1. The Age of Railroads
C-6.2

2. Railroads Span Time and Space
Transcontinental Railroad:
To travel across the country
By 1890 there was close to 100,000 miles of RR tracks.
Railroad Time:
Needed to have a consistent time frame for train schedules
Leads to time zones

4. Opportunities and Opportunists
Pullman- built sleeper cars and other railroad cars
Created a town for his workers
Residents of the Pullman company town lived in luxury housing that was clean and well built
Town also offered services for company workers like doctor’s offices, shops, and parks
Town was controlled by the company, for example, residents were not allowed to loiter or drink alcohol

7. Opportunities and Opportunists…continued
Credit Mobilier
Stock holders in Union Pacific Railroad formed a construction company called Credit Mobilier
Stock holders agreed to give this company a contract to lay RR track at 2-3 times what it would cost with another company. Then, the stock holders pocketed the profit,
20 shares of stock in this company were donated to 20 representatives in Congress
Investigation of this said that officers of the UP RR had taken up to $23 million in stocks, bonds and cash.

8. What is happening in this cartoon?
How does it relate to the Credit Mobilier scandal?

9. The Grange and Railroads
RR Abuses
Farmers were angry with RR b/c
Misuse of land
RR price fixing
Inconsistent charging for moving goods (hauls)
Granger Laws:
Farmers POL action group
Sponsor candidates for office
Try to establish rules for hauling freight
Munn v. Illinois: RR vs. Grangers. Supreme Court upholds Granger laws

10. How does this ad represent each profession depicted?
Who does this ad seem most likely to support? How do you know?

11. The Grange and Railroads….continues
Interstate Commerce Act:
1887
SC rules that states cannot set rates on RR traffic; only Fed Gov can do this.