UPRR Locomotives Sold To H. M. Hoxie
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Herbert M. Hoxie
From Building The Pacific Railway, by Edwin L. Sabin, 1919, page 89:
The Act of 1864 became operative by approval of the President July 2. In the light of these new provisions the Union Pacific Company rallied. This August a contract was let to Hubert M. Hoxie for the building and equipping of the first 100 miles west from Omaha at $50,000 a mile, reckoned in securities at face value; sum total, $5,000,000. Owing to shortage of labor and the balloon ascent of all material, construction and equipment expenses had swelled as in the case of the Central.
Mr. Hoxie had been in charge of the company ferry between Omaha and Council Bluffs. ... The company decided to do away with independent contractors, and entrusted its building to the financial corporation formed of its stockholders and entitled, at the suggestion of the irrepressible George Francis Train, "The Credit Mobilier of America." ...but at any rate the road was put through. Contractor Hoxie was appointed assistant superintendent in the train operating department, and served efficiently in getting supplies to the front.
From The Union Pacific Railway, A Sudy in Railway Politics, History, and Economics, by John P. Davis, 1894, page 163
One source stated that Hoxie was an "irresponsible man (an employee in charge of the ferry at Omaha)". (The Union Pacific Railway, A Study in Railway Politics, History, and Economics, by John P. Davis, 1894; Google Books; page 163)
September 23, 1864
The so-called "Hoxie Contract" was signed between Union Pacific and man by the name of Herbert M. Hoxie, of Des Moines, Iowa, supposedly a friend of General Grenville Dodge and Thomas C. Durant. The contract had been signed on August 8, 1864.
Under the contract, Hoxie or his representative, was to build for the Union Pacific Railroad the first 100 miles of the new line.
October 4, 1864
The Hoxie contract was extended to the 100th Meridan, 247 miles west of Omaha.
October 7, 1864
Hoxie agreed to assign the actual work to "such persons as Durant personally might designate" (Ames, page 42) On that same day, Durant and his associates (all of whom were Union Pacific stockholders) formed a pool with the purpose of carrying out the Hoxie contract at a cost of $5 million ($50,000 per mile instead of the engineering estimate of $30,000 per mile). (Ames, page 43; Davis, page 164)
October 7, 1864
"...Hoxie agreed to assign his contract to Durant or
any person he (Durant) might designate; on the same day, the
assignment was made to a company (simple partnership-not a
corporation or company of limIted liability) composed of Durant,
McComb and a few others, all stockholders in the Union Pacific." (The Union Pacific Railway, A Study in Railway Politics, History, and Economics, by John P. Davis, 1894; Google Books; page 164)
December 19, 1864
Union Pacific sold three locomotives to H. M. Hoxie; sold back to Union Pacific in April 1867.
| Original Name |
1867 UPRR Number |
Builder | Builder Number |
Date Built |
Date To UPRR |
| (no name) | UPRR 3 | Manchester | 51 | Aug 1864 | |
| Major General Sherman | UPRR 1 | Danforth, Cooke | [381] | Sep 1864 | Jul 1865 |
| Major General McPherson | UPRR 2 | Danforth, Cooke | [382] | Sep 1864 | Jul 1865 |
October 5, 1866
Construction was completed to the 100th Meridian; a sign was erected at what was known as the symbolic beginning of the West by stating "100th MERIDIAN. 247 MILES FROM OMAHA"; the site is just west of today's Cozad, Nebraska, a town on U. S. Highway 30 and a station on the Union Pacific, as well as being a stop on the Pony Express.
(Cozad was shown as milepost 238.2 in 1948; the 1981 Union Pacific track profile shows the 100th Meridian at milepost 238.29)
"The Hoxie contract (covering the line from Omaha to the 100th meridian, two hundred and forty-seven miles) was assigned to the Credit Mobilier, and by that corporation performed, the work being finished on the 5th of October, 1866." (The Union Pacific Railway, A Study in Railway Politics, History, and Economics, by John P. Davis, 1894; Google Books; page 166)
December 1866
Union Pacific sold 17 locomotives to H. M. Hoxie; sold back to Union Pacific in April 1867.
