Produced by David Edwards, Christine P. Travers and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from the Google Print project.) [Transcriber's note: Obvious printer's errors have been corrected, all other inconsistencies are as in the original. Author's spelling has been maintained.] The Story of the First Trans-continental Railroad Its projectors, construction and history "I Fed the Men who Built It" Compiled and Published by W. F. BAILEY [Illustration: Buffalo] Copies of this work may be procured at $2.00 each from either the Compiler, Fair Oaks, California, or from the Printers, the Pittsburgh Printing Co., 518-520 Seventh Avenue, Pittsburgh, Penna. Copyright 1906 BY W. F. BAILEY PRESS OF PITTSBURGH PRINTING CO. TABLE OF CONTENTS. Chapter Page I. The Project and its Projectors, 9 II. The Proposition in Congress, 21 III. Mostly Financial, 31 IV. Commencement of the Work, 42 V. Progress Made, 50 VI. Indian Troubles during Construction, 69 VII. The Builders, 79 VIII. Completion of the Line, 92 IX. The Kansas Division (Kansas Pacific Ry.) 103 X. The Denver-Cheyenne Line (Denver Pacific R. R.) 117 XI. History of the Line since its Completion, 123 XII. The Central Pacific Railroad, 133 APPENDIX. (1) Roster of Officials, 141 (2) Statistics, 146 (3) Nomenclature, 148 (4) Paddy Miles' Ride, 153 (5) Copy Report Engineer in Charge of Survey, 157 Preface For some reason the people of today are not nearly as familiar with the achievements of the last fifty years as they are with those of earlier days.