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Show s FXHIBIT AT BERTHANA HALL INCLUDES RELICS OF THE DAYS OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN I I The relic exhibit of the t'nion Pa-I Pa-I I c;fic railroad, now set up and on rits- II niav in he reception room of the B( l f liana hall nioi" precious ind most oniplete collectiona of the historic ' vent of May 10, 18G9. In the collodion, winch is uudei the dinjtt charge ol C .1 bane, gem ral freight agent of the fnlon Pacific, is f ,n nlarccd photograph and also a replica of the "Lincoln Car." Articles ,naf w.re used by the martyred pre ;-I ;-I (i(.'nt as a part of the car equipment M ('urine the nmi 1 1 vine days of the I ' nation'"' history, days t ha' were rraughl with great import to the en- tire world and to countless gen rations I,, corne. an- among the collection, r n;P5l of "which are the personal prop I I fI'ty ol Mr. Lane. tinong 'he historic re'ics are the COUCh on which Lincoln reclined, also i hair, and the mirror into wnieh the M ,,i the noble man looked to bjl own likeness, when making his j t loilct. Trfe mirror Is an old-farhioned , !B Tnrce ot furniture with a walnut J : iri'nic Many people do not realize what to F crcat significance there is in linking i in? the name of Abraham Lincoln with I ino buildim; ol the transcontinental K : r..ilroad and the drivlnc of the Golden I Spike at rromontory. Utah, on Ml y (.. j,, iSfifJ IJul those who know the 1 ivtor ot 'he nation hack to the de-,,:(!, de-,,:(!, of the early 60"? realize that the srreat emancipator was largely instrumental instru-mental in giving to the world Us fii I r,m continental railway system. As early as ten yean before the driving ol the golden spike the great Lincoln began to realize that only such f a system could hold together the in- tegral pa: ot ill.- nation, as the south. crn states were then clamoring for l .separate sovereignty it was the dream of Lincoln, wrought Horn the fabric of out national bis tory and born ol his great desire to hold ihe union together that finally re suited in the driving of the golden ' .vpike fifty years ago The Union Pacific railroad becamt an entity irt an intangible torm on July 1. lSfi2. on which day Abrah m Lincoln Minted the bid granting the charier and tin- -orrnm. m aid Another historical picture in the collection col-lection is that ot the auction sale of the 1 nion Pacific railroad, wuich still stands as the largest mortgage fore- i closure in the world's history, 'Ibis sale took place at Omaha on November R-l, 18(J7. the sale being forced by the government to aMsly a claim of .' 564,932 71), the grand total of the sale bring $108.2U2,3b7 7ti This marks the time when the Wlz-j ?rd of finance, E II Harriman, um i into the history of the road. Harri-i man had at one time been a clerk in j i a brokerage office in Wall street, in- j dulging occasionally in speculation on his own account on one occasion he, I lost all but enough to provide a dinner, ' for himself and friends At 'h. close I oi thr dinm r n-- had left just one lone ' I $5 bill. This he gave to the waiter for a Up. Also in the collection are phoio- graphs and paintings of various periods per-iods and places in the building ot the line. There is also a s ct ion of rail laid at Promontory 'ibis-, 1-s ;, fifty-I fifty-I pound iron rail. Beside l is a Si of modern rail, a 100-pound Steel rail. I During the time of building the rail-I rail-I road It was often necessarv lor men working on the grade to place crow f bar3 under the track and hold up a V section while a train passed over, even j holding up the engine. J Among the men who will be here J tomorrow win te Hezr-kiah Bissel, now I a resident of Pasadena, California, and W Si years ol age He js the oldesi h j ing "big" railroad man of early and s modern days, having been "superan-i "superan-i nuated " only about four years ago bj H the Boston and Maine railroad m Mr. Bissel, working under Thomas C. Durant, was chief builder ot tie F Union Pacific from the br ftklng ol I ground at North Omaha on December r 2, 1863 Later Mr. Bissel went to F South America, where he built 200 I miles ot' railroad I This afternoon and tomorrow the I boys and girls glee clubs of th- Ogden high school will sing at the exhibl I tion, each taking turn to provide I music Br. H. M. Howe, chairman of the local relic committee, is with the ex- I nihil also, and there are. in addition, two guards of the secret service of Hhe railroad company |
