Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad (AF&SF) copy of G.M. Dodge's map of the Texas & Pacific Railroad lines, which has been redlined by the AT&SF engineers to show the proposed line connecting the Atlantic & Pacific Railroad with the Texas & Pacific Railroad in 1938, with accompanying transmittal letter.
OCLC lists no institutional copies of the original G. M. Dodge Map
The map shows the Texas & Pacific Railroad's lines between Texas, Indian Territory and San Diego. among the more unique details are the finished and proposed lines of the T&P and the various land reservations granted to the T&P by the Federal Government in Indian Territory, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona and California.
The map includes a redline identifying what was previously the the line of the Atlantic & Pacific Railway extending to Sweetwater. At the time, the T&P and AT&SF were contemplating completing this line in 1938, as discussed in the accompanying letter: /gallery/enlarge/31206a
OCLC lists no institutional copies of the original G. M. Dodge Map
The letter states:
Subject: T&P map of Sureys - 1873 / Chicago April 8 1938.
Messrs G G Stearns / J W Higgins
Gentlemen-
Through the kindness of Mr. E F Mitchell, Chief Engineer of the T&P, Dalls, he furnished me a photo copy of the T&P map of surveys and completed road, 1873, G M. Dodge, Chief Engineer, print of which is attached.
I wish to call your particular attention to te proposed connection of the A&P with the T&P in the vicinity of Sweetwater (Western Texas). Of course, the A&P was not constructed in that direction but instead eventually went via Albuquerque.
It may interest you to know that the T&P actually built 10 miles out of San Diego northward. The construction of the T&P was stopped at Sierra Blanca at bou the same time when construction of the T&P was stopped at the Needles, and on account of the activies of thesame parties, namely Jay Gould and Collis P. Huntington.
Yours truly,
James ??
Valuation Engineer