https://haylibrary.cvlcollections.org/files/original/32696268721d55b5aa954961c5a3a217.pdf e6cacd633aab333dc5d1556853948d9b PDF Text Text ~ . ..:::::--,.;:. I I ' l I • i\ fl [i_ I .I :~ , (, ,,'- -: .... :=--=-=- . - -.=-___:-:,-...:. .. �De c ember 24 , ! 8?5 . (Cop y . ) , Beckwith, Q.uinn , & co. - - - - - - - and - - - -- - - - Union Paci f ic Rail Roa d Co . n ont r ac t - - - - - - for- - - - - - -- Ghinese I ,abo1· &c . Sale of supplies Rent of Warehous e Rock s. �Form 3 10 5. THE UNION PACIF{c RAILWAY COMPANY, (r,opy.if fooAL DEPARTMENT, ,.,. . ..~ 'I j A gr eem§nt of the Rocky Mountain Coal & Iron co., with The Chinamen. 1 Chinamen agree to mine the coal, load it in Pit cars, and deliver it at the mouth of the room free from slack and roclt, and assorted, either lump, small or mixed as directed, at seventy Four (74 ) cent& coin per ton of Twenty Two hundred and Forty (2240~ pounds, from all places, either rooms, levels or air courses. An additional price of $3, coin per running yard to be paid for levels and air courses run double shift;- width of rooms to be Eighteen -(IS} feet;- levels Twelve ( I2) feet, and air course s Ten (IO) feet .. I.f these widths are exceeded endangering the mine, they are to b~ charged back with the yardage $q, per running yard. They a15ree to load all Box cars ror which they are to · receive at the rate of Fifty (50} cents per car;- coal to be shoveled from center of car and loaded in ends. The track is to be laid by the Chinamen in the places ~ 1ere th~y are working , (except le v els,) th e material being furnished at the mouth of the mine. The r,ompan y track laye r to put in all switches and turnouts. Day labo r ers workin g i n min e (fu r nishin g their own oil) are to receive $35, coin per month . bay laborers workin~ on top pushin g cars ~c., $ 33, coin pe r month. Outside laborerst such as Sect i on men Ac., S3I, coin per month. Carpenters $33, coin per mont h, (26 days called a month.) In cases or fire or cave in of the mine, or any other accident tending to stop work, either inside or outside the mine, - al 1 the men required by th <J company , are -to -be susp~ended from contract work and put on the labor required at day laborers wages. All -cars of coal sent out of t h e mine in which there is• slac1{ or rock, ,vill be doc ked half of their weight, and if men disobey their Foreman, or persist i:n sendi:ng out sl1;1,ck or roclc, after ·be·ing u.ock~d, they will be discharged. All men are to .c ommence and stop work by the whistle •. Company are to furnish tools , do the blacksmithing and repairing, furnish mules, harness and pit cars, and supply -0f water for the men. • company are to deliver coal at the houses. of all the laborers, for which the Chinamen are to -pay 50· Gents per man per month. company are to rurni sh houses ror _the Chinamen to 1 i.ve in at $5, per month for each house. Hen W-i 11 pay for Oil, Powder and Blast ~ng paper, and will be charged for ca~ .s or tools broken, lost or di~abl~d by their carelessness; broken and disabled property at what i t cost to repair it» and too1s at ~ollowing prices: Drills, SI.75 2.50 Needles, I.50 Picks & handles, Scrapers, Riddles, Quart Oil cans, Powde r nans, Pick Handles, noupli nrrs, Shove l s , .50 2.00 • 3() • 75 .40 2.0() 2.25. -----1 l 1 �f.orm 310 5 . THE UNI.OIi! PACIF}ct RAILWAY COMPANY, , •_ , 'COAL 01::PARTMENT. ,.,,. Agre ement mad.e and e n ter e d int,o, this· 24th , day of December A. D+ I 87 5, between Bec kwi th ,. Qui nn & Q.Q •, of Evans-ton l Wyoming Te r ritor y of the first part, and the Un _ion Pacific Railroa.2 CO • ; of ·t he Secon d p a r t ,Witnesseth;, . The P.al'ties o f th e f ir st pa.rt , he .ceby a gree to f urn1sh to the party of t h e Secon q p a rt, all the Chinese labore r s requ.is i te f.or t h e comp ~ete working of their several Coal mines ~ n t he li n e of t he Un ion Pacific Railroad, at th~ same pric·es an d on th e same t erms an d conditions as . stated in a ceriain c ontract f o r s i mil a r s erv i ce made by Sisson Wallac e & ao., fo r and in behalf of Ch i nes e laborers, w1th the Rocky Mountain coal &' Mininr, Co., a ~opy or . which is h ereto attached. and m a de part or th~s agr e ement. The said p~rties o.f -the f'J.rs ·t part furth er agree to .furnish to ·the s a itl par·~y of t he s econd pac t, upon a reason- able notice f r om t h e i r