INDEX
A
Adams, Edson, 86
Agricultural products, 349
Alcade, 141
Amador branch, 143
Antioch, 224
Associated Oil Company, 449
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fé Railroad, 241, 275;
acquires San Francisco and San Joaquin Valley Railroad, 331, 339-342
Atlantic and Pacific Company, 226
Atlantic and Pacific Railroad, 122, 125
Atlantic and Pacific Steamship Company, 305
B
Baker, Col., of Tulare, 28
Bakersfield, oil fields, 442
Balfour, Guthrie and Company, 305
Bankruptcy, threat of, 415
Banning, Phineas, 127
Bassett, J. M., 214
Battle Mountain, 361
Bear River, 8
Beerstecher, Mr., member, State Railroad Board, 1880-1883, 189-198
Board of Land Commissioners in California, 62
Bonds, California Pacific Railroad Company, 110-118;
Central Pacific Railroad, 418;
United States subsidy, 51-56;
lien on, 407-410;
payment and refunding of, 371-424;
payment of interest at maturity, 371;
settlement of indebtedness, 416-424;
sinking fund provision, 376, 383
Brice, Senator, 397
Brown, Mr., 147
Brown, Harvey S., 188
Brown, W. E., 75
Burch, John C., Congressman from California, 8
Burke v. Southern Pacific, 443
Business depression of 1891-1897, 363
Business Men’s League v. Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fé, 281, 282
C
California, aids Central Pacific Railroad, 25-44;
“Five Per Cent Act,” of 1870, 44;
industrial conditions, 237;
Judah’s work in, 5;
Spanish and Mexican grants, 62
California and Oregon Railroad, 81, 140, 152, 363, 450
California League of Progress, 319
California Pacific Eastern Railroad Extension Company, 110
California Pacific Railroad Company, acquired by Central Pacific, 104-118;
alleged mismanagement of, 116;
bonds of, 111;
competition of, 107;
growth of, 1871-1877, 141;
lease, 143;
shares, 112
California Southern Railroad, 123
California State Board of Transportation Commissioners, 181-198, 242, 335
California Steam Navigation Company, 224
Calistoga, 141
Canadian Pacific Railroad, 276, 308
Cape Horn route to San Francisco, 225, 306
Capital (See “Finance”)
Carpentier, E. R., 88
Carpentier, H. W., 86, 88, 89, 90
Carr, William, 204
Casserly, Eugene, 213
Central Pacific Railroad Company, 4;
Acts of 1862 and 1864, 49-64;
acquires California Pacific Railroad, 104-118;
acquires California Steam Navigation Company, 224;
bond issues, 24, 51-56, 370-424;
capital of, 22;
consolidation with Western Pacific Railroad, 84;
construction of, 1863-1869, 65-83;
ceremonies attending inauguration of work, 65;
contracts for, 70;
cost estimated, 16;
financing of, 75-82;
gradients, 65;
supplies for, 68;
temperature of climate, 67;
contract with California Pacific, 112;
discriminations against charged, 357;
expenses, legal and general, 213;
finances, 1870-1879, 169-180;
financing of California survey, 14;
government aid by California, 25-44;
government aid expected, 15;
government debt, 370-424;
in 1877, 140;
incorporation, 1899, 421, 423;
Judah’s second survey for, 19;
Judah’s work for, 4-10;
land grants, 50-64;
litigation with San Francisco, 31-40;
monopoly control by, 104;
Oakland water-front acquired, 85-94;
organization, 1861, 18;
rates, 237-256;
receipts to December, 1869, 21;
refuses to buy Sacramento Valley railroad, 43;
reorganization plan, 1899, 418;
San Francisco water-front acquired, 94-103;
stockholders, 146-149;
stock issues, 1863-1869, 23;
county subscriptions, 29;
