, 1869-01-09
THE UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD.
OMcial Report of the Cost Of Con.
structins the Road.
The Leading Stockholders are
the Contractors.
They make a Profit on the Job of
$l7,823,270.
None Of the Subsidy Held as Re.
serve Fund,


Hams, ore OF the Government Directors. Thst
report, With Others In regard - tue road,
has been submitted TO the House and ordered
to he printed. It Is as follows:
FoRT WA1NE, Ind. Soy. II. 1865.
SIR: 1he EeH approacn - the neet'u. OF th.
'Wo Pacific hatlroad Comoaaies, with their re-
sp+cnyt lttcs 0! track. thus opening rA:ro I'd
every faet nesrrR upoc the fucce,s OF this STA:
ntefnsnepal wo1k. The mAnusr Of lta con ,'rp.-
ilo5. the dtgtee Or Its completeness. AID tue
time.
H,teelto mu:h uncertainty hi, existed as I, the
eontne9t The toptcrapoical surveys made NJ
std.r Ct Cot gre:s in 1851, conio, In unc s.4.on,
1tt partially d:selop thfs vas: rcoceu 3.e rcsoa
pttsitilltS OF avoiding the tu9Ecd mounra'n tls.
tslcss n taTofante cast a1d weet Valleys co1ld b.
oe'ernfLeo "isn terta,.tr oily By tne definite
hLaI tot hSon from fhn pfUgft4s NAL IN 1t. RON
sfr1etiou, tho cfst can Low be e.ttuAtea with
somc1ert certainly for any pazpotes Of the de.
bau1g. AZ a member os tho Locstng Commit
tee, patsed over th. Ina acop:el. and b.rt1x
eoe Ioef 81 sse the ssFe
July lAaf. nndes Jour INSTRUCTIONS 1t Sreta
tro,rr n1det tic th!r.c rrh section OF thc
amer dsto1y ~ ast. to req r any, factt obtained,
rnt nj, far Is 1t bt "a Upon he cost. ru,sh
tbe rsu' ,ntormat'o1, hut IN different firm, E1tn
that touHLt through tho t3urefn ncut Director. bY
snur lr'tsr OF thr s.h ri October last,
1t nnW eeetrs prosAb thar IL the divieion q! ths
VOTE oe1wtct tho t~.t Companies, this company
WI oa'td " .. eome point near tae northern eI-
inV 10 he = little west OF MoLumtut fotoi, sup
pts. 10 h. tne best point Tor ttle junction ii tue
Projected Ofec' Fiaueo, the tosa1 length Of he
about 1,ll0 mites.
The cost Of the road, ~ shown On the books Of
The Fatlroao tomp4t5, ie. OF coursc. equiv 4Itzt
.U 4 lies has heretofore nteu renuFted*
Hut tie ae1ua eoet 10 the contracting COMPANY.
unasrstt % 10 be an atso- -iation cmbrsc,ny m oat
iy*f. eho*n only y their p1ysta books. OF
ah.sh tas department Dsrec'cr: hare no knos.
Eot. tn sf aae
,inte " tbe cottfoetiLR company. would tutaw
Ett1e ltRht upon the COS. Of the eu'tre licr Oa
tsn Lo.rt more satisfactory vl.v can now Be
most aceutatc data available. so n 1rY Of sucn
etttmhe fcE !.i1U mica / hete suhs1t.. It noes
Lot 'ncIuce fhe Who'll. cast ~ ihe foaa shnutd ee
coz ted. hut ~ nc.cto'osc butt and accrI,tcd
BY The Commission n:
Grading .rd brtdg,ne 'i.1u1 Lit niles. in
cludInc trestlt II. g'IE; aI.n, How
ttn.s brlr and stnLc tnl.e1ts. 60
1as esf nj, iuI 4oI u ,,S
n tic y e+t tldr Of me river a. &.na-
ha, ,Eeludst six per cent Of, uxtn --....
s,,t. g. e. r.. a.1 pl.tcs. Switches. 'o's''''
SC, d. ',ve1td At Onaha, for The Esme
lcIgth otro,a..; ;::....:.......; -. i,o,ssa3
g. ikes, &C., lrom Tn IA to The usrk-
laying pafts. averaging Erar 5U
mltt &. inducing b Iii, ont OF tt-e
TT N tman4> Laramie and olhet
points OF el:cry. urh ohcr mi&eel-
Iait tous tfaLspnrt1tion.... -, a., 4Ia9CG9
Crossrrs for l,l1t miles. with si,1rss
as ahoFe, dcit Eertd at Umahs, LaEa-
me nj o,hr' points ut dtstti o1tiou,
abunt three mllllnus In sii. OF 1hlcn,
prohn, ~, l,s5oo,o are mountain
int s.kl. az soe,o0o eot,oa wood. a,9a,soo
Trscl-1a' ing l,1l0 miles, ,nciud!1g
ti1'tes, as per contsatl, proba lc a.
