Title: The Union Pacific Railroad : a case in premature enterprise.
Authors: Fogel, Robert William.
Publisher: Johns Hopkins Press,
Year: 1960
Subjects: Union Pacific Railroad Company.
Contents: I. The paradox of premature enterprise -- II. A reinterpretation of the congressional debate on construction and ownership. How the issue presented itself ; The Whitney Plan ; 1832-1860 : the persistence of quasi-government enterprise ; The dominance of pragmatism ; Toward an eclectic conclusion -- III. The double irony of the Acts of 1862 and 1864. The factual background ; The problem of funds ; The construction contracts ; The Ames-Durant conflict ; The profit ; The nature and extent of the risk faced by the promoters ; The fundamental deficiency in the acts of 1862 and 1864 -- IV. The question of public economic policy. The social rate of return ; The efficiency of the Acts of 1862 and 1864 -- Appendix A: The bond transactions of 1869-1870 -- Appendix B: Documentation on the discovery and adoption of the Evans Pass route.