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What two railroads were in charge of laying track to complete the transcontinental railroad?
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Central Pacific & Union Pacific.
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How did congress help expand railroads after the Civil War?
provided railroad companies land free of charge.
What was true about the transportation used to ship farmers crops?
Railroads could charge as much as they liked.
Did the north have more railroad track than the south?
Yes, the north had more railroad tracks then the South. This is because the North needed the railroads to connect the cities with the other cities and small towns. The North also needed more railroad tracks because the North was in charge of transporting goods that the South grew. Since the North had more railroads then the South, the North had an advantage when the Civil war came along because they could transport troops guicker.
What methods did the railroad barons used to drive smaller companies out of business?
As the railroad network expanded, the railroad companies competed fiercely with one another to keep old customers and to win new ones. Large railroads offered secret discounts called rebates to their biggest customers. Smaller railroads that could not match these rebates were often forced out of business. The railroad barons also made secret agreements among themselves, known as pools. They divided the railway business among their companies and set rates for a region, a railroad could charge higher rates and earn greater profits.
What is the the person in charge of a railroad station called?
The person in charge of a railroad station is called a station master.;) Adios from, ME!!
How often are railroad bridges inspected?
All bridges in the Unites States are inspected every two years -- more often if they are critical. Railroads have B & B (bridge and building) engineers who look over the bridges under their charge. Because railroad loadings are larger than highway loads, railroad bridges tend to be stronger than other kinds.
Why were railroads able to charge high prices to carry farmers' products?
Railroads in the west got rights of way for as much as ten miles on either side of the tracks. Towns sprang up where steam locomotives had to stop to get water. In those towns, the railroads built storage silos to accumulate the farmers' crops until a quantity was sufficient to load grain cars in an economical way. If a farmer did not use the railroad silos and the railroad cars, the crops would spoil before they could be transported in any other way to processing plants. There was no alternative, there was no competition. Whatever the railroad charged was the monopoly cost of getting that season's crop to market.
What two companies accepted the government's challenge to build the transcontinental rail line?
Union Pacific Railroad built the line westward and the Central Pacific Railroad built the line eastward. The first transcontinental railroad basically connected the east and the west of the United States. Central Pacific Railroad merged with Southern Pacific in 1885 and then Union Pacific bought Southern Pacific in 1996. Union Pacific still operates much of the rail from Central Pacific Railroad and Southern Pacific Railroad.
Why did railroad companies start using pools?
Pools were one of many ways to avoid competition while getting the biggest profit possible from the users of the railroads. Pools were negotiated agreements between two or more railroad lines to divide the traffic and charge the highest rate possible. They eventually were declared illegal by law.
What were Two reasons why farmers were upset with the railroad companies?
Farmers were at the mercy of the railroads. The railroads called all the shots, charged what they wanted to charge and ran trains when they wanted to. The also had political power and the could condemn property to lay track almost anywhere they wanted to. Of course, there was also complaints about noise, smoke and trains hitting cattle .
What did the Interstate Commerce Act required of the railroads?
to charge the same taxes
How long did it take for Theodore Judah to build the Pacific Railroad?
As the chief engineer of the Central Pacific Railroad, Judah surveyed the route over the Sierra Nevada along which the railroad was to be built during the 1860s, but he failed to raise enough funds for the project in San Francisco.Finally he succeeded in signing up four Sacramento merchants known as the "Big Four". The group included Leland Stanford, Collis P. Huntington, Mark Hopkins and Charles Crocker. They managed financing and construction of the CPRR.With their backing, Judah lobbied for federal authorization and government financing of the transcontinental railroad in Washington, D.C. He contributed to the passage of the 1862 Pacific Railroad Act, which authorized construction of the first Transcontinental Railroad. After passage of the 1862 Act, the Big Four marginalized Judah. They put Crocker in charge of construction. Construction was completed in 1869, with virtually the entire course of the railroad having followed Judah's plans.So Theodore Judah actually never finished building the railroad as the task was passed on to someone else.
