He was a man who aggressively elbowed his way to the public trough. He not only got aid for railroads, but he secured supply contracts and swindled Indians during the Grant Administration. He headed the Texas & Pacific lobby from late 1874 through most of 1875, and remained an active advisor to Scott into 1878.
Hirshson, Grenville M. Dodge, 50-57.
Boyd to CPH, Jan. 10, 13, 1880, CPH Papers, ser. 1, r. 18.
Oberholtzer, Jay Cooke, 2:179.
Testimony of CPH, PRC, 1:24-25.
Dodge to Dillon, Aug. 17, 1874, box 179, vol. 382, Letterbooks - G. M. Dodge, 1872-1874, 377, Dodge Papers.
CPH to Hopkins, March 15, 1876, LB, 8:111, box 23, Hopkins Collection.