Between 1870 and 1890 municipal subsidies were $16.5 million, half of which came in 1887-88. The state underwrote more than $27 million in bonds.

See J. Blickensderfer to Adams, July 9, 1886, UP, SG2, ser. 1, box 32, f. 4.

Adams to Perkins, UP, PO, OC, vol. 29, ser. 2, r. 25.

Adams to Lane, July 27, 1886, UP, PO, OC, vol. 36, ser. 2, r. 31.

A. L. Williams to Adams, Dec. 15, 1886, UP, SG2, ser. 1, box 44 f. 5.

Clayton, Kansas Populism, 27-28.