HIST 114 Chapter Notes - Chapter 8: Santa Barbara City College, Central Pacific Railroad, History Of Chinese Americans
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Charles crocker suggested recruitment of chinese central pacific employees in 1865: strobridge declined. "i will not command the chinese," he said. "i will not be responsible for the chinese workers " employment. People from the central pacific were sent to the mines to remove chinese workers: notices that highlight the need for more workers have been sent to san francisco and even china. Instead of cold water, chinese laborers drank hot tea: hot tea and a healthy, balanced diet of fish, rice, fruit and vegetables held the. Chinese healthier than the white workers: white workers got sick, too, from the dirty water they drank, they eat salted beef and potatoes, sometimes coated with butter, we just eat some, if any, vegetables. Railroad thanked the chinese workers: he said they"re "quiet, polite, careful, industrious, and economical". In a 1865 report on the transcontinental railroad, president andrew johnson said-
