Adams to J. M. Wilson, Nov. 5, 1888, UP, PO, OC, vol. 45, ser. 2, r. 40.
For an interesting analysis of business decision making and rational narratives, see Naomi R. Lamoreaux, "Reframing the Past."
C. Knick Harley, "Oligopoly Agreement and the Timing of American Railroad Construction," Journal of Economic History 42 (Dec. 1982) 798-803, 815-20.
Harley, American Railroad Construction, 815-20.
Adams to Perkins, Oct. 14, 1885, UP, PO, OC, vol. 30, ser. 2, r. 25.
Memo: re West Bound Canadian Freight Pool, n.d. c. July 1885, Van Horne LB, 12:512-18, vol. 2.
Adams to Callaway, Oct. 12, 1885, UP, PO, OC, vol. 32, ser. 2, r. 28.
Adams to C. F. Morse, Sept. 8, 1885, Adams to Perkins, Sept. 25, 28, 1885, UP, PO, OC, vol. 29, ser. 2, r. 25.