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Chapters on the History of the Southern Pacific

by Stuart Daggett

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  1. 1Preface
  2. 2Chapter I — Inception of the Project
  3. 3Chapter II — Resources for Construction — State and Local Aid
  4. 4Chapter III — Federal Land Grants and Subsidies
  5. 5Chapter IV — Progress of Construction — Construction Companies
  6. 6Chapter V — The Search for a Terminal
  7. 7Chapter VI — Acquisition of the California Pacific
  8. 8Chapter VII — Building of the Southern Pacific
  9. 9Chapter VIII — Organization of the Central Pacific-Southern Pacific…
  10. 10Chapter IX — The Case of David D. Colton
  11. 11Chapter X — Financial Difficulties From 1870 to 1879
  12. 12Chapter XI — The Railroad Commission of 1880 to 1883
  13. 13Chapter XII — The Southern Pacific and Politics
  14. 14Chapter XIII — Water Competition
  15. 15Chapter XIV — The Rate System of the Central Pacific
  16. 16Chapter XV — Local Rates in California
  17. 17Chapter XVI — The Transcontinental Tariff
  18. 18Chapter XVII — The Traffic Association of California
  19. 19Chapter XVIII — The San Francisco and San Joaquin Valley Railway
  20. 20Chapter XIX — Operating Characteristics of the Southern Pacific Lines
  21. 21Chapter XX — The Thurman Act
  22. 22Chapter XXI — Final Settlement of the Central Pacific Indebtedness…
  23. 23Chapter XXII — The Southern Pacific Merger Cases
  24. 24Chapter XXIII — Oil and Timber Land Litigation
  25. 25Chapter XXIV — Final Remarks

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