Adams to Hallgarten & Co., March 1, 1886, UP, PO, OC, vol. 34, ser. 2, r. 29.
Adams to Callaway, April 22, 1886, UP, PO, OC, vol. 31, ser. 2, r. 23.
Adams occassionally wavered and thought through traffic would improve, Adams to Callaway, Aug. 24, 1886, vol. 32, ser. 2, r. 27.
The percentage for 1886 was 8 percent.
Adams to H. White, Dec. 3, 1885, UP, PO, OC, vol. 30, ser. 2, r. 26.
Adams to Callaway, Oct. 10, 1885, UP, PO, OC, vol. 32, ser. 2, r. 28.
Julius Grodinsky, Transcontinental Railway Strategy, 1869-1893: A Study of Businessmen (Philadelphia: Univ. of Pennsylvania Press, 1962), 165-66
Van Horne to Sir. John McDonald, Oct. 25, 1885, Van Horne LB, 14:110-12, vol. 2.
Van Horne to J. J. Hill, April 21, 1886, Van Horne LB, 16:268-70, vol. 3.
General Traffic Manager to Railway Age, Jan.7, 1887, Van Horne LB, 20:48, vol. 3.
Van Horne to P. V. Martinsen, Jan. 19, 1887, 19: 100, vol. 3.
S. R. Callaway to Adams, Oct. 19, 1886, UP, box 35, f. Aug. 11 - Oct. 86, LB, 53.
S. R. Callaway to Adams, Jan. 8, 1887, UP, box 47, f. 3;.
Adams to Callaway, March 29, 1886, UP, PO, OC, vol. 33, ser. 2, r. 28.
Testimony of Charles Francis Adams, April 29, 1887, PRC, 1:112.