Excerpt from Eight Annual Report of the Board of Railroad Commissioners: For the Year Ending December 1, 1890, State of Kansas There seems to be a great deal of misconception prevailing in respect to the amount of capitalization, represented by bonded debt and stock, charged to the railroads of this State. A part of this misconception is doubtless due to inattention and ignorance, although correct statements have been heretofore published, and part to a perverse desire to prejudice and mislead the public mind for political advantage. In either case public misstatements upon the subject are inexcusable, since the State has supplied the public with authentic statistics. The railroads of Kansas form parts of extended systems which reach into other States and Territories, embracing in all miles reported to this othee June 30, 1889. Of this mileage miles were within the State of Kansas, leaving miles of these systems lying beyond the boundaries of this State. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.