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Excerpt from Annual Report to the Stockholders of the Union Pacific Railway, for the Year 1882 The tonnage of local freight increased from tons in 1881, to tons in 1882, and the aggregate ton nage of freight moved on the road whether for short or long distances in 1882 was tons in excess of the tonnage of 1881. In the transportation of metallic ores and coke there has been an increase of tonnage over the preceding year of 56 per cent., in wheat and corn of 40 per cent., and in agricultural implements, vehicles and lumber, of 20 per cent., and of merchandise of 180 per cent. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.