Show under the caption the union pacific railroad and louisiana territory the new worlds fair folder issued by the advertising department ot of the unon union pacific which has attracted such general attention recites uiese these interesting facts while the construction of the union pacific railroad its trials and triumphs are a part of 0 the history of the united states the important part played by this railroad in the development of the louisiana purchase can hardly be estimated in the building up of this vast domain it has been one of fit the chief factors one hundred years ago the population of the region was estimated at up to the inception of the union pacific in 1860 it had bad increased to in 1900 it numbered over of inhabitants in this wonderful growth with its st stupendous U increase in all the many sided phases of commercial material and intellectual arity the union as ar a glance at the map will show has bas had a conspicuous share it has opened vast regions of fertil antry un try to settlers and brought great areas of an unknown and uve gilve wilderness into close communion with metropolitan centers and markets thriving cities towns and hamlets through its efforts have sprung up in every direction it may bo be of interest to know that the total number of manufacturing plants and the value of their outputs combined with that of the national products as reported in the census of 1900 give an aggregate production tor for the louisiana region of annually or times the original purchase price the same census reports 1900 also show the total population to bo be of which inhabitants are living la in the states and territories reached by the union pacific on the 1900 census figures it Is estimated that the true wealth of the louisiana purchase can be stated at about of which 9 Is represented in the states elates reached by this great railroad |