subsidies demanded from towns, 28;
surveys, 66;
terminal facilities in 1869, 85;
transcontinental line finished, 84
Centralia, 19
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad, 149
Chico, 224
China Basin, 335-338
Chinese labor, 70
Cleveland, Grover, 403
Cohen, A. A., 174
Colon, Panama, 234
Colorado River, 140
Colton, David D., 28, 133, 154-168, 175, 184, 201, 202, 204-217, 387
Colton, Mrs. David B., 164-168
Commissioner of railroads (See “Railroad Commissions”)
Competition, effect of, on rates, 263, 280;
foreign ships, 294;
proposal for competing railroad, 318;
restraint of trade, accusations of, 356, 429-440;
San Joaquin project, 320;
transcontinental, 275;
Cone, J. S., member of State Railroad Board, 1880-1883, 189-198
Congress (See “Legislation”)
Connor, Mr., commercial agent, 356
Consolidation, Union Pacific and Southern Pacific, 425-440
Constitutional convention, California 1879, 184-187
Contract and Finance Company, 75-82;
builds railroad from Sacramento to Dansville, 113;
construction of Southern Pacific, 132
Contracts, construction of Central Pacific, 70-82;
rates, 250-255
Coon, Henry P., Mayor of San Francisco, 35
County stock subscriptions, 28, 29
Crocker, Charles, 13, 19, 22, 65, 70, 145, 170, 284;
contracts for construction, 70-75;
director, Southern Pacific Railroad, 123;
President Contract and Finance Company, 77;
relations with David D. Colton, 154-168;
shares of, 146-149
Crocker, E. B., Judge, 88
Curtis, William B., 240
D
Dane, Timothy, 84
Dawes, Mr., 409
Debts (See “Government aid”)
Dimond, William and Company, 304, 306
Dividends, payment of, 171, 374;
policy, 366;
suspension of, 365
Donahue, Peter, 123
E
Earnings, Central Pacific, 16, 22, 169, 361, 364;
charges by Auditor of Railroads, 389;
net earnings defined, 391;
Southern Pacific, 347-369
Eberlein, land agent, 445-448
Edmonds, Senator, 409
El Paso route, 354
Elk Hills title suit, 445
Eureka and Palisade Railroad, 361
F
Fair, James G., 310
Farming, 237
Felton, John P., 87, 88, 89, 90
Finance, construction work, Central Pacific, 71-82;
Southern Pacific, 136-139;
early years, 360;
federal aid, 42-64;
survey, 14;
inability to get capital, 170;
notes, 1878, 176;
organization of company, 18;
repayment of government debt, 370-424;
San Francisco and San Joaquin Valley Railroad, 322;
short-term borrowing, 174;
state and local aid, 21-41
“Five Per Cent Act,” of 1870, 44
Flower, Roswell P., 177
Freight traffic, 353;
Fremont’s route, 9
French, Thomas, 89
French v. Teschemaker, 33
Friedlander and Reed, 249
Frye-Davis report, 396
G
Gage, L. J., Secretary, U. S. Treasury, 415
Gage, Stephen T., 204, 209, 210
Galveston, Harrisburg and San Antonio Railway, 149
Gates, I. E., 213
Gear, Congressman, bill for refunding of debt, 399, 416
General Land Office, 57-59
Gerke, Mr., 195-197
Gilroy, 141
Gleaves Act, 338
Goodall and Perkins, 226
Gordon, Senator from Georgia, 203
Government aid, California, 25-44;
California laws, 1864, 34;
claim for indemnity, 374;
county stock subscriptions, 29;
federal, 45-64;
Judah’s proposals, 15;
opposition to in San Francisco, 31;
Pacific Railroad bill, 1860, 8;
repayment of debt, 370-424;
state aid, direct, 30;
United States bonds, 51-56, 371
Government, U. S., withholds payments, 377
Grace, J. W., and Company, 304
Grading of railroad, 65
Grain rates, 342
Gray, R., 246
