Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 1, 1883, Page 12

B i { i | e ——————————— e e owerful locomotives, Tho magnificent irector's car, constructed by the Pitts burg, Fort Wayne & Chicago Railroad company for this road, was piaced in the vear, and devoted to members of con- gress, and other distinguished guests, who felt desirous of making a critical ex- amination of the road and adjacent oountry, which they now visited for the first time. The next oar forward was the celebrated Government, or Lincoln car, the private property of Me. Durant, and was therefore devoted principally to his own personal friends and their fam ilies. In front of this were four fine pas- senger coaches, put up at the compeny's car-shops at Omaha, These were de- voted to the excursionists generally One of which, however, was oocupicd almost exclusively by the Elkhorn club, Next came the mess, or cooking car, con- structed also at the Fort Wayne shops, and designed as a tender, or companion %o the director’s car. In front of this was a mail, or express car, conveniontly fitted up as a refreshment saloon. And in front of all, or next Itu the unylu'm, Was the baggage and supply car. Tho en- gines wore profusely docked with fags, and appropriate mottoes; and the whole outfit presented a most imposing appear- ance, as it left the Missouri Valley, and steaned away toward the Rocky Moun- tains, ALL ON BOARD, A large number of inwited guests from Omaha and vicinity accompanied the eastern excursionists, The following is the completo list of NAMES OF THR EXCURSIONISTS —GURHTS OF THE UNION PACIFIC: Directors and Officers of the U. P. Railroad Company, — Directors—Thomas C. Durant, New York, vice-presidon Cook, Town; on, New York: C. A. Lambard, t«; John Duff, Massachusetts; C. T. Sherman, Ohio, government di- Washington; General 8. R Curtis, Towa; Hon, W.'M. White, Connocti- cut, Chief Enginee: Iting K k Gon. G, M. Dodge, Towa. ineer— Col. Silas Seymour, Assistaut Superintendent and General Freight and Tic Agent - W. Sn Attaches H. M. Hoxie, in chargs of steam boats: B. F. Bunker, N. A, Gestner, in charge of xpecinl train. G Frost, purchasing agent. Maj. L. 8. Bent, burnetizer. General and Daniel Casement, in charge of track. J. Carbutt, photographer; Mr. Hein, assistant photographer. Great Western Light Guard Band of Chicago—A. J. Vaas, leader. Rosenblatt's band of St. Joseph—H. Rosenblatr, leader. INVITED GURSTS, Hon BF Wade, U 8 Hon J W Patterson, senator. U 8§ senator, Hon M Welker, Hon W Lawrence, H B Alley and Miss Emma Alley. wi Hon R B Buckland, Hon I T Rogers, Hon R B Hayes, Hon BM Boyer and Hon 8§ E Ancona. wife, HonJ H Farquar and TeGrand Lockwood. wife, Heary B Lockwond, Barl of Arlio, Eng and, M O'Dillon_Barrett, secretary French lo Marquis Chambrun, gntion. Mr and Mrs J T Me- Miss A M Williams, _ Cobb, Horaco Williams, Wi Leighton, MraJ H 3 Miss Graff, J E Sherman, Rev Dr G F Wiawell and wifs, J R Duff mpson. Mins Minnie Simpson. J T Tuttle, M D, Miss M H'Shorman. B D Stewart, Miss H R Stowart, Mirs Duff, Miss Hull. Rev I H Tuttle, D D, Col K D Taylor. and wife. Miss K ate Offloy. Jones, surgeon, U GenJ | L V. . SN. Hon Augustus Schell. Rov W R Brown. John Crarar. Mr and Mra Goorge eo T'M Davis, Francis Train and k. maid. S Polhemus, Miss M 8 Dodge. nd Mrs W H Hon Thomas ¥ Plun- huche. Kott. G A Bonedict, ra H Bakor, iss Bugbee, Tnanc § Watorman, H M Smith, Col William Osborn, Mrs A P Clark. S R Walls, Dr and Mm § 1, Sprague. W Hilton, Col A W Johnson, Hon i B Senty Col Thos Diminick, Miss E H Buker, Dr F Plunmer. Mr and MrsJ H Con- nelly. Mrs R A Park, Capt St Albe, H M Kinsley, J A Gilden, B T Watkin Joseph Medill, John Potts, J H Bowen, R M McHeury. T W Fabens, Mr and Mrs W H C¥ Atkinson, Painter. Josinh Hastings, ¥ H Hall, O B Hazeltine, B P Hazeltine, Porry H Smith, Jr. ol B H Jenk, DrH B VanDeventer, R D Hicks, W G Mendenhall, George K Kilbourne, Mrand Mrs R Harris, F'S Lathrop. E Reily, Mr and Mrs D W Kilbourne, Tra P Bowen. AN Allon, M D, ¥ W Hinsdale. Mrs § Soymour. J M Seymour. ¥ranklin C White, Thomas H Cuthell, 8 P Holmes, Tuthor Kountze, J W Millor. William L Woods, ~ Major Hennings. Mr Winter, Capt John B Turner, W H Forry, Porry H Smich, Georga L Dunlap. 1513 Talo Col J H Howe, Johu O Gault, Tsuac B Howe. John V Ayor, Georgo M Pullman, Hiram Wheeler, Charles H Hapgood, Robt T Lincoln, Norman Willisms, John M _Rountres, Hon H B Curtis. Henry 1, Curtis, Dr J M Buckingham, Chas T Sherman, Jr. Dr RD Hicks, § Lathrop, Miss Hattie V La- A Winton, throp. C ' Atkingon, Rev W R Brown, 1, L Hurman, Gen (i MO'Brion and Tady. 8t A D Balcombe and Tady. Goorge T, Miller, ¥ M McDonaugh, Balch, T R Montgomory. M, Omaha. cal director, Major Bird E B Taylor. Judge C Baldwin, Mr and Mrs J W Dr Aloxander, modi-of the placo, next morning, the Indians aroused the excursionists by a sevenade whoops and yells, which caused considerablo excite- ment and fear among the more timid ones, but when informed that it was a joke originated by Mr. Durant, General Dodge and Seeretary Paddock, of the Elk horn club, their fear were allayed and and they resumed their slumbers. 