26,1877,1 have the honor to forward herewith
for consideration an account in favor of the Union Pacific Railroad,
amounting to $20,120.95, for the transportation of the Second Infantry,
from Cheyenne to Ogden, en route from the Atlantic coast to San Fran¬
cisco, via Denver and Cheyenne, and made up as charged by the com¬
pany, at local rates. *
Yerv respectfully, your obedient servant,
JOHN Y. FUREY,
Captain and Assistant Quartermaster, U. S. A.,
In charge of office.
Quartermaster-General U. S. A.,
Washington, D. C.
Headquarters Military Division of the Pacific,
and Department of California, •
Office Depot-Quartermaster,
San Francisco, Cal., September 7, 1877.
Sir: As directed in your tetter of July 26, 1877, I have the honor to
transmit herewith a certified voucher, in duplicate, in favor of the Cen¬
tral Pacific Railroad Company, stated at $23,582.50, for the transporta-
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tion of tlie Second Infantry from Ogden to San Francisco, en route
from Atlauta, Ga., to San Francisco.
Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
WM. MYERS,
Brevet Brig. Gen. TJ. S. A., Depot-Quartermaster.
Quartermaster-General U. S. A.,
Washington, D. C.
Kansas Pacific Railway Company,
President's Office, Saint Louis, September 29, 1877.
Sir: Major Grimes, United States quartermaster at Saint Louis,
made on the loth July, 1877, transportation request H, No. 7612Sfor
the transportation of 30 officers, 344 men, aud 42 laundresses from Saint
Louis to San Francisco, aud the Kansas Pacific Railway Company,
through its receivers, proposed to the said quartermaster to transport
said troops at $5 per man less than the lowest offered rate he had re¬
ceived, which was $112.50, making the rate thus offered $107.50 per
man.. This offer was accepted, and a contract entered into accordingly,
which contract and the basis of it is fully explained in the said account
as presented, and is made out in accordance with the provisions of the
acts of Congress creating the Union and Central. Pacific Railroads, and
regulating the charges of transportation between the railroads men¬
tioned in said acts, receiving government aid and forming branches of
the same.
But the Union Pacific Railroad Company is not satisfied with the
apportionment, and demauds a proportion of her regular rates altogether
disproportioned to the extent of her line of road over which the troops
passed in their transportation. As the extent of the line of the Union
Pacific Railroad over which the troops passed was just one-half of their
entire line, the Kansas Pacific Railway, in making up the amount
which was rightfully coming to each railroad concerned in said trans-,
portation, fixed the amount coming to the said Union Pacific Railroad
Company at one-half of their regular fixed charge per head, being $27, or
one half of the Union Pacific fixed charge of $54 per passenger, over its
entire line.
But i-he Union Pacific Railroad demanded a much larger amount, aud
persuaded the quartermaster to make the division of the amount for
transportation to the different roads and performing the service upon
the basis insisted upon by the Uuion Pacific Railroad Company.
The division as made by Major Grimes for said transportation per
man is as follows :
To the Saint Louis, Kansas City and Northern Railway Company. $7 50
To the Kansas Pacific Railway Company . 7 50
To the Denver Pacific Railway and Telegraph Company 3 50
To the Uuion Pacific Railroad Company 43 00
To the Central Pacific Railroad Company 46 00
107 50
Tlie difference between the amounts of the division as insisted on by
the Kansas Pacific Railway as the correct division and that proposed
by Major Grimes is as to the amounts allowed to the Kansas Pacific
and Union Pacific Railway Companies, the amounts allowed the other
roads being practically the same. In tlie division as made by the
Kansas Pacific it is:
transportation op troops. ]5
To Kansas Pacific Railway. $23 15
To Union Pacific Railway .... 27 00
In the division as made by Major Grimes as claimed by Union
Pacific :
To Kansas Pacifiç Railway - $7 50
To Union Pacific RailwTay 43 00
I said the other amounts were practically the same. The amount as
set down as belonging to the Denver Pacific Railway and Telegraph
Company differs in the amount of 35 cents, but that is as between the
Kansas Pacific and the Denver Pacific Railways as made by Major
Grimes, and need not be further adverted to.
The contest arises as between the Kansas Pacific Railway Company
and the Union Pacific Railroad Company, the latter company claiming
that they have the right to charge for troops, passengers, aud freight
whatever they choose, irrespective of1 whether they have Ve©11 for¬
warded over the line of the Kansas Pacific Railway Company to go
upon the line of the Union Pacific Railroad, the Kansas Pacific Railway
Company contending that under the acts of Congress the Union Pacific
Railroad Company can only charge the proportionate amount of their
entire rate which the number of miles passed over bears to the èntire
length of their line ; in other words, a pro-rata charge.
The Kansas Pacific Railway Company contends that according to the
provisions of the twelfth section of the original act of July 1, 1862,
" the whole line of said railroad and branches (of which branches said
Kansas Pacific Railway forms one), shall be operated and used for all
purposes of communication, travel, and transportation, as oue connected
continuous line," and by the amendment of July 2,18G4, section 15, it
was provided, " that the several companies authorized to construct the
aforesaid road are hereby required to operate and use said road and
telegraph for all purposes of communication, travel, and transportation,
so far as the public and the government are concerned, as oue con¬
tinuous line, and in such operation and use, to afford and secure to each,
equal advantages and facilities as to rates, time, and transportation,
without any discrimination of any kind in favor of the roads or business
of any or either of the others," as well as the purport and effect of all
the acts and their aineudmeuts.
It is not my purpose, at this time, to offer any argument in support
of the proposition of this company, but simply now to present the flat¬
ter to the department, and to call its attention to the great importance
to the government and to the community at large, to have the rights of
the two companies in this matter definitely settled, and to this end I
h ive the honor to request that you will refer this letter and the account
to the honorable Secretary of War for his consideration.
I have the honor to remain, verv respectfully, your obedient servant,
* ROB. E. CARR,
President and General Manager.
General M. C. Meigs,
Quartermaster-General, Washington, TK C.
Depot Quartermaster's Office,
Saint Louis, Mo., October 25,1877.
Sir : I am called on by the Quartermaster General for a report in de¬
tail of the circumstances under which the Second Infantry was forwarded
to San Francisco, Cal., via your route, in July last j also as to the ap¬
parent misunderstanding with thé Kansas Pacific and Denver Pacific
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Railways as to rates. I was not aware that there, existed any such
misunderstanding between us.
You agreed to furnish the transportation at a saving of $5 per man
and when I made the award, you were made fully aware as to the manner
in which I proposed to divide the rate.
Your Major Woods will remember that I declined to take the respon¬
sibility of deciding as to whether the Union and Central Pacific Rail¬
ways were entitled to more than a prorate, and distinctly told him, as
your representative, that I would only agree to give your road what was
left out of the through rate of $111, after deducting the special rates
agreed on for the Saint Louis, Kansas City and Northern and the Depver
Pacific Railway, viz, $7.50 to the former and $3.50 to the latter, and
giving the Union Pacific and Central Pacific Railways their regular
rates, which we approximated at $46.50 for Union Pacific and $46 for
Central Pacific ; these divisions to be subject to the approval of tho
Quartermaster General, and your company to stand by their written
guarantee on such divisions as might subsequently be made in case mine
were not approved.
