Omaha daily bee., 1897-11-01

Pacific coasts by a system OF railways Is
said to have been first given public express
sion In the Emgrdnt, a weekly published
at Ann Arbor Mich. from November lS
1929. to December ], 1894. During the next
ten years followed a period OF Invention ot
Inception. a transcontnental railroad was
eagerly agitatcd In a number Of newspapers
magazines and other periodicals in this
country and abroad. The time between 1870
to 1850 may be termed the period OF agita-
tlon and ferment, in which the idea OF a
r1ilroad across the continent was more vigor-
ously discussed. Asa whitney. merchant
Of New York who had travelled In Europe.
China and Japan considerably, was most
prominent in urging the project The aim
and object Of his life was the building OF
railway from Lake Michigan or the M!esis-
sippi river to the Pacific colst He first
=sInrQu9ht the project to the attcoton OF con
gress in a memorial presented by him to the
senate and TO the lower house, en- January
2S, 1Si5 1t was cast in the form of proposed
legislation in the bill fayorably reported by
the committee on roads and canals. In the
house OF representatives in March, 1850.
Meeting. were held In all the lclding cities
of the country from 1S45 on to discuss the
need of a transcontinental railroad and to
devise ways and means for the same. Whit
ney's last act In this line was the presenta-
tlon Of modified report to congress on
April I, 1859. His entire fortune is eald to
have been spent in the attempt to realize
his dream of Pacific railway and the
prince Of projectors" kept dairy and sold
milk in Washington for a livelihood in his
declining years
PROJECTS BEFORE CONGRESS-.
Sectional and local interests soon made
their appearance In schemes to build the de-
oiso cast Tho woaith and infuenoe of Ros-
ton, New York, Philadelphia and Baltimore
were almost a unit upon such location of
tho Pacific railway as would make chem the
s, nj" ",,jht 10 ooi,od tha r,st,r, In
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acres Estimating the land at it's reputed
selling price, So an acre, it was worth $780,
O0O,OOO Yet capitalists declined to subscribe
The risk of building 1000 miles of railroad
through an uninhabited country was tco great
The wealthy men OF the country, however,
were all patriotic-everyone wanted everyone
else to subscribe. But as no subscriptions
came in, a bill still richer in government
oromise was made by a committee of which
Thaddeus Stevens was chairman and Oakes
Ames an active and influential member. The
companies were authorized to issue their own
bonds in the same amount as those issued
by the government.
The governments second and most liberal
offer was accepted. Tho Union Pacific Rail-
road company was chartered July 2, 1862
by the congress of the United States with
authority to construct a railroad from Omaha
To the eastern boundary of California. The
incornorators named in the act met at Chi
cagn Sentember 2 1862 and proyisionally
or9anized hy the choice Of a president treas
urer and secretary, These officers were
cborynd with the autv of onenino booxs of
snbser,ntion IN tba canitaI stocI, of the com
many and when suhsrrintions TO the amount
- 20 oon ooo u,aro ,oode and m nor cont
t tbarsoS g0vaJI naiI into It's treasury thew were