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, I think the whole thing with Californians started a long time ago. If you
don;t have the patience skip to the last line.
Bruce
Today's selection -- from *The West* by Geoffrey C. Ward. Men like Leland
Stanford, Thomas Durant, Charles Crocker and Collis Huntington became among
the wealthiest men in the world building the transcontinental railroad
because the U.S. government in effect paid them by the mile. The entire
enterprise came to its climax when gold, silver, and iron spikes were
tapped into the ground uniting the newly-built railroad running east from
the San Francisco Bay with the one running west from Council Bluffs, Iowa.
San Franciscans proclaimed that California had annexed the United States:
"By the spring of 1869, the Central Pacific and the Union Pacific were
converging at last in Utah. Speed and distance were still everything: 'I
would build the road in the cheapest possible manner,' Collis P. Huntington
told Charles Crocker, 'then go back and improve it ... , because the Union
Pacific have built the cheapest kind of road.' (Huntington was right about
the Union Pacific, which was forced to come up with an extra $7 million for
repairs even before the line was completed; by 1887, Grenville Dodge
admitted, the original tracks of the line he'd built were 'two dirt tracks
ballasted with streaks of rust.')
"Rival armies of railroad men vied to cover the most ground -- and earn the
most money for their employers -- before the two lines finally met. Still,
no fixed rendezvous point had been established, so grading crews, working
far ahead of the men who laid the track, passed each other in opposite
directions and pushed on for miles, sometimes working so close to one
another, the Deseret*Evening News* reported, that blasts set off by one
work gang often spattered its rival with dirt. ...
"Finally, government engineers intervened and picked Promontory Summit,
fifty-six miles west of Ogden, as the place where the two lines would
finally meet.
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*A.J. Russell's famous picture recording the meeting of the First
Transcontinental Railroad.*
"By May 8, 1869, the rails were at last ready to be joined. Leland Stanford
of the Central Pacific had already arrived for the ceremony in his private
railroad car. But Vice President Thomas C. Durant of the Union Pacific was
nowhere to be seen. His train had been halted in Wyoming by a crew of angry
tie cutters who had not been paid for five months. They chained the wheels
of his car to the tracks and would not let him pass until the cash was in
their hands.
"The Union Pacific sent a special train with the payroll, Durant was
released, and on May 10everything was finally ready at Promontory Summit.
The last two lengths of rail were brought up -- one by the Union Pacific's
Irishmen, the other by the Central Pacific's Chinese. A telegrapher stood
by to signal the driving of the final spike to both coasts and all points
in between:
TO EVERYBODY, KEEP QUIET. WHEN THE LAST SPIKE IS DRIVEN AT PROMONTORY
POINT, WE WILL SAY 'DONE!' DON'T BREAK THE CIRCUIT, BUT WATCH FOR THE
SIGNALS OF THE BLOWS OF THE HAMMER.
"Four spikes -- two gold, one silver, and the fourth a blend of gold,
silver, and iron -- were to be gently tapped into position to mark the
occasion, and then a fifth and final spike -- an ordinary one but wired to
the telegrapher's key -- was to be hammered into the ground.
ALMOST READY. HATS OFF PRAYER IS BEING OFFERED.
A clergyman intoned what seemed to be an interminable prayer. ...
ALL READY NOW; THE SPIKE WILL SOON BE DRIVEN.
WE UNDERSTAND; ALL ARE READY IN THE EAST.
WE HAVE GOT DONE PRAYING; THE SPIKE IS ABOUT TO BE PRESENTED.
"The final spike was slid into place. Leland Stanford was to have the honor
of driving it home, with a special silver-headed maul.
THE SIGNAL WILL BE THREE DOTS FOR THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE BLOWS.
"Stanford swung the hammer high above his head, brought it down -- and
missed. The telegrapher closed the circuit anyway: 'DONE!'
