Union Pacific Railroad

The advantages of the railroad were due to the demand for faster and more convenient transportation. They created more direct routes, greater speed and safety, dependable schedules, year-round service, and more space to travel. They connected many cities together and went about 50 miles an hour, which would take a whole day on horseback or stagecoach. It carried cattle, fruit, and goods it had never previously been carried. The Railroad Empire grew at the end of the Civil War. It expanded from 35,000 miles to 193,000 miles in about 35 years. Investors gave money as well as the government which allowed companies to grow, while making money from the land-use for track. Grants of land and cash stimulated the railroad across the west. This allowed…

The Transcontinental Railroad The Transcontinental Railroad was a legendary Civil Engineering feat that created an entirely new way of settlement and trade in the West that had hardly been imagined. The Railroad changed the life of the travelers and settlers in America. A trip from the East Coast to the West Coast that used to take six months then took a mere seven days. Without the intelligence of great men like Theodore Judah and Grenville Dodge, who were Chief Engineers of the Railroad, the…

They were also able to raise large funds for building the road, but instead of using this money for the road it went right into their hands. During the year of 1872 the Crédit Mobilier scandal was brought to light and a year later in 1873 they had to deal with a big consequence that was put upon them politically. The railroad industry during this time was a very important part of the economic health of America. Actually I would like to reference something along those lines that I found would…

society was the creation of the Railroads. Capital primarily came from the investments of railroads. Railroads helped change American Life economically and socially. Railroads became the first major economic spending after the civil war. Then there was a rapid expansion of railroads, by 1860 it went from 30,000 miles to 193,000 by 1900. These railroads…

Oftentimes these corporations even interfere with the government. In 1862, Thomas Clark Durant tricked Congress into passing the Pacific Railway Act, which gave the Union Pacific Railroad company 10 square miles of land for every mile of track it laid (Credit Mobilier Scandal). Two years later, Durant and his associates formed Credit Mobilier of America which carried out the Union Pacific’s track construction. Credit Mobilier charged the Union Pacific twice as much that the later estimated for…

He integrated railroads, insurance companies, and banks to make business run with more ease. John D. Rockefeller- He was a an oil tycoon who created his monopoly by taking control of all of his competition. Andrew Carnegie- He made his fortune by incorporating the Bessemer Steel Process into his steel manufacturing business. He donated a university, because he believed it would help the poor by having the rich succeed and would give the poor a place to…

The transcontinental railroad was a massive achievement for our country; its many accomplishments included expanding settlement, providing valuable jobs, and spurring immigration. Before the railroad was constructed, settlements were mostly established on the east coast. There were, however, a few settlements out west as a result of the California Gold Rush, but there was nothing in between. Traveling the 2,000 miles to California from the eastern region of the United States took five hard and…

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Huntington, Huntington, Huntington, Collis P. Huntington is who many consider to be the head of the Central Pacific railroad. The reason why it all came together, so to speak. Huntington was always a brash businessman. He even had the audacity to claim the Eiffel tower wasn’t profitable. Huntington was a man who was in it all for profit. I understand that the big four, the men responsible for the Central Pacific Railroad: IE Huntington, Leland Stanford, Crocker and Hopkins may have worked…

Coast together with a railroad (Carvantes 4). He saw the great potential of a railroad stretching across America seeing how it could allow people and resources to travel across the country in a safe and reliable form of transportation. His vision would come to be realized with the creation of the Transcontinental Railroad. Construction of the railroad first began in 1863 and was a very long and expensive process costing up to $96 million (Carvantes 4). However, it proved to be well worth the…