No. no bonds were issued under the act of 1862. At the time of which Iam speaking the war was going on and the Government had great trouble with the Indians in the West and was obliged to maintain a considerable army there. The depredations committed upon emigrants and upon property that was being transported across the country made it necessary to police that region with an army. Individuals hesitated to go into the enterprise of constructing this road. an enterprise involving. as was believed at that time. an immense outlay of money and an attempt to do what many people then regarded as impossible. For these and other reasons capital failed to take up the enterprise. and the appeal was again made to Congress for aid.
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