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Show THE CKNTRAI. PACIFIC LOST, A Supreme Court Deoltion Involving; Near-It Near-It Two Unndr.it Thoutand Dollar.. Washington, Jan. 27. The supreme court announced a decision reversing the judgment of the court of claims, awarding the Central Pacific railway $1!IH,((21 in the suit against tho United Status. Tho question upon whicli the case turned w as whether or not, under tho Thurman act, in computing the net earning of the company, there should first bo taken out expenses incurred, not only for running the road and for repairs, but for betterments and improvements, im-provements, whereby tho permanent value of the road increased. This court holds that the expenses cannot, under tho forms of the Thurman act, be taken out in computing tho net earnings, and says the language of the act seems to fireclude any eharse for improvements eing taken out of the gross receipts before deciding tho amount the government govern-ment shall retain for the sinking fund. |