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Box 1

 Container

Contains 1 Result:

Photocopy of circular distributed by Pacific Railroad (of Missouri) to road masters, section foremen, and track men regarding suspension of all trains for purpose of changing gauge of road. Offering hands 25₵ per hour with 5₵ per hour additional to all good spikers – and that they work as many hours each day as daylight will permit., 1869 July 13

 Item — Box: 1
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Railroads Collection is a subject-based collection that contains correspondence regarding the building of various railroads, traveling on railroads, etc. It also includes timetables and printed matter pertaining to railroads in the United States, mainly in the Midwest and western United States, and a scrapbook of fronts of railroad timetables from the United States dated 1881. In addition, this collection contains a report relating to the transcontinental railroad. Probably a draft, and...
Dates: 1869 July 13