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[004955] . ARGUMENT OF W. F. SAPP, ON THE EASTERN TERMINUS OF THE UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD, Pending Before the Attorney General of the United States. 1872. Council Bluffs Republican Print, 1872. Size: Approx. 5 1/4" x 8 1/2". Paper Wraps. Railroads. Good+ to Very Good- 6 separate Arguments/Reports. THE EASTERN TERMINUS OF THE UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD. Addressed to the Hon. Attorney General of the United States: "Sir: The question being before you for decision as to whether the bridge built by the Union Pacific Railroad Company over the Missouri river, between Council Bluffs and Omaha, is a part of their road or not, and time having been given to prepare a reply to the arguments of Mr. Poppleton, Attorney for said Railroad, and others upon this subject, I respectfully submit the following..." 19 pp. Includes statements by Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States. REPORT OF THE GOVERNMENT DIRECTORS OF THE UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD, Made in Pursuance of the Letter of Instruction of the Secretary of the Interior, of February 17, 1872. 3 pp. Includes statement by Abraham Lincoln and by the Government Directors: James F. Wilson (1828-1895) a U.S. Congressman from Iowa during the American Civil War; B. F. Wade; John C.S. Harrison; and David S. Ruddock. OPINION OF HON. J. M. BROADHEAD, Second Comptroller of the Treasury. 4 pp. MEMORIAL AND JOINT RESOLUTION OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA. 2 pp. signed by the Congressional Delegates for the State of Iowa: James Harlan, F.W. Palmer, M.W. Walder, Geo. G. Wright, J. Orr, W.G. Donnan and Geo. W. McCrary. JOINT RESOLUTION Relating to the Terminus of the Union Pacific Railroad and The Violation of Its Charter by Actions of The Union Pacific Railroad Company. one page. Names on RESOLUTION: James Wilson, Speaker of the House and Ed. Wright, Secretary of State. UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD TERMINUS AND BRIDGE. 11 pp. With "conclusion". C. Baldwin, Attorney.Mildly soiled gray paper covers. Black lettering on front cover. 1/2" tear at spine base. Otherwise covers are Good+. Some pages bottom corner "tips" are folded back, otherwise interior is tight, clean and Very Good. Scarce. W.F. Sapp was an Attorney. $55.00

[004926] . REPORTS OF THE SEVERAL RAILROAD AND CANAL COMPANIES OF PENNSYLVANIA FOR THE YEAR 1865. ill. Tables. Harrisburg PA: Singerly & Myers, State Printers, 1865. Size: Approx. 6 1/4" x 9 3/4". Pebbled Covers. Pennsylvania. Good Communicated by the Auditor General. "...for presentation to the House of Representatives, the reports made to this Department by sundry railroad companies...and of canal companies...with tabular statements and a report accompanying the same". Auditor General: Isaac Slenker. 476 pp. including Index. 104 Railroad reports, some of which are: Erie and North-East; New Castle and Beaver Valley; Hanover Branch; Western Pennsylvania; Chestnut Hill; Hempfield; Perkiomen; Lehigh and Mahanoy; Pennsylvania Cannel Coal and Railroad Company; Lykens Valley; Huntingdon and Broad Top Mountain Railroad and Coal Company; McCauley Mountain and Black Creek; and Little Schuylkill Navigation. 12 Canal Company reports, including: Delaware and Hudson; Erie; Lehigh Coal and Navigation; Muncy, Pennsylvania railroad canal report, etc. Also includes Tabular Statements regarding Stock and Debt; Characteristics of roads; Amount of freight, Expenses and receipts; Accidents, etc. Numerous tables. Brown pebbled embossed covers. Circular embossed seal of Pennsylvania with "Commonwealth Pennsylvania" on front and back. Spine faded and brittle in parts. Spine and spine ends cracking/fraying. Corners bumped. Some rubbing along ends. Page ends mildly soiled. Overall Good considering age. Front hinge's paper starting to tear. Mild foxing to endpapers, otherwise interior is tight, clean and Very Good. $75.00