3 After breakfast was served, the train proceeded westward, some little distance, and then halted in front of the Indian encampment, where the excursionists witnessed a sham Indian fight. After the battle, Mr. Durant distri- buted several hundred dollars worth of of presents among the Indians and their sqEAWS, When this most interesting exhibition of savage hfe and customs was ended, the excursion train started again on its westward course, passing successively the embryo towns of Silver Creck, Lone Tree, Grand TIsland, Wood River, Kearney, Elm Croek, Plum Creek, and Willow Island. Soon after which, and at about 8 p. m., it arrived at the termi nation of the second day's journcy, a distance of 279 miles west of Omaha. WAT CAMP NO. 2. Here, as at Columbus, on the previous evening, a large and brilliantly illumin- ated encampment had beeu prepared for the reception of the guests. A military encampment had also been established “during the previous day by Colonel Mizner, in command of Fort McPherson on the opposite side of the Platte, 8o near the excursionists' camp as to preclude any fear from the roaming bands of Indians, which were said to in- fest this portion of the country. Comfortable quarters were immediately assigned to each one of the party, and very soon thereafter an elegant supper was served When the excursion party left New York, it was understood that it would overtake the western ond of the Union Pacific railroad track, at or about the one hundredth meridian of longitude, some two hundred and forty-seven miles west of Omaha, and that then and there the great celebration would come off, as per invitation and programme. But there they now were more than thirty miles west of the one hundredth merid- ian, and no end of track yet visiblo On the following morning, the famous Eikhorn club, marched in a body down to the Platte river and took their matu. tinal wash, Breakfast was then had, after which an amusing programme of exercises was rendered, and a serics of resolutions were passed. At eleven o'clock the train pulled outfor the end of the track some eight or ten miles distant. Several hours were spent here in watching the track laying under the direction of Gen- eral Casemnt and Danier Casement. Upon returning to camp the excursion- ists found an elegant dinner awaiting them. The camp was at that time named Platto City Tn the evening o fino display of fire- works was given from the stand in the center of the camp, under the direction of Webster Snyder and Silas Seymour. At a later hour a concert took pf:.co at Bunker hall,followed by a lecture on phre- nology by*‘Professor” Wells, who amus- ingly illustrated his subject by reforring to the head of George Francis Train, HOMEWARD BOUND, At ten o’clock next morning the train started on its return trip to Omaha, where it arrived at ten o'clock in the evening. On the following morning quite a number of the excursionists left for tho ecast, going by stage and the Chicago & Northwestorn rail- road. The rest of the party left Omaha on the following Sunday by tho steamer Denver for St. Joo. Upon reaching Chi- cago, a meoting of the excursionists was held in the opera house, the assembly being increased by tho attendance of a large number of Chicago’s prominent citizens, The assembly was called to order by Mayor Rice, who delivered an address, aftor which the meeting adopted a series of resolutions. Speeches were then made by Hon, C. A. Lambard, of Boston; Hon. B. F. Wade, of Ohio; J. C. Dore, the president of the Chicago board of trade; Col. J. H. Howe, solici- tor of the Chicago & Northwestern; Lord Airlie, of England; Hon. S. S. Hayes, of Chicago; Hon. B. M. Boyer, of Penn- rylvnnin; the marquis of Chambrun, of France; Senator Patterson, of New Hampshire; Gon. J. H. Simpson, and others, The following was the Speech of Hon, B. ¥, Wade at Chi- oago, Mr. Mayor, Ladies and Gentiemen: T fool entiroly Inadequate, o oxproas to this assemblage the feelings which I en- tertain upon the subject under consider- aticn, I have looked over the map f the whole country fora good many years, and at an early period of my study of the geography of our country and its history I was impressed deeply with tho im portance of this location, Chicago, and about thirty-two years ago 1 visited this city, or the site where the city now stands, for at that period there was no city here—there were a fow rude build- George R’ Smith, P |ings, and some gentlemen, attracted by the location and " prospective importanco interested in_its future building up, and, like myself, believing it might grow into a grest city. Iat- tended, I recollect, a court here at that H C Nutt, ex, and Mrw Gen Dodge and [time, but there were hardly any inhabi- laly. dlll({hk!l’. Miss Julia M Dodge. M s H M Hoxie. Mrs G W Frest, Miss C M Frost. Miss A J Shaw, Mrs D T Casement, John Jones, Hon A Saunders, governor of Nebraska. HonJ M Thayer and lady, and Hon T W Tipton, U 8 senators-elect, Hou Willinm Kellogg, chief justice of Ne- braska, Major General Phillip 8¢ George Cooke (com- mandiug department of the Platte) and stafl. Hon A 8 Paddock and lady, secretary of Ne- hraska, Mlu}lu:u(!mlflnx, chief commissary of the atte. cull;LK Mizner, (Fort McPherson), lady and Siter, Liout Yates, Second cavalry, U 8 A. g.;ltf sk‘AdA ll, S‘;'wndn;ulry, US A, L, Jenkins, in Rail ) Printiag Eviablishumens, ! Yioneer J Shepherd, ruperintendent United States Kxpress compaiy. il editor Trigle, Council Bluffs, Tows, W F Burke, editer Noupareil, Council Bluff, Towa, OFE FOK THE END OF TRACK, The excursion train left Omaha shortly before noon, running at a slow rate of speed 80 as tnnlnt zhou;.uninninun opportunity of seeing the country. he tu?n rmh:,d Cuhmbgn s00n zr dark, and was halted in front of a b; antly illuminated encampment, cover- ing several acres, a short distance north of the station buildings, and so ar- ranged as to afford comfortable acoomoda- tions for all who wished to leave the cars aud enjoy the novelty of a night's sleep in camp. A splendid "supper was served in a e tent, which all greatly en- u&;fl.