"In Washington, a great cheer went up from the big crowd in front of the
telegraph office and an illuminated ball dropped from the dome of the
Capitol. At Independence Hall in Philadelphia, the Liberty Bell was
gingerly rung so that its crack would not worsen. And in San Francisco a
huge banner was unfurled that proclaimed, 'California Annexes the United
States.' "
On Mon, Nov 9, 2015 at 1:14 PM, Rosa Americana rosaamltd@gmail.com
[colonial-coins] <colonial-coins@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
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>
> Damn those Californians! :o)
>
> On Mon, Nov 9, 2015 at 6:54 AM, 'Rohrer, Charlie' rohrerc@cadmus.com
> [colonial-coins] <colonial-coins@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> *Jim Rosen spoke to the Stacks people at the show. Apparently the Stack=
s
>> California division was responsible for mailing the catalogs. They purg=
ed
>> from our membership list names of those who had not met some level of
>> successful bidding in their auctions for some period of time. This was =
not
>> supposed to happen and the Stacks people at the show apologized. Next y=
ear
>> the auction catalog will be sent to all members.*
>>
>>
>>
>> *Charlie Rohrer*
>>
>> *C4 Treasurer*
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>> *From:* colonial-coins@yahoogroups.com [
>> mailto:colonial-coins@yahoogroups.com <colonial-coins@yahoogroups.com>]
>> *Sent:* Wednesday, November 04, 2015 9:52 PM
>> *To:* colonial-coins@yahoogroups.com
>> *Subject:* Re: [Colonial Numismatics] A week to go
>>
>>
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>>
>> This is too widespread to just be a coincidence.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Craig
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: marcus mayhugh remi66111@yahoo.com [colonial-coins] <
>> colonial-coins@yahoogroups.com>
>> To: colonial-coins <colonial-coins@yahoogroups.com>
>> Sent: Wed, Nov 4, 2015 9:46 pm
>> Subject: Re: [Colonial Numismatics] A week to go
>>
>>
>>
>> I didn't get one, Roger.
>>
>> Marc
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Wednesday, November 4, 2015 6:52 PM, "rogermoore435@yahoo.com
>> [colonial-coins]" <colonial-coins@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Speaking of the auction, I never got a catalog. I thought it was sent t=
o
>> all C4 members. No big deal because I don't think there is anything I a=
m
>> interested in but I wondering if others also didn't get it, roger
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>>
>> On Nov 4, 2015, at 7:39 PM, Bruce Smith bhsmith325@gmail.com
>> [colonial-coins] <colonial-coins@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>> Hope you make it, Bill. I look forward to doing the auction with you.
>>
>>
>>
>> Bruce
>>
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Nov 4, 2015 at 2:01 AM, william gleckler wgleckler@sbcglobal.net
>> [colonial-coins] <colonial-coins@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>> my trip to baltimore is in peril of becoming impossible. I am moving to
>> Girdletree, Md. about 3 hrs from baltimore. My crew for unload has
>> determined that they can only meet me Thursday am. That just about cance=
ls
>> any chance I will have to come in for the day thursday. I am very
>> disappointed. I am not giving up quite yet though. Bill
>>
>> On Nov 2, 2015, at 10:44 AM, rogermoore435@yahoo.com [colonial-coins] <
>> colonial-coins@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
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>>
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>>
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>> Hi Bill, I just moved into Chestertown Maryland!! 45 minute boat ride t=
o
>> Chesapeake Bay but a lot further to Baltimore. For me it is about an ho=
ur
>> and a half drive to Baltimore. I am only going to Baltimore on Friday a=
nd
>> heading back to Maryland in the evening. Roger
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>>
>> On Nov 2, 2015, at 9:12 AM, william gleckler wgleckler@sbcglobal.net
>> [colonial-coins] <colonial-coins@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>> I, too, have a possible conflict. I am moving to Maryland friday. The
>> closing is Friday, I am arriving with a box truck on Weds (3rd trip from
>> Ct.). The town is south of Snow Hill In area of Chincoteague Bay on the =
Del
>> Marva peninsula. I am hoping to find a way to Baltimore via train from
>> somewhere close to my location on Thursday. My wife and I must return to
>> Ct. on Saturday. Any ideas from anyone who is familiar with the area? Bi=
ll
>>
>> On Oct 30, 2015, at 10:33 AM, "David Fanning fanning32@gmail.com
>> [colonial-coins]" <colonial-coins@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>
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>>
>>
>> Sadly, I will not be attending this year. Desperately trying to finish
>> our January catalogue! I did consign a number of pieces to the auction,
>> though.
>>
>> David
>>
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Oct 30, 2015 at 9:49 AM, glickman.james@dol.gov [colonial-coins]
>> <colonial-coins@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> I'll be there from Thursday until Sat. afternoon. Can't wait!
>>
>>
>>
>> -- Jim Glickman (Mass.)
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>>
>> David F. Fanning
>>
>> Kolbe & Fanning Numismatic Booksellers LLC
>> 141 W. Johnstown Rd.
