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552[A] ..... 1871 3,312,517.83 2,302.589.96 673 ..... 1872 3,723,713.18 2,229,265.77 673 ..... 1873 3,563,299.49 2,116,990.59 673 ..... 1874 3,356,749.95 1,671,045.57 673 ..... 1875 3,363,760.46 1,790,879.95 673 ..... 1876 3,000,800.66 1,782,818.53 673 ..... 1877 3,284,734.06 1,916,956.74 673 ..... 1878 3,610,224.00 2,411,562.00 677 ..... 1879 4,873,729.00 ............ 677 ..... [Footnote A: Average number miles operated.] _Statistics Kansas Pacific Railway._ The following statement shows the number of Engines and cars owned during the years named: Baggage Total Passenger Mail and Freight Number Year. Engines. Coaches. Express. Cars. Cars. 1869 29 21 10 782 813 1870 50 35 11 1025 1071 1871 76 42 15 1048 1139 1872 88 47 19 1070 1136 1873 88 53 18 1040 1145 1874 88 55 18 1163 1236 1875 88 44 18 1107 1204 1876 88 43 18 1078 1110 1877 88 41 16 1153 1257 1878 88 42 17 1307 1382 1879 94 41 17 1280 1396 APPENDIX III. _Nomenclature of the Union Pacific Railroad._ There are two versions of the name Union Pacific. One that it was the expression of the union sentiment prevalent among its projectors and builders, it being named during the dark and gloomy days of the War of the Rebellion; the other being that the whole project was the union of many and varied projects all looking to the building of a Pacific Railroad, and it was natural that the proposition that embraced them all should be called the "Union Pacific." We would rather believe it was somewhat of both these reasons that brought about the name in question. COUNCIL BLUFFS, IA.--Received its name from a council being held there in 1804 between Lewis and Clark's Expedition and a party of Ottoe and Missouri Indians. OMAHA, NEB.--Named after a tribe of Indians variously known as Mahas or Omahas. PAPILION,
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