Main Author:	Peyton, J. Lewis 1824-1896.
Format:	Microfilm
Language:	English
Published:	Chicago : W.W. Danenhower, 1853.
Physical Description:	32 pages ; 22 cm.
Subjects:	Pacific railroads -- Early projects.

Speeches of Mr. Gwin, of California, on the national railroad bill--homestead bill--civil fund bill--California Indian war debt--appointment of judge for the northern district of California--and the bill to create a line of steamships from California via the Sandwich Islands to China. Delivered in the Senate of the United States, Dec. 12, 1853
by: Gwin, William McKendree, 1805-1885.
Published: (1853)

The Pacific telegraph and railway, an examination of all the projects for the construction of these works, with a proposition for harmonizing all sections and parties of the Union, and rendering these great works truly national in their character
by: Loughborough, J.
Published: (1849)

The great commercial prize addressed to every American who values the prosperity of his country
by: Coffin, Charles Carleton, 1823-1896.
Published: (1858)

A project for a railroad to the Pacific
by: Whitney, Asa, 1797-1872.
Published: (1849)

The Union Pacific Railroad from Omaha to Promontory
by: Howard, J. W.
Published: (1869)

Report of Lieut. Col. James H. Simpson, Corps of Engineers, U.S.A., on the change of route west from Omaha, Nebraska Territory proposed by the Union Pacific Railroad Company, made to Honorable James Harlan, Secretary of the Interior, September 18, 1865, with the President's decision thereon
by: Simpson, J. H. 1813-1883.
Published: (1865)

Letter from General Thomas J. Green, of California, to Hon. Robert J. Walker, upon the subject of Pacific railroad, September 19, 1853
by: Green, Thomas J. 1802-1863.
Published: (1853)

Project of a national railroad from the Atlantic to the Pacific ocean for the purpose of obtaining a short route to Oregon and the Indies
by: Wilkes, George, 1817-1885.
Published: (1845)

Address...before the legislature of Pennsylvania, on his project for a railroad from Lake Michigan to the Pacific
by: Whitney, Asa, 1797-1872.
Published: (1848)

A project for opening a north-west passage between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, by means of a railway on British territory ... Also outlines of a plan proposed by the Canadian land & railway association, for an extensive system of employment & colonization, in connexion with the railways of British North America
by: Doull, Alexander.
Published: (1852)

Trans-continental railways of the United States
by: Johnson, Edwin Ferry, 1803-1872.
Published: (1871)

Report on the impracticability of building a railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean
by: Kidwell, Mr.
Published: (1856)

A practical plan for building the Pacific railroad
by: Judah, Theodore D. 1826-1863.
Published: (1857)

Senatorial excursion party over the Union Pacific Railway, E.D. speeches of Senators Yates, Cattell, Chandler, Howe and Trumbull; Hon. J.A.J. Creswell, Hon. John Covode, M.C., and Hon. Wm. M. McPherson, on the Pacific rail road question. Delivered at the banquet given to them by the City Council and Merchants' Exchange, at the Southern Hotel, St. Louis, June 14, 1867. Proceedings of meetings of excursionists, held at Fort Harker, Kan., June 7 and 8, 1867. Speeches of Senators Cameron and Henderson, Representatives Orth, Niblack, Stevens, Laflin, Hubbard, Nicholson, Kitchen and Maj-Gen. Hancock, and Hon. B.H. Brewster ... Proceedings of meetings of citizens of New Mexico, held at Santa Fe, September 21, 1867, and address of Gen. Wm. J. Palmer. Report of president of Union Pacific Railway, E.D. made to secretary of the interior for the year ending September 30, 1867. Exhibit of earnings, &c.
by: Kansas Pacific Railway Company.
Published: (1867)

A Pacific rail-road bill with explanation and argument in support of it
by: Lander, F. W. 1821-1862.
Published: (1860)

Pacific Railroad ... A review of the reports of the committees of the Senate and House of Representatives of the last session With remarks by the author of the review
Published: (1850)

Charter, organization, address of the president, Josiah Perham, with the by-laws of the board of commissioners
by: People's Pacific Railroad Company.
Published: (1860)

Papers submitted to the House Committee on the Pacific Railroad
by: United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Pacific Railroads.
Published: (1869)

The Southern Transcontinental Railway, its Pacific terminus A memorial of the San Diego Chamber of Commerce
by: San Diego Chamber of Commerce.
Published: (1870)

