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Show RAILROAD TOPICS- THB UNION PACIFIC'S INTEREST. The New York World contends that the proposed compromise of the Union Pacific railroad company with the government for arrears of interest inter-est is worthless. The company already al-ready owes tho government back interest in-terest to the amount of over $8,000,-000, $8,000,-000, and it would take sixteen yearn under the proposed compromise to pay this balance. The H'orld suggests sug-gests that tho only way h for the company to pay something yearly towards the reduction ot this balance, bal-ance, and also the entire $1,000,000 annual interest on the government's second mortgage. , 1 |