Note 268 — Chapter XXXIII · the administrations of grant, 1869–1877.
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The Union Pacific was to receive $16,000 for each mile across the plains, $48,000 for each mile across the mountains, and $32,000 per mile for the remainder of the way. The Central Pacific was to receive an average of a little more than $31,000 a mile. The total amount received was $55,076,000.