The William F. Cody Archive: Documenting the life and times of Buffalo Bill

 

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The Buffalo Bill Wild West and Congress of Rough Riders of the World.

Col. W. F. Cody (Buffalo Bill), President.
Nate Salsbury, Vice-Pres't and Manager.
John M. Burke, . . . General Manager.
Albert E. Scheible, . . . Business Manager.
Jule Keen, . . . Treasurer.

Sunday morning nearing Atlanta— on train— [1]

My Dear George

I wrote you last night. Since then I have put in a bad night looking over your letter. You say 62 teams & a 103 men will cost up to Dec. 1st from Oct 21 will cost 8.910. if it does they are makeing big wages I tell you. I figure they work 30 days in that time. 62 teams and men at $300 a day for team & man and 1.50 a day for 40 men extra is 7 $7,380. I have no idea what your flumes will cost.

Alger was with you about the time you wrote this letter His letter & yours so wide apart Did you & he talk it over together. If not what did he go up there for? George I dont see how I can carry this unexpected   raise in the estimates & I will not ask B. & S. [2] to help me— So let no more contracts. I will in some way keep your credit good— so you can let contractors fill their present work you have let them have. But tell them we will do no more this winter You say you are paying 7c a yard for mooveing loose dirt. I can moove loose dirt with a grader for 3c a yard sure. When our own men are not on the job and not at work do you pay them?

George you bet I am heep sick—

Bill

PS. What have you found out about Town site [3] And men fileing homesteads under our ditch

Banner image: Buffalo Bill Center of the West, Cody, Wyoming, U.S.A.; Original Buffalo Bill Museum Collection, P.69.118