Progress Of The Union Pacific Railroad West From Omaha, Nebraska, Across The Continent, Making, With Its Connections, An Unbroken Line From The Atlantic To The Pacific Ocean. Eight Hundred And Twenty Miles Completed Sept. 20, 1868

UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY

Publication: Published by the Company, 1868, New York

First edition. Pamphlet edition. 8vo. Pictorial wrappers, 40 pp., frontispiece (Map of the Union Pacific Rail Road and its Connections), introduction, illustrated, frontispiece map, advertisement on rear cover for "First Mortgage Bonds at 102, principal and interest, payable in gold, with an annual income of "between eight and nine percent." This is an investment and advertising booklet for the first transcontinental railroad in the United States, which was built by the Union Pacific Railroad and the Central Pacific Railroad in order to connect the Atlantic and Pacific coasts by rail for the first time. Begun in July of 1865, and built primarily by Civil War veterans, the construction and completion of the Union Pacific line was one of the most significant technological and economic accomplishments of the 19th century, creating the vital connection for commerce, trade and travel and literally joining the eastern and western halves of the United States. Contents include the formation of the Union Pacific Railroad Company, progress, natural resources, construction, branch and connecting roads, construction resources, anticipated business & profits, actual earnings, and sale of first mortgage bonds. A list of officers of the company is provided.

Top of front cover displays that this copy is mildly ex-library with stamp and number appearing at the upper right side, a faint vertical fold to the center of the booklet, tiny chips to bottom corner of front cover and a few preliminary pages. Overall a very good copy of an important railroad report.