Adams to CPH, Oct. 27, 1888, Adams to Villard, Oct. 29, 1888, Adams to Barnum, Oct. 29, 1888, UP, PO, OC, vol. 45, ser. 2, r. 40.
Adams Diary, Dec. 23, 1888, Adams Papers, r. 3.
The Outhwaite bill also suffered from the opposition of Senator Sherman, who was influenced by Colgate Hoyt, who had fallen out with Adams and the Union Pacific.
The differences between the Central Pacific and the Union Pacific persisted.
The Burlington also worked against debt extension.
I. Bromley, Memorandum on Congress, Aug. 9, 1886, UP, MS 3761, SG2, ser. 1, box 32, f: Bromley-Burness.
Charles Francis Adams, Diary, Feb. 3, 1889, pp. 35-36, 40-41, Adams Papers, r. 3.
William Elsey Connelley, The Life of Preston B. Plumb, 1837-91 (Chicago: Browne & Howell Company, 1913), 373.
Charles Francis Adams, Diary, Feb. 3, 1889, pp. 31-32, Adams Papers, r. 3.