Chapter 3: Friends

The road was chartered as the Texas and Pacific in 187l and reorganized as the Texas and Pacific in 1872,

S. 724, 42d Cong., 2d sess., April 25, 1872.

Poor, Manual, 1873-74, 605;

Poor, Manual, 1878-79, 858-59.

Texas and Pacific Railroad, 44th Cong., 2d sess., Rep. 139, pt. 1, 1-8.

For extent of Pennsylvania System in 1874, Poor, Manual, 1874-75, 452-58.

For Texas & Pacific, Poor, Manual, 597.

In 1877 there were only 443 miles in operation.

Poor, Manual, 1878-79 ,858-59.

Scott's creditors, Huntington to Colton, Sept. 23, 1875, Octopus Speaks.

Hopkins to CPH, Feb. 4, 1873, CPH Papers, ser. 1, r. 5.

CPH to C. Crocker, Feb. 3, 1871, Letters from Collis P. Huntington, 3:252-53.

For implications of fraud for interpretations of Gilded Age politics, Peter H. Argersinger,"New Perspectives on Election Fraud in the Gilded Age," Political Science Quarterly 100 (Winter, 1985-86), 669-687.

CPH to Hopkins, March 11, 1872, LB, 2:43, box 20, Hopkins Collection.

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