History of the Union Pacific RailwayUniversity of Chicago Press, 1895 - 129 pages |
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... grant of land would be nominally 77,952,000 acres , but practically about two - fifths of that amount , granting that only the first 800 miles of the road would run through valuable lands . From the sale of these lands Whit- ney ...
... grant of land would be nominally 77,952,000 acres , but practically about two - fifths of that amount , granting that only the first 800 miles of the road would run through valuable lands . From the sale of these lands Whit- ney ...
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... grant to Whitney . Neither of these bills ever came to a vote . Even before this time men prominent in the political world had begun to lend prestige to the Pacific railway scheme by their advocacy of it . Calhoun had become interested ...
... grant to Whitney . Neither of these bills ever came to a vote . Even before this time men prominent in the political world had begun to lend prestige to the Pacific railway scheme by their advocacy of it . Calhoun had become interested ...
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... grant of land and a cash mail contract were to be given to the lowest bidder for the building of such a road , and bids were to be received from individuals , companies , or corporations . A substitute for this measure was moved ...
... grant of land and a cash mail contract were to be given to the lowest bidder for the building of such a road , and bids were to be received from individuals , companies , or corporations . A substitute for this measure was moved ...
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... grant of all the lands in a strip 60 miles wide . A similar one narrowed the strip to 40 miles in width , and gave only the alternate sections.2 The 40 was cut to 303 and then the 30 miles was cut to 24 miles . Still another proposition ...
... grant of all the lands in a strip 60 miles wide . A similar one narrowed the strip to 40 miles in width , and gave only the alternate sections.2 The 40 was cut to 303 and then the 30 miles was cut to 24 miles . Still another proposition ...
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... grant of land about 33,000,000 acres . But this land grant could not be made a source of immediate income , for sales must wait on settlement , and settlers would come in but slowly until the railway was built . The credit loan . was ...
... grant of land about 33,000,000 acres . But this land grant could not be made a source of immediate income , for sales must wait on settlement , and settlers would come in but slowly until the railway was built . The credit loan . was ...
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Affairs aforesaid Ames contract amount Atchison built California cent Central Branch Central Pacific Railroad CHART charter committee completed consolidation construction cost Credit Mobilier Investigation debt Denver Pacific directors enterprise February 19 first-mortgage bonds freight funds further enacted Gould gross earnings Hoxie contract Ibid income interest issued Kansas Pacific Kansas river Leavenworth ment meridian of longitude miles of road Missouri River mortgage Oakes Ames Oliver Ames Omaha one-hundredth meridian operating expenses Pacific Ocean Pacific Railroad Company Pacific Railway Act Pacific Railway Commission Pacific Railway Company PACIFIC RAILWAY SYSTEM paid pany Passenger payment President profit proposed railroad and telegraph rates road and telegraph route second session secure sinking-fund Sioux City Statutes at Large stockholders subscribed subsidy telegraph line Thurman Act tion Total traffic Treasury Union Pacific Company Union Pacific Railroad Union Pacific Railway Union Pacific stock United States bonds whole
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Page 113 - ... equal advantages and facilities as to rates, time, and transportation, without any discrimination of any kind in favor of the road or business of any or either of said companies, or adverse to the road or business of any or either of the others...
Page 10 - That a railroad to the Pacific Ocean is imperatively demanded by the interests of the whole country; that the Federal Government ought to render immediate and efficient aid in its construction; and that, as preliminary thereto, a daily overland mail should be promptly established.
Page 102 - ... not sold, reserved, or otherwise disposed of by the United States, and to which a preemption or homestead claim may not have attached at the time the line of said road is definitely fixed...
Page 109 - And the better to accomplish the objects of this act, namely, to promote the public interest and welfare by the construction of said railroad and telegraph line, and keeping the same in working order, and to secure to the Government at all times (but particularly in time of war) the use and benefits of the same for postal, military, and other purposes...
Page 103 - ... to secure the repayment to the United States, as hereinafter provided, of the amount of said bonds so issued and delivered to said company, together with all interest thereon which shall have been paid by the United States...
Page 10 - That one of the necessities of the age, in a military, commercial, and postal point of view, is speedy communication between the Atlantic and Pacific states; and the Democratic party pledge such constitutional government aid as will insure the construction of a railroad to the Pacific coast at the earliest practicable period.
Page 101 - Colorado; together with five commissioners to be appointed by the Secretary of the Interior, and all persons who shall or may be associated with them, and their successors, are hereby created and erected into a body corporate and politic in deed and in law, by the name, style, and title of "The Union Pacific Railroad Company...
Page 110 - An act to aid in the construction of a railroad and telegraph line from the Missouri River to the Pacific Ocean, and to secure to the Government the use of the same for postal, military, and other purposes,
Page 104 - Treasury, in accordance with the provisions of this act, the said road, with all the rights, functions, immunities, and appurtenances thereunto belonging, and also all lands granted to the said company by the United States, which, at the time of said default, shall remain in the ownership of the said company, may be taken possession of by the Secretary of the Treasury, for the use and benefit of the United States: Provided, This section shall not apply to that part of any road now constructed.
Page 106 - States2 to the Missouri river, including the branch roads specified in this act, upon the routes hereinbefore and hereinafter indicated, on the terms and conditions provided in this act in relation to the said Union Pacific Railroad Company, until said roads shall meet and connect, and the whole line of said railroad and branches and telegraph is completed.