UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY, CHARTERED BY THE UNITED STATES. PROGRESS OF THEIR ROAD WEST FROM OMAHA, NEBRASKA, ACROSS THE CONTINENT. MAKING, WITH ITS CONNECTIONS, AN UNBROKEN LINE FROM THE ATLANTIC TO THE PACIFIC OCEAN. FIVE HUNDRED AND FORTY MILES COMPLETED DECEMBER, 1867

UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY

Published by Published by the Union Pacific Railroad Company, 1868., New York, 1868

About this Item

First edition. 8vo. Original pictorial printed wrappers, 32 pp., frontispiece [Map of the Union Pacific Rail Road and its Connections], introduction. Details the formation of the company and the progress of the work including the topography, character of the country, and distances along the line. Much information is provided regarding agricultural resources, timber, minerals, etc. Branches and connecting roads along with the needed resources for construction are discussed as is information on actual earnings, anticipated earnings and the issuance of the company's first mortgage bonds. A wonderful advertisement on the rear cover panel offers First Mortgage Bonds, at par, principal and interest Payable In Gold. A faint vertical crease and very lightly toned at the cover edges, else a near fine, bright copy.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY, CHARTERED BY THE UNITED STATES. PROGRESS OF THEIR ROAD WEST FROM OMAHA, NEBRASKA, ACROSS THE CONTINENT. MAKING, WITH ITS CONNECTIONS, AN UNBROKEN LINE FROM THE ATLANTIC TO THE PACIFIC OCEAN. FIVE HUNDRED AND FORTY MILES COMPLETED DECEMBER, 1867
• Publisher: Published by the Union Pacific Railroad Company, 1868., New York
• Publication Date: 1868
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: First edition.