Excerpt from Building the Pacific Railway Two distinct books might be written upon the con struction of the Union Pacific Railroad from the Mis souri River, and of the Central Pacific Railroad from the Sacramento River - those iron trails that lengthened westward and eastward until they crossed the vacant space of 1770 miles and joined in the Utah desert. The one book should focus upon the actual building operations in the great open of plains, mountains and deserts; the other, upon the financial operations by the Cr?? ...
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Excerpt from Building the Pacific Railway Two distinct books might be written upon the con struction of the Union Pacific Railroad from the Mis souri River, and of the Central Pacific Railroad from the Sacramento River - those iron trails that lengthened westward and eastward until they crossed the vacant space of 1770 miles and joined in the Utah desert. The one book should focus upon the actual building operations in the great open of plains, mountains and deserts; the other, upon the financial operations by the Cr???dit Mobilier of the Union Pacific, and by Crocker co. And the Finance Company of the Central Pacific. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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