the central pacific railroad hired workers from chinese emigrant workers.
the central pacific railroad hired workers from chinese emigrant workers.
where did the central pacific railroad hire workers from?
chinese emigrant workers
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while the grading of the city commenced, theodore judah, who continued to request government grants in an attempt to build a transcontinental railroad, did not receive the reception he wished; instead, he worked with daniel strong and generated the central pacific railroad plan. however, the sacramento valley railroad ejected him from its administration, suspicious of his actions. for matters of funding, judah met with thirty sacramento businessmen and discussed the possibility of this railroad. among those businessmen were "the big four": mark hopkins, jr., charles crocker, collis p. huntington, and leland stanford. together, the four formed the central pacific railroad of california in 1861. the american civil war began, and president abraham lincoln approved the railroad without the southern forces that would've normally opposed the operation; ground was broken in downtown sacramento on january 8, 1863. by 1865, the burgeoning company absorbed the sacramento valley railroad, and the original western pacific railroad was purchased in 1867, which was incorporated to connect sacramento to stockton. the california pacific railroad company in 1868 initiated a "war" with the central pacific railroad over control of sacramento, involving legal and extralegal action. as a result of the endeavors taken between the two railroad companies, the yolo-sacramento bridge was created, the first bridge across the sacramento river. the "war" ended when the california pacific railroad was absorbed into the central pacific railroad company. the dominance of railroad companies prevailed in sacramento during this part of its history; mayor william land, who served in 1898-99, was considered a pawn of the railroad companies, and southern pacific railroad company executive william herrin often dodged attempts at reform and bent public policy to better serve his railroad.
history of sacramento, california