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Show Tinder the caption, "The Union Pft-elllc Pft-elllc llallroad and Louisiana Territory," Terri-tory," the new World Fair folder la ued by the advertising department of the t'nlcin pacific, which baa attracted such general attention, recites these Interesting facts: "While the construction of the t'lm n I'arlllo Railroad. Ila trial and triumphs, aro a purt of th" history of the t nllod Wale, the Important purt plavod by thla rullr'ind 111 the develop merit of the l.o'ilotnnn Purrliaso ran hiir'lly be estimated. In Hie tmll'ltntt titi of thla vast ilomuin It hna been one of the rhli'f factors. Onn httmlrcil years ago the population popula-tion of the region ana en) limited at 2nm0. Hp to Hie Inception of the Union 1'sclfle (In lMI'i) It bad loci lo-ci nurd to J.LM3 fiSl. In I'joti It numbered num-bered over lll.oiio.oiiO of Inhnbllnnia. In thla wonderful growth, with Ita stu-pendoiis stu-pendoiis Increase In all the ntany-al'Icd phaeea of eommerelrtl, material and Intellectual pros; i-rlty, the Union I'a-cllln I'a-cllln aa a glsuce at the map will ahow baa bad a coiiepleuoua ahara. It has opened vast regions of fertile country to settlors, and brought great areaa of an unknown and unproductive unproduc-tive wilderness Into close rommunlon wltb metropolitan renters and markets. mar-kets. Thriving cities, towns and ham- lets, throiirh lis efforts, have sprung up In every direction. It may be of Interest to know that the totnl number of manufacturing plants, and the value nf their outputs, j combined with that of the national product aa reported In the ccnois of , ' l'tuo, (rtve an sngrc;nto prodnetlon for i the Louisiana region of :t.f,iiu.iii'o ono antiuully, or i-'-'l tlmea the original pur- j I chase price. The same eeiiHiis reports i j - (Iti'Mi) a No show the total population ( to be n,m:U'u.i. of which 8.:in.l.n:iti In. hahtiania are IIvIiik In the states and territories reacht by the I'nlon I'a -Cllli'- n he moo census nsiiroa It Is estimated that the true wealth of the i Ixiulsiana puichiise enn lie stated a( i aiMiut i:o;,i h.,,;i:.'.i. of which '.i.:ko.- j t.3K7 la represented' III the states j reached by this great railroad." |