The Great 

Railroad Race

 The Transcontinental Railroad
Western Union
May 10, 1869

To the general public:

The last rail is laid ! The last spike driven. The Pacific Railroad is completed.

LELAND STANFORD,
Central Pacific Railroad.

T. P. DURANT, SIDNEY DILLON,
JOHN DUFF,
Union Pacific Railroad.
Western Union
May 10, 1869

General U. S. Grant, President of the United States : 

SIR: We have the honor to report that the last rail is laid, the last spike is driven. The Pacific Railroad is finished.

LELAND STANFORD, 
President C.P.R.R. Co. of California.

T. P. DURANT,
Vice-President U.P.R.R. Co.
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