‘ uring the evening a large number of Pawnee Indisns gave a war dance near the encampment, and the entertainment proved very novel and interesting to anany of the visitors. Before daylight, tants and very little to do in the court. I cannot describa the condition of this place at that time, I have been over the city to-day,and endeavored to recollect the sites where the important ‘transactions were, even where the court house stood; but I am entirely unable now to form any definite opinion” where the place was, and 8o of all tho rest of the city, We have all heard of the wonderful and amazing growth of t] ity; of the great, bold enterprise of its_inhabitants—the whole country is deeply ressed with these sentiments, but, sir, it takes the presentation of the reality before us to enable us to understand the full power of our operations here, [Applause.] I have been amazed to-day, as passed through your thoroughfares and viewed the wonderful progress that has been made in that short period. I believe that to-day you constitute a city, third in point of population, and first, I may say, n point of enterprise, upon this conti- nent—{applause] —and I doubt whether you yourselves understand the full im- portance of the position on this conti- nent which you occupy. I am sure, sir, until I passed through this excursion, I had ly no conception of the import- ance of this point, Chicago, and, what is still more important, of the vastness and richness of the great country that lies west of you, and which is bound to con- tribute in the future s0 much to build up the second, if not the f city upon this continent, [Applluhd] lflnvu al- Wi been a strenuous advocate for a railway communication between the At. lantic and Pacific oceans. 1 have never doubted that it was a political as well as a commercial necessity, without which 1 do not believe that our great and glori- ous republic could be amplificd and grow toits full dimensions. Ihave always Catkanaain AsAAARL R Arnany LOAN A U VARSI L g A0V DAY 1y 1000, been willing, as a member of the national legislature, to do almost anything that would encourage our enterprising men to engage in this great enterprise—s« great, #nir, that the minds of our most courage- ous ocapitalists were almost apalled at its magnitude; and its importance was still greater than ita magnitude. But I have been over the ground, and as T passed over it, sir, looking out of the car windows and endeavoring to view every acre of the ground we passed of the most fertile character [ have ever seen, | have realized that there was nothing in the cast that at all compares with it. Its capabilities exceed the imagination of any man, and we can hardly arrive by our imaginations to the importance of this great and fertile country, when it shall be covered with a dense and enter- prising population, and all those fertile acres cultivated, even as the land is now cultivated in the Eastern States, and the whole of its agricuitural wealth is to find its outlet through this great city. [Ap- plause.] And that, sir, is only the com- mencement of it. Its agricultural wealth and productions are nothing compared to the mineral wealth lying hidden_now in the mountains of that region. Why, sir, to speak of the political necessity, some men have talked about the disun- ion of these atates. I never was who believed in that, because 1 have never scen where the Almighty had erected a barrier sufficient to divide our nation into parts. [Applause.] You may look to the Gulf of Mexico, and to all our extreme southern boundary; you may traverse that line up to Canada, and even there you will find no adequate boundary. [Great applause.] You may 4o west from the Atlantic ocean, travers ing these vast fertile plains over which we travelled, and you will find no place for an international boundary line. No secessionist nor disunionist can go over the ground and designato the line where disunion could possibly take place. [Ap- plauze.] I never believed the thing pos- sible, and with a_genial people, homo- geneous in all their sentiments, their habits, their education, all, as it were, one family, for any man to supposo that there is anything that can finally rend them asunder, 18 utterly preposterous. I mean to the crest of the Rocky Moun- tains, for there, in my judgement, is the only place where any separation could by any possibility take place. And when Icontemplate that and see that vast region beyond, rich as the other in agri- cultural capabilities, and infinitely richer in the material wealth, and peopled too by the same class of people, still, sir, 1 might fear that ambition might conceive the idea that beyond the Rocky Moun- tains, on the Pacific coast, a great and prosperous nation, separate from us, might be built up, and when I contem- plate that, sir, I think I see the neces- sity of intimate connections with that people by commerce, by social relations, and all those ties that bind nations to- wother. [Applause] Not believing that thers is any danger of such a thing, for, for the honor of that great people over there be it said, they have given us no intimation that there is auy design to separate themselves from the rising and rospective glories of this great republic. Applause.] But, sir, itis a dictate of prudence politically to cultivate the most timate relations with that people, and use every facility for connecting ourselves most closely with them. How, sir, should this be done? Man’s ingenuity has in- vented no other way except the all-effi- cient instrumentality of the railway. And that is sufficient to bind nations to- gether this day infinitely stronger than the people of the old timo were capable of. Therefore, sir, I do honor to all those whe, either through patriotism or the far-reaching knowledge of their own interests, are taking in hand to expend their capital, their thought and their labor on this great enterprise. And as we proceeded west over those vast plains, and found what the energy of those men had done, it filled our minds with the grentest