Chapters on the History of the Southern Pacific

by Stuart Daggett

CONTENTS

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Chapter		Page
I	Inception of the Project	[3]
II	Resources for Construction—State and Local Aid	[21]
III	Federal Land Grants and Subsidies	[45]
IV	Progress of Construction—Construction Companies	[65]
V	The Search for a Terminal	[83]
VI	Acquisition of the California Pacific	[104]
VII	Building of the Southern Pacific	[119]
VIII	Organization of the Central Pacific-Southern Pacific System From 1870 To 1893	[140]
IX	The Case of David D. Colton	[154]
X	Financial Difficulties from 1870 To 1879	[169]
XI	The Railroad Commission of 1880 To 1883	[181]
XII	The Southern Pacific and Politics	[199]
XIII	Water Competition	[222]
XIV	The Rate System of the Central Pacific	[237]
XV	Local Rates in California	[257]
XVI	The Transcontinental Tariff	[275]
XVII	The Traffic Association of California	[293]
XVIII	The San Francisco and San Joaquin Valley Railway	[317]
XIX	Operating Characteristics of the Southern Pacific Lines	[347]
XX	The Thurman Act	[370]
XXI	Final Settlement of the Central Pacific Indebtedness to the Government	[395]
XXII	The Southern Pacific Merger Cases	[425]
XXIII	Oil and Timber Land Litigation	[441]
XXIV	Final Remarks	[454]

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