:Credit Moblier
 :oakes ames - mass. congressman - a director of the union pacific railroad - shovelmaker
 :ames and the up co. combine to make a company called credit moblier of america
 :  awarded all construction contracts to take the rail line westward - paid  94 million dollars by congress - actually cost 44 million dollars
 :ames smoothed this out by spreading out shares of stock
 :  (shilar colfaks and henry wilson - grant's v.p.s)
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 :leeland stanford (central pacific) did the same thing but didn't pay off anyone
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