CPH to Crocker, April 5, 1883, CPH Papers, vol. 30, ser. 2, r. 6.
They initially would have preferred to have the Central Pacific simply guarantee Southern Pacific bonds.
T. Hopkins to CPH, July 23, 1883, CPH Papers, ser.1, r. 33.
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.
From Nov. 1885 to May 1886, the figure was 78 percent of the freight
Adams to Geo. Edmunds, March 17, 1885, Adams to Colgate Hoyt, March 18, 1885, UP, PO, OC, vol. 28, ser. 2, r. 24
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.