| Show cometh ng unusual little bessie was so accustomed to seeing the baby crawl around the room on his hands and krees that she thought it was his natural moue of traveling one day he succeeded in standing up with the aid of a chair and bessie very much astonished ran to her mother and exclaimed oh mamma come quick baby is stand ing up on his hied legs under the caption the union pa railroad and louisiana tern tory the new world s fair folder is sued by the advertising department of the un on pacific which has attracted such general attention recites these interesting bets while the construction of the union pacific railroad its trials and triumphs are a part of the history of the united states the important part played by this railroad in the develop ment of the louisiana purchase can hardly be estimated in the b hiding up of this vast domain it has been one of the chief factors one hundred years ago the alon of the region was estimated at up to the inception of the union pacific in 1860 it had in creased to 3 in 1900 it num bared over of inhabitants in this wonderful growth with its stu increase in all the many Aided phases of commercial material and intellectual pros nty the union pa as a glance at the map will show has had a conspicuous share it has opened vast regions oi fertile country to settlers and brought great areas of an unknown and ave wilderness into close communion with metropolitan centers and mar bets thriving cities towns and ham lets through its efforts have sprung up in every direction it may be of interest to know that the total number of manufacturing plants and the value of their outputs combined with that of the nat onal products as reported in the census of 1900 give an aggregate production for the louisiana region of 3 annually or times the original pur chase price the same census reports 1900 also show the total population to be 13 of which 8 in habitants are living in the states and territories reached by the union pa on the 1900 census figures it Is estimated that the true wealth of the louisiana purchase can be stated at about 13 of which 9 Is represented in the states reached by this great railroad |
