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Show Under tho caption, "Tho Union Pacific Pa-cific Rnllroad and Louisiana Territory," Terri-tory," tho new World's Fair folder issued is-sued by tho advertising department of tho Union Pacific, which has attracted such general attention, recites these Interesting facts: "Whllo tho construction of tho Union Pacific Railroad, Its trials and triumphs, are a part of tho history of tho United Statos, the Important part played by this railroad In tho development develop-ment of tho Louisiana Purchaso can hnrdly bo ostlmated. In tho building up of this vaf t domain It has been ono of tho chief factors. One hundred yoars ago tho population popula-tion of tho region was estimated nt 20,000. Up to tho Inception of tho Union Pacific (In 1800) it had Increased In-creased to S,233,620. In 1000 it numbered num-bered over 13,000,000 of Inhabitants. In this wonderful growth, with Its stupendous stu-pendous Increase In all tho many-sided phnsos of commercial, material and Intellectual pro, .'ilty, tho Union Pacific Pa-cific as a glance at tho map will show has had a conspicuous share. It has opened vast resions of fcvtilw country to settlors, and brought great areas of nn unknown aud unproductive unproduc-tive wllderntss Into closo communion with metropolitan centers and markets. mar-kets. Thriving cities, towns nnd hamlets, ham-lets, through its efforts, havo cprung up In overy direction. It may bo of Interest to know that tho total number of manufacturing plants, nnd tho vnluo of their outputs, combined with that of tho national products ns reported In tho census of 1000, givo nn nggregato production for tho Louisiana region of $3,500,000,000 annually, or 223 times the original purchaso pur-chaso price. Tho samo census reports (1000) also show tho total population to bo 13,343,255, of which 8,303,090 Inhabitants In-habitants aro living In tho states and territories reached by tho Union Pacific. Pa-cific. On tho 1000 census figures, It Is estimated that the trtio wealth of the Louisiana purchaso can bo stated at about $13,051,SGS,350, of which $0,3G0,-021,387 $0,3G0,-021,387 Is represented In the states reached by this great railroad." |