degreo of admiration. As the gentleman who proceeded me has said, there was no man among us whose heart did not warm toward the men who en- gaged their fortunes in this great enter- prise. They have prosecuted it with an energy that astonished me, whether it did others or not. I'had no idea that this road was creeping along with such facility toward its western termination: and when I saw it I felt glad that all the = votes I have ever given in congress, hav- ing any connection with this great enterprise, have been to ad i, [Applause.] I Iabored to have it done, long before it was. There was a time preceding the war—for this great work has been in contempla- tion for a good many years—that we fought this thing persistently, but without success; wo could not get it throagh con- gress. Wo sent out surveyors to pros- pect and estimate the cost of the differ- ent roads through the Rocky mountains aud on to the Pacific coast, and they re- ported that it would cost a hundred mil- lions of dollars to establish this road there, and men thought this sum so great that no nation could afford to en- gage in the enterprise, You all know the arguments used in congress against it. It was extravagant, it was enormous, it would bankrupt the nation to under- take it, yot a private company of indi- viduals, aided a little by the government, bave goneion sad rendared it not only possible, but have, in a great measure, accomplished the work. [Applause. | As the gentleman who preceded me stated, we traversed the road seven hun dred miles west of this place, into the very heart and centre of the continent, and there we found them going on almost as fast as & wan could walk. Indeed I did not know at one time if we should be ablo to get to the end of it, for I will say that they are prosecuting it with an un- abated energy, aud with a unity of pur- pose that is perfectly amazing, Every workmen knows his place—everyone is as busy as he can be—the work goes per- ceptibly on while you stand there view- ing it; and, sir, this is most honorable to those gentlemen who have this great work in charge. I tell you that five years will not elapse béfore you may take the cars here and go to San Fran- cisco in four days. [Applanse.] Aund then think of the developments of that great country which will be disclosed, How is it now, sir, in your Rocky Moun- tain region, a region 8o remote and so little known, that ten years ago, I recol- lect, in congress, when we undertook to divide it up into territories, we were puz zled most of all to fix the boundaries, because we did not know, where they would run, and, if you look in our work you will find that we have bounded them on the we t “‘by the crest of the Rocky mountains, wherever that might be.” We knew not if there was any gold or other minerals worth looking after there. These, however, the energy and enter- priso of our age’ have disclosed, and the questi ow 13, how shall the wealth of those regions be developed for the ad- vantage of the nation and the benefit of the world at large ¢ 1 will say one thing here, by way of digression, that there are those who look upon the public debt con- sequent upon this work with great appre hension, but such gentlemen have not hoen of these excursionists, [Applause. ] They have not looked to the amazing resources of this government, agricul- tural, mineral, and otherwise. Now, just think for one moment what amounts of gold and silver have been dug out of these mountains under all the disad- vantages of having no great mode of com munication, when men had to drag their heavy and ponderous instruments for getting out these minera s over thousands of miles of untracked territory, and yet, sit, they have dug out those precious metals by hundreds of millions. W, think of the vast chain of mountains, extending from the north of Mexico to the remotest north, running through this great republic from end to end, and all full of these precious metals, and think when this railway shall be accomplished there, when these great and ponderous mstruments so necessary to develop those minerals, shall be taken there by the speed of the railway, and that great min eral region shall be exposed to the enterprise of the American peo- ple everywhere with such ease and facility —where the workmen may be fed by railway communication— where all their wants can be so easily supplied—imagine, if you can, the im- mense wealth that will be developed al- most instantly when the railway reaches those regions, and then doubt, if you can, the ability of this nation to en- counter any debt whatever. [Applause. ] And another thing occurs to me that I have no doubt will take place the mo- ment this great thoroughfare reaches the Pacific ocean; the whole course of trade and commerce will be changed by which all nations, ancient and modern, have sought the great and rich countries of the east. China and India will be reached in one-half, nay one-third the time we reach them now, and they wil! find—for self-interest governs all these things, whatever the pride of nations may dictate—it will not divert the course of trade from its easi- est channels, and when you have diverted the course of trade through our republic, all that Europe uses of the spices, teas, and silks of the east will come through this chaunel, here by you, the people of Chicago. [Applause.] I tell you, sir, end 1 say to this company, you have a right to be proud of what you have done, for you are revolutionizing the commerce of the world. I do not know that any man can now form a judgment of the exceeding importancs of this great work; but I am glad, sir, that it has fallen to my lot to support it bofore the nation, to give my voice and influence in its behalf. [Applause.] I am glad, sir, that