New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-03-03
10 Lake Superior, vary

az sccofciss 80 Wani,ouoc tae Land OF sptrits,
y. xcWs.h'san in Wisconsin, "essNiuiy dcfoS
a Lake srs mississippi R,ver-25o miles.
from Milwsas,e on ,pe fs' c1as s the
copdr, rAs the State on the Mississippi River
Slgnesss.d from Fond Gu Lac, on Winneoago Lake.
": hss "s,a. soa,htrly Janesyille--iOO uailes.
Ss.d RON Grs s,n, 1Sy - niles MUM
WeesnsH7 tom Shawnsetown, Illinois. on the OHIO
10 No.. TO the Mississippi River-l50 miles
Ever ssSron Warsaw. Illinois, ou the Mississippi
Hsa,,k essterly 10 Peotla-l30 miles
fye'n ~. from Warsaw 20 Rockford, near the ine
n,;;,n"ois-s23 miles.
d lip posd f,om Oakland, near Detroit, norsn-wes-
y w. the State Of Michigan, 10 the mouth Of
s nl!J.s R,vrr-abou, 200 miles,
Grmap .1f,on La ayette Indiana, westerly across
Aet.,ss Of Illinois and Iowa, or MISSOURI, 10 the
~ s:s.."~,; Riyer-sbout 600 mules
y Rad rom Springfield, illinois, south-westeTy
70 MO- irorn Pensacola, Florida, northerly to
,Ie..nreyy IN Alabama-l5J miles.
N PAD from Brandon. Mississippi, easterlyto
a.. Fns Of the State-lOO miles.
~ - poss from the Falls OF the s.. Louis River at
., .ss.eyl ems OF Lake superior, IN the Territory OF
wscsso,a southery 10 the Falls Of ST. Anthony, on
- N,s<,ssjppi Rlver-2eO mJes.
"a Road rom New-Aloany. Indiana, opposite
,.ssv,le. Ky, westerly through Indiana and Ill
;sos h Alton, opposite 81. Louis-325 mules.
"a Rosd from New Orleans TO Jackson, Mlssls-
.nDi- goo miles
X Roaa from Toledo. on Lake Erie, in the State
4 Ohio south westerly 10 Springfield, IN Illinois
" n Road from s., Charles, Missouri, near 81.
ysajs Icr,h es.eily TO the river Des Moines, in
iovs- about 2co miles.
n sdditicn to the foregoing projects, bills have
teen Introduced for appropriations OF land for
,,ross Others, such as the Ship Canal around
q. Fails Of ST. Mary's; the Virginia and Ten
$3.50 railroad Company; the Memphis and
CHARLESTON Railroad; kentucky Railroads;
rouisi.pa, Mississippi and Arkansas Railroad
1.,,sss.e Railroads Railroads in Florida
p.,;se Railroad Mississippi and Texas Rail
IA and the Milwaukee and Mackinaw Plank
Road
NJ al these numerous applications it is hard
..,.u which or how many will be successful.
ysi,ber is it possible to say how many entirely
49, oroiects are to be brought forth and sue
coed.
put we have in the foregoing list thirty-one
distinct works OF great magnitude, to say moth.
n, AZ those the precise extent and requirements
(which are not so readily measured.
These thrtyone railroads measure upward OF
ssh, thousand three hundred miles in extent. If
bey could all receive alternate sections OF land
SIX miles in depth on either side OF the track OF
each road, The aggregate number oil acres would
be inward of thirty millions. Assuming this land
70 be Quadrupled in value by the roads III ques-
ton. which is moderate estimate, the worth of
them would be one hundred and forty millions of
dollars
Such is the extent of the demands upon Con
ssss for railroad grants thus early in the ses
non. We are well aware that upon several Of
the lines large proportion of the lands have
already passed out of the hands of the Govern
ment. But in every bill reported provision is
inserted allowing the States or corporations tho
privilege Of going fifteen miles on either side of
the road, and absorbing all of the United States
ard lying within that compass up to the point
Of supply that shall be equivalent to the nun
Der Of acres contained in the alternate sections
already appropriated by settlement. So that in
NEST cases the absolute quantity Of land con-
famed in the alternate sections would be ac-
CURED
We may here obtain some idea Of the vastness
d the proposed system of railroads in the West,
which The Government is asked to endow with
Pnneely landed estates. We may gather an i'm
lesaOn from the foregoing statement OF the
Eigni!udc Of the fabric of which Congress is
nw laying the foundation. Aud unless some
N guards and conditions are imposed upon
I sVsnts that are likely to be made at this ses-
4 en- more than were imposed upon the large
nuts made TO Illinois by the last Congress, it
q uAna be long before the deepest regrets will
! asa ana expressed over the irreparable evils
aaxll ensue TO the very States now so eager
shese immense donations.
The Central Railroad Company of Illinois
saNreceiyed from that State the lands granted
JAe last Congress to aid lis construction,
Without condition or restriction. The con-
sequence is, that that Cooperation has estab-
l'hsd scale Of prices for those lands, running
Nn i've to twenty five dollars the acre. How
"sI much such proceeding may tend to fill the
rSers OF the Corporation, there can be no doubt
at Its influence will operate to retard settle;
a~s, and thereby damage the essential prosper
Na' the State. No Railroad grant ought ever
@m"s been made, or ought now to be made'
'aaous stipulation that the lands shall be held
~usAer than the United States land, and that
''an short and fixed period all the granted
sa'' that remain unsold, shall revert to the
lrisdsats. LISP.