The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1851-02-20

or nothing Let us see. ! will show that some
thing done. And will state, in The first place. ha
Lieutenant Ogden OF the typographical engineers, wa.
appointed the commissioner TO execute the act and afte
him Mr.. Joseph Shriver jr; and MIR. Shriver com
among the official documents of ls29-30 to show tina
he actually laid out the road prepared all the plans and
estimates. submitted them 10 Congress through the eng
neer department and again decided the three commits
soners had done, in favor OF ST Louis point His
particular duty to examine the country between Van
dalia and Jefferson Cyto examine il upon two routes
one north the other south of the Missouri riverand
to select one OF them for the road He did SO; and here
are extracts from his report which show what be
did lie addresses 10 the chief of the Typographical
gneers:
an examination Of for the Cumberland road from
on oo,h sides OF me Missouri rver 70 tue seat Of
government OF Missouri has been made and ha
further with said instructions the honor
and drawing, furnishing tho for decision the
most eligible reate TO b. adopted Having extended the
ron,e lar ST Louis in the year 1928 as stated in my
last annual the work accordingly the second
of June last resumed that point. and pursued the
soulh side OF ,ho Missouri Jefferson City, ses,
OF government OF Missouri Having reached Jefferson Cry
and the Investigations upon the southern being
pieed the county embraced by the northern
NAMED to be examined These duties accordingly
entered upon. without loss OF me the l4h OF August
Crossing the Missouri Jefferson The examinations
were pursued in eastern direction"
In obtaining the Information necessary a comparison
OF these routes, conormed in compliance with your
ssrucons nearly possible, TO the resolution wkch
companed them, offered by Mr. Benton in the United
States Senate and which requires be shown the
advantages and disadvantages Of each route
to distances, nature OF ground facilities OF construction,
number of post offices and post towns, and pop
uaton to be accommodated the transportation OF the
mails and military operations; and all other information
necessary to be possessed in order to make the most
cions selection of a road'''
| ''On the map which accompanies this report, drawn
upon scale OF two miles to an inch given connected
OF all the surveys executed between the two seats Of
goverpmen The lines coloed red dising lish the
adopted for the comparison from the
veys which are coored yellow. Upon this map also
represented ,h- and villages the swamps,
ponds hls rocks, with every other object
tna. moe cotrec, idea may be formed by inspection
II oil the character and aspect OF the embraced
than can be Obtained from the preceding remarks"
.s tG Of oas ON
northern portage des Sioux roue) at S9795S The dis
ST. Louis route lit miles and 5lOOths OF a mile on
Portage dies Sioux l76 and H. lOOths of mile. The
away The timber eighty feet wde and subbnx thirty feet
in the centre OF grading including cuvei's side. wallis,
in depth macadamiz.d Bridging stone undsrwork, and
wooden snPersrucnre computed at 5693 66 for the ST,
Louis route, and S5,55s 81 or the Portage des Sioux
route"
The Mississippi river will to be crossed by either
route The river at Portage des Sioux where the
route crosses is something wider than at ST Louis where
crossed by The southern route better deph of water
ject inundaton r gJeate northern than
the sou thern In addition these facts which
1t must be fecolected that ST Louis is situated at the
crossing Of the southern route and that from the tequent
sides OF the river, may be justly Inferred
crossing here will all times be certain. SAFE and
viii always be The case since no site !. afforded at the
norhe crossing where city Of equal Importance might
arise"
In conclusion seems hardly necessary advert the
accommodation which woud result a considerable por-
tion OF the public by embracing the city OF ST. Louis the
extension OF the road westward The importance OF pass
ing through great commercial place such as this has
grown be- containing 600 Inhabitants nearly, and
promising from It's peculiar situation TO become OF the
aed will also the advantages which this
10 military point Of view, by It's passing the mill.
tary station of Jefferson barracks /"
This was the report of Mr. Shrver-ihe report which
the pledge OF Congress to carry the road to
the capital of Missouri, and which made St Louis point
in its And with these extracts quit my view of
the act OF lS23-the act under which his survey was
made, and for which the senator from Kentucky (Mr
Clay delivered that ardent Missouri speech from which
read few passages The compact OF 1920, for making
road TO the Statethe act OF Congress of May, 1890
lay out 10 the Mississippi river al point between st
Louis and the mouth OF the nois-and the act OF 1875
10 carry the road 10 Jefferson City, have all
been examined, and show the obligation Of Congress
TO have made the road, and, not having made II, TO
return the money which she received from Missouri
under those acts The first pledge given under
the act of 1925: they repeated while surveys
were going on TO lay out the road they ceased IN 1896,
when the completion OF the road became doubtful and
pledge has ever been made since. hold the compact
TO be obligatory Congress 10 have made the road to
guage OF the senator from Kentucky. upon that
eompdd that Congress obtained from Missouri he d,pu-
iaon not 70 far the public lands hold that the act OF
1875 is obligatory Congress 10 have made the road TO
Jefferson City upon that act that she obtained The
uofss of the Missouri delegation TO pledge hs per
csntum of the State 10 the Reimbursement Of monegs
pended roads leading to,odrds her Solid considera-
lions paid by Missouri in each case, and she
tanly has right in the former language OF the senator
| from Kentucky 10 demand the road hold Congress
bound by those acts hold the senator from Kentucky
bound by them, not merely as member OF Congress but
Individually, man who was personally party 10
those acts and personally bound long he remains
in Congress- and has vote upon the subject 10 give that
vote IN favor OF returning the money which has been
paid upon consideration which has failed. The sena
tor from Kentucky parades my votes; | show him his
speeches have stood to my votes will he stand to his
speeches gave my votes under the compact and under
! the acts for which he voted and spoke. | gave my
votes upon the faith of law and compact. Neither the
law the compact has been kept: and | now here
protest, in the presence OF the Senate, and to
gave my votes pledgng her two per cent. fund un
der the implicit faith that the compact OF 1870 and
the act OF 1875 would be faithfully complied with !;
and that | should have given such votes If |
could have had the least suspicion that the faith OF the
compact and OF the act were 10 be repudated by Con
gress. never sheuld have given such votes II could
have anticipated the scenes OF this day What vote the
money of Mssour-ihat which she purchased on such
bard terms, giving thousands for hundreds and millions
/ for thousands-to make roads IN other States No,
never repeat, these were not naked agreements
agree without cooslderaton-whch might be yio-
lated without loss They upon consideration
value receivedgreat value received Non. taxation OF
the public land IN Missouri then forty millions of
estimated at fifty millions of dollars and still twenty
millions estimated at thirty 1--we millions OF dol
lars; that was the price, the enormous pricehe annual
loss of taxes on that vast o property for the thirty
years which past, and for another thirty which may
before they all sold-tha is the price paid no
paid and to be paid, for the road to her line. Pledge OF
her two per centum was the price pad for the extension
,ft IN the hpet In IpHs has