>> Gahanna, OH 43230
>> (614) 414-0855
>> Fax (614) 414-0860
>> Cell (614) 256-8915
>> www.numislit.com
>>
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>> ****
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>> ****
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<div dir=3D"ltr">, I think the whole thing with Californians started a long=
time ago. If you don;t have the patience skip to the last line.<div><br></=
div><div>Bruce</div><div><br></div><div><span style=3D"color:rgb(0,0,0);fon=
t-size:12.8px">Today's selection -- from=C2=A0</span><em style=3D"color=
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font-size:12.8px">=C2=A0by Geoffrey C. Ward. Men like Leland Stanford, Thom=
as Durant, Charles Crocker and Collis Huntington became among the wealthies=
t men in the world building the transcontinental railroad because the U.S. =
government in effect paid them by the mile. The entire enterprise came to i=
ts climax when gold, silver, and iron spikes were tapped into the ground un=
iting the newly-built railroad running east from the San Francisco Bay with=
the one running west from Council Bluffs, Iowa. San Franciscans proclaimed=
that=C2=A0</span><span class=3D"" style=3D"color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12.8=
px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">California</span><span style=3D"color=
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;font-size:12.8px"><span style=3D"color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12.8px">"=
By the spring of 1869, the Central Pacific and the Union Pacific were conve=
rging at last in Utah. Speed and distance were still everything: 'I wou=
ld build the road in the cheapest possible manner,' Collis P. Huntingto=
n told Charles Crocker, 'then go back and improve it ... , because the =
Union Pacific have built the cheapest kind of road.' (Huntington was ri=
ght about the Union Pacific, which was forced to come up with an extra $7 m=
illion for repairs even before the line was completed; by 1887, Grenville D=
odge admitted, the original tracks of the line he'd built were 'two=
dirt tracks ballasted with streaks of rust.')=C2=A0</span><br style=3D=
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:12.8px"><span style=3D"color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12.8px">"Rival armi=
es of railroad men vied to cover the most ground -- and earn the most money=
for their employers -- before the two lines finally met. Still, no fixed r=
endezvous point had been established, so grading crews, working far ahead o=
f the men who laid the track, passed each other in opposite directions and =
pushed on for miles, sometimes working so close to one another, the Deseret=
</span><em style=3D"color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12.8px">Evening News</em><sp=
an style=3D"color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12.8px">=C2=A0reported, that blasts =
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font-size:12.8px"><span style=3D"color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12.8px">"F=
inally, government engineers intervened and picked Promontory Summit, fifty=
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tyle=3D"color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12.8px">"By May 8, 1869, the rails =
were at last ready to be joined. Leland Stanford of the Central Pacific had=
already arrived for the ceremony in his private railroad car. But Vice Pre=
sident Thomas C. Durant of the Union Pacific was nowhere to be seen. His tr=
ain had been halted in Wyoming by a crew of angry tie cutters who had not b=
een paid for five months. They chained the wheels of his car to the tracks =
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);font-size:12.8px"><span style=3D"color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12.8px">"=
;The Union Pacific sent a special train with the payroll, Durant was releas=
ed, and on=C2=A0</span><span class=3D"" tabindex=3D"0" style=3D"color:rgb(0=
,0,0);font-size:12.8px"><span class=3D"">May 10</span></span><span style=3D=
"color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12.8px">everything was finally ready at Promont=
ory Summit. The last two lengths of rail were brought up -- one by the Unio=
n Pacific's Irishmen, the other by the Central Pacific's Chinese. A=
telegrapher stood by to signal the driving of the final spike to both coas=
ts and all points in between:=C2=A0</span><br style=3D"color:rgb(0,0,0);fon=
t-size:12.8px"><br style=3D"color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12.8px"><div style=
=3D"color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12.8px;margin-left:30px">TO EVERYBODY, KEEP =
QUIET. WHEN THE LAST SPIKE IS DRIVEN AT PROMONTORY POINT, WE WILL SAY '=
DONE!' DON'T BREAK THE CIRCUIT, BUT WATCH FOR THE SIGNALS OF THE BL=
OWS OF THE HAMMER.=C2=A0</div><br style=3D"color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12.8p=
