Statistics Kansas Pacific Railway.
The following statement shows the number of Engines and cars owned during the years named:
| Year. | Engines. | Passenger Coaches. | Baggage Mail and Express. | Freight Cars. | Total Number Cars. |
| 1869 | 29 | 21 | 10 | 782 | 813 |
| 1870 | 50 | 35 | 11 | 1025 | 1071 |
| 1871 | 76 | 42 | 15 | 1048 | 1139 |
| 1872 | 88 | 47 | 19 | 1070 | 1136 |
| 1873 | 88 | 53 | 18 | 1040 | 1145 |
| 1874 | 88 | 55 | 18 | 1163 | 1236 |
| 1875 | 88 | 44 | 18 | 1107 | 1204 |
| 1876 | 88 | 43 | 18 | 1078 | 1110 |
| 1877 | 88 | 41 | 16 | 1153 | 1257 |
| 1878 | 88 | 42 | 17 | 1307 | 1382 |
| 1879 | 94 | 41 | 17 | 1280 | 1396 |
APPENDIX III.
Nomenclature of the Union Pacific Railroad.
There are two versions of the name Union Pacific. One that it was the expression of the union sentiment prevalent among its projectors and builders, it being named during the dark and gloomy days of the War of the Rebellion; the other being that the whole project was the union of many and varied projects all looking to the building of a Pacific Railroad, and it was natural that the proposition that embraced them all should be called the "Union Pacific." We would rather believe it was somewhat of both these reasons that brought about the name in question.
COUNCIL BLUFFS, IA.—Received its name from a council being held there in 1804 between Lewis and Clark's Expedition and a party of Ottoe and Missouri Indians.
OMAHA, NEB.—Named after a tribe of Indians variously known as Mahas or Omahas.
PAPILION, NEB.—Called after the creek on which it is located, named by Lewis and Clark and derived from a Latin word meaning butterfly.