Nothing Like It in the World The Men Who Built the Transcontinental Railroad 1863-1869 (72 page)

Rocky Mountain Press Club, 275

Rocky Mountains, 87, 207, 225, 252

Roosevelt, Theodore, 153

Root, Henry, 160, 201

Rusling, James, 240

Russell, Andrew, 260, 328, 337, 365, 366-67

Russell, Robert, 76, 79

Russia, Trans-Siberian Railway construction in, 18

Ryan, Father, 219

Sacramento,
236

Sacramento Union,
payoffs to, 120

Sacramento Valley Railroad, 55, 56, 57-58, 68, 104, 105, 110, 111, 122

Salt Lake City, Utah:

CP-UP rivalry and, 243

founding of, 278, 279

neatness of, 129

on railroad routes, 128, 238, 239, 279-80, 281, 285, 286, 289, 372-73

San Francisco, Calif.:

Chinese population of, 151-52

CP financial aid from, 109, 148

Sargent, Aaron A., 76, 77-78, 108, 380

Savage, C. R., 354-55, 365

Schill, Samuel, 287

Scott, A. B., 123

scrapers, 138

Second Bank of the United States, 83
n

Seward, William, 90, 360

Seymour, Horatio,
55,
56, 91

Seymour, M. E., 258

Seymour, Silas, 186, 349, 363

in administrative hierarchy, 172, 271

Judah recommended by,
55

in route disputes, 98, 271-73

Sacramento Valley Railroad and,
55, 56

on UP achievement, 340

as UP consulting engineer, 91, 98, 172, 271, 342

Young's contracts with, 282, 283, 289

Shannon, Fred, 376

Sharp, John, 285, 287, 290, 364

Sharp & Young, 285, 290

Shay, Michael, 349

sheep grazing, 267

Sheffield, Joseph, 32

shell shock, 218

Sheridan, Philip, 96, 98, 173, 272, 273

Sherman, Charles T., 96, 139

Sherman, John, 63, 94, 185, 281-82, 339

Sherman, William T., 18, 94

California business interests of, 55, 62

in Civil War, 96, 97, 123, 182

Dodge's relationship with, 96-97, 98, 131-32, 171, 210, 215, 273

on gold rush, 54

Grant's election supported by, 272

on Indian campaigns, 131-32, 174, 183, 211, 214, 215, 223, 225-26, 266

on naval transport to California, 51-52, 53, 368

as promoter of railroads, 185

recruitment shortages noted by, 211

on transcontinental project, 63, 171, 271, 357, 367-68, 382

troop transport by railroads foreseen by, 184-85, 215, 345

Sherman Pass, 223, 227,
251

Sherman Summit,
251,
259, 260, 271, 340, 380

Shilling, W N., 365-66

Sierra Nevada mountains:

border determination on, 108-9, 149

1866 survey of, 145-46

railroad route over, 19, 66-70, 72-75, 81, 118, 146-47, 231, 306-8, 343

Summit Tunnel through, 160-62, 194, 199-202, 204, 206, 232, 235-36, 239, 244, 247