x"><span style=3D"color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12.8px">"Four spikes -- t=
wo gold, one silver, and the fourth a blend of gold, silver, and iron -- we=
re to be gently tapped into position to mark the occasion, and then a fifth=
and final spike -- an ordinary one but wired to the telegrapher's key =
-- was to be hammered into the ground.=C2=A0</span><br style=3D"color:rgb(0=
,0,0);font-size:12.8px"><br style=3D"color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12.8px"><di=
v style=3D"color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12.8px;margin-left:30px">ALMOST READY=
. HATS OFF PRAYER IS BEING OFFERED.=C2=A0<br><br></div><div style=3D"color:=
rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12.8px;margin-left:30px">A clergyman intoned what seem=
ed to be an interminable prayer. ...<br></div><br style=3D"color:rgb(0,0,0)=
;font-size:12.8px"><div style=3D"color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12.8px;margin-l=
eft:30px">ALL READY NOW; THE SPIKE WILL SOON BE DRIVEN.=C2=A0<br><br></div>=
<div style=3D"color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12.8px;margin-left:30px">WE UNDERS=
TAND; ALL ARE READY IN THE EAST.=C2=A0<br><br></div><div style=3D"color:rgb=
(0,0,0);font-size:12.8px;margin-left:30px">WE HAVE GOT DONE PRAYING; THE SP=
IKE IS ABOUT TO BE PRESENTED.=C2=A0</div><div style=3D"color:rgb(0,0,0);fon=
t-size:12.8px;margin-left:30px"><br></div><span style=3D"color:rgb(0,0,0);f=
ont-size:12.8px">"The final spike was slid into place. Leland Stanford=
was to have the honor of driving it home, with a special silver-headed mau=
l.=C2=A0</span><br style=3D"color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12.8px"><br style=3D=
"color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12.8px"><div style=3D"color:rgb(0,0,0);font-siz=
e:12.8px;margin-left:30px">THE SIGNAL WILL BE THREE DOTS FOR THE COMMENCEME=
NT OF THE BLOWS.=C2=A0<br><br></div><div style=3D"color:rgb(0,0,0);font-siz=
e:12.8px">"Stanford swung the hammer high above his head, brought it d=
own -- and missed. The telegrapher closed the circuit anyway: 'DONE!=
9;=C2=A0<br><br></div><span style=3D"color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12.8px">&qu=
ot;In Washington, a great cheer went up from the big crowd in front of the =
telegraph office and an illuminated ball dropped from the dome of the Capit=
ol. At Independence Hall in Philadelphia, the Liberty Bell was gingerly run=
g so that its crack would not worsen. And in San Francisco a huge banner wa=
s unfurled that proclaimed, '</span><span class=3D"" style=3D"color:rgb=
(0,0,0);font-size:12.8px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">California</spa=
n><span style=3D"color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12.8px">=C2=A0</span><span clas=
s=3D"" style=3D"color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12.8px;background-color:rgb(255,=
255,255)">Annexes</span><span style=3D"color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12.8px">=
=C2=A0the United States.' "</span><br></div></div><div class=3D"gm=
ail_extra"><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Mon, Nov 9, 2015 at 1:14 PM, R=
osa Americana <a href=3D"mailto:rosaamltd@gmail.com">rosaamltd@gmail.com</a=
> [colonial-coins] <span dir=3D"ltr"><<a href=3D"mailto:colonial-coins@y=
ahoogroups.com" target=3D"_blank">colonial-coins@yahoogroups.com</a>></s=
pan> wrote:<br><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex=
;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<p></p><div dir=3D"ltr">Damn those Californians!=C2=A0 :o)</div><div>=
<div class=3D"h5"><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"=
>On Mon, Nov 9, 2015 at 6:54 AM, 'Rohrer, Charlie' <a href=3D"mailt=
o:rohrerc@cadmus.com" target=3D"_blank">rohrerc@cadmus.com</a> [colonial-co=
ins] <span dir=3D"ltr"><<a href=3D"mailto:colonial-coins@yahoogroups.com=
" target=3D"_blank">colonial-coins@yahoogroups.com</a>></span> wrote:<br=
><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"border-left:1px #ccc solid">
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<p></p><div><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><b><span style=3D"font-size:10.0pt=
;color:#1f497d">Jim Rosen spoke to the Stacks people at the show.=C2=A0 App=
arently the Stacks California division was responsible for mailing the cata=
logs.=C2=A0 They purged from our membership list names of those who had not=
met some level of successful bidding in their auctions for some period of =
time.=C2=A0 This was not supposed to happen and the Stacks people at the sh=
ow apologized.=C2=A0 Next year the auction catalog will be sent to all memb=
ers.<u></u><u></u></span></b></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><b><span style=3D"f=
ont-size:10.0pt;color:#1f497d"><u></u>=C2=A0<u></u></span></b></p><p class=
=3D"MsoNormal"><b><span style=3D"font-size:10.0pt;color:#1f497d">Charlie Ro=
hrer<u></u><
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