ton; for the next three years, at five dollars per ton; for the four years thereafter, at four dollars per ton; and for the six years remaining, at the rate of three dollars per ton, delivered upon the cars at the mines of said party of the second part, and which shall not be less than ten per cent. added to the cost of the same to the said party of the second part. This contract to be and remain in full force for the full term of fifteen years from the date hereof.

That the said railroad company agrees to facilitate the operations of said party of the second part, in prospecting and otherwise, by means of such information as it may possess, and by furnishing free passes on its road to the agents of the party of the second part not exceeding six in number.

The said railroad company further agrees to put in switches and the necessary side-tracks at such points as may be mutually agreed upon, for the accommodation of the business of the said party of the second part.

That the said party of the second part agrees to make all necessary exertions to increase the demand and consumption of coal by outside parties along the line of said railroad, and to open and operate mines at such points where coal may be discovered as may be desired by said railroad company, and to spend within the first five years from the date of this agreement, in the purchase and development of mines and mining-lands and in improvements for the opening, successful and economical working of the same, not less than the sum of twenty thousand dollars; also to furnish for the use of said railroad company good merchantable coal, and to pay all expenses for improvements for loading coal into cars. Any improvements desired by said railroad company in regard to the coal to be used by it shall be at the cost of said railroad company.

In consideration of their exertions to increase the demand for coal and the large sum to be expended in improvements, it is further agreed that the party of the second part shall have the right to transport over the said railroad and its branches, for the next fifteen years from the date of this agreement, coal for general consumption at the same freight that will be charged to others; but the said party of the second part shall be entitled (in consideration of services rendered as herein provided) to a drawback of twenty-five per cent. on all sums charged for transportation of coal.

The said railroad company agrees to furnish the party of the second part such cars as they may require in the operation of their business, and to transport them as promptly as possible. This agreement to remain in force for fifteen years.

The coal-lands owned by said party of the first part are hereby leased for the full term of fifteen years to the said party of the second part, or their assigns, for the purpose of working the same as may seem to them profitable; said party of the second part to pay, for the first nine years, a royalty of twenty-five cents per ton for each ton of coal taken from their lands, excepting always coal taken from entries, air-courses or passage-ways, for which coal no royalty shall be paid; payment for the same being due and payable monthly. The royalty for the last six years of this lease shall be free, provided the price of coal to the railway is reduced to three dollars per ton; if three dollars and twenty-five cents per ton, or more, then in that case the royalty shall be as during the first nine years.

In witness whereof we have hereunto set our hands and seals the day and year above mentioned.

CYRUS O. GODFREY.
THOMAS WARDELL.

Sealed and delivered in the presence of-—————

HANNIBAL, Missouri, April 1, 1869. For and in consideration of the sum of one dollar, and other valuable considerations, the receipt of which we do hereby acknowledge, we this. day transfer, assign, and set over to the Wyoming Coal and Mining Company (a company formed for the purpose of mining coal and other minerals on the line of the Union Pacific Railway) and its assigns, all our right, title, and interest in and to the within contract, together with all its privileges, obligations, and liabilities; and when accepted by them our connection and liabilities, as individuals, shall cease.

STATE OF MISSOURI, County of Marion, ss:

CYRUS O. GODFREY.
THOMAS WARDELL.

Personally appeared before the undersigned, a notary public within and for the county and State aforesaid, Cyrus O. Godfrey and Thomas Wardell, whose names are attached to the foregoing instrument as having executed the same, and who are personally known to me to be the identical persons who signed the same, and they severally acknowledge their signatures thereto to be their free act and deed for the purposes therein set forth and expressed.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my notarial seal, at my office in the city of Hannibal, this 1st day of April, 1869. [SEAL.] D. K. WARD,

Notary Public.

Memorandum showing the liability of the company to each of the following-named persons, the aggregate amount appearing in the "bills payable" account.

John Duff, 233 income bonds; 2,500 shares Atlantic and Pacific Telegraph Company's stock.

Oliver Ames, 139 income bonds; 20 Douglas County bonds; 2 notes Brigham Young, $25,000 each.

Sidney Dillon, 24 first-mortgage bonds, Union Pacific Railroad Company.

Horace F. Clark, for self and other directors, 220 Utah Southern Railroad bonds; 3,000 shares Utah Central Railroad stock.

Statement of assets, Union Pacific Railroad Company, February 1, 1873.

Bills receivable

Colorado Central Railroad Company, materials and cash
Colorado Central Railroad Company, leased property.
Colorado Central Railroad Company, 110 bonds..

Colorado Central Railroad Company, 2,100 shares stock, at $25.

Utah Central Railroad Company, 3,000 shares stock, at $50
Utah Northern Railroad Company, charges on freight.
Utah Southern Railroad Company, 520 bonds, at $80.
Utah Southern Railroad Company, materials

Atlantic and Pacific Telegraph Company, 24,208 shares stock.
Omaha City bonds, 25, at $500..

Washington County bonds, 90, at $100; 6, at $1,000

Douglas County bonds, 200 bonds

$24,000 00

5, 161 35

8,244 13

37,405 48

2,241,757 20

Saint Louis, Chillicothe and Omaha Railroad Association, 60 shares stock,
at $50

Brunswick, Chillicothe and Omaha Railroad Association, materials, &c.........
Central Pacific Railroad Company, interest account.

John Duff, trustee for land-grant bonds

First-mortgage bonds Union Pacific Railroad, owned by the
Company

Omaha bridge bonds, 5 bonds, owned by the company.
Union Pacific Railroad stock, 155 shares, owned by the com-
pany

Total

BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, February 10, 1873.

[ROLLINS 7.]
1869.

At the annual meeting of the stockholders of the Union Pacific Railroad Company, held in Boston, May 25, 1869, the following-named gentlemen were elected as directors of said company: Oliver Ames, B. E. Bates, Sidney Dillon, John Duff, C. H. McCormick, William S. Glidden, C. S. Bushnell, F. Gordon Dexter, Rowland G. Hazard, Elisha Atkins, Charles A. Lambard, Ezra H. Baker, Frederick Nickerson, Oliver S. Chapman, John R. Duff.

The Government directors, at this time, were Hiram Price, D. Harris. Benjamin F. Wade, James F. Wilson, and John W. Burson.

Resignation of directors.

May 27, 1869.-John R. Duff resigned; G. M. Dodge elected to fill vacancy.

August 18, 1869.-E. H. Baker resigned; James Brooks elected to fill vacancy.

November 19, 1869.-John B. Alley elected to fill place of B. E. Bates, who never acted.

Officers for 1869.-President, Oliver Ames; vice-president, John Duff: secretary, E. H. Rollins; treasurer, J. M. S. Williams.

1870.

At the annual meeting of the stockholders of the Union Pacific Railroad Company, held in Boston, March 9, 1870, the following gentlemen