Report Made to the President and Executive Board of the Texas Pacific Railroad

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Creator

G. P. Buell

Title

Report Made to the President and Executive Board of the Texas Pacific Railroad

Coverage

New York

Publisher

D. Van Nostrand

Date

1871

Description

This innocuous looking report is evidence of the post-war railroad boom in America. The Texas Pacific was to follow the Southern Survey from the Gulf Coast of Texas to the Pacific Ocean. It would be free of snow and open to traffic all year. Tom Scott, President of the Pennsylvania Railroad, concurrently serving as President of the T&P, was hoping to build a national railroad empire with this line.