[004223] . UTAH HISTORICAL QUARTERLY 1960-1969 29 Issues. ill. Photographs, Facsimiles, Maps, Sketches. Salt Lake City, Utah: Utah State Historical Society, Size: Approx. 7 1/4" x 10 1/2". Stiff Covers. Utah. Very Good Complete years for 1963-1968 with all four issues of Spring, Summer, Fall and Winter. For 1960: October issue. For 1962: Winter issue and 1969 Spring,Summer, and Winter issue which includes John Wesley Powell and The Colorado River Centennial Edition (Spring 1969). Some of the articles include: Transcontinental Railroad and Development of the West; Contracting for the Union Pacific; Chinese Laborers and Construction fo the Central Pacific; Driving the Last Spike; Etienne Provost, Dr. John M. Bernhisel: Mormon Elder in Congress; Saltair, Great Salt Lake's Famous Resort; Failure of Hatchtown Dam 1914; An Anguished Odyssey: the Flight of the Utes, 1906-1908; Coming of the Union Pacific Railroad, Scots among the Mormons; Beginnings of the Catholic Church in Utah; The Episcopal Church in Utah; Mountain Meadows; Settlements on the Muddy 1865 to 1871; Desert Tortoise: The Mormon Tabernacle on Temple Square; Notes on Mormon Polygamy; Shoshoni-Bannock Marauders on the Oregon Trail 1859-1863; Camp Floyd, Utah 1858-1861; Ute Indians: Before and After White Contact; Bingham Canyon; Utah's Biggest Businees: Ogden Air Materiel Area at Hill Air Force Base 1938-1965; Cattle Industry of Utah 1850-1900; Utah Cattle Brand; Preston Nutter: Utah Cattleman 1886-1936; Utah Military Frontier 1872-1912; Abraham Lincoln as seen by the Mormons; Century of Mining 1863-1963; and Utah's Missiles Industry. Several laid in subscription advertisements for the Quarterly. Also a 6 page pamphet on "Utah Statehood Day". Pictorial covers. Occasional chips/tears at spines. Overall covers are Very Good to Very Good+. Interiors are tight, clean and Very Good +. $145.00

[003179] . SCIENCE, July 10, 1885. Volume VI. No. 127. ill. Foldout Map, Etching, Table. Cambridge: The Science Company, 1885. Size: Approx. 7 1/4" x 10 1/4". Paper Wraps. Science. Good Articles by Famous Americans: J. H. RAUCH "Chicago-River pollution"; IRA REMSEN "City-Wells"; and E. L. CORTHELL "The ship-railway between the Atlantic and Pacific" with large, laid in, foldout map, 29"x18" of the "proposed Tehuantepec ship-railway, and illustrations showing the various appliances to be used on the railway" (The article "presents the scientific and commercial reasons why the ship-railway across the Isthmus of Tehuantepec may be superior to either the Panama sea-level canal or the Nicaragua lock canal". Several articles relating to medicine and health: "Sanitation and science"; "Quarantines and their scientific value"; "How to deal with yellow-fever"; "Soils and health"; "Berlin exhibition of hygiene in 1882-83" and "Animal diseases and public health". Paper covers lightly soiled and chipped. ex-mus. stamp on front cover. Overall covers are Good. Interior is tight, clean and VG+. Map is Very Good, one tiny tear at bottom edge, not within border of illustration. $100.00

[003378] Catlin, George L. OVER THE ALPS VIA THE ST. GOTHARD RAILWAY. ill. Foldout Maps, Engravings.. Zurich, Switzerland: Art. Institut Orell Fussli,, 1902. Size: Approx. 5 " x 7 1/4". Stiff Covers. Switzerland. Good+ to Very Good- revised and enlarged from the pamphlet, two color folding maps. account of the mountain railroad system that connected Western Germany, Holland, Belgium, Northern and Eastern France. Color decorative covers. one spot? 1/4"x1/4" on front and back cover's borders mildly soiled. Otherwise exterior is Very Good-. Interior is tight, clean and VG+. 48 pp. Illustrations throughout. $22.50

[004490] Cluskey, M. W. (Editor).. THE POLITICAL TEXT-BOOK, OR ENCYCLOPEDIA. Containing Everything Necessary for the Reference of the Politicians and Statesmen of the United States.. Philadelphia: Jas. B. Smith & Co., 1860. Thirteenth Edition. Size: Approx. 6 " x 9 1/4". Brown. Politics. Good In Editor's Preface: "The motive which induced "its" (book) preparation was the necessity which he himself has often felt for a book containing, in a condensed form, a history of the public measures and other matters of political importance...It will enable every citizen to acquaint himself readily with the true bearing of each political issue which is presented to him for his decision..." Goes from A to Z. 808 pp. including Appendix and Index. Plus 7 pages of other Jas. B. Smith's publications. Some of the subjects covered:Dred Scott Case; Personal Liberty Bill; Nebraska and Kansas; Missouri; Minnesota; Mexican War; Presidential Election of 1856; Madison Papers; Railroad to the Pacific; Slavery; History of the Union; George Washington; Henry A. Wise; Public Lands, etc. Thick book. Brown "pebbled" covers with decorative embossing. Spine sunned and lettering hard to read. Bottom spine end fraying. 1/4" nick to spine. Sunned "strip" on back cover. Tiny nick on spine joint. Corners bumped. Small rubbing to boards along top edge. Overall covers are Good. Front endpaper with small bookplate of Charles E. Putnam (a prominent farmer and business man of Richmond, Kansas), and a museum bookplate stating "The Gift of William Clement Putnam, MCMVI). also ex.mus. numbers and a small bookseller sticker. Otherwise the interior is tight, clean and Very Good+. $145.00

