the union pacific and central pacific railroads met at omaha, nebraska.
the union pacific and central pacific railroads met at omaha, nebraska.
where did the union pacific and central pacific railroads meet?
omaha, nebraska
montague was appointed chief engineer of the central pacific railroad in 1863 after the death of theodore judah. he was responsible for building the western half of the first transcontinental railroad. he was a confidant of leland stanford the founder of stanford university, governor of california and one of the "big four" who directed the central pacific railroad. samuel was one of stanford's "inner circle". he was the engineer charged with directing the locating, designing and building the western section of the transcontinental railroad that linked the west and east coasts of the united states, that linked promontory summit, utah, to sacramento, california. montague was assisted by his fellow engineers lewis m. clement and james harvey strobridge. montague directed the engineering work on the central pacific which involved the work of thousands of chinese as well as their "white" surveyors, engineers, coordinators, supervisors, etc. as they crossed the sierra nevada over donner pass. it was a monumental engineering undertaking. in the famous "golden spike" celebration photo of 1869 in which a central pacific locomotive and a union pacific locomotive are touching "nose-to-nose" at promontory, utah. the two men shaking hands at the center of this photograph are samuel s. montague chief engineer for the central pacific and grenville m. dodge, chief engineer for the union pacific. samuel in about 1869 became one of eight officers of the central pacific railroad. in addition to the transcontinental railroad, he was chief engineer during the construction of numerous other railroad lines in california that central pacific and later the expanded southern pacific railroad continued to build.
samuel s. montague
united states senate committee on pacific railroads









































the senate committee on pacific railroads is a defunct committee of the united states senate. it was first established as a select committee in 1889 and became a standing committee on march 15, 1893. the committee is not to be confused with the committee on the pacific railroad, which existed from 1861-1873.









































the committee was appointed following an investigation into the finances of the union pacific railroad, which was heavily indebted to the united states government. the committee was terminated on april 18, 1921.









































section::::chairmen 1863-1921.









































bullet::::- 1893-1895: calvin s. brice, d-ohio
united states senate committee on pacific railroads