Louise Ellison: How many men do you have?Cullen Bohannan: Near 3,000. Work 6 days a week, sunup, sundown. $1.50 a day. Them's good wages.Louise Ellison: How many miles do you make a day?Cullen Bohannan: Two now, weather and Indians permittin'. Rust eaters lay the rails. Walking boss makes sure the gauge is right. Spiker teams secure the rails to the ground. Fish-plates tie them together. Three swings of the hammer per spike, 10 spikes per rail, 400 rails to a mile, 1,500 miles to Sacramento.Louise Ellison: Do you really believe you can win the race against the Central Pacific to build this road?Cullen Bohannan: Wouldn't be here otherwise.Louise Ellison: You think you can do it without Thomas Durant's political connections? Without his money, his ego to drive it on?Cullen Bohannan: Well here I stand, and here he don't.
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