as timber resource, 310

Sioux, 130, 135, 172-73, 209, 211, 214, 216, 223, 225, 265, 266

slang terms, 182

slavery, 356

freedom from, 86, 152, 177, 211, 250

transcontinental route decision impeded by, 31, 36, 43, 60, 63, 76

Small, Hank, 307

Smith, Joseph, 279

Smoot, Bill, 295-96

snow, 75, 147, 195, 197-98, 203-6, 208, 231, 232-33, 239, 259, 323-25

snowsheds, 234-35, 245, 302-4

Snyder, Webster, 257, 258, 324, 325, 329, 344

Southern Pacific Railroad, 165, 246, 377-78, 379

spikes, 57, 181

Spotted Tail (Sioux Indian), 209, 210

Springfield rifle, 265

stable bosses, 137

stagecoach service, 345, 362

Stanford, Asa Philip, 113

Stanford, Leland, 19, 113, 245, 255

business interests of, 72, 73, 104

on Chinese immigrant workers, 150, 164, 243

at completion ceremony, 360, 361, 363, 364, 365, 366, 367

on construction management, 200, 237, 291

construction photos arranged by, 122

CP financial management and, 121, 147, 149, 246-47, 301, 335

CP holdings of, 43, 105

on Crocker's financial position, 165

on eastern railroad limit, 326-27, 330

financing sought by, 106, 108, 109

on grading difficulties, 163, 332

groundbreaking by, 106-7, 362

later years of, 379-80

Mormon contracts handled by, 288-90, 291-92, 306, 315-16

in politics, 62, 72, 74, 196, 243, 380

on profitability of eastern route, 238

promotional events handled by, 106-7, 118, 121, 159

railroad consolidation backed by, 246

on rate of progress, 300, 306, 316-17

reputation of, 270

snowsheds approved by, 302, 304

on subsidy bonds, 367

on UP-CP rivalry, 291-92, 312, 316-17, 331, 335

wagon road owned by, 76

Stanford, Leland, Jr., 380

Stanley, Henry Morton, 130, 179, 182, 218, 266

Stanton, Elizabeth Cady, 229

state universities, 79
n

steam power, 32, 42

Stephenson, George, 25, 27

Stevens, Robert L., 57

Stevens, Thaddeus, 78

Stevenson, Robert Louis, 45

Stewart, Joseph P., 95-96

Stewart, William M., 339

Strobridge, Hanna Maria, 198-99, 314, 364

Strobridge, James Harvey, 19, 120, 244, 382

background of, 120

on Big Trestle construction, 338

blasting operations run by, 156, 200, 201, 235

on Chinese laborers, 149-50, 152, 164, 241, 243

at completion ceremony, 365, 366

construction pace and, 236, 239, 300-301, 322-23, 346, 347, 348

discipline maintained by, 120, 164, 198

on drilling technologies, 236-37

family life of, 198-99, 314

hiring policies of, 148, 149-50, 161, 198

supplies organized by, 308, 315, 322-23, 328, 362

on weather difficulties, 197-98, 204, 206, 305

work crews organized by, 156, 163, 203, 305, 327, 350, 351

Strong, Daniel W. “Doc,” 69-70, 71, 73, 74, 75, 108, 112, 113, 115

Suez Canal, 370

Sullivan, Michael, 349

Summit Tunnel, 160-62, 194, 199-202, 204, 206, 232, 235-36, 239, 244, 247

surveyors, 19, 125-29, 134-36, 140-43, 144, 215-16, 262-65, 326

Sweet, Cyrus, 363

switchbacks, 25, 78

swiveling truck, 25

tallow-pot, 182

Taylor, Bayard, 169

Taylor, John, 368

T. D. Judah,
115

telegraph lines, 67, 76, 167, 250, 257, 258, 279, 292, 314, 315, 357, 365, 369-70

Thatcher, Moses, 169

Thayer, John M., 185, 210

Thayer, Sam, 153

Thompson, A. L., 258

tie-down, 182

tie layers, 180, 181-82

timber supplies, 135, 139-40, 154, 189, 254, 309-10

Tipton, F. W., 185

Todd, John, 357

track layers, 118, 139, 275-76, 311-12, 315, 329, 346-52

Train, George Francis, 86, 88, 90, 92-93, 96, 186, 191

transcontinental railroad:

completion ceremonies of, 354, 356, 360-68

congressional legislation on, 77-81, 83, 89, 94-96, 101-2, 108, 111, 123, 143, 147, 193-94

economic benefits of, 249-50, 253, 369-71

government financial aid on, 19, 58, 60, 64, 80-81, 87-88, 94-95, 252-55, 330-31, 333-35, 367, 377

grades used in, 66, 69, 74, 78, 119

land grants to,
60
, 64, 81, 95, 253, 375-77

media enthrallment with, 185

meeting point of, 95, 254-55, 291, 339-40, 345, 358

mileage of, 18

mineral rights near, 95

passenger and freight charges on, 369, 376

political backing on, 39-41, 58-61, 279

popular support of, 24-25, 26, 27, 30, 32, 63, 101-2, 144, 149, 185, 194, 221-22, 249, 253, 345, 356-58

profitability of, 19

right of way along sides of, 80

route chosen for, 24, 26, 27, 31, 32-39, 40-41, 59, 60-61, 63, 66-67, 125-29, 326

speed of, 357, 369

Washington promotional efforts on, 59-61, 64-68, 75-76, 193, 194

Western European enthusiasm on, 250
see also
Central Pacific Railroad; Union Pacific Railroad

transcontinental railroad construction:

CP-UP rivalry in, 155, 193-94, 201, 203, 225, 230-31, 238-39, 241, 242-43, 244, 247, 248, 249, 252, 274, 277, 282-83, 290-92, 300, 304-5, 306, 313, 316-17, 322-23, 331, 333-35, 337-40, 341-42, 346-52, 362-63, 365, 371-72

criticisms of, 252-53

disputed territory in, 330-31, 333-35, 339-40

end of, 352-55

geological challenges of, 250-52

pace of progress in, 20, 178, 194, 252

parallel grades in, 255, 277, 290-92, 306, 327, 353, 371-72

speed vs. quality of, 19, 20, 252, 371

supply routes for, 19-20, 249

water sources planned in, 127

workforce on, 21-22, 378-79
see also
construction workers

Trans-Siberian Railway, 18

trestles, 26, 124, 139, 154-55, 338-39

Truckee River, 201, 202, 231, 237, 244, 304, 305, 307-8, 309

tunnels, 20

blasting powder used on, 160-61, 328

Chinese workers vs. Cornish miners in excavation of, 199-200

cost of, 104, 161, 235-36, 291

in granite, 147,
155-56,
231-32, 235

hoisting engine used in work on, 199

nitroglycerin blasting of, 200-201, 235-36, 288, 328

physical demands of work on, 21

Summit, 160-62, 194, 199-202, 204, 206, 232, 235-36, 239, 244, 247

switchbacks vs., 78

on UP line, 207, 288, 295, 327-28

weather delays on, 197, 203, 204-5, 207, 232-34

Tweed, William M. “Boss,” 336

Tweed, William M., Jr., 336, 339

Union Pacific Railroad (UP):

