Show flat J J imi et I II I i I b bI a d ti Id n M I It eoW a t dy dytrt 1 t 7 i c e elli j l ll lr l e 4 i PASS ASS r TO END OF TRACK f I m JU DRAFT THAT GOT THE SURVEYORS BACK TO UTAH 1 I always thought it wee wall Hunt Huntinton inton w who bo hud had th the brains of ot the tb push I but Stanford nC always had till the t rally Nad I abed that hat counted a lot i I And Ami how MW about the c ti hat t did jt tIU u Union p Any dl disputes put with them about bout wrier where your ur urline line was wall to meet their thel I Yee y we WI did AM We WI dot had author authority authority ity It to RO fO o to the California line Then TUon the got Rot a bill through Congress allowing them hem to com out east till they met Us urn nl forcing W Ut to to O 0 west till Me Ce e mot met 1 them e ch DI l owning tb the as far tal a as It H built We lot lat lo t all at the work of or w par that t our cur ur veys vell o over oyer er to the California Dm life II from I Humbolt Humbert h Wells W II OR as this road w afterwards af Ill afterward built buill by the California people In coming coining east t to Corinna Cor Inn Till This was waa all that b bat be beat at t that Urn URIC M t R woo warn found In a more tHant i WENT THROUGH TUB Till WAIt WAIl During the tha war he h explained when asked to tell how he happened to get pt Into western I 1 entitled enlisted and wee w 11 assigned to the tha paymasters depart department mint ment nt of the navy nav Then Than as a Ute the war woo was user near a close clone I became Mame Infected with the tha western fever and I tried triad to tot get t Into the railroad engineering wr r which as successful vlee l In which effort I 1 waa You Tou know tho Iho history of den Jen U J chief f engineer nn t nf ot the th road He Hr H hn h t been surveying before and nd on onre onN re hi hl met mt Abraham Lincoln a I lIIn who wo enquiring the road rOIl IS near hH his horn hon Lincoln remembered him bun un and I you know how ho he h was promoted through the tho war and od d ho aft afterwards h hs was a 8 sought ought to be chief engineer In tn build buildIng In InK Ing the Pacific railroad iv no l lr Ca a n aman man mn of wonderful fiber 10 so 0 full tull of life that he h seemed never nerr to 10 become b ome ex Ox Hii HI work was a II of a quality that hat Impelled compelled the admiration of ot all ut ul ulu ofU ui u TO BRIHAM YOUNG YOU olO Well 11 I 1 got here hero to Salt Bait Lake with wit It Capt Bate Bat In 1 and nd found that Brigham Young Toung wa warn our friend n not wt t tonly only In lending moral support but in getting together to hu husky ky reliable bi bra b M s good rood teams team and strong lit ronI wagons wagon He hud had hudan hadan an n outfit all aU ready for fur u us and with Hh this thle we headed west t to Hum lIum Humbolt humbolt bolt bott AVella au where we first t went tp work It w was wae on this trip that ne we t had so o much trouble finding th the grub wagon aon each arli night and Dor nii r t ton on ones Heb n r Young Toung finally lI r l him lut camp cump On that paths path Alen n m n h hof of u ua who tHI were wre wandering around In Inthe tn tb the dark It w was wa raining ja uan n a man from camp who bo had bad been sent ent out to LO guide l Us u ln In lie He had bad been given a supply of whiskey to revive reva any n not of ot us who nho might have become becom exhaust ednd d and do you U know the man had h I drunk this whiskey and wa was 10 so 0 foolish we find l out a thing from him hime We e got out of that work by hip chip ping back from Virginia City after arter we had run oom out of ot fund funds and nd provision Bates Dat and I went em nt on to San a where here Mr Ir who controlled the Wells Well Fargo Far Express compan company give pye ui us II both luth a 1 pass I ins t to rIde beak baek to SlI hh alt Lake LAk This ws wa m a matter of at I 15 In III gold foil to 10 each tach of or ofus ua us u and anti we needed the Ute money mone as a we were far tar away aw from any an hope of ot le Se Securing e curing It through draft and tho those c were er days when nc we couldn t telegraph for coin colli TOOK RAILROAD STOCK We drove rove Into Bait Salt Like on the last ln t day of th the taw year ur Next Nut I took look a party north and Brigham Young Toung Yo un who helped me ate took all 11 the pay p for the wagons wafon a n and proM provisions lon he hp In railroad took It was waa a big bl help to u us for money wa Wilt mighty hard bard to get pt hold of r t Our original part party consisted of 1 IT 11 men mn Three of or them them batI fought lIt In the army arm three wen soldiers of the Union Colon army two 10 were we CalifI ann ens nine lilac were ere Mormon lormon ton boys from dolt Bait It Lake It changed tome what In person personnel nel in 17 1107 and 1868 We Wo went want north In III 16 1807 18 to Malad valley ally and wore were 11 snowed III l lIn In Then I went up the Boar Bear Be r river w while Capt et Bates Bate went ent on to tackle the tho theIn main In divide of the Rock Mountains That year we e ran MM I OO mU s of surveys aUle and nd in 1100 18 wr we ran UI Kt mile mike of ot prelim prelimInary prelimInary preliminary Inary with 10 to miles mil of permanent JOCK loca location tion lion But then what hat this thin got sot to do with the people of today young man youre follow following In a story tor with no Interest In It 1 to anyone but a few of uti us u old fellows The captain had bad to be i 1 ithe t the Ule young people of oC today like Uke to In i J W w what was wan oo ao commonplace to u th I their day dBY ao as It lant every ery Weer cu I t 1 hR has an opportunity to 10 meat I one t I Irod rood rod lines 1111 of the Importance r 11 ti ha transcontinental toad road Well n about all 11 there ther is I t I h i II n It 11 the final comment I ero crossed d dc i crossed c the country countr After IM IH I Ito i ito t to the engineering department de I Northern PacI and ino In I guess I 1 have been with I road that came west we I work HOIK 1 the Kanaan Kania the Atchi lea ka 8 Santa Fe JI the abe Teva le j 1 the Southern 1 Now No I n ti nIng Ing h over the tho road rood to Me see what hu 4 j i a of ot railroading has h done t b 1 4 1 routes rout Capt Hoop Hodges went ent over th tho J Jut cutoff ut ort after leaving ne Pali Palt Ita II i LI LIthen i ithen Ithen then took look the Union Pad A Ogden Friday |