it stands recorded there that, through good report and thiough ovil report, I stood by this as T stand by all those great thor- oughfares that connect the interests of this great republic with one another. The gentleman alluded to that great in- ternational work, the water communica- tion between here and the east, almost as important as the other, and worthy the enterprising people of Chicago to bring before the public, and I trust they will have the inteliigence and the power to impress its importance on the whole peo- ple of the United States, so that the work shall go hand in hand with the oth- er, and finally bo accomplished. [Ap- plause.] Thereforo, again I say to you that the importance of this location transcends probably what most men think of it. If you are not to be the first city of this continent, you will never have but two rivals—San Francisco, on the Pacific, may contend the palm of greatness with you, and New York has got to run fast to get out of your way. [Laughter and applause.] You may deom’ that an_extravagant expression, but recollect that New York city had to struggle for one hundred and fifty years before she had the population and wealth that you have to-day. Look at her his- tory, and then at all this you have made up since I visited this, then barren spot, thirty-two years ago, and certainly neith. er your intelligence nor your enterprise are slow toperceive the great advantages of your location; and what I have seen to-day convinces me that you will not be slow to appropriate all the advantages ou possess. No people of this country ave more intelligence, more of en- terprise, more of the Ameri- can Yankee go-aheadativeness than the people of Chicago. [Applause.] I say again, there are but two cities on this continent that can compete with you and your posterity for the palm of greatness. ““And now, as to the excursion. I have said before, and I repeat it here, that it was on tho most comprehensive scale of magnificence that I have ever scen. The company have stopped at nothing that would promote our happi- ness or bring within our grasp all the in- telligence we could possibly acquire on this sub, They stopped at nothing, and there is not a member of that excur- sion party who would not admit the per- fect organization that was brought about by the managers of the excursion. It was thoroughly organized—and, travers- ing this continent more than fifteen hun- dred miles, having to use difterent modes of conveyance, transporting this great company from oxe point to another with- out the least confusion or the least de- lay, was a work that required brains as well as generosity. Their arrangements were all perfect, and the enjoyment of the excursionists ‘was as great as it was possible that it could be made by all that human ingenuity could give, and T be- lieve there is not a man among them but feels to-day, in his heart, gratitude for the opportunities it gave him to be ac- quainted with our great country. Here I‘mny also say, siv, that we took away out there, amang the Pawnees, and brought face to face with barbarism, almost the entire instrumentalities of our highest civilization. We had there a printing press; a morning paper was printed in the Platte valley, beyond the hundredth meridian, and while the Paw- nees were dancing their wild dances, the printers were working off a descri| of the scene. The spectacle was a novel and a gratifying one, and 1 doubt if, in the history of these times, which amaze and surprise men, there has been any- thing more surprising than took place on those remote plains. With the print- ing press we had the telegraph, that we might in a moment communicate with our friends at home frora that dis- tant region among the yells of the aborg- ines. For cue, I'enjoyed it more than I can express, and my gratitude to the gentloman who invited me to participate in this great occasion is more than I can express. To the people of Chicago, to the mayor of the city and its officials generally, I also wish to return my most sincere thanks for their abundant hospi- talities. They have done all to promote our pleasure, and make interesting this great excursion, that men could do, “I am thankful that 1 lll‘.e“lblud to return my thanks thus publicly to all who have contributed to our enjoyment, and with this expression will detain yon no longer, as there are to follow me gen- tlemen who are much better able to de- soribe the scenes through which we have passed.” — Dr. John Hall, of New York city, has ouly missed two Sundays from sickness during the sixteou years of his American ministry, CITIZEN TRAIN ON OMAHA. The Hundred Millionaire !---Psycho-Pa- ¢ific Evolntion, Founding the Credit Mobilier and Constructing Pacific Rail~ way ! Collapsing Two Hundred Millions Jold-==""Psycho-Bull” With Fogy China! Holocaust of Wealth===The Union Saved by Constructing the Union Pacific Railroad. Interesting Chapter of Inside History —George Francis Train Inter- viewed by Our Special Cor- respondent. Last Sunday afternoon the special correspondent of Tae Bek called upon George Francis Train at the Ashland house, Madison square, and handed him the following telegram: Oyana, Nebr,, November 25, To ¥. A. Richardson, Rooms of the Omaha Bk, N Tribune Building, New York, Call on George Francls Train, Ashland house and got ten columns if possible, his re- collections of fact, location Pacific terminus at Omaha, incidental with breaking ground twenty years ago, Decomber 24, Also brief outline, organization and work Credit Mobi- lier, and Crodet Foncier. Want matter next Friday sure, Tolograph whether we can E. ROSEWATER. G. F. T.—It would cover ten entire pages of Tk Bre! He telegraphs you for but ten columns. Reporter.