[531] 20 United States Statutes 56 (1878).
[532] Report of Mr. Thurman from the Senate Committee on the Judiciary (45th Congress, 2d Session, March 4, 1878, Senate Report No. 111, Serial No. 1789).
[533] Annual Report of the Commissioner of Railroads, 1882, p. 440.
[534] Annual Report of the Commissioner of Railroads, 1883.
[535] See also the Brice Report (53d Congress, 3d Session, Senate Report No. 830, p. 17, Serial No. 3288).
[536] Annual Report of the Commissioner of Railroads, 1883.
[537] 24 United States Statutes 488 (1887).
[538] Annual Report of the Treasurer of the United States. 1887, p. 28.
Owing to the protests of the Pacific railroad companies at the low rates of interest earned by the sinking funds, considerable amounts remained uninvested between 1882 and 1886. The following table shows the cash uninvested in the Treasury to the credit of the Central Pacific Railroad Company for a series of years:
| Date | Amount |
| June 30, 1882 | $527,886.53 |
| ”—30, 1883 | 844,652.13 |
| ”—30, 1884 | 1,089,159.75 |
| ”—30, 1885 | 2,020,900.13 |
| Dec. 31, 1886 | 2,345,984.21 |
| ”—31, 1887 | 76,905.49 |
| June 30, 1889 | 2,766.14 |