[476] Ibid. Testimony of F. L. Ames, p. 668. The combined capital is given in the agreements as $51,762,300, but this is apparently a mistake.

[477] Quotations of Kansas Pacific common during 1879 (Chron. 1880):

JanuaryFebruaryMarchApril
LowHighLowHighLowHighLowHigh
9⅛1311½22¼1722½20½60
MayJuneJulyAugust
LowHighLowHighLowHighLowHigh
5059¾5459566053⅝59½
SeptemberOctoberNovemberDecember
LowHighLowHighLowHighLowHigh
5573½7085¼83½928592½

[478] United States Pacific Railway Commission Report, testimony of Jay Gould.

[479] United States Pacific Railway Commission Report, 1887, p. 100.

[480] Except the Missouri Pacific, which Gould retained.

[481] United States Pacific Railway Commission Report, 1887, testimony of Jay Gould, pp. 467–9, 523, 524.

[482] United States Pacific Railway Commission Report, 1887, testimony of Charles Wheeler, pp. 1735–6. Amount, $571,000.

[483] Ibid. Testimony of John Evans, pp. 1853–4.

[484] Ibid. Testimony of C. F. Adams, p. 47.