—Never mind quantity Citizen Train, when quality is at premium, I understand Mr. Rosewater’s enterprise. He wants to take the edge of all other papers on the anniversary of the opening two decades agr. So I will take down as much as you are willing to pencil and any ready made facts you may possess! Wero you not the originator of the Union Pacific? ORGANIZATION AT G. F. T.’s nouse. G. F. T.—Yes, the whole programme was made over my table at 156 Madison avenue! October 1863 Dix was elected president! Cisco, treasurer with 30 di- rectors! These thirty formed an excu- tive committee of seven! Theseseven appointed a contracting committee of three! [Dix, Bushnell and Durant.] This trinity made a contract with one [Hoxie!] From October 29, ’63 to May 25, 1869, Durant was vice-president [And everything else!] Hoxie's proposi- tion to build the first one hundred miles was accepted by the executive committes September 23, 1864! Ten days after 147 miles were added! Hoxie assigned the contract to a syndicate of Durant, McComb, Bushnell, Lombard and Gray! [All U. P. directors except Gray]. The contract was divided into sixteen hun- dred one thousand dollar shares, or parts of shares, $1,600,000; Durant taking $600,000! McComb $100,000. Balance among my friends. [Ameses, Lombard, Griswold, Gray, Macy, McCormick, Holliday, Nickerson, Butlers, Baker, Monell, Williams, Glidden, Bardwell, Steadman. Dexter, Hazard.] These last came in later. To get ,000 taken T hawked the contract through Moses Taylor, Garrison, the Careys,, Weston and Gray, Vanderbilt, W. P. Furniss, Simon Cameron, Upton, Forbes, Thayer, Jay Cooke. A. A. Lowe, Dunham and Diamond, Grinnell and Minturn, Charles A. Marshal, Addison Jerome, Duncan Clews, Eber Francis, Boardman, Apple- ton, Tom Harper and the leading mil- lionaires of St. Louis, Chicago, New York, Boston, Philadelphia and Pitts- burg. THE CREDIT MOBILIER, Reporter— As you organized Credit Mobilier! planted Terminus at Omaha! excursioned several congresses to the Rocky Mountains, how happens it, Mr. Train, that you never gave public true inwardness of this colebrated enter- prise? G, F. T.—Because it did not interest me! When Citizen Dana bombarded Credit Mobilier statesmen, he placed a pago of the Sun at mydisposal, if I would tell the story! But I was too much in- terested in watching his Tilden conspir- acy on Greely to sell out his Demecrats to Grant (when C. A D, was being used as stool-pigeon by *‘old Cyphergram,” as he is now!) to comply with his request! Besides, ho wanted fraud, and there was none! MOBILIER STOCK. Reporter —Was there really any Fraud, Mr. Train, in this Union Pacitic Credit Mobilier aflair? G. F. T.—Fraud? No! There never was 80 honest a transaction! As I made nearly every brick in the building, I ought to know if they were made of straw! The fact is the shrewdest capitalists had faith in the speculation! Ask Macy? Guion] Ben Halliday? McCormick? and the American capitalists if it was not my psychology that magnetized those who invested their stamps! Moses Taylor, the twenty alluonaire had no confi- dence! Ask Stokes and Thorn! if I did not offer him presidency day be- fore election, if he would take $100,- 0007 Ask A. A, Loweif he too did not refuse my offor! Ask Stokes (Phelps, Dodge & Co.) if he did not decline §50,- 000 of this wonderful bonanza? and Chit- tenden and Jay Cookel Ask any of the long list of names who declined affair as *‘orazy speculation” to attempt, with 80 small subsidy, such mammoth enter- prise? Nobody had faith! (Such mer- chants and bankers preserve letters! Let them publish mine in 1864!) I worked on Durant six months before I hooked him, and, but for his terrible en- ergy and prodigal expenditure of money, road would wot have been built to this day! It was the crowning act of the groenback age! It was bult of Ameri- can iron; & noble tribute to American industry! It employed American labor —__———-—_—_———g on its roadway and its outfit! Irish labor got the stamps! Bankers wouldn't bank! No confidence in Credit Mobilior, Union Pacifie up-hill work, Millionaires gave it wide berth, Omaha could not grasp it! New York too small to see it. Augustus Kountz lost a great chance. This life narative of the best known association on the globe is so different from its reputation, Train— My financial plans subsequently adopted in building 40,000 miles of rail. MOSES TAYLOR ASKED TO JOIN, Reporter—Did you say the groat cap- italists had no faith in the speculation? G. F. T.—~Not a particle! 1 wrote a score of old banking friends to join us, in lotters like this to Moses Taylor, after building the first section: OwAHA, January, 1 Dear Moses Taylor: Forty miles road open! ‘wenty more in February! Hundrod on time! hen two hundred a year! In five years will Central Pacific coming this_way at Ore- "Tis an immenso national enterprise, m! *[and the speculation is an individual bonanza! Will you join me with $100,000 {one-sixteenth contract on inside ring)? You lost the presi- dency when I offered it to you the day before election, through lack of “faith! Don't’ loss this contract (gold mine) through a similar lack of confidence! Seo Lowe! Stokes! Sloan! Phelps! and ask if T shall save them a sharein the most creditable, national and profitable enterpriss afoat] Answer fumediately. The Boston men also got lettors of this tenor. My first remittance on contract came from my twc decade friend, W, | T, Glidden: Bosroy, 1864, My Dear Train: Enclosed is check for $: 000 - half to my credit, balance to Williams on Pacific contragt! Can’t you spare me $25,- 000 for Prince Grinell, who™ is a Prince of a tellow. WM. T. GLIDDEN, Nat Thayer was too disgusted because I turned him and Michigan Central Brooks out of directory to speak to me. John Elliott Thayer was the man who suggested that my share in firm of Enoch, Train & Co., in 1852, should be not less than §15,000! He was the only man that demoralized me on custom house matters. 