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Annual report of the Union Pacific Railroad Company to the Secretary of the Treasury, made in pursuance of section 20 of an act of Congress entitled “An act to aid in the construction of a railroad and telegraph line from the Missouri river to the Pacific ocean, and to secure to the government the use of the same for postal, military, and other purposes,” approved July 1, 1862.

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Annual report of the Union Pacific Railroad Company, &c.-Continued.

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Officers-General John A. Dix, president, New York; Thomas C. Durant, vice-president, New York; John J. Cisco, treasurer, New York; Charles Tuttle, secretary, New York.

Directors-George Opdyke, New York; John A. Dix, New York; Thomas C. Durant, New York; Corn's S. Bushnell, New Haven; Brigham Young, Salt Lake City; C. H. McCormick, Chicago; John F. Tracy, Chicago; Ebenezer Cook, Davenport; John J. Cisco, New York; Enoch H. Rosekrans, Glenn's Falls; H. S. McComb, Wilmington, Delaware; Pickering Clark, New York; Charles Tuttle, New York; C. A. Lambard, Boston; John E. Henry, Daven

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Government directors-Springer Harbaugh, Pittsburg, Pennsylvania; T. J. Carter, New York; George Ashmun, Springfield, Massachusetts; C. T. Sherman, Mansfield, Ohio; J. L. Williams, Fort Wayne, Indiana.

The total amount of stock subscribed to January 1, 1866, was 28,570 shares, on which there has been paid from 10 to 20 per cent., amounting to four hundred thousand nine hundred and fifty dollars, (say $400,950.)

SURVEYS.

1st. The line from station 150 west of Omaha to station 900 was changed from the location as filed and approved by the President of the United States, in order to reduce the maximum grades from 80 to 30 feet per mile.

2d. A located line was run from the end of the first 100 miles over the second 100 miles to the vicinity of Fort Kearney.

3d. Experimental lines were run in both directions, obliquely across the divide between the valley of the Platte river and the valley of the Republican river, east of the 100th meridian of longitude.

4th. An experimental line was run from the west end of the second 100 miles up the valleys of the Main Platte, South Platte, and Cache-la-Poudre rivers to La Porte.

5th. The line of 1864, from La Porte up the valley of the Cache-la-Poudre to Antelope Pass, was resurveyed.

6th. An experimental line was run from Camp Walbach, in the valley of Lodge Pole creek, along the divide between the Lodge Pole and Crow creeks, to an intersection with the Cache-la-Poudre line on Laramie plains.

7th. The line of 1864, around the sand-hills on the south side of Weber river, was resurveyed and thrown further up on the northwestern slope of the Wahsatch mountains.

Sth. The line of 1864 was also revised at the head of Echo creek.

9th. An experimental line was run from station 7,461, of the survey of 1864, in the valley of Black's Fork, thence up the valleys of Harris's Fork, the Sandy and Pacific creeks, to the South Pass, and thence down a small stream to the valley of the Sweet Water.

10th. An experimental line was also run from station 8,201, of the survey of

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1864, in the valley of Black's Fork; thence down that valley and over the divide between Black's Fork and Green river; thence down the valley of Green river to the mouth of Bitter creek, and an intersection with the surveys of 1864.

11th. An experimental line was also run from Great Salt Lake City westerly across the Cedar mountains, the Desert and the Humboldt mountains, to the valley of the Humboldt river, a distance of 208 S-10 miles.

This also embraces an instrumental examination of several routes (between fixed points on the main line) across the Cedar and Humboldt mountains. There has been no passenger or freight traffic on the road; consequently there were no receipts from either.

The total cost of the surveys to date was $205,012 12. Statement of the expense of said road and its fixtures, $4,811,266 83 Statement of indebtedness: total amount, $4,308,537 32; consisting of-due for construction, $2,984,835 SO; due for loans and bills payable, $1,323,701 52.

NEW YORK, January 1, 1866.

JOHN A. DIX,

President Union Pacific Railroad Company.

STATE OF NEW YORK, City and County of New York, ss:

John A. Dix, president of the Union Pacific Railroad Company, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that the foregoing statements in the annual report of the said railroad company, so far as he knows of his own knowledge, are true, and so far as his information is derived from the books and employés of the company, he believes to be true.

JOHN A. DIX, President Union Pacific Railroad Company. Sworn and subscribed before me, this 22d day of June, 1866. Witness my hand aud notarial seal. JETUR GARDINER, [SEAL.] Notary Public.

Annual report of the Union Pacific Railroad Company to the Secretary of the Treasury, made in pursuance of section 20 of an act of Congress entitled “An act to aid in the construction of a railroad and telegraph line from the Missouri river to the Pacific ocean, and to secure to the government the use of the same for postal, military, and other purposes," approved July 1, 1862.