Great Northern Railroad, 276
Griggs, U. S. Attorney-General, 415, 416
H
Haight, H. H., 216
Hale, Henry M., auditor of San Francisco, 35
Hammond, President, California Pacific Railroad, 115;
Vice-President, California Pacific Railroad, 114, 115
Hannaford, Mr., 432
Harriman, E. H., 428
Harriman system, 428
Hess, Mr., of Boca, 258
Hibbard, Spencer, Bartlett and Company, 282
Hood, engineer, 68
Hopkins, Mark, 22;
agreement with California Pacific Railroad 110;
biography, 14;
death of, 133;
director, Southern Pacific Railroad, 123;
finances Judah, 14;
general agent, California Pacific Railroad, 115;
report on construction, 72;
shareholder of Central Pacific Railroad, 19;
shares of, 147
Hopkins, Moses, treasurer, California Pacific Railroad, 115
Hopkins, Timothy, 145
Houston, H. A., 84
Howard, General, 216
Huntington, Collis P., 22, 28, 69, 73, 144, 145, 279, 283, 327, 351, 354, 357, 367, 370, 415;
acquires control of California Pacific Railroad, 109-118;
against state regulation, 200;
biography, 10;
death of, 426;
director, Southern Pacific Railroad, 123;
estate of, 427;
finances T. D. Judah, 14;
lobbying methods, 203-221;
negotiates purchase of California Pacific Railroad, 109-118;
organizes Contract and Finance Company, 75;
organizes Occidental and Oriental Steamship Company, 227;
policies, 426;
President of Southern Pacific, 218;
relations with Colton, 154-168;
shareholder of Central Pacific Railroad, 19;
shares of, 146-149;
submits annual report of Southern Pacific, 123;
Thurman bill, 387;
valuation of oil land, 442
Hyde, Mr., 129
I
Illinois Town, 8
Interest, on government bonds, 371
J
Jackson, Mr., 147
Jeffery, President, Denver and Rio Grande Railroad, 432
Johnson-Locke Mercantile Company, 309
Jones, John P., Senator from Nevada, 128
Judah, Theodore Dehone, 4-10;
estimates construction cost of Central Pacific, 16;
financed by Huntington and others, 14;
organizes Central Pacific Railroad, 18;
solicits federal aid, 46-48
K
Kansas Pacific Railway, 408
Kasson, Mr., 203
Kearney, Dennis, 184
Kern county, 127
Kern Trading and Oil Company, 447
Knight’s Landing, 224
Kuhn, Loeb and Company, 428, 429
L
Labor, cost of, on construction of Central Pacific, 67
Lake Pass on the Truckee River, 8
Land, rebought by federal government, 451
Land grants, 50-64;
company policies toward settlers, 63;
transfer of title, 56-59
Lassen’s Meadows, 19
Latham, Milton, General Manager, California Pacific Railroad Company, 109, 110, 112, 114, 117
Lathrop to Goshen route, 119, 140
Lawler, Judge, 189
Leeds, Joseph S., 283, 301, 302, 303, 307, 308, 313, 318-323
Legislation, Act of March 3, 1873, 377;
Act of 1880, 187;
“Five Per Cent” Act of 1870, 44;
Gleaves Act, 338;
influencing of, 199-221;
O’Connor bill, 183;
Pacific Railroad bill, 8, 47-64;
railroad control bill, 184-187;
state constitutional provisions, 1879, 184-187;
Thurman Act, 380-394
Lien on subsidy bonds, 407-410
Litigation, oil and timber lands, 441-453;
U. S. v. Union Pacific and Southern Pacific, 425-440
Loans, short-term, 174
Lobbying, 203-221
Loewy, William, clerk of the city of San Francisco, 37
London Economist, 367
Long hauls, 352
grants rights, 128;
in 1870, 127
Los Angeles and Independence Railroad, 128
Los Angeles and San Pedro Railroad, 127
Los Angeles to Yuma route, 125
Lovett, Mr., 357
Luce, G. W., 247
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