The Union Pacific Railroad Company: Chartered by the United States. Progress of Their Road West from Omaha, Nebraska, Across the Continent. Making, with Its Connections, an Unbroken Line from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean. 500 Miles Completed October 25, 1867 ... |
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$1 per cubic 20 Nassau Street acres Acts of Congress additional miles amount Atlantic and Pacific average beginning at Omaha Black Hills boarding cars bonds issued built California capital stock Central Pacific charges to contractors Cheyenne CISCO COMPANY'S FIRST MORTGAGE connecting the Atlantic construction train continent cost CURRENCY FROM JULY depots Eastern Asia eastern base ELEVEN HUNDRED MILES ending July 31st equal ernment estimate FIVE HUNDRED MILES forty miles freight cars Government Bonds Government grants grades Grand Line interest lands Laramie Plains miles of road mining regions Missouri Mortgage Bonds NEBRASKA Nevada North Platte operating expenses Overland Pacific Ocean Pacific Railroad Company passengers population portion quarter ending July Rocky Mountains route San Francisco section of twenty secure Sierra Nevadas Sioux City SIX PER CENT stations steamships thousand tion tons track traffic twenty miles U. S. Bonds Union Pacific Railroad United valley West from Omaha western York