1ow:n. . ior delays y. -. 1,1so.ooo
r't11C ftock- ho1r. statfoLs. &C.,
es'tmatcr a. cane rate per mile, as
on n.st 20 mics ................. - e,4as, 600
Ard .cs1 nf preliminary sarseys. au1
opal loc:tler. from 1863 to 1858 IN.
tl:slv", not lncludtay mn an. town
elt tur esr, propa aiy A-out. 49,. T5Dotn
Ard aleo tcr en-, II cerl, e and coE,in-
etnc'es IN ctnstrnc'lnu. g.1cral cx-
Dt' =. It crest 90 capttaf AZ yauccd
It ttomnel Ct m-rt OF III: ~otst fay lD0O.G0
ltte11sph line lilo NIL, 8, as II IL cs.
ing 'u.i,... ......................... asa,oo,
Iotal.... 49,. .....-...,. $is,s2i ao1
A:e1sye t'er NIL for Lilo miles ol ''''@
track sat oIEtructure lLcln1ed, mud
a1a1r 1sol ostIoI Of The allowance
faF eo1' nsr. c,e.. e..............-...... a;,ooo
he prices affixed arc considered a liberal 81.
lo* t"r Wat sns nern actuallv uad to tus
rut-eoltae,uta, an1 for nstc.lals pur Ia aset MT
co1erii th- SECOND pru6t, which, OF cou ea. ID
due to The ta:cssen!LE contracting camp4ny.
meni aLt gt n FAT cLiu. a. found ,hese ic.uis up
10 Autu-t LAST. on the Dirt 111 mt4es Ia .ludins
Ahtp: and eta In nnl'cluxs there commenced. is
! krx ns bssis Of tie whole liEe. All perna.
Iet bt,oEes srd stone cu1serts. s.ntc sn stit1&st
IN Ia, Of trts h.wosk, foce. .ner o,tn the tru.s
b1leRer proposed on tnu Wcber slve., arc also IN
c!uten.
TIE otErtc OF conoteEce TO which an cs cs,1nna:e
q snth masni1nee II entitled car be batter DE-
ee'n'tcd ~ staring It's elements. The man
i,cu :. en' a. Iron. ties aca ia,,ng, SC b1 ing
p .t'efe Of pu lc toLtract snd nn.ceasr. can vary
mi nt'!e. .he:s csnsttsutr 1carts natf this
era! set I'LL scncIes. OF he tu1nc,eLcy II toeso.
every FracliAa engineer acqualctol vita tn+
rot1r Hltl firm hl- own os,n,on, Asresp.cts the
The ii u iocatlSn coulc, from t6-lr d ,te. N 1k q
n or. arcurst+ estimate. Tie d,G nee, how
ever. could unt msttr.+1Y cnat ce. rnc general
eomssta, =. on between the actual outlay an The
Ii ih' IT.: N ut hesw<en tho beard and tho
tie b ueEtolap, u4a u IN December 1851 the
cts' Vi tcn rsits orl'sctcd At oman. was luuu
to Ee IeAr <taS per ton rui. IL taken "a saa,s
I'd with the 14rge rot OF aisso-r, River navlxa.
'luI. tails 10. tie LIST GU miles nav. bern
sEt u1c b. stx de!sc'co AZ Chicago unecs pnnl.c
.st G'.t,: ~ uresrF'snd. Il as ssefs:s .! -
'tx f.iscad fright TO he Miss NIL al fwo ce,ta
rcs 1on T. miie. WITH $3.50 PEI tor for frarxfo
liz To- ,s Ee' ~ o5 ;Gs sf:e
Omaha. uauli19 on. iron sud Other n 1terlsIt 10
cna OF 'rsek as pl1crd H. two and ha + cents pei
ton I s,Au t'u LIZ. pc snt
As respects tho grpoIng. The TWO heaviest zee
til - CT he ~1rk have been c4rftcn irto the
e'a cmeut Al the .t1mste or thu aoca.ing nctr
efs a, ieps.ted a TO tnc company. In all rasse art
q atd fn.udlne the e1psneive pa:ts Of tht
Dlstk h1ll range. au:onn'!uG to 'utty nve 20 dt1I
miles. II NOS. carrs tss IL c-itmateQ, rot frpn
the e1g'trr's 1otes, IN b coz par,s9u ait;
her eini! works. let rrcalAtc bet~e thee.
ph'nlr Ut hra-y work. which EN- nIScc nantt or III,
otcHAF; etaEacur, c.rfcts on ing IN an ,nnt o
mh'erlsl mov' d, altr tie cheaper ruaus iu ii,
stan sartfos eass. The sers favorable torm.s nj
Ii own lue.e uls:aious a.e rruna,el By tn,
ui' 1t c.'tn;sfteon wit" o'h.r s,attsr work. II,
r.E'h OH iol mt 70 linz l. retcrslty l'Cnt ant
ehest!s rrmosed, Which IL part ufseia tae ext,
G. et oi suirti-f.
! The III ct1ssened recognizes thc various ant
| ncts rsai'!. iasrcCxprtsts II Ctutsal AID con
| mig nj rbarsct. r In :nrcd In cootuctIcc IN N
| tcspi:s' of fush msgtttude For this tue ao =
| ancc Of Two m!,ln rs womb Seum tn be adequate
Fer l.1l0 miller Of thr read tee ash valuc oI I'll
PoveEEm nt torte ana the cunpany'e DIST mort
| gage roEus. TOR which th.s subsidy forms ta
| ta-le. m:y te e-I1n .tesi ~ tol osFt:
| tftna states rnnrs rom Oman. sotte
| ea-tstn,nsst o. 1uf kock, Mountains
AIa' Hi! RanIc, as hsed o7 the . 49,,
Fr ttuent. 5s III .tct. u TT, 90. ...... {S,si6O0
ntIee. At tss -. 10000
g ~ hiles. beiLe i3i miles. q.
<o%oA A.'"-.-- ....--.....-............ N soe,VI
Tots. uaited States bonts bcartrg6
| pes ceLt ~ ca1seic3.-...... .-...- $s9 SOL %
| Az rssc per Elsa ....-.,. 40. st.5s
/! own 1rst nustGase 90 ~ns III tue sumo Amppp
Three rla ter cent thif1y-year horos, princ1p: