[96] Ibid., December, 1865, and July, 1869.
[97] Ibid., October 8, 1864.
[98] Ibid., December, 1863.
[99] United States Pacific Railway Commission, pp. 2581-82, testimony Arthur Brown, superintendent of bridges and buildings.
[100] United States Pacific Railway Commission, p. 2579, statement William Hood; pp. 2580-81, 3150, statement J. H. Strobridge; pp. 2576-77, statement L. M. Clement; p. 3055, testimony E. H. Miller; pp. 2581-82, statement Arthur Brown.
[101] United States Pacific Railway Commission, p. 2523, testimony Leland Stanford. On the other hand, there were abundant supplies of timber along the line, and the price of machinery declined after the war.
[102] United States Pacific Railway Commission, pp. 3139-41, testimony J. H. Strobridge. The following table is prepared from Mr. Strobridge’s testimony:
Number of Men Employed in Central Pacific Construction, 1864-69, and Rate of Pay
| Year | Number of Chinamen | Rate of pay | Number of White Men | Rate of pay |
| 1864 | Very few | 1,200 | $ 30 a month | |
| 1865 | 7,000 | $ 30 a month | 2,500 | —30 ”—”—— |
| 1866 | 11,000 | —30 ”—”—— | 2,500–3,000 | —30 ”—”—— |
| 1867 | 11,000 | —30 ”—”—— | 2,500–3,000 | |
| 1868 | 5,000–6,000 | 2,000–3,000 | ||
| 1869 | 5,000 | 1,500–1,600 |
[103] Huntington was always openly in favor of unrestricted Chinese immigration. He said that exclusion deprived the United States of tractable and cheap labor, which was needed to build up the desert places of the country. He believed the fanatical hostility to the Chinese was limited to California, where, he asserted, the Irish Catholics swung the balance of power. (San Francisco Examiner, January 4, 1889.)