1 smuggled his silver banquet service ashore 1n the Ocean Monarch; but I did not know any better then! THE IRON KING. How few are aware, except “‘the argo- nauts,” that Citizen Train is on record in typed speeches as pioneer of our whole railway system west of the Missouri as well as western Iowa,.—[Ep. Bee. Oh, yes! T, who land from old Of “pi toams” in “‘rail advance! In dozen states I mapped the schemo That bailt the roads to change the scone. Ark Nebraskn who first laid town, Their iron rails from towa to town? Ask Colorado— Denver men, If they ever heard rail the name of Train? Ask Kansas who first built their rail From Wyandotta through ‘‘Pawnee vale?” My “‘sixty thousand dollar check” Saved St. Louis railway men from wreck! Hallett was bankrupt and my cash Saved Kansas Pacific railway crash “Ed L ned” tried to steal the ro But had not force to wield the load, “‘Canada Ross,” and Carter, too, In Kansas tried to put on the screw. Leavenworth knows now, to her cost, How much her cold reception cost. Had citizons then held faith in me, Rail terminus would have made town free; Two hundred thousand paid Freemont, Stone, Isaac, McDonell, Ewing, Font. On Pottawottamie Indian lands, Placed Kansas road in Hallett’s hands, And I arranged with Hullett there "o rail the state as millionaire. Then from Saint Jo to Omaha, With Phelps and my father-in-law, That road was built at early day, To open up the harvest duy. FOUNDER OF CREDIT MOBILIER. Reporter—And is it true, Mr. Train, that the Credit Mobilier was solely your own creating? G. F. T.—Yes! I paid Myors, surveyor of Philadelphia, and Hall (inspector) $20,000 (85,000 cash down and $15,000 in stock) for old Duff Green’s Pennsyl- vania Fiscal agency! Having just ar- rived from the old world, where I saw Periere’s great bank (in Place Vendome, which developed French industry), I paid Hall $500 to give those old Dutchmen at Harrisburg to change name to Credit Mobilier of America. (W. H. Harding, of Philadelphia Enquirer, told me he could have done the business for §50!) 1 sold this charter to Durant, March 3, 1864, for $50,000 in Credit Mobilier stock! (The name was changed by le lature March 26, 1864.) To show how little faith one of the shrewdest men in New York, my father-in-law, Georgo T. M. Davis, had in the Credit Mobilier, he s0ld my stock, much to my disgust, and his when he saw the dividends (as trus- tee), for eighty cents on the dollar! This settles the swindle idea! Nobody had faith in the Union Pacific as a safe spec- ulation! (or my father-in-law would not have sold what I kuew was so valuable at twenty per cent discount! a clear loss of $200,000!) This was where psycho- v n was ahead of Wall street! ~Yes! Gould owes what I put into Durant’s hands! But unless the U. P. pay me my million commissions, the road some day will be in receiver's charge! When 1 want stamps for peanut picnics with these little people on Madison Square 1 may make Rome howl! OAKES AMES AND BROOKS, Reporter: Did Oakes Ames act on the square! G. F. T.—Yes! Brooks and Oakes Ames had the whole swill pail of Credit Monilier Colfaxism slopped over their heads! Both of the congressmen were fair and square! They paid us their checks like men! (Dana does them a terrible injustice! But he thinks he is right! He is not the man to be out- right! He fired at Ames to hit Garfield- ism!] The reason Brooks held up in con- gress so exultingly the Nelson Credit Mo- bilier certificate was because he paid cash for iv like a man! (Nelson's mar- riage with Brooks' daughter was arrang- ed at my houses!) The reason Oakes Ames showed his memorandum book was because the entries there were not bogus! (No legislature or congress was ever elected without direct or indirect use of money. Why lie about it it? Party is based on spoils. Partisans depend on stamps for votes. Every sen- ator, congressman and logislator is nut of pocket in election expenses! Even Kear- ney's reform convention spent $200,000 more than the appropriation! In drinks The system is wrong and should be abol- ished. Ves! It killed poor Brooks, who was scholar as well as gentleman! The old school whig became young school demo- crat, and was credit to the party! I am glad to wipe off the sta'n of Credit Mo- biliier affair by saying that he same into it as capitalist, not as lobyist or bribist, and that I could not have beat the dis- hunest Thad Stevens strikers without him! The bill, as I said, was saved by forty-four u paid democrats under my lead to victory! I caa give you names if you want them, They all dined with me at my twenty plate banquet at Wil- lard’s! fight were Holman (Dana’a letter-pad candidate) and Washburn Yes! this was time reforred to when I beat Belmont | and made him postpone Chicago conven- tion 1864 from July 4th to August 20th, Some day 1 will show how Rothschild | put up McOlellan to elect Lincoln! as Seymour was launched to elect Grantl Greely to reelect him! and Tilden to count in Hayes! 88 Hancock was put up to elect Gartield. All democrats expect, (like Harriman, when Rowell and Ennis coached him to get share of syndicate gate money. | GARFIELD AND CREDIT MOBILIER. Reporter.—Did you really offer Gene- ral Garfield Credit Mobilier stock, Mr, Traint | G. F. T.