[001011] Creasey, John.. CROFUTT'S NEW OVERLAND TOURIST AND PACIFIC COAST GUIDE, Vol. 2 - 1879-80.. ill. Engravings, Foldout Illustrations, Maps. Chicago: The Overland Publishing Company, 1879. Size: Approx. 5 1/2" x 7 3/4". Blue Cloth. Early Travel Guide Book. Good Containing a condensed and authentic description of over 1200 cities, towns, villages, stations, government fort and camps, mountains, lakes, rivers, sulphur, soda and hot springs, scenery, watering places, and summer resorts: Where to look for and hunt the Buffalo, Antelope, Deer and other game; Trout fishing, etc, etc. In fact, to tell you what is worth seeing-where to see it- where to go-how to go-and whom to stop with while passing over the Union, Central and Southern Pacific Railroads, Their branches and connections, by rail, water and stage. through Nebraska, Wyoming, Colorado, Utah, Montana, Idaho, Nevada, California and Arizona. Profusely illustrated with engravings, and foldout engravings. Endpapers advertisement pages for the railroads, and Crofutt's guide book. Covers are a deep blue with title and borders embossed in black. Spine has gilt lettering. Corners and spine edges bumped and rubbed. Front and back hinge starting. Missing piece 1/"x1/2" on free endpaper near hinge. 273 pp. Annex included. 13 Time Tables. A fascinating part of the history of this country. Maps-one showing the rail and stage route. Interior is Very Good. $200.00

[000015] Fulton, Robert Lardin. Epic of the Overland An Account of the Building of The Central and Union Pacific Railroad. ill. Dr.Herbert Wynford Hill. Los Angeles: N.A.Kovach Los Angeles, 1954. Size: Approx. 5 1/2" x 8". Salmon Cloth. Railroads. Very Good+ to Near Fine / Very Good to Very Good+. Eyewitness account of the building of the Central Pacific & Union Pacific Railroads with many interesting sketches & photographs. Illustrations & folding map of Pacific Railroad/1869. 109 pp. Book with gilt lettering on spine. Exterior is VG+ to Near Fine. Interior is tight, clean and VG+. Dust Jacket mildly faded along edges and spine. Mild blemish on back cover. Overall DJ is Very Good. $25.00

[004429] House of Representatives. Railroad to the Pacific Ocean.. Ritchie & Heiss Printers, 1846. Size: Approx. 5 1/2" x 8 3/4". Disbound. Railroads. Good 29th Congress, 1st Session, Rep. No. 773., House of Representatives. Mr. Robert Smith from the Committee on Roads and Canals made the following report " The constitutional power of Congress to construct a thoroughfare from a point west of the State of Missouri to the mouth of the Columbia river, for military, for post office, and for commercial purposes, is believed to be unquestionable..." The report is based in large part on Colonel Fremont's explorations but states "its future feasibility must depend upon the yet to be tested suitableness of the plains for agricultural purposes; upon the capacity of the rivers Missouri and Columbia to easily and safely float commercial vessels propelled by steam; upon the amount and value of the trade with Oregon and California; and also upon the opening of more sourthern channels of commerce from the Atlantic to the Pacific cities..." Also includes: Letter from Thomas Hart Benton : "...I fully believed in the practicability and advantage of a commercial route across the continent, by way of the Missouri and Columbia rivers..."; "Colonel Benton-Oregon-The Great North American Route to India" from the American Union, Steubenville, Ohio, March 1846; "Extracts from the report of Joshua Pilcher, esq., late United States superintendent of Indian Affairs at St. Louis, Missouri, made to the Secretary of War in 1830, upon travels and observations in the Rocky mountains and on the upper waters of the Columbia river, in the years 1828-'29, extracted from Senate document No. 39, session 1830-'31"; Letter from Senator Benton to James Blair, esq, United States Navy: HARBOR AT THE MOUTH OF THE COLUMBIA and a letter from James Blair to Thomas H. Benton; Extract from a speech delivered in the United States Senate, in 1846, by Senator Benton, setting forth the feasibility, importance, and value of an overland route, through Oregon, to India"; and John Maginn's statement and opinion (he was President of the Association for Pilots in New York). 48 pp. Famous Americans in document: Robert Smith, Representative from Illinois; Thomas H. Benton, Colonel Fremont, Joshua Pilcher, and J.J. Abert, Bureau Topographical Engineers. Howes S655. Disbound. Foxing. Doesn't interfer with text. Overall Good. Thomas Hart Benton nicknamed "Old Bullion" was an American Senator from Missouri and a staunch advocate of westward expansion of the United States. He served in the Senate from 1821 to 1851, becoming the first member of that body to serve 5 terms. Benton was an architect and champion of westward expansion by the United States, a cause that became known as Manifest Destiny. $80.00

