  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 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 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; 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; 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 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 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; 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 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 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 E 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 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 Freight traffic, 353; 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 Goodall and Perkins, 226 Gordon, Senator from Georgia, 203 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 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 Hyde, Mr., 129 I Illinois Town, 8 Interest, on government bonds, 371 J Jackson, Mr., 147 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 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 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 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 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 McFarland, Mr., 185 McKinley, William, President, 415 McLoughlin, Charles, 84 Manufactures, 237 Marier, Mr., of Oakland, 90 Marsh, Charles, finances Judah, 15; shareholder of Central Pacific Railroad, 19 Mayne, Charles, 123 Meeting of associates in New York, 149 Merchants’ Shipping Association, 304 Merger, Southern Pacific and Union Pacific, 425-440 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 Milton, 141 Mojave, 140 Montague, chief engineer, California Pacific Railroads, 113 Moon, A. J., 86 Morton, Paul, 432 N Napa, 224 Napa Valley Railroad, 107 Navigation lines, 222-236 Nevada, influencing legislation in, 210 Nevada and California Railroad, 361 Nevada Central Railroad, 361 New York Stock Exchange, Central Pacific stock listed, 171 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 terminal at, 85-94 Oakland Water Front Company, 87-94 Occidental and Oriental Steamship Company, 227-229 O’Connor bill of 1876, 183 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 Paxon, Joseph S., Treasurer of San Francisco, 35 Peel, James, finances Judah, 15 People v. Coon, 35 Peters, 141 Pierce, T. W., 149 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; 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 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 Fernando tunnel, 131 meeting at, to object to refunding bill, 402; opposes to government aid, 31-40; port of, 223; 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 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”) 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 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; 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 Speyer, James, and Company, contract to sell securities, 147, 177-180, 414, 417 Spreckels, Adolph, 326 Spreckels, Claus, 324-328, 332, 336 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 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 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 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 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 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 Vancouver, 276 Vanderbilt, Cornelius, 226 Van Sicklen, Mr., 323 Virginia and Truckee Railroad, 361 Virginia City, 361 Visalia, 141 Votes, purchasing of, 209 W 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 |
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