Vice President Of Construction average salary is $118,082, median salary is $102,435 with a salary range from $60,000 to $171,454.
Primary Documents in American History. The Pacific Railway Act was signed into law by President Abraham Lincoln on July 1, 1862. This act provided Federal government support for the building of the first transcontinental railroad, which was completed on May 10, 1869.
Planned by Theodore Judah, the Central Pacific Railroad was authorized by Congress in 1862. It was financed and built through  The Big Four  (who called themselves The Associates): Sacramento, California businessmen Leland Stanford, Collis Huntington, Charles Crocker, and Mark Hopkins.