Please inform me if your understanding of the case was otherwise.
Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
E. B. GRIMES,
Captain and Assistant Quartermaster. •
R. E. Care, Esq.,
President Kansas Pacifie Railway, Saint Louis, Mo.
Depot Quartermaster's Office,
Saint Louis, Mo., November 5, 1877.
General: Referring to your communication of October 10, inclosing
papers relative to the transportation of the Second Infantry from Saint
Louis to San Francisco, in July last, and calling on me for a report in
detail of the circumstances under which the route via Denver was se¬
lected; also as to the misunderstanding with the railways as to rates;
also as to the guarantee of the Kansas Pacific Railway that the rate
should be $5 per capita less than that which would have been paid had
the troops gone via Omaha, and as to the validity and value of such
guarantee, aud, generally, what measures were taken to protect the inter¬
ests of the United States in the matter, I have the honor to submit the
following statement:
On the 5th of July I received a telegram from Maj. J. G. Chandler,
chief quartermaster, Atlanta, Ga. (coi>y inclosed, marked A), as fol¬
lows:
Second Infantry ordered to Ogdeu. Will yon arrange for transportation ? Think yon
can get better rates at Saint Louis than can be procured here. About four hundred
officers and men, say twenty tons baggage and stores. Should start in three or four
days.
On the 6th of July I replied, saying I would arrapge for the trans¬
portation from Saint Louis, and immediately set to work to ascertain
what rates could be procured heuce to Council Bluffs, taking it for
granted that I would have to forward them that route. On the 7th,
not fully understanding Major Chandler's telegram of the 5th, I tele¬
graphed him as follows: "Am I to understand that you want me to
furnish transportation for Second Infantry from Atlanta to Ogdeu or
TRANSPORTATION OF TROOPS.
17
only from Saint Louis'?" to which the following reply was received,
(copy inclosed, marked B) : "Transportation wall be arranged by me for
regiment from Atlanta to Saint Louis. Want you to forward from Saint
Louis to Ogden. Will notify you how many cars to provide, and when,
as soon as possible."
July 9,1 telegraphed T. L. Kimball, general passenger-agent Union
Pacific Bailway, as follows: "At what rate per capita for men and car¬
load for extra baggage will you transport Second Infantry, about four
hundred and forty strong, from Omaha to Ogden? Also name rate f<5r
same command Cheyenne to Ogden. Answer quick j" and, iu reply,
received the following, (copy inclosed, marked C): u Will charge regular
rates, which depends on destination of command."
On the 10th J received a proposition from C. K. Lord, general passen¬
ger-agent Saint Louis, Kansas City and Northern Bailway, to transport
the regiment hence to Council Bluffs at $12 per capita, and $110 per
car for extra-'oaggage. Seeing no other way than to give the Union
Pacific Bailway what they demanded, I had about concluded to notify
them to prepare for the command, and had in fact accepted the offer of
the Saint Louis, Kansas City and Northern Bailway, when Maj. John
L. Woods, the representative of the Kansas Pacific Bailway, called at
my office and made a personal application for the service on behalf of
the road he represented, offering to do the business for less money.
Being fearful of delay at Cheyenne, and other obstacles that the Union
Pacific Bailway might throw in the way, and knowiug that their speedy
transit was an urgent military necessity, I told him that while I would
like to encourage just competition and thereby obtain as low rates,as
possible, I hardly felt justified in riskiug the route via Denver, not but
that it could be made as quick as via Omaha, but I was personally aware
of the fact that there existed bad feeling between the two roads, and I
feared it might culminate in trouble at Cheyenne, and thus cause a
delay which I could not afford to risk, &c. In this shape the matter
rested until the 12th, when I received a communication from B. E. Carr
and D. M. Edgerton (copy inclosed marked D), proposing to transport
the troops at a rate of $5 less per man than the route via Omaha, aud
guaranteeing no delay, &c. Considering the number of persons to be
transported, I felt that this proposition was not to be rejected without
full consideration, and, alter fully comparing the rates and listening to
the assurances of the Kansas Pacific officials that they would guard
against the possibility of delay, I agreed that if the Saint Louis, Kan¬
sas City and Northern Bailway Company would consent to release me
from the acceptance of their rate to Council Bluffs, I would change the
route and send the command via Denver. To this arrangement Mr.
Lord assented and proposed a rate of $7.50 per capita, and $50 per car
on extra baggage, Saint Louis to Kansas City. Thç passenger-rates
were then arranged as follows :
Saint Louis, Kansas City and Northern Bailway $7 50
Kansas Pacific Bailway 26 00
Denver Pacific Bailway 5 00
Union Pacific Bailway 46 50
A total of 85 00
As against Saint Louis to Council Bluff's ".... 12 00
And Council Bluffs to Ogden.. 78 00
A total of 90 00
S. Ex.. 29 2
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TRANSPORTATION OF TROOPS,
aud I immediately telegraphed Captain F if rey, assistant quartermaster
at Omaha as follows: "The Second Regiment of Infantry, ordered to
Ogden, will go via Denver and Cheyenne. Please notify the officers of
the Union Pacific Railway that troops will probably reach Cheyenne
Wednesday ISth instant ; number about four hundred ami forty officers,
men, and laundresses. Steps should be taken by the railroad company
to provide against any delay. Would like officers' families accompany¬
ing command to be passed free Cheyenne to Ogdeu. Answer."
,(d also telegraphed the general superintendent Union Pacific Railway
to the same effect, giving him the number of passenger-cars that would
probably be needed. This timely notice was given to the Diiiou Pacific
Railway to enable them to accumulate sufficient rolling-stock at Chey¬
enne with as little expense as possible.
* The Kansas Pacific officials w ere also directed to prepare for the move¬
ment.
I telegraphed same day to Major Chandler that the regiment was go-
ifig via Denver, and that officers' families and servants would be passed
f^'ee from Saint Louis to Cheyenne, aud requesting him to notify me
8j>qn as the baggage should leave Atlanta just how mauy cars would be
required. That ^evening I received two telegrams from Chandler as
follows : " Second Infantry leaves to morrow morniug at G.30 for
Saint Lonis. One special train of nine coaches, five baggage-cars, aud
tyro sleepers. Forward w ithout delay to Omaha," signed Chandler, aud,
apparently in reply to mine, as follows: " Commissary-General telegraphs
that regiment would draw sub. stores at Omaha. Regiment takes seven.
Rays' rations from here—more of hard bread goiug via Denver. Where
Will they get necessary subsistence?"
J pere again was a new complication: I had notified the Union Pacific
Éaijlway to provide cars at Cheyenne, and had directed Kansas Pacific
tq prepare to transport from Kansas City ; had eauceled uiy arrange¬
ment with the Saint Louis, Kausas City and Northern Railway between
here and Council Bluffs and substituted the Kansas City rate.
1 inhere could be but tw o ways out of the difficulty. One was to cancel
ajrlmy arrangements with the routes via Deuver aud make the liest I
coufd via Omaha. The other was to stand by my Denver arrangement
apa arrange to have the rations issued at this place or Cheyenne.
