Show I The Union Pacific railroad has seized L upon the opportunity afforded by the favorable fav-orable summer weather to make extens lye repairs to the roadbed and the Cen tral Pacific railroad is in good order The business of tho roads is not equal to that of last year which was poorer than the preceding year The reason assigned is the keen competition resulting from the completion of new lines The accounts of the Union and Central Pacific companies com-panies have been examined with a view to determining the amount of earnings due the Government for the last year un der the provisions of the Thurman Act |