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Chapter LVIII

           Thewarwasover;theonlythingwhichremainedwasthefinancesofpeace,andthegreatestthingsinAmericanfinancialenterprisewerethoserelatedtotheconstructionoftranscontinentalrailwaylines.TheUnionPacific,authorizedin1860,wasalreadybuilding;theNorthernPacificandtheSouthernPacificwerealreadydreamsinvariouspioneerminds.ThegreatthingwastoconnecttheAtlanticandthePacificbysteel,tobinduptheterritoriallyperfectedandnewlysolidifiedUnion,ortoenteruponsomevastprojectofmining,ofwhichgoldandsilverwerethemostimportant.Actuallyrailway-buildingwasthemostsignificantofall,andrailroadstockswerefarandawaythemostvaluableandimportantoneveryexchangeinAmerica.HereinPhiladelphia,NewYorkCentral,RockIsland,Wabash,CentralPacific,St.Paul,Hannibal&St.Joseph,UnionPacific,andOhio&Mississippiwerefreelytradedin.Thereweremenwhoweregettingrichandfamousoutofhandlingthesethings;andsuchtoweringfiguresasCorneliusVanderbilt,JayGould,DanielDrew,JamesFish,andothersintheEast,andFair,Crocker,W.R.Hearst,andCollisP.Huntington,intheWest,werealreadyraisingtheirheadslikevastmountainsinconnectionwiththeseenterprises.AmongthosewhodreamedmostardentlyonthisscorewasJayCooke,whowithoutthewolfishcunningofaGouldorthepracticalknowledgeofaVanderbilt,wasambitioustothreadthenorthernreachesofAmericawithabandofsteelwhichshouldbeapermanentmemorialtohisname.

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