J ^ifter fully considering the savingin expense—the possibility of further
cpfnplications, and perhaps delays, if I undertook to make a change, aud
tn^ tact that the command had already left Atlanta and would probably
b<4 hère the next day, I determined to adhere to the Denver route, aud
accordingly telegraphed the chief commissary, through chief quarter¬
master, at Omaha, as follows: " In consequence of saving $5 per capita
iff transporting Second Iufantry, I will send them via Denver. Please
a fringe to ration them at Cheyenne. Will notify you soon as possible
oî ptobable time of arrival there."
Later in the day the Kausas Pacific officials showed me a telegram
ffbhfithe Quartermaster-General to the effect that it was understood at
f.ba'tbffice that the Second Infantry was going via Denver. This, while
it! bad no official effect, did serve to strengthen my belief that I was right,
alld that if rates w ere better, there existed no objections to the Denver
roiite.
I'Dufing the next day I heard unofficially that it was understood the
rdfibfient was going to San Francisco. Fearing farther trouble, and to
p HA hie against any misunderstanding on the question of rates, I con-
fetred-with the Kansas Pacific officials and they fully agreed that if such
w'ffè 'the case they would still hold to their offer and guarantee. This
was on Saturday, aud the command was expected the same day. They,
TRANSPORTATION OF TROOPS.
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however, did not reach here until Sunday, when Colonel Wheaton in¬
formed me that he was ordered to San Francisco, and it therefore be¬
came necessary to rearrange my division of rates, which I did on the
following basis :
Through-rate to San Francisco $116 00
Less $5 as per offer of Kansas Pacific Railway 5 00
Making special rate of Ill 00
which I divided as follows :
Saint Louis, Kansas City, and Northern Railway, special 7 50
Denver Pacific Railway, special 3 50
Union Pacific Railway, regular proportion .. 46 50
Central Pacific Railway... 46 00
103 50
Balance to Kansas Pacific 7 50
Total " Ill 00
The baggage accompanying the command consisted of five cars heavily
loaded, stated in the bills lading from Atlanta as con tainin g32,005 pounds
in excess of the free allowance of 100 pounds per passenger.
In this city 1,500 pounds subsistence stores were added. In addition
to these cars, Colonel Wheaton claimed that it was necessary to have
one more, to be used on the road as a commissary car, and to which
arrangement I finally consented, on condition that it should be run only
so far as was absolutely necessary.
I then concluded the following arrangement with the railroad com¬
panies as to the transportation of the baggage and stores : Saint Louis,
Kansas City and Northern Railway, six cars to Kansas City, two of
which were to be considered free, and four to be paid for at the rate of
$50 per car, Union Depot to Kansas City, they to pay the switching
charges to and from Iron Mountain Depot, and to receive $3 per car in
addition to their $50 rate.
With the Kansas Pacific three cars, to be paid for at one-half their
class "A" freight rate Kausas City to Denver, viz : $55 per car. The
Denver Pacific to receive their regular proportion of the class "A" freight
rate, Saint Louis to Cheyenne, viz : $40 per car, for as many cars in excess
of the two free cars as it was found necessary to rtiu ; I presuming that,
as the command progressed and rations were issued from the other cars,
the necessity for an issuiug car would be removed, which proved to be
the case, as but five cars were run from Denver to Cheyenne.
I expected the Union Pacific to charge their local rate from Cheyenne
to Ogden, and the Central Pacific to charge their proportion on through-
baggage from Omaha, aud made my rates from here to Cheyenne accord¬
ingly.
The cost of transporting the baggage from here through is, therefore,
seen to be—
Saint Louis, Kansas City, aud Northern Railway, 4 cars,
at $50 $200 00
Kansas Pacific Rail way, 3 cars, at $55 165 00
Denver Pacific Railway, 3 cars, at $40 120 00
Uniou Pacific Railway, as per inclosed account 766 95
Central Pacific Railway, as per inclosed account 1,326 50
Total * 2,578 45
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TRANSPORTATION OP TROOPS.
The cost via Omaha, I estimate as follows:
4 cars to Council Bluffs, at $110 - $440 00
Transfer 4 cars, at $10 per car 40 00
30,000 pounds, at $8 per 100 pounds, Union Pacific Pail-
way 2, 400 00
18,950 pounds, at $7 per 100 pounds, Central Pacific Pail-
way 1, 326 50
Total 4, 206 50
A difference in favor of Denver route of 1,628 05
I compute the Union Pacific baggage charge at 30,000 pounds because
there was at least that amount in excess of the free allowance when the
command left here, and no change in that amount could well have been
made in the billing this side of Ogden, and have computed the Central
Pacific charges at what there was according to the bills of lading issued
by Captain Foster, viz, 18,950 pounds.
Thus, in the matter of expense, I claim to have saved $5 per capita
on the men, and over $1,600 on the baggage, a total of over $3,600.
As far as any misunderstanding existing with the Kansas Pacific
Kailway, concerning the rates, I would respectfully invite your attention
to my letter to Mr. Carr, dated 25th ultimo, and his indorsement thereon
(copy inclosed, marked E).
As to the validity of the guaranty, I have no doubt; Mr. Carr is presi¬
dent of the Kansas Pacific Railway, Mr. D. M. Edgertou of the Denver
Pacific, and I have no doubt both were fully authorized and empowered
to sign for their respective companies.
The entering of the rate of $12.50 on the transportation request issued
to the Kansas Pacific Railway was a clerical error in failing to deduct
the $5, which I rectified the next day with Mr. Carr, and intended to
rectify officially when the request came in for adjustment.
Ko rate was entered on the requests issued for transportation over the
Union Pacific and Central Pacido Railways, I assuming that neither of
these companies had a right or would assume a right to charge the gov¬
ernment more than was charged the public.
I strongly impressed upon the minds of-the Kansas and Denver Pacific
officials the fact that 1 would not undertake to arbitrate between them
and the Uuion and Central Pacific Railway officials. This fact, I think,
neither Mr. Carr nor Mr. Edgerton deny, and, as stated in my letter to
Mr. Carr, dated October 25, these rates of $7.50 to Kansas Pacific Rail¬
way, and $3.50 to Denver Pacific Railway, were subject to the approval
of the Quartermaster-General.
Referring to Mr. Carr's letter from Saint Louis, dated September 29,
1877, wherein he says the lowest offered rate I received, Saint Louis to
San Francisco, was $112.50, I would say that he is at fault. I had no
offered rate to San Francisco other than tariff. The rate of $12 to
Council Bluff's was part of the $90 rate to Ogden which I had rejected
when I concluded to use the Denver route; hence, the lowest rate I had
offered to San Francisco was $111, the one I accepted.
He also says the " Union Pacific persuaded me to make such divis¬
ion as she demanded." There was no "persuasion" in the case. I
persistently refused to decide what the Uniou Pacific was entitled to,
but would only agree to give the Kansas Pacific what was left after
giving those other roads what they jvere entitled to according to law,
and which I merely approximated at the figures mentioned in my divis-
transportation of troops.
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ion of the rate, as telegraphed the Quartermaster-Geueral July 17,
1877.
The rates given the Denver Pacific Railway were special, and were
agreed on by and between this office and the president of the road.
