Crédit Mobilier
a joint-stock company organized in 1863 and reorganized in 1867 to build the Union Pacific Railroad. It was involved in a scandal in 1872 in which high government officials were accused of accepting bribes.
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An' what do yez say to the whisky frauds, an' black Friday, an' credit mobilier?
The Honorable Peter Stirling and What People Thought of Him | Paul Leicester FordAll of the contracting parties were directors in the railroad company, and in the Credit Mobilier.
Monopolies and the People | D. C. CloudWith the consent of the executive committee of the company, Hoxie assigned his contract to the Credit Mobilier.
Monopolies and the People | D. C. CloudThis conclusion is strengthened on seeing that some of them became owners of stock in the Credit Mobilier.
Monopolies and the People | D. C. CloudWithout the Credit Mobilier, it would have faltered on the threshold of success.
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