board of directors of, 83-84, 128

bridges constructed by, 211, 221, 252, 259-61, 276-77, 288, 338, 344, 373

Cheyenne museum on, 221

chief engineers of, 18, 84-85, 91-92, 97, 98-99, 131-32, 171-72, 254, 381

city development aided by, 167-69, 176

in completion ceremonies, 354, 363-67

construction contracts on, 92-93, 99, 105, 212, 227, 246, 282-85, 294-95, 318-20, 335-36

construction management of, 18, 254, 256-62, 329-30

corporate leadership of, 19, 83-84, 89, 170-72, 191, 212, 226-27, 252, 285-86, 336, 342, 378, 380-81

costs of, 98, 99, 226, 283, 329

cottonwood ties on, 139-40, 252, 274

CP rivalry with, 155, 193-94, 201, 203, 225, 230-31, 238-39, 241, 242-43, 244, 247, 248, 249, 252, 274, 277, 282-83, 290-92, 300, 304-5, 306, 313, 316-17, 322-23, 331, 333-35, 337-40, 341-42, 346-52, 362-63, 365, 371-72

creation of, 80, 83, 89, 279, 365

Crédit Mobilier dividends of stock in, 318, 372-75

curves in, 135

defective construction on, 344

eastern terminus of, 87, 89-90, 91

expansion of, 378

financial management of, 92-94, 95-96, 98, 140, 190, 226, 270, 277, 282-83, 301, 318-21, 329, 330, 335-37, 339, 342-43, 359-60, 372-75, 378

fires on, 208, 216-17, 222-23

government bonds for, 84, 95, 98, 143, 170, 190, 226, 227, 252, 254, 334, 335, 375

government inspections of, 169-70, 183, 184, 211, 215, 252, 276

grading work on, 136-39, 174, 213, 274, 285, 287, 288, 290-92, 324, 327, 341

groundbreaking ceremony of, 89-90

Hell-on-Wheels towns along, 217-19, 221, 228, 259, 269, 275, 276, 337, 353, 372

highest altitude of, 210, 259, 261

Indian hostilities as obstacle to, 20, 132, 136, 141, 172-73, 174, 183, 209, 211, 214-16, 220, 222-23, 225-26, 227, 263, 264-67

investors in, 86, 88-89, 93-94, 95, 212, 226-27, 252, 279

Irish workers on, 18, 21, 177, 217-18, 327, 378

laborers on, 133, 136-39, 143-44, 173, 177-82, 189, 210, 211, 212-13, 221-22, 230-31, 274, 275-76, 281-85, 286-88, 290, 294-96, 329, 359, 378

land grants developed by, 98, 187-88, 211-12, 219-20, 252, 253

locomotives of, 139, 186, 221, 226

management difficulties of, 91-92, 98-99, 336

military organizational model of, 172, 213

Oregon Short Line of, 224-25, 377

passenger service on, 184, 187, 222, 324-25

profitability of, 93, 98, 212, 226, 227, 252, 336

promotional excursions on, 185-86, 190, 261, 275, 281-82

quality vs. speed in building of, 140, 144, 191-92, 252, 273, 274, 276

ransom paid for officials of, 359-60

rates of progress on, 138-39, 140, 143, 159, 170, 174, 176, 179, 182-83, 184, 185, 191, 192, 203, 208, 210, 212, 221-22, 226-28, 230, 243, 259, 261, 262, 273-77, 297, 322-23, 327-28, 331, 346, 352-53, 354

route decisions on, 87, 91-92, 95, 98, 127-29, 132, 134-36, 142, 144, 168, 175, 188-89, 190-91, 210, 212, 220, 221, 223-25,
251,
254, 262, 271-73, 279-80,
319,
333

smoothness of ride on, 183

standard gauge used in, 95, 180

supply routes for construction of, 20, 133, 167, 173, 175, 179-80, 181, 227, 230, 254, 260, 274, 373

telegraph contacts of, 256-57, 258

territory served by, 18

towns established along, 188, 220-21, 224, 259-60, 262, 324, 337, 354

track-laying operations of, 170, 171, 173-74, 180-82, 209, 212-13, 227-28, 244, 259, 273-74, 275-76, 300, 322-23, 327, 346

travel speeds of, 170, 183, 187

tunnels constructed on, 207, 288, 295, 327-28

water supplies of, 223-24, 225, 262

weather conditions on, 173, 178, 190, 207-8, 209, 228, 239, 259, 276, 277, 292, 296, 324-25, 361

western limit of, 95, 193-94, 225, 230, 238, 254-55, 277, 290, 291-92, 326, 332, 335, 339-40, 341, 355, 358, 371-72

as Western U.S. troop transport, 184, 215, 253

United States:

population growth of, 27-28, 139, 371

Southern secession from, 69, 70, 75, 76

taming of West in, 267

territorial expansion of, 42-43

troop transport in, 184, 215, 345-46

as world power, 133, 358

UP,
see
Union Pacific Railroad

Utah:

agriculture in, 280, 282, 284, 293

railroad routes in, 279-80, 286, 315-17,
319