One of the many men who controlled the construction of the Central Pacific Railroad was Leland Stanford. He was a Governor that only ran one term because of the poor choices he made wile building the railroad and was a very self centered person. This man, even though he was horrible, built a large potion of the railroad.
On January 8, 1863 he first announced that he was going to start construction of the Central Pacific Railroad; on that day everyone cheered for all the great things that he promised. Their opinions quickly changed after some of his decisions. His first decision in may of that year was to appoint his business partner E. B. Crocker to the to California's supreme court. it was not really a bad thing but it made him look bad and he lost most of his supporters.
In August of 1868 the railroad had pushed out of the mountains and made a huge mistake by not keeping a delegate in the railroad camp of Brigham Young. So he then had to hire new workers. He had recently reached an agreement with Mormon laborers to work on the railroad. Some pros of Stanford's business on the railroad was that he built a good portion of it and helped expand the rail system all over the Pacific. Also because he was the boss he was able to make some of his own decisions. Some cons where that he made a fair amount of bad decisions that both hurt him and the railroad as a whole.
By Cordel Bever
Source: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/biography/tcrr-stanford
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