In the summer of 1864, President Abraham Lincoln and Congress signed off on a land grant of tens of millions of acres to a handful of industrialists who would help transform the western frontier. The transcontinental railway that sprang from the Pacific Railroad Act of 1864 wouldn't pass through Maine.
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... . Respondent Railroad, formerly under private ownership, was acquired by...See the Pacific Railroad Act of 1862. 12 Stat. 489. Of course, fed...
President Abraham Lincoln and Congress approve the Pacific Railroad Act of 1864, granting millions of acres to the Northern Pacific Railway to build a transcontinental line. The mainline of the Northern Pacific is complete.
FRA is issuing this notice to advise the public that the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway Co. (``BNSF'') has submitted to FRA through or with the support of the Washington Department of Transportation (``WSDOT''), the Illinois Department of Transportation (``IDOT''), the Texas Department of Transportation (``TxDOT''), and the California Department of Transportation (``Caltrans'') a waiver request from FRA's Buy America Act requirements for the purchase of Vossloh 101-LV concrete ties, which contain certain components not manufactured in the United States. In furtherance of four FRA High-Speed Intercity Passenger Rail (``HSIPR'') grants, BNSF, as the railroad infrastructure owner, will construct certain rail project elements that consist of the installation of Vossloh 101-LV concrete...
... for the following projects: (a) The Pacific Northwest Rail Corridor Program (b) the Amtrak Qua...
Employers May Exclude Contraception Coverage from their Health Insurance Plans - Standridge v. Union Pacific Railroad Company1 - The Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit recently held that the Pregnancy Discrimination Act of 1978 (PDA) does not require employers to cover contraception as part of their health insurance plans.2 The court further held that employers do not violate Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Title VII), as amended by the PDA, by excluding contraception from their health insurance plans.3 Union Pacific Railroad Company (Union Pacific) provided health care benefits to its employees through several different health plans.4 These plans provided coverage for services such as routine doctor visits, tetanus shots, and drug and alcohol treatments.5 The plans excl...
A Union Pacific Corp. shareholder sued the company's directors, including Chief Executive Richard Davidson, claiming their handling of rail accidents and other incidents cost the company millions of dollars. Investor David Jaroslawicz sued 12 directors on behalf of Union Pacific, the biggest U.S. railroad, saying they breached their duty to act in the best interest of the company, according to papers filed in a Utah court last week. Union Pacific, based in Omaha, Neb., would collect any damages in the suit, which cites costs of $103 million from a single derailment in 2000.
... been patented to the Southern Pacific Railroad Company, and for 72,000 acres of which that compan...
You've probably never heard of Theodore Judah. I'll bet State Rep. Suzanne Crouch hasn't, either. But something Crouch said last week made me think of Judah, who is probably my favorite tragic figure in American history. We'll get back to Judah in a moment.
...government to build a transcontental railroad. Finally, in 1862, President Lincoln signed the Pa...But his company, the Central Pacific, built its half of the transcontenental railroad, ...
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