 To raise funds to build the branch, the railroad sold $72,500 ($ in dollars) worth of new bonds on January 15, 1862.The Hubbard Branch was under construction by February 1863.Initially, railroad officials predicted it would be complete by May 1863, but the dire need for railroad ties and rails brought about by the American Civil War delayed this, and the Hubbard Branch was not finished until 1865.