For complexities of Archer Bill, see Ward M. Mcafee, "Local Interests and Railroad Regulation in California during the Granger Decade," Pacific Historical Review 37 (Feb. 1968): 51-66.
Towne to CPH, March 7, 1876, CPH Papers, ser. 1, r. 9.
CPH to Hopkins, May 15, 1876, LB, 9:23, box 24, Hopkins Collection.
A. N. Towne to CPH, March 7, 1876, CPH Papers, ser. 1, r. 9.
Central Pacific Railroad Company v. Alfred A. Cohen (1876), 2-3.
CPH to Hopkins, May 12, 1876, LB, 9:19, box 24, Hopkins Collection.
CPH to Colton Oct. 26, 1875, Huntington Letters, 4:397.
Alfred A. Cohen, Southern Pacific Railroad First Mortgage Bonds: Review of the Statements of Mr. C. P. Huntington, Agent and Attorney (San Francisco, 1876).