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];
earnings, [16], [22], [169], [361];
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]
Clipper ships, [225], [303-316]
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]
Doyle, John T., [216], [401], [407]
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]
Election of 1863, [32], [33], [38]
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]
Franchot, General, [204], [213]
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]
Goshen, [119], [126], [127], [140]
Gould, Jay, [226], [234], [427]
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]
Hawley, Edwin, [253], [427], [432]
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]
Leases, [142], [153], [335-338]
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]
M
McFarland, Mr., [185]
McKinley, William, President, [415]
McLoughlin, Charles, [84]
Manufactures, [237]
Marier, Mr., of Oakland, [90]
Marsh, Charles, finances Judah, [15];
shareholder of Central Pacific Railroad, [19]
Mayne, Charles, [123]
Meeting of associates in New York, [149]
Merchants’ Shipping Association, [304]
Merger, Southern Pacific and Union Pacific, [425-440]
Merritt, Samuel, [87], [88], [91]
Mexican Coast Steamship Company, [226]
Mexican lands in California, [62]
Midgley, J. W., [259]
Mileage, [348]
Miller, John, secretary, Contract and Finance Company, [80]
Milliken, Theodore J., [75]
Milton, [141]
Mojave, [140]
Montague, chief engineer, California Pacific Railroads, [113]
Moon, A. J., [86]
Morton, Paul, [432]
N
Napa, [224]
Napa Valley Railroad, [107]
Navigation lines, [222-236]
Needles, the, [140], [180], [360]
Nevada, influencing legislation in, [210]
Nevada and California Railroad, [361]
Nevada Central Railroad, [361]
New York Stock Exchange, Central Pacific stock listed, [171]
Nicaragua Canal Commission, [303]
North American Navigation Company, [308], [310-316]
North Fork, [8]
Northern Division of the Southern Pacific, [141], [144]
Northern Pacific Railroad, [275], [308]
Northern Railroad, [141];
lease, [142]
O
Oakdale, [141]
terminal at, [85-94]
Oakland Water Front Company, [87-94]
Occidental and Oriental Steamship Company, [227-229]
O’Connor bill of 1876, [183]
Oil land, litigation over, [441-453]
Oil rates, [246]
Operating, Southern Pacific, [347-369]
Oregon (See also “California and Oregon Railroad”); connection with, [152], [276]
Oregon Central Railroad Company, [450]
Oregon Short Line, [276]
Orient, trade with, [227]
P
Pacheco, [224]
Pacific Improvement Company, [133-135]
Pacific Mail Steamship Company, [225-308];
agreement with, [229-232];
arrangements with Panama Railroad, [233-236], [309]
Pacific Oil Company, [448]
Pacific Railroad bill, [8], [47], [48-64]
Pacific steamships, [225-236]
Palisade, [361]
Panama, [227-236]
Panama Canal, [289]
Panama, Isthmus of, [309-312]
Panama Railroad, [233-236], [309], [310]
Paxon, Joseph S., Treasurer of San Francisco, [35]
Peel, James, finances Judah, [15]
People v. Coon, [35]
Peters, [141]
Pierce, T. W., [149]
Piper, William A., [32], [216]
Placer county, subscriptions to stock, [41]
Placerville and Sacramento Valley Railroad, [17];
Judah’s work for, [4-10];
refusal of Central Pacific to buy, [43];
Sacramento to Shingle Springs, [141]
Political methods, [199-221]
Population, southern California in 1876, [170]
Portland, Ore., [276]
Powers, Congressman, bill for refunding of debt, [398]
Prince, John D., [177]
Probst, Daniel, [177]
R
Railroad Commission, United States Pacific, [80], [152], [209], [210];
report of commissioner on repayment of government debts, [395];
State Board of Transportation, [181-198], [242]
Rates, as affected by industrial conditions, [238];
charging what the traffic will bear, [257];
classifications, [240];
competing railroad to cut, [318];
competition of steamship lines, [303-316];
contract system, [250-255];
controversy with Traffic Association, [293-316];
discrimination, [243];
dissatisfaction with, [282];
effect of water competition on, [263], [280];
favoring of interests, [239];
rebates, [247];
San Francisco and San Joaquin Valley Railroad, [342];
State Board adopts new schedule, 1880, [191-194];
state regulation over local, [317];
transcontinental, [275-292]
Reagan, Judge, [189]
Red Bluff, [224]
Redding, [141]
Reese, Michael, [117]
Reilly, James, report on refunding of debt, [397]