[004418] Larrabee, William.. The Railroad Question. Chicago: Schulte Publishing Company, 1895. Size: Approx. 5" x 7 1/2". Blue Cloth. Railroads. Good A Historical and Practical Treatise on Railroads, and Remedies for Their Abuses. 488 pp. including Index. Mildly soiled/rubbed covers. Spine ends rubbed. Overall covers are Good. Tipped in at front endpapers,slip of paper with author's compliments. On blank page, previous owner's name "blacked" out and town, Caledonia, Minn. visible. Otherwise interior is tight, clean and Very Good. $15.00

[004148] Senate. RAILROAD THROUGH THE FORT ONTARIO MILITARY RESERVATION, IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK. ill. Foldout Map. Washington: Goverment Printing Office, 1900. Size: Approx. 5 3/4" x 9". Disbound. Railroads. Very Good "The Committee on Military Affairs...to grant the right of way for and the right to operate and maintain a line of railroad through the Fort Ontario Military Reservation in the State of New York, to the Oswego and Rome Railroad Company..." 4 pp. Color foldout, 27"x15": R. W. & O.R.R. Sketch of Depot Grounds at OSWEGO. February 20, 1895. Disbound, but intact. Very Good+. Map is VG+. No tears. 56th Congress, 1st Session. Report No. 1358. $60.00

[004417] Sorrell, Lewis C.. GOVERNMENT OWNERSHIP AND OPERATION OF RAILWAYS FOR THE UNITED STATES . ill. Tables. New York: Prentice-Hall, 1937. Size: Approx. 6 " x 9". Red Cloth. Railroads. Good+ to Very Good- "This book...is published...in the hope that it will assist in creating a better general understanding of the issures involved in the question of private versus government ownership of railways;" 330 pp. including Index, 16 Appendices, and Bibliography. Lloyd Thurston's personal copy as his name: Hon. Lloyd Thurston is in gilt imprinted letters on front cover and signed by him on front free endpaper with date, Nov. 1937. Spine faded, otherwise covers are Very Good. Interior is tight, clean and Very Good. Lloyd Thurston, from Iowa, served in Congress from March 4, 1925 to January 3, 1939. $12.50

[004497] Southern Pacific Railroad. The Overland Trail from the Golden Gate to the Great Salt Lake, Along The Southern Pacific-The Road of a Thousand Wonders . ill. Photographs. Chicago: Curt Teich & Co, Exclusive Edition. Size: Approx. 12" X 9 1/4". Stiff Covers. Early Travel. Good "A Scenic Guide Book. Through the Heart of the Sierras. On the Line of the Southern Pacific. The illustrations are all made expressly for this book from photographs taken by special artists of the most striking objects of interest which abound to a most remarkable extent along the Southern Pacific. Great Care was taken to select only such views as are most noteworthy on this trip." Each page with a pasted down actual photograph. One foldout panorama photograph of American River Canyon from American, Cal. Includes a U.S. map with Southern Pacific Lines, Sunset Ogden and Shasta Routes and Connections. Unpaginated. Two pages with Explanations of each photograph. No date but probably around 1920. Oblong. tan covers with photo on front. tied by gold string at spine. Covers are worn. Rubbing around edges. Small tear at spine crease. Faint dampstain? at front corners. Doesn't go through. Back cover creased at lower corner. Overall covers are Good. Interior is tight, clean and Very Good. (there is an extra page with no photograph-but all photographs with descriptions are accounted for) $15.00