Scoble's short summary doesn't do justice to Leland Stanford's extremely interesting life - he lived in an age when the phrase "conflict of interest" didn't exi

Scoble's short summary doesn't do justice to Leland Stanford's extremely interesting life - he lived in an age when the phrase "conflict of interest" didn't exist. He wasn't just Vice President of the Central Pacific Railroad - he was also governor of California! So you can imagine that he had some say in which California railroad would eventually link up to help form the Pacific Railroad!