Letter from Samuel B. Reed to Thomas C. Durant, July 10, 1866
In this letter from July 10, 1866, Samuel Reed writes to Thomas C. Durant, Vice President of the Union Pacific Railroad, listing the engineers assigned to each construction task on the line.
Union Pacific Rail Road Co.
Office of the Gen
l. Sup
t.
Omaha
July 10th 1866
T.C. Durant V.P.
20
[Nassua] St.
NY Dear Sir
I send you a list of the engineers on construction as follows viz
- F.M. Case Division Engineer
- Loup Fork Bridge M.F. Hurd
- Track laying H. Bissell
1st | Div | 3d | hundred | (Grading) | C. Musser |
2 | — | — | — | — | G.H. Seymor |
3 | — | — | — | — | S.H. Gilson |
4 | — | — | — | — | [G.]W. Hutchinson. |
Yours very respectfully
Saml. B. Reed