Klein, Union Pacific, 318, 397-99.
Klein paints a somewhat different picture of this maneuver and does not mention Dillons actions.
Gould to Dillon, Aug. 21, 1874, enclosed with Dillon to Atkins, Aug. 21, 1874.
Dillon to Elisha Atkins, Aug. 21, 25, 26, Sept. 18, 1874, Union Pacific, OVP, IC, n.s. 16000, r. 1.
Klein, Union Pacific, 312-13.
Hyde to Huntington, Nov. 8, 1872, Letterbook 2: 308-11, Box 1, folder 3, Hyde Papers.
Dodge to Painter, March 31, 1877, Painter to Dodge, April 1, 1877, Dodge to Painter, April 4, 1877, Painter to Dodge, April 5, 1877, GWD to Painter, April 6, 1877, Painter to Dodge, April 8, 1877, Painter to Gould, April 8, 1877, Dodge to Painter, April 13, 1877, box 3, 1874-77, Painter Papers.
CPH to Hopkins, Dec. 14, 1876, LB, 9:107, box 24, Hopkins Collection.
CPH to Colton, Nov. 15, Dec. 20, Dec. 25, 1876, Octopus Speaks, 323, 327, 328.
"Texas and Pacific and Southern Pacific," Railway Age, Dec. 28, 1876, p. 570.
Klein, Union Pacific, 378-84.