The Union Pacific Railroad Letters exchanged Dodge, a Union Officer in the war, and Hoxie during
American Civil War, reveal that the two men remained close and fought for their cause, each in his own way. Hoxie and other prominent Republicans pushed hard for Dodge's promotion to
Brigadier General. Hoxie believed that Dodge possessed "a kind of general supervision of affairs civil and military in the state." At Hoxie's death, Dodge described his life and behind-the-scenes contributions to Iowa politics when he said: "We want some Hoxies in the Republican party just now." With the war coming to an end, Hoxie and Dodge used their positions to advance the causes of the
Union Pacific Railroad and
Thomas Durant. In August 1864, Hub Hoxie submitted a plan to build and equip the first 100 miles of the railroad at a charge of $50,000 per mile. In September, his contract was amended to include an additional 147 miles for a total contract price of $12.35 million. A special committee of Union Pacific's Board of Directors that included
John Adams Dix, George T.M. Davis and
Cornelius Bushnell formally accepted it on September 23, 1864. Chief Engineer Peter Dey resigned over the high price of the contract—he had estimated it to be $27,000 per mile-he considered this to be "another of Durant's schemes." Hoxie assigned his contract, at the direction of Durant, to
Crédit Mobilier of America and others in exchange for cash, stock and a position in the company, all three of which he received.
Hoxie and Jay Gould In late 1870 Hub moved to
Palestine, Texas, where he was general superintendent of the International Railroad. Two years later, he became general manager of the
International & Great Northern and of the
Texas & Pacific Railroad in 1880. He also managed the Iron Mountain and the St. Louis & Southern. In 1883 Hoxie became first vice-president for
Jay Gould and his Southwestern system. In 1885 he became Gould's general manager, headquartered in
St. Louis, MO. ==Death and legacy==