Referring to the Jay Gould dispatch repeated from New York, by
Goodman, July 18, 1877, as follows : "No one has asked us for special-
rate account of troops via Cheyenne," &c., I would say that the state¬
ment is true, from the fact that, after learning that the regiment was
going to San Francisco, and would therefore have to use the Central
Pacific Railway (which fact I learned officially only on the arrival of
the regiment in this city on Sunday), there was not sufficient time to
consult the officers of that road, and 1 therefore expected, and so in¬
formed the Kansas Pacific officials, to allow that company, the Central
Pacific, their full rates, whatever they might be. I fail, however, to
see on what grounds the Central Pacific Railway can claim or demand
more than their regular proportion of a through-tariff rate from Saint
Louis to San Francisco, unless they receive their local on all govern¬
ment business between the points named; fori cannot see how the fact
of their going via Denver should affect the Central Pacific so long as
their rate is not disturbed. In this view I felt strengthened by refer¬
ence to the last clause of act of Congress creating that corporation, as
published on page 33, General Order No. 98, Adjutant-General's Office,
November 14,1872.
In conclusion, I desire to say that in arranging for the movement of
this regiment, I was induced to use the routes I did, solely from motives
of economy, and thought, and still think, that a considerable saving
was effected. But had 1 known at the start, or before I had concluded
my arrangement with the Kansas Pacific Railway, and had notified the
Union Pacific Railway to provide cars at Cheyenne, that the regiment
was going to San Francisco, I would not have undertaken to use the
Denver route without first consulting the Quartermaster-General. This
information was, however, received at too late a date to admit of a
change or any hesitation, and I have no doubt that, had I, on Sunday,
concluded to send them via Omaha, the Union Pacific Railway Com¬
pany would have beeu ready and quite willing to present a bill for
expenses incurred in making up the transportation ordered at Cheyenne.
I hope that my action will be approved by the Quartermaster-Gene¬
ral ; because I cannot yet see how I could have done differently, and
similar circumstances are liable to present themselves at any time in
the future.
I think the claim of the Kansas Pacific officers has been somewhat
misunderstood by the Quartermaster-General, for I do not thiuk they
have any disposition to try to avoid protecting and standing by the
rates as divided by this office, unless the Quartermaster-General should*
decide that my divisions were erroneous.
I inclose herewith the following new accounts :
Saint Louis, Kansas City and Northern Railway, freight $212
Saint Louis, Kansas City and Northern Railway, passenger 3,120
Kansas Pacific Railway, freight » » 165
Denver Pacific Railway, freight „ 120
Denver Pacific Railway, passenger , 1,456
Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
E. B. GRIMES,
Captain, Assistant Quartermaster.
Quartermaster-General, U. S. a.,
' Washington, D. C.
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TE AN S POET ATI ON OF TEOOPS.
Wae Department,
Quartermaster-General's Office,
Washington, D. G., November 13,1877.
Sir : I have the honor to submit herewith for instructions, as to set*
tlenient, the following accounts of railroad companies, embracing the
charges made for the transportation of the Second Infantry, from Saint
Louis, Mo., to San Francisco, Cal., in July, 1877, viz:
The Saint Louts, Kansas City and Northern Railroad Company :
From Saint Louis to Kansas City, troop*, at $7.50 $3,120 00
From Saint Louis to Kansas City, freight 212 00
The Kansas Pacific Eailroad Company :
From Kansas City to Denver, troops, at $23.15 9,630 40
From Kansas City to Denver, freight , 165 00
The Denver Pacific Eailroad Company :
From Denver to Cheyeune, troops, at $3.50 , 1,456 00
From Denver to Cheyenne, freight !, 120 00
The Union Pacific Railroad Company :
From Cheyenne to Ogden, troops, at $46.50 19, 344 00
From Cheyenne to Ogden, freight 776 95
The Central Pacific Eailroad Company :
From Ogden to San Francisco, troops, at $53.50 22,256 00
From Ogden to San Francisco, freight t, 326 50
Total transportation charges from Saint Louis to San Francisco... 58, 406 85
The regiment, as transported, consisted of 30 officers, 344 enlisted
men, and 42 laundresses ; total, 416 persons. *
The route via Kansas City, Denver, and Cheyenne, instead of the
route via Omaha, was selected because the Kansas Pacific Eailroad
Company offered and guaranteed to furuish the transportation through
from Saint Louis to San Francisco at arate of $5 per man less than it would
have cost had the troops been sent via Omaha and thence over the
Union Pacific Eailroad, which railroad company signified its purpose
of charging through-tariff rates for transporting the troops if sent
through Omaha to San Francisco.
The agreement with the Kansas Pacific Eailroad Company was, there¬
fore, equivalent to fixing a fate of $111 per man from Saint Louis to San
Francisco, for tariff rates via Omaha, would have amounted to $116.
■ The transportation having been furnished with this understanding,
and the accounts for the service having now been rendered, it is ob¬
served that by footing up the charges made by each railroad company on
the route for each portion of the service respectively, an aggregate rate
of $134.15 per man is claimed for the service.
The Kansas Pacific Eailroad Company still acknowledges its obliga¬
tion to the effect that the transportation shall cost the department but
$111 per man, but, as 1 understand, desires the United States to de¬
cide whether the charge of the Union Pacific Eailroad of $46.50 per
man from Cheyeune to Ogden, and the charge of the Central Pacific
Eailroad of $53.50 per man from Ogden to San Francisco, are not excess¬
ive, illegal, and subject to reduction.
That they are, the Kansas Pacific Eailroad Company claims, and at¬
tempts to prove by arguments, herewith forwarded, based generally on sec¬
tion 6 of the act of Con gress approved July 1,D62 (12 Stat, at L., 492), viz :
And be it further enacted, That the grauts aforesaid are made upon the condition that
said company * * * shall keep said railroad and telegraph line in repair and use,
aDd shall at all times transmit dispatches over said telegraph line, and trausporb mails,
troops, monitions of war, supplies, and public stores upon said railroad for the govern¬
ment,-whenever required to do so by any department thereof, and that the government
shall at all times have the preference in the use of the satne for all the purposes afore¬
said, at fair and reasonable rates of compensation, not to exceed the amount paid by private
parties for the same kind of service.
TRANSPORTATION OF TROOPS.
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And section 15 of the act of Congress approved July 2,1864 (13 Stat,
at L., 358), viz :
That the several companies authorized to construct tbe aforesaid roads are hereby
reqnired to operate and use said roads and telegraph for all purposes of communication,
travel, and transportation, as far as the public and the government are concerned, as
one continuous line, and in such operation and use to afford and secure to each equal
advantages and facilities as to rates, time, and transportation, without any discrimination
of any kind in favor of the road or business of any or either of said companies, or
adverse to the road or business of any or either of the others.
The case involves questions of law which I do not feel authorized to
decide.
The tariff rates charged passengers for transportation from, Omaha to
San Francisco, involving the use of Union Pacific and the Central Pa¬
cific Railroads, is $100 each.
Prom Kansas City to San Francisco, involving the use of the Kansas
Pacific, Denver Pacific, and Central Pacific Railroads, the tariff rate per
passenger is $145. These rates generally have been in effect since August
5,1875; but prior to that date the rate via Kansas City was less, being
$127.50 for each passenger. On that date the following special notice
was issued by the Union Pacific and Kansas Pacific Railroads :
In pursuance of an agreement made by the managers of the above roads, we hereby
notify all connecting lines that, on and after September 1, 1875, all through tickets
via the ÜDion and Denver Pacific roads to points south of Cheyenne, and all through
tickets via the Kansas and Denver Pacific roads to all points west of Cheyenne, must
be withdrawn from sale.