Gen'l . Sup e r i n t endent, a sufficient number of Ch i nese l ab o1~ers for t h e- r ep au·s of the track of the Uni~ n pacific Ra~ l i·o a d , or such pprtion th e r eof, in addit ion to ~·that which i s now being worked by Chinamen , as the , p art y o f the Second par t ma:- require.. It i s hereby mubually understood and agre ed,F irst :That all of the Chinese labo:i·ers s o f u r ni sh e d by the p a rti es. of t he f i ::r st part for the p ..i.rposes named , shall be d e liv e re d b y them t o t he Union Pacific Rai l road ao. , at Ogden, fre e of all Expen s e t o it , and that free t L· an$por t a ti on shall be a ff ord e d b y the Un i on Pa cific Ra'i l Road co . f or all such Chinese labore x.- s to and from a l l poin t s on i ts line, wherever t heir services may be requi r e d : Secon d:That t he ~urplus Chinese requir e d and . Employed in t he_m.ines. _ clu:cin g _ the_ Winter _ season shall be transre.rred in th e Sprin g to' t h e repairs of tr ack· or the said u. P. R. RQad , a n d contin ue d t here at t h e pri ces now alloWed upon the company rol•ls fo r such labor, d uring the Summer, and until their . s e rvic e s ar e again. r equ ir e d in the Coa l mi nes. ~ Thi r d:That all mini n g t ools required by the Chinese in . their l ab or s unde r · t hi s contra c t an d wh i ch are furnished by the s ai_ d Be ckwith, Qu in n & Co. , s hall be char ged at cost • p ~ ic e only, 1wi t h fre i ght added, th e said party of the Second p art hereby r e.servin g t h e ri ght a t any time to provide same a t t h eir own cost ~nd Expense. ft'ou r th :The said Beck\!fi t h, Q,uin n & Co. shall become responsible to the said u. P. R. Ro co ., for all water furnished by i ·~, to white miners and all o the r par ties, excepting 0hinamen, and shall acrnount for ·:s~me a t t h e p r esent ·prices: also for all coal delivered to Chinese o r white miners; and further agree tha t no Extra char ge will be made by them for delivering water or Coal, as above. The said part y of the Second part hereby agrees, in cons.fderation of' the pre1ni ses -a.f'oresaid,- t -6 pay to the said • parties or the rirst par t the amount or . the rolls for Chi~ese J.ahor so rurnished by them, at and arter ·the rates named in the Rocky uountaion coal & Iron Go. aont.r act, hereto attached, , regularJ.y on the I5th, day of each tnonth next succeedinrr th a t ~ in which said labor has been per.formed: such payment sha ll be made in the same manne.1· as t he p r esent track rolls for Ch inese labor. The _part y of the Second oar t he.1·eby agrees '··~o sell -to the said Beckwi ·ih, Q.u~nn & co., ~11 the present Stock of supplies, tools, Store furnitu r e and fixt u re s contained in t heir s t ore at· Rock Sprinrrs, w. T. on the fo llowing terms and r:ondi tions, viz: fl' or a11 •1Staple art.:i,.cl..Qfl, s uch as gx·oceries and other goods_bought on 30 days t i me, t.he i nvoice cost thereof a as• cer~ained from an invento:cy made a bo u ·i; I Nov. I87U; ,vith s freiJ?ht added: ox· al]_.__qtJ ctr merchand i se &: supplies no.,:t -i �- f.01·,u 3105 . THE UNION PA_01FI~ RAILWAY COMPANY, , I ,,.COAL DEPARTMENT, ) 'w.i.thin the .c lassifi c a ·t. ion of Staples, a deduction of IO% from the inventory p r i c~s refe ~·red \l o, ·shall be made. ~or all Store f urniture and f i xt u re s , the prices shall be fixed by i~~ H~· Goble and A. C~ Beckwith, whose appraisal shall be final. ['he value of said ·s tock of suppl i es,. tools &c., shall be ascertained by said Goble & Beckwith in an inventory to be taken by th em on o r before t _h e Ist, of January I876 and payments made for the s ame shall be made by the parties of the first part to t 4 e par ty of the Secon~ part, as follows:The aggregate valu e of the Stock as ascertained, ~}:l;::_a_l_l...,...,.,,,,..,....--=- -== be divided in·to fifteen (i5) Eg~ p~ ents, one of which shall be d e ducted corrunencincr wi ·th ·January 1876 , from the payrolls ror r,hinese labo r or each and every succeeding month, in consecu ti ve orde r, unt i l the full amount of same shall have been deduct ed an d pa id to the said Union P~cific Rail Road company . The s ai d party of the Se con d part here by fu r ther agrees to rent to the said Beclcwi t h , _Q_gj.__nn__&_r,o _. , th eir stor e h ouse a n d a ppur tena nces at Rocle Spr i ng s, f or the mon t h ly . rental of ~ h_undr e d D.Q].J_a !:.