This is a scarce map showing the railroad network in the east with its connections to the Union Pacific Railroad in Omaha, along with the Kansas Pacific in Kansas City. At lower right is a description indicating that the map was based upon data from the General Land Office and the Department of Agriculture. The map illustrates the completed Transcontinental Railroad and the connections servicing the booming gold mining region in Colorado. It also shows the areas served by the competing Union Pacific and Kansas Pacific railways. At lower left are two tables showing the population by state and a table of distances from various points to both Omaha and Kansas City.

This map is included with a 15pp. speech by Allen Thurman, a senator from Ohio. Thurman argued that the government needed additional oversight and federal regulation with the western railroad expansion.

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Condition: B

The map has many clean splits along the folds, most of which have been closed with archival tape with no loss.