[351] United States Pacific Railway Commission, p. 2924, testimony Leland Stanford.
[352] United States v. Union Pacific Railroad, pp. 3316-20.
[353] Message from the President of the United States to the House of Representatives transmitting copies of contracts and leases entered into by the Southern Pacific Company, etc., February 4, 1886. 49th Congress, 1st Session, House Exec. Doc. No. 60, Serial No. 2398.
[354] United States v. Union Pacific, pp. 3321-25.
[355] United States Pacific Railway Commission, pp. 4276-77.
[356] Report on the internal commerce of the United States, by Joseph Nimmo, Jr., Chief of the Bureau of Statistics, Treasury Department, 1884, Serial No. 2295.
[357] Exception should be made of the period between December 16, 1900, and June 11, 1902, when there was no agreement between the Pacific Mail and the Panama Railroad. (United States v. Union Pacific, p. 2911, testimony Conner.)
[358] Bancroft, “Chronicles of the Builders,” Vol. 5. Ch. 6; San Francisco Chronicle, November 10, 1878.
[359] California Mail Bag, August, 1874.
[360] San Francisco Examiner, May 1, 1894. Discrimination was easy because rates were not published. Freight schedules were considered to be for the information of employees and not for general publication.