Empire Express: Building the First Transcontinental RailroadCulminating in the driving of the Golden Spike in the Utah desert in 1869, which touched off a frenzy of celebration, the narrative ends in 1873 in Washington under the Capitol rotunda, with the crushing fall of a popular politician and the exposure of a powerful, hidden railroad lobby - a scandal, which, for half a year, dominated the press and the country's imagination."--BOOK JACKET. |
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Page 497
... grade " but he does not press his views so strongly as the Colonel does . " Seymour was " a strong advocate of the use of higher grades , and the cheapening of the cost of con- struction by that means , " Blickensderfer commented ...
... grade " but he does not press his views so strongly as the Colonel does . " Seymour was " a strong advocate of the use of higher grades , and the cheapening of the cost of con- struction by that means , " Blickensderfer commented ...
Page 553
... grading over the one hundred miles between Monument Point and Humboldt Wells . Durant would grade " and let either party pay at the average cost for as much as they lay the Iron on , " he said , " or each party if preferred to grade an ...
... grading over the one hundred miles between Monument Point and Humboldt Wells . Durant would grade " and let either party pay at the average cost for as much as they lay the Iron on , " he said , " or each party if preferred to grade an ...
Page 558
... grade so as to in- crease it above the maximum on that particular division of road . In returning from Salt Lake , I found that the grade on the summit west of Twin Lakes had been increased to 62 feet with some changes at other points ...
... grade so as to in- crease it above the maximum on that particular division of road . In returning from Salt Lake , I found that the grade on the summit west of Twin Lakes had been increased to 62 feet with some changes at other points ...
Contents
For All the Human Family | 3 |
Who Can Oppose Such a Work? | 16 |
Page | 22 |
Copyright | |
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