Leland Stanford Papers

by the northern work. There does not seem any of them to be aware of the location from Humboldt wells to the north end of the Lake. I have not thought it advisable to enlighten them.

Col Seymour told me they expected to be at the mouth of Weberly the first of January. They lay track night and day.

Have Charley double his energy and do what is necessary to secure what labor is required to push the road to its utmost. Any thing less than the utmost that can be done will very likely end in defeat and forewared as we are any thing less than the utmost that can be done will merrit it.

I received your letter to day and feel very much strengthened by it. With tthe knowledge that we can get the iron I know better what to do here. But it has been pretty difficult navigating here and it requires care now to avoid getting on to the breakers, which are devilish close, but I think I see the way out. It is late and we start to morrow at 3 am

This letter will serve to give you my impressions of the prospect. I think that work in Weber will go slow in the [?] of the U Pacific fellows

Yours truly

Rec'd Oct. 23. 1868

At the Front Oct 21st 1868

Friend Mark,

Mr Corning gave me report of business of the Express Co. I placed them in my right hand drawer (upper one) I would consult with Corning and fix the [?] prices and tell the secretary to give [?] to the Cos what they will have to pay hereafter. Those Dutch [?] Flat Chinamen have passed on to the graders, yesterday morning about 25 men left and this morning 15 say they want to go below. I shall put the forces at work from the other end as much as possible.

Yours truly

Leland Stanford

Recd. November 7th 1868

Salt Lake Nov 1st 1868

Friend Mark

Arrived here last evening. It has taken some time to make the trip, but the time has not been lost. I have now a pretty clear idea of the whole thing. I think we ought at once to create a scraper force of two hundred and fifty teams. Such a force is fully equal to 1250 men. By proper exertion it can be created so as to do much service most of the work from the Cannon to Humboldt Wells is favorable for scraping. Every possible exertion should be made to complete the grading at the earliest possible time. As you go up the Humboldt the country becomes more elevated and a short distance this side of Humboldt Wells an altitude of

From

Leland Stanford. Salt Lake

Nov. 1. 1868.

Urges organizing scraper force for grading

Wants [Barley?] &c. sent to Humboltd Wells.

From,

Leland Stanford

Nov. 8. 1868.

Just returned from Echo Canon. Saw Durant.

Union 80 miles from Weber. Mislaid.

They expect to move Gordon further west.

Our contractors will grade east to Promontory.

Fears Huntington const. mountain official line.

Snow storm on [?] mountains, light.

Huntington offer to meet him at Omaha.

Wants daily dispatch of progress.

From

Leland Stanford

Nov. 9. 1868

Judged rightly of Stanhouse.

Never promised Goat Island to Carpenter.

Met Durant but did nothing with him.

Union Co. done nothing with Telegraph or Express Co.

Brigham will grade to Ogden City. for in

Can get Tis. at $1.25 each - [?]

Cant calculate on Mormon grading last 100 miles

But thinks he can get some force to grade west.

Look out for effects to demoralize our laborers.

Recd Nov. 11/18.

Salt Lake [?]

Friend Mark

Your letters [?] Also your telegraph inquiring when Montague will be home. As he is [?] home to day I do not send an answer in relation to him. You have guaged Stanhouse correctly. When I was here before he came frequently assuming things in connection with an interrogatory. At last I sent him off with a plea in his ear. He has called to see me since his return. He says you told him we had all made fortunes out of the R R &c. Of course that sounded very much like you.

About as much as it would be like me to bargain off Goat Island without consultation, I remember once in a conversation when I thought it [?] to appear to attach much importance to Goat Island saying that so far as I was

track on it. I thanked him and told him we would let him know when we reached it. He would I saw expect we should make the ssame offer and so I broke in on him. He resumed the subject several times, but I avoided definite talk on that subject. With our idea of grading here and laying track upon what we grade in any event I had to be cautious or else appear to be less liberal than he. Departed with the understanding expressed by me in so many words that we had done nothing to commit our respective companions to anything. To which he assented. He says he has made an arrangement with either W F & Co or the Telegraph Cos and will make none without consulting us. To day I had a talk with Brigham Young. He will do our grading west from Ogden to the Promontory and will not [snake?] our work sees [ondary?] to the U. P. That he will post plenty of men on both lines.

who had uncompleted contracts with him, but did not suppose he could object, to contracting with those who had completed their work. To this he assented as all right.

4.

From, Leland Stanford. Salt Lake. Nov. 21. Recd. Dec 2d 1868 Grading [lit.?] to Ogden City. Cant take possession of tunnel or Cannon. Changing line at Promontory mountain. Thinks Union Co cant get through till spring. But write so far is favorable to them.

No. 4

Recd. Dec. 2d. 1868. answered

Salt Lake Nov 21st 1868

Friend Mark

Your letters Nos 7, 8, 9, 10 I found here on my return from the Promontry, I shall hardly be able in this letter to answer them in detail, in time for the mail.

The French Loan Society can wait for their money. They only want it to loan again.

When I saw them last and told them we did not wish to take up our note I told them we would give them 30 days notice when we wanted to pay. They were pleased to have the loan continued. I would not be inconvenienced in order to pay them.

I have let the work from (Weber) Ogden west to Monument to our old contractors Bendra Farr & West. Brigham Young has 1/4 interest in the profits. Mr Gray and I spent part of two days on the

himself, to spend a couple of months. All his ready means was in the firm so that now he has within the means to go after his family or to bring them home.

Is it too much under these circumstances for me to ask for him a pass from this city out and back for himself and

Long Beach N.J

July 2nd 1884

Dear Governor

Mrs. Grant and myself extend to you and Mrs. Stanford a hearty invitation to come down here and stay with us while you remain east. We have not had yet a single hot day here since we came. You can go to the city by either boat or rail every day if you choose. There are twenty trains a day

might well be a part of our education. The Greeks and Romans were comparatively highly educated but lacked a true [lennuan?] civilization. I am pretty well satisfied that such a civilization will never exist without a belief in the immorality of the would and the beneficence and justice of all the laws of the creator. It is apparent to me that the very necessities of our existence are bought to me but for this man would make no effort either intellectual or physical and the [lennman?] race would soon [divide?] and [eventually?] perish.

I think we should keep steadily before the students the fact that our aim is to fit men to realize possibilities of humanity in order that our graduates may in a measure become missionaries to spread correct ideas of civilization. I am satisfied that mankind has made more progress in civilization within the last century than in all preceding centuries from the fall of the Roman empire. Intellectual a moral development alone are not sufficient to [similulate?] true civilisation of man there must