CHAPTER V. 
FUTURE PROSPECTS. 
Witt the Pacific railroads pay ? 
The traffic receipts, and the deductions to be drawn from 
other considerations, lead us to believe that they will pay 
well; we must, however, bear in mind that facts, as well as 
figures, can be so represented as to prove almost anything im 
cases such as these, and that time alone will show what 
will be the fate of undertakings which have had as yet 10 
precedents. 
The Union Pacific Company thus states its earnings and 
expenses for the year ending June 30th, 1868, on an average 
length of 472 miles. 
EARNINGS, 
jlars. 
Passengers . s ; e - 888,335 
Freight . . . » . . . . 3,233,371 
Express ‘ ‘ ‘ " 2 ‘. ‘ ; 30,955 
l 8 * * . . . . * a . 66,800 
Miscellaneous : ‘ ‘ : ; ‘ 26,579 
4,246,040 
EXPENSES. 
: Dollars. 
Conducting — : Ou : . 517,803 
otive ‘: oo OTe 
Maintenance of cars ond d ways a 1,040,688 
General expenses SoS 149,255 
2,684,757 
Balance . : ‘ ‘ Z . 1,561,283 
Interest on Ist Mortgage Bonds . . . . 631,680 
- Government Bonds . . . . 481,200) 
. . . > . 478,403 
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