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Railroad Reorganization by Stuart Daggett

CHAPTER VII

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UNION PACIFIC 220 Acts of 1862 and 1864—High cost of construction—Forced combination with the Kansas Pacific and the Denver Pacific—Unprofitable branches —Adams’s administration—Financial difficulties—Debt to the Government—Receivership and reorganization—Later history.
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1. Chapter 1 2. CHAPTER I 3. CHAPTER II 4. CHAPTER III 5. CHAPTER IV 6. CHAPTER V 7. CHAPTER VI 8. CHAPTER VII 9. CHAPTER VIII 10. CHAPTER IX 11. CHAPTER X 12. CHAPTER I 13. 1877. The contract then executed was in the nature of a compromise. 14. CHAPTER II 15. CHAPTER III 16. 1881. The last of November or first of December President Gowen issued 17. CHAPTER IV 18. CHAPTER V 19. 1883. The net earnings for 1882, out of which this dividend would have 20. 15. Depositors of all classes of Terminal securities and of all classes 21. 1894. They comprised three proposals: 22. 1894. Over 75 per cent of the system bonds had assented by March 24. 23. CHAPTER VI

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