Editing Theodore Judah (section)

===Central Pacific Railroad (CPRR)===
Failing to raise funds for the Central Pacific project in [[San Francisco, California|San Francisco]], Judah succeeded in signing up five [[Sacramento, California|Sacramento]] merchants, : James Bailey, [[Leland Stanford]], [[Collis P. Huntington]], [[Mark Hopkins, Jr.|Mark Hopkins]], and [[Charles Crocker]]. On June 28, 1861, the Central Pacific Rail Way of California (CPRR) was incorporated with Judah as the chief engineer. At this point in time, Judah had the CPRR backing to survey the route over the Sierra Nevada along which the railroad was to be built during the 1860s, as well as barometric reconnaissance of two other routes, which turned out to be inferior. In a report dated October 1, 1861, Judah discussed the results of the survey, the merits of the chosen Dutch Flat-Donner Pass route,<ref name="galloway ch6">{{cite web |last1=Galloway |first1=John Debo |title=Locating the Central Pacific Railroad |url=http://cprr.org/Museum/Galloway6.html |website=cprr.org |quote=The reports by Judah give details of the location of the line up the Sierra Nevada, based upon his preliminary survey. Later location surveys varied from the original location at a number of places, but the line as built followed his first selection of the ridge between the Yuba and Bear rivers on the north and the North Fork of the American River. The route down the Truckee to the Big Bend at Wadsworth was also followed and it remains today the line of the Southern Pacific eastward from California.|access-date=21 October 2019}}</ref> and the estimated costs from Sacramento to points as far as Salt Lake City.  On October 9, 1861, the CPRR directors authorized Judah to go back to Washington DC, this time as the agent of CPRR, to procure "appropriations of land and U.S. Bonds from the Government to aid in the construction of this road".  The next day, Judah published a strip map (a.k.a. the Theodore Judah map), 30 inches tall by 66 feet long, of the proposed alignment of the Central Pacific Railroad.<ref name="judah map 1861">{{cite web |title=State Archives' 'First Complete Rail Map of the Sierra' Available Digitally, On Public Display for the First Time |url=https://www.sos.ca.gov/administration/news-releases-and-advisories/2019/state-archives-first-complete-rail-map-sierras-available-digitally-public-display-first-time/ |website=CA State Archives |access-date=21 November 2019 |date=7 May 2019}}</ref><ref name="sdr judah map 1861">{{cite journal |title=Central Pacific Railroad: proposed alignment (10 October 1861) |url=https://purl.stanford.edu/gh822ms4734 |website=Stanford Digital Repository |date=1861 |access-date=21 November 2019 |quote=[1] From Barmore Station to Clipper Gap -- [2] From Rattlesnake Bluffs to summit of Sierra Nevada -- [3] From summit of Sierra Nevada to Truckee River -- [4] From Dutch Flat to Rattlesnake Bluffs}}</ref>  On October 11, 1861, Judah boarded a steamer in San Francisco headed for Panama.<ref name="galloway1941" /><ref name="RogersSpinks2019" />

At Washington DC, Judah began an active campaign for a Pacific Railroad bill.  He was made the clerk of the House subcommittee on the bill and also obtained an appointment as secretary of the Senate subcommittee.  On July 1, 1862, President Lincoln signed the [[Pacific Railroad Acts|Pacific Railroad Act]] into law, which authorized the issuance of land grants and U.S. bonds to CPRR and the newly chartered [[Union Pacific Railroad]] for the construction of a [[First transcontinental railroad|transcontinental railroad]].  Judah then went to New York to order supplies and sailed back to California on July 21, 1862, having accomplished his mission in less than a year.<ref name="galloway1941" /><ref name="RogersSpinks2019" />