The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1851-01-18
SVRIyGFlELD, Saturday,

SPRINGFIELD, Saturday, Jaa. II.
/ SENATE The bill repeating the charter Of the
I Great Western Railway Company or as 1t is bet
ter known. the Holtrook Charter, passed tie sen
ate
! The Joint resola ton, asking further suspension
by the president, Of the sale OF government lands
in the vicinity Of the central rail road was return.
ed from the house as concurTed N.
, The Joint resolution introduced in the house by
NJ. Howard iustructin, our senator's DC, IN con
Cre.,. TO procure an anend men, Of the law Of con
.,ress gra ting lands in aid t. the central railroad,
80 that the branches Of said r, 'ad commencing nj
[ C'alena and Chicago, may beco. pircnced sInuIIa'
neously with the main trunk, WA concurrea m
Senate bill 80 changing the nttl est laws as TO
allow 10 per cent to be taken on COZ tract, passed
Il third reading.
lIousE-AIr Edwards presented the memorial
Ia. Sangamo and Morgan Railroad Co mpany
asking liat the change made in tlo ,crm. nus OF
said rail road from Meredos,a to Naples ma Y be
! legalized 'tappears soon after ti,e company ad
purchased the ;oad Of the state they made an "a
animation Of its condition, AID found, to their
prea, surprise, that "a much iron had been stolen
off it, that it would be Necessary to purchase new
iron for at least two miles; but by changing the
terminus TO Nat.les, they would have Just iron e.
nough to pu, the road in complete repair They
therefore took advice Of eminent counsel who a
greed that such chang would not be violation
Of the law under whici. they had purchased the
road The change was accordingly made. But
afterwards persons interested III the construction
Of the Northern Cross Rail RI ad from hetedosia
, to Quincy. of which this road |, continuation
commenced suit in the Morgan circuit court to
have the charter If the company de, Jared forfeit
ed for violation Of its terms in thu, changing
its terminus. Fearing the result ol the suit, the
company nsk the passage Of the law ind. aatrd
7 the company intimatng, at tho same time that
they are willing TO complete the road to Mere TO-
. sia ~ soon ms ten mles Of the Northern Gro,
Rail Road, west ofthe Illinois river shall 10 com
peted.
/, Mr.. Singleton, who has introduced a bill provi.
ding for the resale Of the road IN the charter
is declared forfeited, and whose bill had passed
the ordeal Of tle committee on corporations, op.
posed the reference Of the memorial, on the
+ ground that il had already been before the mp
}. propriatc committee, and this new referenc,
would he tncit disnpproval of the action Of tho
r committee; md he proceeded to argue the mer
u It's Of tho memorial ut length. He gave us one
reason why the people Interested IN the Northern
" Cross Rail Road insisted so strenuously on thu
" immediate change Of the terminus Of the road 4
Meredosia that project was on foot to construc
,. n railroad from Naples to pontoppcsitc Hunni
Il bal, IN Missouri, mud the present terminus CAV,
l. that roste the advantage over that Of the North
I. ern Cross Road After consuming the who'll
e forenoon in debate the house refused to refer til
s. memorial; and this afternoon the report Is, tina
!. the company taking alarm at the sctio0 Of tn
y house, have come TO an agreement with III
:. friends Of the Northern Cross Rail Road, 90 tim
Il the saugamo and Morgan road shall DO compile
nd 70 Msssdosia At sn early day.