Show RAILROAD BUILDER DEAD general grenville hi dodge passes passe away at iowa home council bluffs lowa iowa general gren villo M dodge soldier and railroad builder died here monday general stul beau Info in oble health tor ford a ions period lie ha was 84 yearn ot of ago aget general grenville aioleen AI ollen dodge known throughout tho the west as the builder of the tha union railroad was born at danvers Dan vera mass blass april 12 1831 abraham lincoln who had do done n 6 some legal work for tho the company met dodge and the two talked of building a railroad over the rocky mountains and to the pacific coast work on the road finally began when tho the civil war broke out and dodge being an engineer and having had some som experience in indian fight ing waa was given a colonels commission by his old friend president lincoln at his bla own expense ho he raised drilled and equipped tho fourth iowa infantry legli nent shortly before tho the close of tho the war general dodge was called from uie the front by president lincoln and requested to take up tho the work of constructing ting the long talked of railroad across the tha mountains the union pa ciale company was organized and tho the road completed on may 10 1869 |