| Original Name |
1867 UPRR Number |
Builder | Builder Number |
Date Built |
As Built Specs. |
Wheel Arrangement |
1866 UPRR Number |
Date Renumbered |
1880 UPRy Number |
Date Vacated |
Later Number |
Notes |
| Utah | Pony No.1 | Danforth | [446] | Jul 1866 | 46-14x22 | 0-4-0T | UPRy 1 | 1 | ||||
| Major General Sheridan | UPRR 4 | Norris | [1187] | 1865 | 60-16x24 | 4-4-0 | UPRy 4 | 1882 | OSLRy 29 | 2 | ||
| Vice Admiral Farragut | UPRR 5 | Norris | [1188] | 1865 | 60-16x24 | 4-4-0 | UPRy 5 | 1882 | OSLRy 24 | 3 | ||
| Black Hawk | UPRR 6 | Hinkley & Williams | 752 | Aug 1865 | 60-14x22 | 4-4-0 | 1871 | CC 3 | 4 | |||
| Omaha | UPRR 7 | Schenectady | 411 | Mar 1866 | 60-16x24 | 4-4-0 | UPRy 7 | 5 | ||||
| Idaho | UPRR 8 | Schenectady | 418 | Apr 1866 | 60-16x24 | 4-4-0 | UPRy 8 | 6 | ||||
| Denver | UPRR 10 | Danforth | 447 | May 1866 | 63-16x24 | 4-4-0 | UPRy 10 | 7 | ||||
| Colorado | UPRR 11 | Danforth | 448 | May 1866 | 63-16x24 | 4-4-0 | UPRy 11 | 8 | ||||
| Bellevue | UPRR 12 | Danforth | 449 | Aug 1866 | 54-18x22 | 2-6-0 | 1880 | USRRE 12 | 9 | |||
| UPRR 16 | Grant | 474 | Jul 1866 | 61-16x24 | 4-4-0 | UPRy 16 | 10 | |||||
| UPRR 17 | Grant | 475 | Jul 1866 | 61-16x24 | 4-4-0 | UPRy 17 | 11 | |||||
| UPRR 18 | Grant | 476 | Aug 1866 | 61-16x24 | 4-4-0 | UPRy 18 | 12 | |||||
| UPRR 19 (1st) | Hinkley & Williams | 784 | Aug 1866 | 63-14x22 | 4-4-0 | UPRR 13 | 1866 | UPRy 13 | 13 | |||
| UPRR 20 (1st) | Hinkley & Williams | 787 | Sep 1866 | 63-14x22 | 4-4-0 | UPRR 14 | 1866 | UPRy 14 | 14 | |||
| UPRR 21 (1st) | Hinkley & Williams | 788 | Oct 1866 | 63-14x22 | 4-4-0 | UPRR 15 | 1866 | UPRy 15 | 15 | |||
| UPRR 19 (2nd) | Grant | 477 | Aug 1866 | 61-16x24 | 4-4-0 | UPRy 19 | 16 | |||||
| UPRR 20 (2nd) | Grant | 478 | Aug 1866 | 61-16x24 | 4-4-0 | UPRy 20 | 17 |
General Notes:
| a. | Various histories of Grant Locomotive Works show that the company started out as Swinburne, Smith & Co. in 1848. In 1851 it became New Jersey Locomotive & Machine Co. (also known as Smith & Jackson), and in March 1866 it became Union Locomotive Works. In April 1867 the company became Grant Locomotive Works, a name it kept until after its move to Chicago in 1895. Since records do not show a specific month in either 1866 or 1867 for the above two locomotives, the formal name of their builder could be either Union Locomotive Works or Grant Locomotive Works. |
Notes:
| 1. | Built as UPRR "Pony No. 1" in 1866, named "Utah"; sold to UPRR general contractor H.M. Hoxie in December 1866; sold back to UPRR in early 1867; to UPRy 1 in 1880; to UPRy 1397 in 1885; vacated in 1886 |
| 2. | Built as "Major General Sheridan" in 1865; to UPRR 4 in 1867; to UPRy 4 in 1880; to OSLRy 29 in 1882; to OSLRy 551 in 1885; to OSL&UN 551 in 1889; to OSL 201 in 1897; vacated in 1898 |
| 3. | Built as "Vice Admiral Farragut" in 1865; to UPRR 5 in 1867; to UPRy 5 in 1880; to OSLRy 24 in 1882; to OSLRy 550 in 1885; to OSL&UN 550 in 1889; to OSL 200 in 1897; scrapped by OSL in December 1899 (from OSL account books, per Pitchard research) |