Reorganization plan, [418-424], [436]
Restraint of trade, government action, 1911, [429];
testimony in regard, [356]
River traffic, [223]
Robinson, J. P., [5]
Rocky Mountain Coal and Iron Company, [158], [161], [162]
Root, Elihu, [415]
Roseville, [141]
Routes, Dutch Flat, [6];
Judah’s second report, 1861, [19]
S
Sacramento, Judah, T. D., in, [9];
rates, [317];
route to Benicia route, [5];
route to San Francisco route, [107];
route to San Francisco via Benicia, finished, [141];
route to San José, [84], [140];
route to Shingle Springs, [141];
route to Ogden, [140];
route to Washoe, [8]
Sacramento River bridge to Davisville, [111], [112]
Sacramento Union, [215]
Sacramento Valley Railroad (See [“Placerville and Sacramento Valley Railroad”])
Salinas Valley, [141]
Salt Lake, contemplated railroad to, [318]
San Benito Valley, [125]
San Fernando tunnel, [131]
San Francisco, [140], [223], [321];
meeting at, to object to refunding bill, [402];
opposes to government aid, [31-40];
port of, [223];
terminal facilities in, in 1869, [85];
water-front grants, [94-103]
San Francisco and Great Salt Lake Railroad Company, [318]
San Francisco and Marysville Railroad, [29]
San Francisco, Oakland and Alameda Railroad, purchased by Huntington and associates, [103], [140]
San Francisco and San Joaquin Valley Railroad, [44], [81], [140], [317-346];
China Basin lease, [335-338]
San Francisco and San José Railroad, [48], [84], [120], [121], [123]
San Francisco to Great Salt Lake, [318];
to Soledad, [141]
San Francisco Bulletin, [98], [101], [182], [306]
San Francisco Chronicle, [215], [219], [264]
San Francisco Examiner, [328], [403]
San Francisco Stock Exchange, Central Pacific stock listed, [171]
San Francisco Times, [98]
San Joaquin Valley, [119], [140]
San Joaquin Valley Railroad (See [“San Francisco and San Joaquin Valley Railroad”])
San José, [141]
San Pablo and Tulare Railroad, [141]
San Pedro, [223]
Santa Ana, in 1870, [127]
Santa Clara and Pajaro Valley Railroad, [123]
Santa Fé Railroad (See [“Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fé Railroad”])
Sargent, Congressman, [46], [47]
Securities, advertised, [172];
first sale of, [177];
market for, [171]
Shelby, P. P., [357]
Shingle Springs, [141]
Shipping statistics, New York to San Francisco, 1869-1884, [232]
Ships, British vs. American, [294]
Sierra Nevada Mountains, surveys of, [5], [59]
Simmons Hardware Company, [282]
Sinking funds, bond provisions, [376], [383];
court decisions, [410]
Smith, Mr., Treasurer of the Southern Pacific, [163]
Snow sheds, [67]
Southern Development Company, [135]
Southern Pacific Company of Kentucky, [150]
Southern Pacific Railroad acquires Los Angeles and San Pedro Railroad, [128];
bonds of, [370-424];
construction of, companies organized to build, [132-136];
early routes, [125-128];
controlled by Stanford and associates, [122];
earnings, [347-369];
El Paso route, [354];
in 1877, [140];
incorporated, [120-123];
grant by Los Angeles, [128];
growth of, 1871-1878, [141];
leases of, [143-153];
northern division, [141], [144];
operating characteristics, [347-369];
reorganization plan, 1884, [149], 1913, [436];
rivalry feared by Stanford, [119];
route, [123];
traffic diversion charged, [356];
Union Pacific gains control of, [428]
Spanish lands in California, [62]
Spence, Mr., [286], [356], [432]
Speyer, James, and Company, contract to sell securities, [147], [177-180], [414], [417]
Spreckels, Adolph, [326]
Spreckels, Claus, [324-328], [332], [336]
Spreckels, John D., [326], [329]
Sproule, Mr., [356]
Standard Oil Company, [245]
Stanford, Leland, [22], [64], [145], [284];
acquires control California Pacific Railroad, [109-118];
against state regulation, [199];
agreement with California Pacific Railroad, [110];
biography, [11];
claim against federal government, [374];
director, Southern Pacific Railroad, [123];
finances T. D. Judah, [14];
lobbying methods, [204-221];
Oakland Water Front Company, [87], [89], [90], [91];
objects to freight rates of 1880, [192];
on rates, [239];
organizes Contract and Finance Company, [75];
resigns presidency of Southern Pacific, [218];
senator from California, [218];
shareholder of Central Pacific Railroad, [19];
shares of, [146-149];
statement regarding Southern Pacific, [122];
Thurman bill, [385]
Stanford, Philip, [32]
State aid, [30]
State boards (see under names of states, California, Utah, etc.)