THOMAS S. KIMBALL.
General Passenger and Ticket Agent Union Pacific Railway.
beverly k. keim,
General Passenger and Ticket Agent Kansas Pacific Railway.
This notice, it is believed, was issued in consequence of hostilities be¬
tween the Kansas Pacific and Union Pacific Railroads.
The route via Kausas City to San Francisco and poiuts on the Union
Pacific Railroad has not since been used by the department excepting
in the case here reported, which is owing to the fact that the route via
Omaha, invariably costs much less.
For a history of tbe circumstances under which the transportation
was provided by the Quartermaster's Department, I respectfully refer
to the accompanying report of Capt. E. B. Grimes, assistant quarter¬
master at Saint Louis, Mo., dated October 5, 1877, under whose direc¬
tion the service was performed.
The accounts will be promptly adjusted and settled on receipt of in¬
structions as to the method to be adopted in arriving at the proper
divisions of the through rate of $111 fixed for the entire service in the
agreement with the Kansas Pacific Railroad Company. I suggest ref¬
erence of the whole case to the Treasury Department.
Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
M. C. MEIGS,
Quartermaster-General, Brevet Major-General, United States Army.
Hon. Secretary of War.
/ •
War Department, November 21, 1877.
Respectfully referred to the Second Comptroller of the Treasury for
settlement.
By order of the Secretary of War.
H. T. CROSBY,
Chief Cleric.
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transportation of troops.
Headquarters District of the Clearwater,
Fort Lapwai, Idaho, November 15, 1877.
General: I am greatly annoyed aud chagrined to report to you that
through an inadvertence and misunderstanding, an error of one was
made by me in the transportation requests signed by me for the move¬
ment of the Second Infantry from Atlanta, Ga., to Lewiston, Idaho.
I find that a Mrs. Fernon, a laundress in Company G of the Second
Infantry, was taken ill just before we left Atlanta, and did not come
with the regiment as was expected.
In the confusion of so rapid a movement of so many, and the number
of women aud children in cars occupied by laundresses, counts often
made in the dark at night, I can understand that my officer of the day,
officer of the guard, and acting regimental quartermaster might make
an error of one in countiug passengers, and I remember we often en¬
countered some difficulty in discovering and removing from our troop-
trains railroad tramps seeking for rides; once, my officer of the day re¬
moved three such men and I think one woman in the same twenty-four
hours, and railroad officials informed me it was a matter of constant
occurrence and difficolt to prevent.
In two cases while moving through Kansas we discovered and re¬
moved unauthorized persons on our trains who were dressed partially
in military uniform.
- I am the more annoyed at the error I report to you as the railroad
and steamship officials representing the companies that transported us,
without exception, treated my men with the greatest kindness and con¬
sideration, and my officers are under obligations to many of them for
unusual courtesies. They charged our laundresses nothing for trans¬
porting their many little ones: and, on the Pacific Railroads, through
the courtesy of Superintendent Clarke, at Cheyenne, my servant, a
little colored boy, was passed free—an attention that I was assured was
' not customary on those roads.
I am, general, very respectfully, your obedient servant,
FRANK WHEATON,
Brevet Major-General, United States Army,
Colonel Second Infantry,
Major-Gen. M. C. Meigs,
Quartermaster-General, United States Army,
Washington City, D. (7.
A true copy.
HENRY C. HODGES,
Deputy Quartermaster-General, United States Army.
Quartermaster General's Office, December 17,1877.
War Department,
Quartermaster-General's Office,
Washington, D. G., December 1, 1877.
Sir: With reference to the report from this office of November 13,
1877, forwarding the accounts for the transportation of the-Second In¬
fantry from Saint Louis to San Francisco via Kansas City, it is observed
that the rate of $53.50 per man charged for the transportation over the
Central Pacific Railroad, from Ogden to San Francisco, is in excess of
the proportion which inures to that company ou through-passenger
travel from Ogden to Sau Francisco, viz, $16 per man; that is to say,
the through-tariff rate charged the public from Omaha to San Francisco
transportation of troops.
25
is $100 per man, of which the Union Pacific Railroad receives on divis¬
ion $54, and the Central Pacific $46.
The charge of $53.50 per man for the transportation of these troops
fromOgden to San Francisco is the local tariff rate for transportation
between those points ; that is, the rate which would be charged a per¬
son whose jouruey should commence at Ogden and end at San Fran¬
cisco.
I consider that this rate of $53.50 charged for the troops is $7.50 per
passenger too much. The troops started from Atlanta, Ga., and passed
directly through to San Francisco ; and T can see no sufficient reason
for the Central Pacific Railroad charging $7.50 per man—$3,120 in the
whole—more, for the reason that the men reached Cheyenne on the
Union Pacific Railroad via Denver, instead of passing over the whole
of the line of the Union Pacific Railroad from Omaha.
The cost to the compauy of their transportation over the Central
Pacific from Ogden, the eastern terminus of that road, to San Fran¬
cisco was in no manner affected by their having come through Denver
instead of through Omaha, and therefore the charge seems to me unjust.
This difference, excess in charge, had not been clearly brought to my
attention when the report of 13th of November was written.
Whether it be a violation of the law, being a discrimination against
the Kansas Pacific and Denver Pacific Railways, depends upon the
point at issue between the roads ; that is, whether the line from Kan¬
sas City to Denver, and thence to Cheyenne, is entitled to protection by
the law against adverse discrimination.
Yery respectfully, your obedient servant,
M. C. MEIGS,
Quartermaster-General, Bvt. Maj. Gen.y U. 8. A.
Hon. Secretary of War.
Washington, December 6,1877.
Sir : The Second Comptroller informs me that he has returned to
you the papers relating to the transportation of the Second Infantry
from Saint Louis to San Francisco in July, 1877, stating, in substance,
that a suit is now pending in the United States courts, in which the
issues involved are on trial, and recommending that the proportions cue
the Saint Louis, Kansas City and Northern Railway and Denver Pacific
Railway and Telegraph Companies be settled. That as to the propor¬
tions due to the Kansas Pacific, Union Pacific, and Ceutral Pacific
Roads, a decision be postponed until the termination of said suit, unless
you deem postponement impolitic ; in which case he recommends that
the matter be referred to the Attorney-General for his opinion.
As there is no controversy as to the proportions due the Saint Louis,
Kansas City and Northern Railway and to the Denver Pacific Railway
and Telegraph Companies, the action of the Comptroller as respects them
is proper and right, and the proportions due the two companies of $11
beiug deducted from the through-rate of $111 guaranteed by the Kan¬
sas Pacific, leaves $100 to be apportioned to the Kansas Pacific, the
Union Pacific, and Central Pacific Roads, and the proper apportionment
of this rate gives rise to this controversy.
The Ceutral Pacific claims $53.50, and the Union Pacific claims $46 50 ;
which claims, if allowed, leave nothing to the Kansas Pacific for trans¬
portation of the troops for a distance of 638 miles.