§ , and this amoun t shall a l so be deducted fr om t h e Chi nese pay- r oll s ,. each month in the s ettlement of the joint accounts. It is h e r eby mu tu a ll y under st oo d an d a gr e ed t hat this Contract shall take effect on t h e lst , ,.of .Tanuary 1876 , and continue in force so long as it may oper a te to the mutual advantage of the par ties hereto, but may be terminated by ei t her upon ~i ving a written notice or 9 0 day..s,. In the p resence of: Beckwith, Quinn & co. A. D. r:lark e, The Union Pacific Railroad ( c o. b y, s~ H. H. Clark G.Supt. Oo H. Ear le , Chas. Stone. ( Executed in duplicate.) �,OFIM 2102 UNION- ~1.CIF/6 SYSTEM. MOUNTAIN DIVISION. OFFICE OF THE (!ENERAL SUPERINTENDENT. "· Ogden, July 10, 1891. G. w. Megeath, Esq. Supt., Coal n ept., Denvero I r Dear Sir:Herewith I return you articles of Agreement between the Coal Company and Ah Say. There is nothin g i,·1 this agreement that will interfere with our arrang ement with Remi n gton Johnson &: Co. but in case Ah Sa v should want to i ncrease his forces we could not permit him to take the men r ~•om our section gangs in case we n eeded them. _,: �0 Omaha , Ne b . Ju l y 12t h, 1891. t Ur. S. IT. H. Clark, I I I J'irst Vice Pres id.ent, Om ah a , N eb. Dea !· Sir: I Herewith I h a n d you coriie s o f' agr e ement made Yrit h Ah Say at Rock Sprines, for s t or e p!'iv i l cees i n Chinat own, which a.r·' e selfexp.h natory . Lette!' is atta c he d fron: 1.rr. Banc r oft, which sJ10vrs :.ha t this will not int erfere with l1is arrant.,"Cn:ent s with Remi ng ton, Johnson an d Company a t So. lt Lafr e . Should this meet ~,ou r a pprova l ,.., ill y ou kindly ret urn pa- pers to me to be executed. I am of' the opinion th3.t this i s a ~ ood deal, and tmt it will resu lt i11 a revenu e to tl-i? Company of frorr. three to f'ive thousand dollars per :·ear, where ,re have been ce t t in g not hin~. Yours resp cct :f'u lly, .,. r",, '.-; '( I , / /' I / - --.. . ,:'" /_,; I - f'( ( .,. I Supt <' Coal Dept . �rtici ~--c-:_· 1 -{}' ''\ 1 COMPA!<n 0') .I G[rJ[ /\l MA ,'J/1GER ~.. • I 18 ::.i· ' 1 .. __-;-~- ..--:;.;,..-:.;_;.,.~-- ;;-~:.J Soda sr~inrrs, Jul y 31st, 1891. G. V{. He g e 2. t h, Esq., Sup't. Co a l Depnrtment , Omaha , Neb. I Dear Sir:- I ::::::, Repl yin,; t o y ours o f Ju l y 12th, here\'li th retu rned, advise con t :r:'! ct :re f erre d to meets wi t ll my ap p J~oval, t hcrei' ore you r:r e a t li be:rty t o c x e ·ut e sam e in acco .,..da ncc \'lith you r suggestions. You :r-s t rul y , ~ -- ,:_?,>-r.:.-- ~ ( Bnclo' s.) I �\It I°" l'acH\~ Fnrm 2tno. D-1 ·13 ·91-60•i~' / AHer transmitting telegmms which 1n their judgment would huv o sorved the Com1>any 's lntsrest If sent by t rain 111ail, or fLflPPar u1111 cccssa1o1 • Clllg, operators are rcquire,:0 1w attach a cci)y of them to F,i-:tm 2993, nnd f orward ~ame to Superintendrnt of Telegraph. •)=========i===~======sc'=====;======:===~=====================- =-o..=========~=• All Railway messages must be writtrn in ink ~: SENT TO TIME SENT SENDER NUMBER RECEI VER these blanks, and those for parties on trains (e:1 M. cept Trainmen) enclnsed in seal~d envelopea. '.l!! t-N_U _ M_B_E_R_ t_R_E_C_D _ F_R _O _ M+T - 1M _ E_R_ E _C _ E_IV- E - -' DI -S- E_N _ D_E_R-1-- - -- - 1exact sending and receiving t ·me, initials of seni I H EC E VE R ing and receiving operator, anti signal of rec ei~ ing office, mµst be entered iri :,roper spacm· M . ., Time Fi/ed ................................. M. every inetanpe. 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All materials are the property of Union Pacific Coal Company, on long-term loan at Western Wyoming Community College. For usage inquiries, contact the <a href="https://www.uprrmuseum.org">Union Pacific Museum</a> Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Rock Springs Store Operations Agreement & General Correspondence Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource CC BY-NC-ND Date Created Date of creation of the resource. 1875 Description An account of the resource 4" x 9.25" white envelope holding papers of varying sizes. Some pages are faded may be hard to read. Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource The Union Pacific Coal Co. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 1-0069 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available The Union Pacific Coal Co.