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To equip the line .....................................$100,000 Maintenance at $30,000 per month (for sixteen months). $480,000 War with the Utes and allied tribes ................... $75,000 Sundry items ...........................................$45,000 _________Total ................................................ $700,000 The receipts are said to have been about $500,000 leaving a debit balance of $200,000. That the Company changed hands in 1861 is not surprising. While the Pony Express failed in a financial way; it had served the country faithfully and well. It had aided an imperiled Government, helped to tranquilize and retain to the Union a giant commonwealth, and it had shown the practicability of building a transcontinental railroad, and keeping it open for traffic regardless of winter snows. All this Pony Express did and more. It marked the supreme triumph of American spirit, of God-fearing, man-defying American pluck and determination— qualities which have always characterized the winning of the West. [41] Senate Documents.