Wednesday, December 05, 2007

Railroad employment

From: Kjwaterworks04@aol.com

Why would people want to work on railroads? What were the benefits and advantages of the job?

2 Comments:

Blogger CPRR Discussion Group said...

See "Chinese Laborers and the Construction of the Central Pacific."

12/05/2007 9:57 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Thirty dollars a month in gold was an enormous sum to an impoverished Chinese peasant in the 1860's. The workers were able to save $20/month from their wages.

12/05/2007 10:02 AM  

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