The Brigham Young Center

Salt Lake City, U.T.
April 24. 1870.

Oliver Ames Esq.
Prest. U.P.R.R. Co.
Boston, Mass.

Dear Sir:-

When Mr. John Sharp was at Boston, as my Attorney, to procure a Settlement of my account for work done on my contract for grading &c. on the Union Pacific Railroad, there was an unsettled balance due to me, according to my Account, of One Hundred and Ninety Eight Thousand Nine Hundred and FortyTwo 38/100 dollars ($198,942.38)  especting which amount an Agreement was made and entered into at Boston, by and between the U.P.R.R. Co. and myself, through my said Attorney, by which both parties referred that claim to arbitrators who were to "meet in Omaha, Nebraska, in, not exceeding thirty days from the date hereof" (Augt. 31, 1869.) and it was provided therein that "If either party shall fail to comply with the covenants and agreements herein made and entered into, then judgment shall go against such party by default."

On my part all the conditions of said agreement were duly performed, but the representative of the U.P.R.R. Co. did not appear at the appointed time.

Inasmuch as the justice of the aforesaid claim, is, in my mind, beyond question, and, as the U.P.R.R. Co. let the case go by default, and, as I remain in an exceedingly unpleasant situation financially in consequence of a failure on their part to pay me the money as agreed, on my original contract, I now call your attention to the amount due me as aforesaid and solicit an immediate payment thereof with interest.

Trusting in a continuance of the amicable relations which have characterized our business matters heretofore, and with sentiments of high personal regard, I remain,

Yours with respect
Brigham Young