Adams to F. L. Ames, April 23, 1885, UP, PO, OC, vol. 28, s. 2, r. 24.
or defense, Testimony of Leland Stanford, Aug. 3, 1887, PRC, 5:2818-19.
Poor's statistics are often mutually contradictory from table to table, but they are still the best available source for these years.
Adams to S. R. Callaway, Dec. 1, 1884, UP, PO, OC, vol. 24, ser. 2, r. 21.
Adams to Hoyt, Feb. 4, 1885, UP, PO, OC, vol. 27, ser. 2, r. 23.
The seven routes in 1885 were (1) the UP and CP, (2) ATSF and SP, (3) SP and TP, (4) SP to New Orleans, (5) Burlington, D & RG, and CP, (6) NP, (7) A&P and SP. To these would quickly be added the Canadian Pacific and the Oregon Short Line. By the early 1890s there was also the Great Northern.
Adams to E. D. Sawyer, Feb. 13, 1886, UP, PO, OC, vol. 34, ser. 2, r. 29.
Adams to CPH, May 17, 1886, UP, PO, OC, vol. 35, ser. 2, r. 30.
Testimony of CPH, PRC, 1:41.
Klein, Jay Gould, 250, 258-59, 269-71.
note by Timothy Hopkins on letter, Personal and Confidential, CPH to Colonel Thos A. Scott, May 25, 1877, vol. 9: 185, box 24, Hopkins Collection.