The Story of the First Trans-Continental Railroad
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These and someother gentlemen became convinced that the engineer was right--that thescheme was practicable. They subscribed fifty dollars a piece, and, inthe summer, Judah and his assistants made a careful survey of thepasses in the Sierras. This was in the summer of 1860, and in the fallthe engineer party returned, toil-worn and travel-stained, but vastlyencouraged and elated with the result of their summer's work. Sofavorable was the report that fifteen hundred dollars were immediatelyraised ...to be used the following summer in the same manner. The summerof 1861 found Judah and his party in the gulches and defiles of theSierras, earnestly prosecuting their labors. The result but confirmedthe previous report, with, if possible, more encouraging detailsregarding country, cost, etc. Judah then visited many of the principalcapitalists of San Francisco to obtain subscriptions for the work, butfailed to obtain a dollar. "But this road--what is it? Nothing thatconcerned them. It did not represent capital.
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These and someother gentlemen became convinced that the engineer was right--that thescheme was practicable. They subscribed fifty dollars a piece, and, inthe summer, Judah and his assistants made a careful survey of thepasses in the Sierras. This was in the summer of 1860, and in the fallthe engineer party returned, toil-worn and travel-stained, but vastlyencouraged and elated with the result of their summer's work. Sofavorable was the report that fifteen hundred dollars were immediatelyraised ...to be used the following summer in the same manner. The summerof 1861 found Judah and his party in the gulches and defiles of theSierras, earnestly prosecuting their labors. The result but confirmedthe previous report, with, if possible, more encouraging detailsregarding country, cost, etc. Judah then visited many of the principalcapitalists of San Francisco to obtain subscriptions for the work, butfailed to obtain a dollar. "But this road--what is it? Nothing thatconcerned them. It did not represent capital.
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