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Bushnell, C. S., New Haven, Conn.

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Bonner, G. T. & Co., New York

Butler, E., New York

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Butterfield, John, Utica.

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Annual report of the Union Pacific Railroad Company, &c.—Continued.

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Jerome, A. G., New York.
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Directors.George Opdyke, New York; John A. Dix, New York; Thomas C. Durant, New York; William B. Ogden, Chicago, Illinois; Corn's S. Bushnell, New Haven, Connecticut; Brigham Young, Great Salt Lake City, Utah; John J. Blair, Belvidere, New Jersey; S. C. Pomeroy, Atchison, Kansas; J. F.D. Lanier, New York; George T. M. Davis, New York; J. F. Tracy, Chicago, Illinois; H. V. Poor, New York; E. Cook, Davenport, Iowa; Aug's Kountze, Omaha, Nebraska; August Belmont, New York; E. W. Dunham, New York; E. T. H. Gibson, New York; E. H. Rosekrans, Glen's Falls, New York; Luther C. Clark, New York; H. S. McComb, Wilmington, Delaware; Jos. H. Scranton,

Scranton, Pennsylvania; J. Edgar Thompson, Philadelphia, Pennsylania; Pickering Clark, New York; A. G. Jerome, New York; Charles Tuttle, New York; C. A. Lambard, Boston, Massachusetts; George Griswold, New York; John E. Henry, Davenport, Iowa.

Government Directors.-Springer Harbaugh, Pittsburg, Pennsylvania; T. J. Carter, New York.

Officers.-General John A. Dix, president; Thomas C. Durant, vicepresident; John J. Cisco, treasurer; Henry V. Poor, secretary.

The whole amount of stock subscribed is two thousand one hundred and seventy-seven shares, (2,177) of one thousand dollars each, ($1,000,) upon which has been paid ten (10) per cent., amounting to two hundred and seventeen thousand seven hundred dollars, ($217,700.)

Up to the present time the company have caused to be surveyed six different lines from the Missouri river between the mouths of the Platte and Boyer rivers to a common point of junction near Fremont, in Nebraska, described by the engineer in charge as follows:

The north line, as indicated on the map that accompanies this, passes over nearly the same ground as the survey made by the Cedar Rapids and Missouri River Railroad Company, except on the west, where, instead of following the valley of Bell Creek to the Elkhorn, their line runs north, and crosses another summit, deviating from the direction to the north bend of the Platte, and evidently increasing distance and grades without any equivalent.

The second line starts from the north line of the congressional township in which the city of Omaha is located, and, running through Florence, passes up Mill creek, over the broken ground, into the East and Main Pappillion creeks, and thence northerly, making a summit between one of the branches of this stream and Walnut creek, which it follows to the Elkhorn. The work on this line is so heavy that it does not favorably compare with either of the other surveys.

The third line starts from a point on the Missouri bottom, near Omaha, and, running at first northerly, it curves and crosses the first ridge back of the State-house; thence running down the valley of Saddle ereek to near its mouth, crosses the dividing ridge between the Pappillion creeks, and unites with the fourth near Paddock's Grove.

The fourth line starts from the south end of the city of Omaha, and, running up the valley of a smail stream, reaches the valley of the Pappillion creeks, near their junction; then follows the main stream to Paddock's Grove, and running thence westerly over the high prairie, cuts the ridge at the Elkhorn, at a very low depression, and reaches the valley of the Platte, with a distance of 21 miles.

The fifth line starts from Bellevue, runs up the main and West Pappillion valleys, and unites with the fourth about five miles from where it crosses the ridge into the Platte valley. The sixth line follows the valley of the Platte from its mouth to a common point of junction of all the lines near Fremont.

The company have fixed upon what is described above as the "fourth line” for the construction of the road.

The company have also caused to be surveyed a route in the mountains through the Cheyenne and Bridger's passes, by B. B. Brayton, esq., for the particulars of which you are referred to his report, appendix No. 1 B, in the Report of the organization and proceedings of the Union Pacific Railroad Company," herewith submitted and made part of this report.

The company have also had a preliminary survey made by Joseph A. Young, esq., civil engineer, from Great Salt Lake City, eastward, the particulars of which appear in the letters of Governor Brigham Young and the report of the engineer, (see appendix No. 1 C,) of the reports heretofore referred to.

No line has been fixed upon for the construction of the road except the one from Omaha described in Mr. Dey's report as the "fourth line."

The cost of the survey, up to January 1, 1864, cannot be correctly stated, because much of the expenditures were for outfits which are common to the surveys of the last and present years. The estimate is about $10,000.

No part of the road of this company being completed, of course there have been no receipts from either passengers or freight, and the same reason renders an answer as to "a statement of the expenses of said road and its fixtures," unnecessary.

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