The claim of the Central Pacific is illegal and excessive. The ordi¬
nary rate for travel over the Union Pacific and Central Pacific from
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TRANSPORTATION OP TROOPS.
Omaha to San Francisco is $100: divided, to Central Pacific, $46: to
Union Pacific, $54.
This rate of $46 the Central Pacific accepts from the public and all
persons as its proportion of the rate on through-travel, and the Comp¬
troller informs me tbat it is the rate at which the accounts of the com¬
pany are settled in his office. The claim of $53.50 is therefore in excess
of the charge made to the public in the sum of $7.50 for each man.
It is illegal because it is iu violation of the acts of Congress. (See
section 12, act of July 1,1862; section 15, act of July 2,1864 ; section 2,
act of March 3,1869; act of June 20,1874.)
Section 15 of the act of July 2, 1864, reads :
That the several companies authorized to construct the aforesaid roads are hereby
required to operate and use said roads and telegraph for all purposes of communica¬
tion, travel, and transportation, so far as the public and the government are concerned,
as one continuous line, and in such operation and use to afford and secure to each
equal advantages and facilities as to ratea, time, and transportation, without any dis¬
crimination of any kind in favor of the road or business of any or either of the others.
In charging the government $7.50 per man more for this transporta¬
tion than it charges the public, the Central Pacific acts iu violation of
the law.
The claim of the Union Pacific is also excessive and illegal iu this,
that while it charges the public fur use of its road 5.23 cents per mile for
travel, it charges the government at the rate of nine cents per jiiile for
these troops.
Referring to the above-cited acts of Congress, the Kansas Pacific
claims that the Union Pacific should not require from the public or
governmeut a greater rate of fare per mile ou travel going on or coming
from the line of its road at Cheyenne than it accepts from the public or
government for travel going on or coming from the line of its road at
Omaha, aud that a greater charge than a pro rata per mile of its lowest
through-rate is a " discrimination and a failure to afford and secure equal
advantages and facilities as to rates, time, aud transportation."
The line of the Union Pacific Railroad is between Ornaba and Ogden,
and 1,032 miles in length.
Cheyenne, the point of intersection by Kansas Pacific Railway, is
midway of the line, equidistant from Omaha and Ogden, aud the Union
Pacific should charge only half of its through-rate to travel coming on
at Cheyenne from Kansas Pacific.
The remaining $100 of the through-rate in controversy should be
apportioned: To Central Pacific, $46; Union Pacific, $27; Kansas
Pacific, $27.
Respectfully submitted.
Kansas Pacific Railway,
By ROB. E. GARR,. President.
The Secretary of War.
[Indorsements.]
Quartermaster-General's Office,
Washington, D. C., January 3,1878.
Respectfully returned to the honorable the Secretary of War, invit¬
ing attention to the papers pertaining to this case, which have been
returned to the War Department, with report from this office under
date of December 31, 1877, and recommending that this argument be
considered in connection with the case.
STEWART VAK VLIET,
Acting Quartermaster General,
Brevet Major-General, United States Army.
transportation of troops.
27
Treasury Department, December 6, 1877.
Respectfully returned to the honorable the Secretary of War, with
the following reply : • >
# A suit is now pending between the same parties who are interested
in the questions here presented in the circuit court of the United States
fôr the district of Nebraska, and it is believed a determination of the
points involved in that suit will judicially settle the questions presented
at the present time by the inclosed correspondence, and it is respectfully
recommended that the decision by this office of this question be post¬
poned until the final determination of that suit. •
Should the Secretary be of opinion that the postponement above rec¬
ommended would be impolitic, I respectfully recommend that the ques¬
tions presented be referred to the Attorney-General for his opinion.
It is understood that there is no controversy as to the proportionate
amounts due respectively to the Denver Pacific Railway and Telegraph
Company and to the Saint Louis,** Kansas City and Northern Railroad
Company, and it is'recommended that the amounts due to them, respect¬
ively, be adjusted and settled without such delay.
W. W. UPTON,
Comptroller.
War Department, December 8, 1877.
-Respectfully referred to the Quartermaster-General for any remarks
he may have to make.
By order of the Secretary of War.
H. CROSBY, Chief Clerk.
«
Quartermaster-General's Office,
Washington, D. (?., December 31, 1877.
Respectfully returned to the honorable the Secretary of War.
I think that the Attorney-General should becousulted in the matter, but
I think that the Secretary of the Treasury is the officer to ask advice.
He is the trustee for the Pacific railroads, and he takes the money and
applies it to their credit ou debt account.
In accordance with the foregoing recommendation of the Second
Comptroller of the Treasury, the accounts of the Denver Pacific and
the Saint Louis, Kansas City and Northern Railroad Companies have
been withdrawn from these papers, and referred to Capt. E. B. Grimes,
assistant quartermaster, Saint Louis, Mo., for settlement.
STEWART VAN VLIET,
, Acting Quartermaster-General,
Brevet Major-General United States Army.
Memorandum from Holmes & Adams.
120 Broadway,
Hew Torlc, December 13,1877.
Dear Sir: I desire to quote in my argument before the Attorney-
General and Secretary of Interior a part of a report of Quartermaster-
General Meigs to the Secretary of War relating to the transportation
by our road of the Secoud Infantry, the words we say Jay Gould used,
alleging that our road was out of repair and dangerous, as a reason why
the government should not permit us to do the transportation. I think
the report may be with the Second Comptroller ; if not, he knows where
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TRANSPORTATION OF TROOPS.
it is. My argument is partly in the printer's hands, and I am in great
haste for the quotation, which will be a strong point.
Please make careful extract of such portions of what Meigs says
Gould says. I think the part I want begins "Mr. Jay Gould, of Naw
York."
I will send you a dispatch in the morning asking for the quotation,
and the answer will be franked if you exhibit my dispatch at the tele¬
graph office. " ,
Copies acts received. Thanks.
In great haste.
ARTEMUS N. HOLMES.
To R. S. Elliott or Henry Bearç, Esq.
1 send this to Mr. Beard, and will telegraph him, thinking Mr. Elliott
may be out of town.
War Department,
Washington City, January 5, 1878.
Sir: 1 have the honor to invite your attention to certain reports of
the Quartermaster-General, respecting a claim of the Kansas Pacific
Railroad Company, in which are concerned also the Union and Central
Pacific Railroad Companies, which reports are herewith transmitted-to
you, at the suggestion of the Quartermaster-General, and I would ask
you to favor me with any suggestions or views that may occur to you
in the matter.
Very respectfully, vour obedient servant,
GEO. W. McCRARY,
Secretary of War.
The Hon. Secretary of the Treasury.
[Not transferable.]
116 fare, <2> 53.50, $22,256.00.
H.—No. 76135.] St. Loins, Mo., July 15, 1877.
The Central Pacific Rv. Co. will please transport thirty (30) officers,
three hundred and forty-four (344) men, and forty-two (42) laundresses,
company , 2nd Regiment Inf., from Ogden, TJ. T., to San francisco ;
en route from Atlanta, Gal, to San Francisco.
M. C. MEIGS,
Quartermaster-General, Bvt. May. Gen., TJ. S. A.
Signature of officer issuing the request :
E. B. Grimes,
Capt. and Asst. Quartermaster, U. S. A.
The holder of this request, or the officer in charge of troops, is re¬
quired to fill the receipt below before signing, stating the exact number
of men transported, and the places from and to which transportation
has been furnished. The receipt should be filled up in ink, if prac¬
ticable, and if the person receipting cannot write his name, there should
be a witness to his mark. Names and places should be written in full,
and if the transportation is furnished by other than passenger-train or
passenger-car, the fact should be stated.
transportation op troops.
29
Ogden, U. T., July 20,1877.
I certify, on honor, that Central Pacific R. R. Co. has furnished trans¬
portation for 30 officers, 344 enlisted inen, and 42 laundresses, 2d Inf.
frçm Ogden, U. T., to San Francisco, Cal., in compliance with the above
request.
FRANK WHEATON,
Col. 2 d Inf t., Bot. Maj. GenH., U. S. A.
Office Depot Quartermaster,
St. Louis, Mo., July 15, 1877.
I certify that this request is made upon the authority of
, and on account of change of station.
E. B. GRIMES,
Capt. and Asst. Quartermaster, U. S. Army.
[I)orm No. 17.]
quartermaster's department, u. s. a.
No. —.] [Rail.,,
Original Mil of lading.
Received, Ogden, U. T., July 20, 1877, from Captain C. W. Foster,
asst. quartermaster, United States Army, the following articles and
packages of public property specified below (contents and value un¬
known) in apparent good order and condition, to be forwarded by the
C. P. R. R. and connecting lines, from Ogden, U. T., to San Francisco,
Cal., there to be delivered in liké good order and condition unto depot-
quartermaster, United States Army. Freight to be paid ou the origi¬
nal bill of lading to the by the disbursing quartermaster,
U. S. A., at (payment for service prohibited by law) and at the rates
hereinafter stated.
These stores are en route from Dept. of the South to San Francisco,
Cal.
(Signed in duplicate.) JAMES FORBES,
Agent for C. P. È. It.
Depot-Quartermaster's Office,
Ogden, U. T., July 20, 1877.
I certify that I have shipped this day, by the C. P. R. R., the stores
specified on this bill of lading, and that the weight is eighteen thousand
nine hundred and fifty (18,950) pounds.
C. W. FOSTER,
Capt. and Asst. Quartermaster, U. S. Army.
Marks.
Packages, &c. Contents.
Weight
pounds.
Rate and
class.
2d Regiment U. S. Inf.,
San Francisco, Cal......
Baggage, equipments, rations, ammu¬
nition, &c.
60,550
41,600
«
-¿3 S
H bfl
is
bo
Deduct for 30 officer, 344 men, 42 laun¬
dresses
•r a
£ -a
*
Excess baggage
18,950
30
TRANSPORTATION OF TROOPS.
Received Sap Francisco, Cal., July 22, 1877, from the Central Pac.
R. R., per special passenger-train, the public property specified within
in good order and condition ; weight, eighteen thousand nine hundred
and fifty (18,950) pounds of ex. baggage.
WM. MYERS, -
Major and Quartermaster, U. S. A.
[No. 14—amended.]
The United States to Central Pacific R. R. Co., Dr., for transportation furnished as per sub-
vouehers heresvith.
Date,
1877.
A
S
BO <£)
Prom—
To-
œ
a
0
1
Miles.
as
a>
•r4
B
Amount.
9 p^1
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a
-+3
O
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Kate.
Dolls.
Cts.
July 15
" 20
76135
B. L.305
Ogden, 17. T...
San Francisco, Cal
18,950 lbs. extra baggage,
@ 7 per pound
416
883
883
$53 50
22,256
00
1,326
50
Total currency ...
$23, 582
50
This voucher is made in accordance with instructions from the Quar¬
termaster-General of the Army in his letter dated July 26, 1877, No.
1069.
Rates.—Under passenger-circular, No. 32, Nov. 1, '75, forwarded to
Qr. M. G. O. with C. P. R. R. acc't, Feb'y 10, '76. Extra baggage rates
May 1, '72 ; forwarded Sept. 3, 1875.
I certify that the rates charged in the above account were the current
and lowest rates charged the public when the tickets were issued.
In charge of Passenger Dept., Gent. Pac. E. B.
I certify that the above account is correct and just ; that the services
were rendered as stated : that they were necessary for the public service.
WM. MYERS,
Maj. & Quartermaster, U. 8. A.
. " [Not transferable.]
H.—No. 76130.] St. Louis, Mo., July 15, 1877.
The U. P. Ry. Co. will please transport thirty (30) officers, three hun¬
dred forty-four men, and forty-two (42) laundresses, Company ——, 2d
Regiment Inf., from Cheyenne, W. T., to Ogden, W. T., en route from
Atlanta, Ga., to San Francisco.
. . M. C. MEIGS,
Quartermaster-General, Bvt. Maj. Gen., U. S. A.
Signature of officer issuing the request :
E. B. Grimes,
G apt. & Asst. Quartermaster, TJ. S. A.
* The holder of this request, or the officer in charge of troops, is re¬
quired to fill the receipt below before signing, stating the exact number
TRANSPORTATION OF TROOPS.
31
of men transported, and the places from and to which transportation
has been furnished. The receipt should be filled up in ink, if prac¬
ticable, and if the person receipting cannot write his name, there should
be a witness to his mark. Names and places should be written in full,
and if the transportation is furnished by other than passenger-train
or passenger-car, the fact should be stated.
Ogden, ü. T., July 19, 1877.
I certify, on honor, that Union Pacific R. R. has furnished transpor¬
tation for thirty (30) officers, three hundred and forty-four enlisted
men (344), and 42 laundresses, lrom Cheyenne, W. T., to Ogden, U. T.,
in compliance with the above request.
FRANK WHEATON,
Col. 2 Inf., Cont'd?g. <
Office Dep't Q'rm'r,
St. Louis, July 15,1877.
I certify that this request is made upon the authority of ,
and on account of change of station.
E. B. GRIMES,
Capt. & Ass't Quartermaster, U. S. Army.
[Form No. 17.]
No. 37.J Quartermaster's Department, U. S. A. [Rail.
Original bill of lading.
Received at Cheyenne, Wyo., July 18th, 1877, from Captain James
Gilliss, asst. quartermaster, United States Army, the following articles
and packages of public property specified below (contents and value
unknown), in apparent good order and condition, to be forwarded by
the U. P. R. R. and connecting lines, from Cheyenne, Wyo., to Ogden,
Utah, there to be delivered in like good order and condition unto the
depot quartermaster, United States Army. Freight to be paid on the
original bill of lading to the U. P. R. R. by the disbursing quarter¬
master, U. S. A., at Omaha, Neb., and at the rates hereinafter stated.
These stores are en route from Dep't of the South to Pacific coast,
(Signed in duplicate.)
W. B. NUFANT,
Baggage Agent for TJ. P. B. B.
Depot-Quartermaster's Office,
Cheyenne, July 18,1877.
I certify that I have shipped this day, by the Union Pac. R. R., the
stores specified on this bill of ladiiig, and that the weight is eighteen
thousand nine hundred and fifty (18,950) pounds.
JAMES GILLISS,
Capt. and Ass't Quartermaster, U. S. Army.
Settlement as provided by law.
