INDEX
Reading edition
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
Benicia, 107, 141, 224
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
Booth, L. A., 15, 19
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;
dividends, 365, 374;
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;
leases, 142, 153;
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
Colusa, 223, 224
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;
water, 222-236, 303-316
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
Cornish, Judge, 446, 447
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
Davisville, 112, 141
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
Dutch Flat, 6, 7, 8
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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
Folsom, 8, 10, 19
Franchot, General, 204, 213
Freight traffic, 353;
rates, 191, 349
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
Goat Island, 100, 101
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
Huron, 141, 179
Hyde, Mr., 129
I
Illinois Town, 8
Interest, on government bonds, 371
J
Jackson, Mr., 147
Jacobs, Isidor, 300, 301
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
Kahn, Otto H., 429, 430
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
Lincoln, Abraham, 8, 19
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
Los Angeles, 140, 141;
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
McDougal, Senator, 46, 48
McFarland, Mr., 185
McKinley, William, President, 415
McLoughlin, Charles, 84
Manufactures, 237
Marier, Mr., of Oakland, 90
Markham, C. H., 446, 447
Marsh, Charles, finances Judah, 15;
shareholder of Central Pacific Railroad, 19
Martinez, 141, 319
Marysville, 29, 141
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
Mills, D. O., 105, 172
Milton, 141
Mojave, 140
Montague, chief engineer, California Pacific Railroads, 113
Moon, A. J., 86
Morton, Paul, 432
Moss, J. Mora, 5, 7
Munroe, J. A., 246, 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
Newmark, Harris, 129, 130
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
Oakland, 140, 141;
terminal at, 85-94
Oakland Water Front Company, 87-94
Occidental and Oriental Steamship Company, 227-229
O’Connor bill of 1876, 183
Ogden, 4, 140, 354
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
Park, Trenor W., 226, 234
Paxon, Joseph S., Treasurer of San Francisco, 35
Peel, James, finances Judah, 15
People v. Coon, 35
Peters, 141
Phelps, T. G., 28, 48
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;
local, 242, 257-274;
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 Diego, 127, 223
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;
rates, 281, 317;
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
Scott, Tom, 202, 208
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
Soledad, 141, 179
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
Strong, Daniel W., 6, 284
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
Thayer, S. H., 172, 173
Thurman act, 380-394, 408
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
Truckee River, 8, 9, 19
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
Vallejo, 107, 141, 224
Vancouver, 276
Vanderbilt, Cornelius, 226
Van Sicklen, Mr., 323
Virginia and Truckee Railroad, 361
Virginia City, 361
Visalia, 141
Votes, purchasing of, 209
W
Washoe, 8, 9
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