Chapters on the History of the Southern Pacific by Stuart Daggett Hard Cover

 

Chapters on the History of the Southern Pacific by Stuart Daggett

Hard Cover

Copyright 1922, 1966

470 pgs

Index

Table of Contents:

Inception Of The Project

Resources For Construction-State And Local Aid

Federal Land Grants And Subsidies

Progress Of Construction-Construction Companies

The Search For A Terminal

Acquisition Of The California Pacific

Building Of The Southern Pacific

Organization Of The Central Pacific-Southern Pacific System From 1870 To 1893

The Case Of David D. Colton

Financial Difficulties From 1870 To 1879 . The Railroad Commission Of 1880 To 1883 .

The Southern Pacific And Politics

Water Competition

The Rate System Of The Central Pacific .

Local Rates In California

The Transcontinental Tariff

The Traffic Association Of California

The San Francisco And San Joaquin Valley Railway

Operating Characteristics Of The Southern Pacific Lines

The Thurman Act

Final Settlement Of The Central Pacific Indebtedness To The Government

The Southern Pacific Merger Cases

Oil And Timber Land Litigation

Final Remarks

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