—No, his memory is at fault. [T never mentioned Credit Mobilier to him, had no occasion for his service in congress. Could not in any way use his legislative influence! he connects another transaciion that took place in 1865, three years beforo Ames memorandum book. My conversation was on Credit Foncier, another financial insti‘ution of which I was and am president, and William P, Furniss, Augustus Kountze, Oakes \mes, Willinm H. Macy and Charles MeAlister, directors, to develope lands along Pacific Railway, Wishing lnmlin& | men_of nation in enterprise, I offere | Gartield thousand dollar share at par, which he declined, because he had no means to buy it, and did not wish to have his name down unless he could pay | when called upon. This shows that {he evidently committed himself by mis- | taking Credit Foncier for Credit Mobi- | lier. Reporter.—So you exonerate Garfield? G. F.T.—Yes, ~ Garfield _continually made this mist T have the following extract from Garfield’s speech at Warreny Ohio, in 1804: In the winter of 1837, Mr. Train came to me and showed me alist of names and sub- | #eribers to the stock of the Credit Mobiliar company, and asked me to subscribe $1,000, | Tshould fay their were fifteen or twenty mem- | bers of congress on the list, and many more | prominent business men. He said that the company was going to buy lands along the line of the Pacitic rail at places where they thought there would cities and villages grow up and develope, and he had no doubt that the growth of the country would | make that investment double itself in a very | short time, Deacon Richard Smith, in the Cinein- nati Gazette, of the same date, like my friend, Dana, was also on the wrong scent. He says: ““When the company was first formed, George Francis Train, then active in it, came to Washington and exhibited a list of subscribers, of ing capitalists, and some members of congress, to the stock of the company. The subscription was described as a pop- ular one $1,000 cash. Train urged General Garfield to subscribe on two oc- casions, and each time he declined.” So you see Garfield mixes up Credit Foncies with Credit Mobilier, to his own con fusion, and this sets him right on the re: cord. Yes, Simon Cameron, Forney, Senators Allison, Pomeroy, and Harlan ]Were all subscribers. John Sherman is Valso co-partner. The one hundred names i were all men of mark, and when Gar- field’s work for solid coin wrecked every- body, I gave up speculation and let re- sumption swamp the men who made it. The black mark I made against Gar- field can be made against both parties, I would abolish coin, while he would abolish greenbacks. But, as greenback platform is stronger than specie payment if possible,than demccratic or republican, the people get their throat cut no matter how they vote. Their only escape is ab- stention from ballot box, OMAHA AND TRAIN. Reporter—Then you don’t take all the credit, Mr. Train, in building the world's highway betw eon the oceavs! G.F.T.—Oh, no! I am willing to divide honors! Durant could not have | built it without me, nor 1 without Du. !rant! Nor either of us without Brooks in congress! Nor Ames among banks! | Casement_with his ten miles day track- laying! Or, more important, the army of Trish laborers at one end and China- men _at other! (After such work, why should Chinese go! They did more than all the Kearneys! all the anti-Chinese connections combined to iron continent and save Pacific states to the union.) Each played his part! No! New York will please stand aside! Boston raised the first money! After the wheels wero oiled, New York, at usurious rates, kept up oil supply! In 1865 I saved compa- ny’s notes from protest by loaning Union Pacific 50,0001 (See my check on city bank!) Yes! Durant was as much in- debted to Ames us Ames to Durant in | building road! One of his telegrams read, alluding to cash drafts on Boston to pay labor, “Durant draws like a jackass!” No! the bulk of stamps when days were darkest came from the Ames treas- ury! Yes' Durant deserves the credit which Gould, who stole the road after it was built, now gots! His history? This is what 1 said in 18066: DURANT, PACIFIC RAILWAY KING, Born about time Napoleon died at Hel- ena! Educated a physician_early in life, he left medical college for counting house at New York! Twenty years ago he was building steam-boats!” shipping flour to England! controlling New York corn market! and giving orders to Baring Brothers & Co., to sweep the market of all breadstuffs there! The speculation would have paid - enormously, but for exile of Louis Phillip and advent of Bonaparte! That French revolution in 1848 upset many a man's calculations! But the Durants were too strong to be capsized by change of dynasty of France! From steam-boats and produce markets he went into railway building mania! His first experience was pushing alon, the Bureau Valley and Rock Islan road from Chicago to Davenport, and Missouri and Mississippi! from Daven- port to Des Moines! ou‘y astep towards is great Pacific enterprise, the line from Chicago to Platte Valley! When he visited Omaha ten years ago it was the incipient idea that developed on such a grand scale! Has Omaha for- gotten that memorable toast given him at the Herndon? CouNcin BLuers axn Omana—TwiN Sis. s —The one to be terminus of railroad from Atlantic, the other from Pacific! Ma their increase and prosperity never be retard- 1 by failure to make connections! When he was connected with Rocx Island Company, Engineer Dodge, now Major-General, was sent out to make swvey! From year to year since the project has been watched! When he was carrying through hie bold specula- tion on New York Stock Exchange, he was thinking out the highway across the continent! ~ When he was busy in 1864 in commencing to open up the great Iron Mountains of the Adirondacks he was or- ganizing financial machinery of Pacific l(_-uilwuy. In 1859 General Curtis found him hard at work at Washington! In 1862 ho paid down in cash three- fourths of ‘all the subscriptions (I ob- tained) and the company was created The two hardest men I had h;\‘