The Equitable Trust Company of Omaha. OFFICERS: LEWIS S. REED, PRESIDENT. JAMES W. SAVAGE, VICE-PRESIDENT. C. B. SCHMIDT, SECRETARY. H. W. YATES, TREASURER. SAVAGE, MORRIS & DAVIS, COUNSEL. DIRECTORS: A. E. TOUZALIN, BOSTON. I. T. BURR, [BOSTON] LEWIS S. REED, OMAHA. H. W. YATES, [OMAHA] JAMES W. SAVAGE, [OMAHA] C. B. SCHMIDT, [OMAHA] JNO. A. HORBACH, [OMAHA] Omaha, Neb. March 7 1890. Hon. Wilford Woodruff, President

of the company's charter and privilege is the Ottoman govern- ment. The interests of the Company are specially protected by the German Imperial governement, through a resident diplomatic agent at Constantinople, the amount of german capital engaged in the undertaking being so enormous, and the enterprise itself, from an economic point of view of such vast importance to Germany. The construction of the line will develop the immense natural resources of ancient Mesopotamia, the valleys of the Euphrates and Tigris, and it is of the utmost importance to the enter- prise that those regions should be ...

in the service of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe R. R. Comp. whose Commissioner of Immigration I have been for 13 years, up to the summer of 1885. Dr. Siemens is familiar with the great work done by the Mormon people in Utah, and is of the opinion, that like results, if not greater, could be accomplished in Asia Minor, under a more tolerant and more sympathetic government. The lands lying contiguous to the Anatolian Railway are chiefly under personal control of the Sultan, and the railway ...

such a purpose. If you prefer to correspond direct with the company, the proper party to address would be Dr. jur. Georg Siemens, c/o Deutsche Bank, Berlin. In any event I should thank you for an acknowledge- ment of the receipt of my letter. Very Repectfully C. B. Schmidt ...

C. B. Schmidt 7 March. [18]90.