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Railroad Combination

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Parent Issue
Day
19
Month
May
Year
1871
Copyright
Public Domain
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Sax Francisco, Muy lGth. Papen are being drawn up here to-daj' Monringthe most nnlifnivn and powerftu railrood combination v-fv iitc.-ipted in ratkL It iiiflu'lcs the Pennsylvania Central asé rnnnoctions trom the seaboard to the Union Pacific terminus at 0rdcn, Vtah, and on 1 his sidethe California Paáifio (not the Central Pacific, but the Valli'j,-) oppositíon linp),.which willbe extended uoith to Goose ío.ke, Orogon, and eonneotiag witli theOregon Baütoad to Portland, aád posaibly abo to Pagel Sound, titéate to Ohndtmai Lake, then -.■ eastwaxá along thb south pid(! of Snalce Btiver in Southern IcLilio to Point Evertt, oonneoting with the Union Pacific at or c.Lstwurd of ü'rdcn. Tliis route will avoid tin; heavy frr.iflcs the ovar Siena Nevada añil complete acontinuousline from tlie Atlantic to the Paciíic, independent of the Central Paeiíir, and will be conittñotod tnanediately, all the capital havíng }'cii Bcouied in Ëttrope (tac the entiro woi-k. No subsidies are asked. Work wül bo oommenoed witbin two monthe ith all the forcé thatcan be placed upon it. This is not publio here yet, but may be relied on as 6u1)st:mtially correct.

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Old News
Michigan Argus