Evening Star Newspaper, October 26, 1930, Page 122

NEARLY 3 MONTHS FOR A SAILING VESSEL Y\ O GO FROM NEW YoRK. v\‘? 70 SAN FRANCISCO \ PROVIDE RAPID> COMMUNICATION BETWEEN THE MISSOURI FRONTIER, BY WAY oF B:rore e BuLDING OF THE TRANSCONTI- | s ey : yi 7 LS = .N 1860 THE FAMOUS "PoNY EXPRES "NENTAL RARWAY THE COVERED WA GiON, e Y e ; i : RELAYED MAIL FROM ST.JoSEPH,MISSOURY, WITH ITS PLODDING OXEN, TOoK MONTHS 70 = = B " =5 ; To SACRAMENTO,CALIFORNIA, IN 8 DAYS. CROSS THE CONTINENT To CALIFORNIA ~—* 2 - 5 HIGH LIGHTS OF HISTORY ... e lrm ot toro ey = By J. CARROLL MANSFIELD The Transcontinental Railway l 1862 AND 1864, WHILE THE CwiIL WAR WAS GOoING ON,CONGRESS PASSED Two ACTS AUTHORIZING THE BUILDING OF A TRANSCONTINENTAL RAILWAY. CONSTRUCTION WAS BEGUN AT THE END> OF THE WAR. .Y 1860 THE RAILROADS HAD CROSSED THE MISSISSIPPI AND STOOD AT THE THRESHOLD> OF THE VAST INDIAN COUNTRY THAT LAY BEYOND>. 5 EARLY AS 1844 AMERICAN % MERCHANTS IN THE CHINATRADE A . LRGED THE BUILDING OF A TRANS- .CONTINENTAL RAILWAY To SHORT- EN THE ROUTE To THE FAR EAST. THE AcQUISITION OF CALIFORNIA IN 1848 AND THE DISCOVERY OF GOLD THERE IN THE SAME YEAR ATTRACTED THE ATTENTION OF ALL AMERICANS To THE \MPOR - TANCE OF THE PACIFIC COAST AND CREATED A DEMAND FOR A RAILWAY TO LINK THE EAST AND THE WEST. — ™ ° PRESIDENT OF THE GENTRAL PACIFIC. Bl HE LINE WAS TO BE BUILT BY TwWO RAILROAD> COMPANIES, THE UNION PACIFIC MOVING WESTWARD FROM THE MiSSOURI RIVER TO MEET THE CENTRAL PACIFIC COMING EASTWARD FROM SAN FRANCISCO BAY. —— GIOVERNMENT GUARANTEED THE BONDS ' F CONSTRUCTION WoRK NEARLY A ISSUED BY THE COMPANIES AND YEAR BEFORE THE LINION PACIFIC, GRANTED THEM LARGE TRACTS OF 4 ; EMPLOYING THOUSANDS OF CHINESE LAND ALONG THE RIGHT OF WAY. — ; : COOLIES AS Lfifiqfiins. : u. THE ROLLING STOCK ,RAILS ‘ » s g .y L A SN TS AND ToOLS FOR THE CENTRAL i s 4 !HE WORNERS OF THE LINION PACIFIC HAD TO BE CARRIED BY Yy Wl = PACIFIC WERE FOR THE MOST BOAT FROM THE EAST AROUND ‘ [ e o W Pl | PART EX-SOLDIERS, VETERANS OF THE SouTH AMERICA TO CALIFORNIA . —© FA e m AR ; Civit. WAR, WHO HAP GONE WEST (Copyright, 1930, by J. Carroll Mansfield) ' ¥ i A A SEEKING EMMMM E LABORERS WERE ARMED AND MILITARY DISCIPLINE PREVAILED. OFTEN THEY PROPPE]> PICK AND SHOVEL TO BEAT OFF THE REDSKINS . —o CHIEFLY ON FRESH BUFFALO MEAT. Ir WAS AS A PROFESSICNAL HUNTER FOR THE LINION Pacific TRAT “BureaLo OF THE TRACK-LAYING GANGS WENT THE SURVEYING PARTIES, LAZING THE o AT : BLAZING WAY FOR THE ROAP OF , AGAIN AND AGAIN THEY ATTACKRED> W 1o amec THE RAILROAD> BUILDERS. - | k2.2 : . 7 THOE CONTNGEp=- & uz PLAINS INDIANS WERE ANGERED | [\ \ | !AR AHEAD BY THIS INVASION OF THEIR LANDS ; - A AND THE SLAUGHTER OF THE BUFFALOES