State regulation, arguments against, [199];
local control, [317];
railroad commission, 1880-1883, [181-198]
Steinman, Mr., [189]
Stetson, J. B., President, Traffic Association, [295], [297], [318], [359]
Stock, Central Pacific Railroad, 1863-1869, [23];
county subscriptions, [29];
California Pacific Railroad Company, [109-118];
prices of, [365-369]
Stock exchange listings, [171]
Stockholders, [142], [146-149];
English, [367];
liability of, [406];
under reorganization plan, [420]
Stockton, [17], [107], [140], [141], [223], [224], [272], [317], [320]
Stockton and Copperopolis Railroad, [17], [141], [143]
Stockton and Tulare Railroad, [44]
Stockton and Visalia Railroad, [141]
Stockton Independent, [182]
Stoneman, George B., member, State Railroad Board, 1880-1883, [189-198]
Strobridge, engineer, [68]
Stubbs, J. C., General Traffic Manager, [244], [249], [250], [252], [253], [255], [256], [258], [292], [432]
Subsidies (See “Government aid”)
Summit Station, [65]
Supplies, for construction of Central Pacific, [68]
Sutro, Adolph, [402]
Sutton and Beebe, [304], [306]
T
Taylor, General, [203]
Tehama, [141]
Temperature, affecting construction, [67]
Terminal Central Pacific Railroad Company, [100]
Terminals, China Basin lease, [335-338];
facilities in 1869, [85];
Oakland, [85-94];
rates, [281];
San Francisco, [94-103]
Tevis, Lloyd, [88], [123], [162], [167]
Texas Pacific Railroad, [125], [275]
Tilford, A. E., [245]
Tilford, W. H., [245]
Timber land, litigation over, [441-453]
Towne, Mr., general superintendent, [115], [144], [249], [264]
Tracy, [141]
Traffic, operating characteristics, [347-369];
rates, [237-274];
transcontinental, [275-292];
Traffic Association of California, rate war, [293-316], [318-323], [365]
Traffic Bureau of Utah, [284]
Tres Pinos, [126], [141], [179]
Tulare, [141]
Tuttle, Mr., [194]
U
Union Pacific Railroad Company, [49], [230], [275];
gains control of Southern Pacific, [428];
reorganization, 1913, [436]
United States v. Kansas Pacific Railway Company, [408]
United States v. Southern Pacific, [444-448]
United States Pacific Railway Commission, [80], [152], [209], [210]
V
Vancouver, [276]
Vanderbilt, Cornelius, [226]
Van Sicklen, Mr., [323]
Virginia and Truckee Railroad, [361]
Virginia City, [361]
Visalia, [141]
Votes, purchasing of, [209]
W
Water routes to California, [222-236], [263], [303-316]
Western Development Company, [132];
Colton interests in, [157], [158], [159], [165];
contract with Speyer, [178];
dividends, [160]
Western Pacific Railroad, consolidation with Central Pacific Railroad, [84], [140];
constructed by Contract and Finance Company, [81];
litigation with San Francisco, [31-40];
receipts to December, 1869, [21]
Whittier, Fuller and Company, [246]
“Willamette,” steamer, [224]
Wilmington, [141]
Wilson, Mr., real estate transaction by, [195-197]
Wilson, Sir Rivers, [367]
Wilson, S. M., [164]
Woodland to Tehama route, [141]
Y
Yuma, [140]