| 4. | Built as "Black Hawk" in 1865 (owner unknown); to UPRR 6 in June 1866; to Colorado Central 3 in 1871; to Colorado Central 1391 in 1885; rebuilt in May 1886 and numbered as Colorado Central 825; Colorado Central became part of UPD&G in 1890, sold to independent UPD&G in 1893; to UPD&G 34 in 1896; to C&S 144 in 1899; dismantled by C&S in 1906 |
| 5. | Built as "Omaha" in 1866; rebuilt as first Omaha Shop Goat as UPRR 7 in 1866, named "Omaha"; to UPRy 7 in 1880; to UPRy 574 in 1885; vacated in 1896 |
| 6. | Built as "Idaho" in 1866; to UPRR 8 in 1867; to UPRy 8 in 1880; to UPRy 575 in 1885; to UP 575 in 1898; vacated in 1902; sold to F. M. Hicks Locomotive and Car Company, Chicago, Illinois |
| 7. | Built as "Denver" in 1866; to UPRR 10 in 1867; to UPRy 10 in 1880; to UPRy 553 in 1885; to UP 553 in 1898; vacated in 1902 |
| 8. | Built as "Colorado" in 1866; to UPRR 11 in 1867; to UPRy 11 in 1880; to OSLRy 26 in 1882; to OSLRy 552 in 1885; to OSL&UN 552 in 1889; to OSL 202 in 1897; vacated and scrapped by OSL in October 1898 |
| 9. | Built as "Bellevue" in 1866; to UPRR 12 in 1867; to Utah Southern Railroad (Extension) 12 in 1880; to Utah Central Ry 14 in 1881; to OSL&UN 1206 in 1889; vacated between 1889 and 1894 |
| 10. | Built as UPRR 16 in 1867; to UPRy 16 in 1880; to OSLRy 3 in 1882; to OSLRy 588 in 1885; to OSL&UN 588 in 1889; to OSL 208 in 1897; vacated in 1914 |
| 11. | Built as UPRR 17 in 1867; to UPRy 17 in 1880; to UPRy 595 in 1885; to UP 595 in 1898; vacated in 1902; sold to F. M. Hicks Locomotive and Car Company, Chicago, Illinois |
| 12. | Built as UPRR 18 in 1867; to UPRy 18 in 1880; to OSLRy 10 in 1882; to OSLRy 593 in 1885; to OSL&UN 593 in 1889; to OSL 213 in 1897; converted to wedge snow plow at Pocatello, March 1912; vacated in 1913 |
| 13. | Built as UPRR 19 (1st) in 1866; to UPRR 13 in 1867; to Omaha & Republican Valley RR 1 in 1876; to O&RV 392 in 1885; vacated in 1897 (O&RV to UP in 1898) (other sources show 1873 as the date, but O&RV did not exist until 1876, and construction did not start until 1877) |
| 14. | Built as UPRR 20 (1st) in 1866; to UPRR 14 in 1867; to Utah Southern RR 1 in 1871; to Utah Central Ry 7 in 1881; vacated in 1888 |
| 15. | Built as UPRR 21 (1st) in 1866; to UPRR 15 in 1867; to Utah Central RR 1 in 1869; to Utah Central Ry 1 in 1881; to OSL&UN 312 (2nd) in 1889; vacated in 1897 (assigned OSL 312, not renumbered); scrapped by OSL in October 1898, tender used as water tank at Lima, Montana |
| 16. | Built as UPRR 19 (2nd) in 1867; to UPRy 19 in 1880; to OSLRy 1 in 1882; to OSLRy 586 in 1885; to OSL&UN 586 in 1889; to OSL 206 in 1897; vacated in 1909 |
| 17. | Built as UPRR 20 (2nd) in 1867; to UPRy 20 in 1880; to OSLRy 2 in 1882; to OSLRy 587 in 1885; to OSL&UN 587 in 1889; to OSL 207 in 1897; vacated in 1916; scrapped |
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