an lives will probably never be known since little record were kept, but must have been high. The Chinese crews, in a race to beat the Union Pacific (Irish) would lay 10 miles of track, the Ten Mile Day, Dodge named it. In return for their hard labor, an eight man Chinese crew was given the honor of bringing up the last section of their rail May 10th, 1869. The Central Pacific tracks were officially joined to the Union Pacific rails at Promontory Point near Ogden, Utah, on May 10, 1869. There were many eloquent orations on that day but E. B. Crocker was one of the very few to pay any tribute to the role of the Chinese. In a speech at Sacramento he declared: "I wish to call to your minds that the early completion of this railroad we have built has been in large measure due to that poor, despised class of laborers called the Chinese, to the fidelity and industry they have shown." Chinese Laborers have rarely been credited to the work that they did on the Central Pacific. What wasnt widely admitted, but probably well know, was the fact that the Central Pacific line wouldnt have been possible if it wasnt for the heroic feats that the Chinese laborers performed....