TRANSPORTATION OF TROOPS.
Marks.
Packages, &c. Contents.
Weight.
Rate and class.
2d Reift U. S. Inf.,
San Francisco, Cal.
Ba ggage, equipments, rations,
ammunition, etc.
Deduct fer 30 officers, 344 men,
42 laundresses.
Excess baggage
Lbs.
60,550
41,600
18,950
Tariff, extra bag¬
gage rate, 4.10 per
100 lbs.
Received, Ogden, Ut., July 20, 1877, from U. P. R. R., the publie
property specified within, in good order and condition ; weight, eighteen
thousand nine hundred and fifty (18,950) pounds.
' C. W. FOSTER,
Capt. and AssH Quartermaster, U. 8. Army.
[Voucher to Abstract B.]
The United States, to the Union Pacific Railroad Company, Dr., July, 1877.
For transporta tion furnished as per subvouchers herewith.
Date,
July 15
18
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DO 3
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76,130
From—
To-
a
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o
3
,p
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p
ft
CS
ft
Cheyenne Ogden 416 $46 50
Oriuinal hill of lading, No. 37, Cheyenne to Ogden, 18,950 lbs. extra
baggage, ® 4.10 per 100 lbs.
a
p
o
a
$19, 344 00
776 95
20,120 95
I certify that the rates charged in the above account were the current
and lowest rates charged the public when the tickets were issued.
THO'S L. KIMBALL,
In charge of Passenger Deft, Union Pacific R. R.
I certify that the above account is correct and just ; that the services
were rendered as stated ; that in signing this certificate I am governed
by subvouchers herewith, which, upon examination, I believe to be cor¬
rect
JOHN V. FUREY,
Copt. & AssH Quartermaster, U. 8. Army, in charge of Office.
[Form No. 17.]
Ko. —.] Quartermaster's Department, U. S. A. [Rail.
Original hill of lading.
Received, Saint Louis, Mo., July 15, 1877, from Capt. E. B. Grimes,
ass't quartermaster, United States Army, the following articles and pack-
TRANSPORTATION OF TROOPS.
33
ages of public property specified below (contents and value unknown),
in apparent good order and condition, to be forwarded by the Kansas
Pacific Railway and connecting lines, from Kansas City, Mo., to Den¬
ver, Col., there to be delivered in like good order and condition unto
agent Denver Pac. R'y. Freight to be paid on the original bill of
lading to the Kansas Pac. R'y, by the disbursing quartermaster, U. S.
A., at Saint Louis, Mo., and at the rates hereinafter stated.
These stores are en route from Atlanta, Ga., to San Francisco, Cal.
(Signed in duplicate.)
G. W. SEDGWICK,
Agent for G. 8. Greely, H. Villard, Receivers K. P. R. R.
Dep't Quartermaster's Office,
St. Rouis, Mo., July 15, 1877.
I certify that I have shipped this day, by the Kansas Pacific Railway,
the six car-loads specified on this bill of lading, and that the rate named
below is correct.
E. B. GRIMES,
AssH Quartermaster, TI. S. Army.
2d 'U. S. Infantry : Six (6) cars officers' baggage, company property,
rations, &c. Half class, A, special.
Deduct % free allowance baggage [two (2) erased] three (3) cars.
The above erasure done by my order.
E. B. GRIMES,
Capt. & A. Q. M.
Via K. P. R'y. Ko payments to be made this road.
Received, Denver, Colorado, July 18th, 1877, from C. S. Greely, Henry
Yillard, receivers Kansas Pacific, the public property specified within,
in good order and condition, viz: six cars officers' baggage, company
property, rations, &c.
S. R. AIKSLEY,
Aft Denver Pacific R'y.
[Form No! 17.]
Quartermaster's Department, U. S. A.
Ko. —.] [Rail.
Duplicate bill of lading.
Received, Saint Louis, Mo., July 15, 1877, from Capt. E. B. Grimes,
ass't quartermaster, United States Army, the following articles and pack¬
ages of public property specified below (contents and value unknown),
in apparent good order and condition, to be forwarded by the Kansas
Pacific R'y and connecting lines, from Kansas City, Mo., to Denver, Col.,
there to be delivered in like good order and condition unto ag't De.n.
Pacific R'y. Freight to be paid on the origiual bill of lading to the
Kansas Pacific R'y by the disbursing quartermaster, U. S. A., at St,
Louis, Mo., and at the rates hereinafter stated.
These stores are en route from Atlanta, Ga., to San Francisco, Cal.
(Signed in duplicate.)
S. Ex. Doo. 29 3
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transportation of troops.
Depot-Quartermaster's Office,
St. Louis, Mo., July 15, 1877.
I certify that I have shipped this day, by the Kansas Pacific R'y, the
six car-loads specified on this bill of iading, and that the special rate
inserted below is correct.
E. B. GRIMES,
AssH Quartermaster, U. S. Army.
2nd U. S. Inf. : Six (6) cars officers' baggage, company property, ra¬
tions, &c., £ class, A, special.
Deduct % free allowance baggage [two (2) erased] three (3) cars.
The above erasure done by my order.
E. B. GRIMES,
Gapt. & A. Q. M.
Yia K. P. R'y. No payments to be made this road.
Received, Denver, Colorado, July 18th, 1877,from C. S. Greeley, Henry
Villard, receivers Kansas Pacific R'y, the public property specified
within, in good order and condition, viz: six cars officers' baggage, com¬
pany property, rations, &c.
S. R. AINSLY,
AgH Denver Pacific R'y.
Countersigned :
E. B. Grimes,
Capt. & A. Q. M.
[Account No. 226.]
V. S. Gov't to C. S. Greeley, Henry Villard, receivers Kansas Pacific Rail¬
way Go.
State line to Denver :
Company property, &c., 3 cars © £ class, A, $55.00 $165.00
July 15, 1877.
[No. 16.]
The United States to Kansas Pacific R'y Co., Dr., for transportation furnished as per sub
vouchers herewith.
No. of bill of
lading.
Date,
1877.
From—
To—
Miles.
Class..
Weight.
Kate.
Amoui
Dolls.
at.
Cts.
50
Jnly 15
Kansas City
Denver
639
JA.
3 cars.
$55 00
165
00
One hundred and sixty-five dollars.
San Francisco, Cal., Aug. 20,1877.
The United States Government to the Central Pacifie Railroad Company, Dr.
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[Passenger %, c'y- For transportation furnished in month of July, 1877, as follows :]
Date of
gov. or-
der.
Date of
transpor¬
tation.
No. of
way-bill
or order.
From—
To-
S Articles.
Fare.
Rate in—
Amount in
Miles or amounts on—
c'y.
Aid.
Non.
Aid.
Non.
July 15
20
July 20
" 19
76135
23133
Ogden
44
San Fran..
44
30 officers, 344 men, 42 laundresses, under pas.
cir. No. 32, Nov. 1, '75, en route from Atlanta,
Ga., to San Fran., via Denver.
Extra baggage, under extra-baggage rates, May
1, '72, en route from Atlanta, Ga., to San Fran.,
via Denver.
416
18,950
53 50
7 00
22,256 00-
1,326 50
851
851
32
32
21, 449 44
1,278 43
806 56
48 07
$23, 582 50
$22, 727 87
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