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laiz [17]
2 years ago
15

What did the Central Pacific need that the Union Pacific didn't?

History
2 answers:
Oksana_A [137]2 years ago
3 0

Answer:

The Pacific Railroad Act stipulated that the Central Pacific Railroad Company would start building in Sacramento and continue east across the Sierra Nevada, while a second company, the Union Pacific Railroad, would build westward from the Missouri River, near the Iowa-Nebraska border

Explanation:

expeople1 [14]2 years ago
3 0

The Central Pacific and Union Pacific Railroads ... had barely enough wood to make railroad ties, 2300 of which were needed to finish each mile of track.

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