Speech of Hon. Aaron A. Sargent, of California, on the Pacific Railroad as a military necessity, delivered in the House of Representatives, January 31, 1862
by: Sargent, A. A. 1827-1887.
Published: (1862)

Letter of the Secretary of the Interior, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate ... the annual reports of the several Pacific railroad companies
by: United States. Department of the Interior.
Published: (1869)

The Pacific railroad congressional proceedings in the thirty-seventh, thirty-eighth, and forty-first Congresses
Published: (1875)

Benton's policy of selling and developing the mineral lands, and the necessity of furnishing access to the Rocky Mountains by the construction of the Northern and Central Pacific railroad
by: Conkling, Edgar, 1812-1881.
Published: (1864)

The Southern Atlantic and California Railway. Statement of facts and reasons for its adoption as the southern line to the Pacific Ocean
by: Atlantic and California Railroad Company.
Published: (1869)

Atlantic and Pacific Railroad. Route to the Pacific Ocean, on the 35th parallel
by: Atlantic and Pacific Railroad Company.
Published: (1867)

Central Pacific railway route. Memorial to the Congress of the U.S. on the subject of a railway to the Pacific Ocean, by the valley of Kansas River or the route of the 39th parallel. From the Chamber of Commerce of the city of Kansas
by: Chamber of Commerce (Kansas City, Mo.)
Published: (1858)

Report on the Pacific railroad
by: United States. Special Commission on the Pacific Railroad.
Published: (1869)

The policy of extending government aid to additional railroads to the Pacific, by guaranteeing interest on their bonds Report of the majority of the Senate Committee on Pacific Railroad, February 19, 1869
by: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Pacific Railroad (1863-1873)
Published: (1869)

An act to aid in the construction of a railroad and telegraph line from the Missouri River to the Pacific Ocean, and to secure to the government the use of the same for postal, military, and other purposes
by: United States.
Published: (1862)

Arguments of the Hon. William M. Gwin on the subject of a Pacific railroad, before the Senate of the United States
by: Gwin, William McKendree, 1805-1885.
Published: (1860)

The Pacific railroad
by: Conkling, Edgar, 1812-1881.
Published: (1860)

Pacific railroad surveys letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting reports of surveys, &c., of railroad routes to the Pacific Ocean
by: United States. War Department.
Published: (1854)

A great mass convention, composed of delegates from fourteen counties, held at Ottumwa, Wapello county, Iowa, on the 13th February 1852, by the Friends of the Lafayette and Missouri river rail road. Wm. H. Wallace, president. W. H. Brumfield, J. H. M'Kenny, secretaries
by: Friends of the Lafayette and Missouri River Rail Road Company.

How we built the Union Pacific railway and other railway papers and addresses
by: Dodge, Grenville M., 1831-1916.
Published: (1910)

Romantic realities. The story of the building of the Pacific roads
by: Dodge, Grenville M., 1831-1916.
Published: (1889)

Pacific railroad. Unanimous action of the legislature of Washington Territory, in favor of a branch road from Puget Sound, to connect with a central railroad to California; and a memorial of F.W. Lander, in explanation of the survey thereon conducted
by: Lander, F. W. 1821-1862.
Published: (1855)

Railroad communication across the continent, with an account of the Central Pacific railroad of California: a description of the route, the progress and character of the work, its resources and business prospects, with the foundation and advantages of its first mortgage bonds ... May, July, Aug., Oct., Dec., 1867; Feb., May, Sept., 1868
by: Central Pacific Railroad Company.
Published: (1867)

The Central Pacific railroad. Its relations with the government. It has performed all its obligations. Argument of Creed Haymond, its general solicitor, made to a select committee of the U.S. Senate ... March 17th and 26th, and April 7th, 1888
by: Haymond, Creed, 1836-1893.
Published: (1888)

Railroad to the Pacific. Speech of Hon. John G. Davis, of Indiana, in the House of Representatives, June 13, 1854
by: Davis, John G. 1810-1866.
Published: (1854)

A lecture on the railroad to the Pacific. Delivered August 12, 1850, at the Smithsonian Institute, Washington. At the request of numerous members of both houses of Congress
by: Colton, Calvin, 1789-1857.
Published: (1850)

Suggestions on railroad communication with the Pacific, and the trade of China and the Indian Island

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