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4 Railroad to tho Pacific.
BURLINGTON. VT.
F6IDAl MORNING DEC. 81, 1852.

Various schemes have been proposed, and
under different auspices, in and out nj Con-
gross, fJr constructing a railroad to the Pacific
coast. Mr.. Whitney, Mr.. Benton, and others,
have al! submitted their respective plans, which
have all attracted more or less attention, in all
parts Of the country. The project is one Of
the most magnificent Of the age and feasible
plan by which it may be accomplished cannot
fail of securing attention. Mr.. Gwin, of Cal
ifornia, has presented q project which has so
favorably impressed the Senate that It's consid
Grafton is specially assigned for 10th Of Janu-
sry The resolution is EMIT cd AN Act eu-
thorizng the construction Of railroad and
branches; ostabllshnga postal communication
between the shores of the Atlantic and Pacif
ic for the protection and facilities Of travel
and commerce and for the necessary dc!ence5
Of the country" Boston ,rnal.
An outline of Mr.. OWNS scheme is contain
ed in the following summary, which we take
from the y. Y. Times;
SrcrloN |. Authonzcs the President to
con'rect for the construction Of railroad from
a point on Red River near the southwest cor
ner of Arkansas-with branch to the Gulf
coast. through Tcxas--,o point on the cast.
ern boundary Of CALIFORNIA;; and from the west.
crn boundary Of Missouri and Iowa, to meet
this road at the eastern boundary OF California {;
thence to run to some suitable port in Oregon,
?. Appropriatcs the right of way, 200 feet
wide, throughout It's entire length for the use
of the road and quantity of land, equal to
tho alternate sections for forty miles on each
! L l.
.. To connect the eastern end Of said road
with the Atlantic, provision is made for two
lines eastward from the Red River 49, one
through louisiana and the other through Ar,
kansas and two others are through Iowa. and
the other through Missouri; and alternate sec
tons Of land, fn twen,Y miles on each side of
each line, are granted to each of those States
respectively; and for the purpose of EXTENDING
the road westward, from the eastern boundary
Of California, to the Pacific, a like quantity OF
land is Granted IN tho S,o,o or ralii,,rnia
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rendered to the United States within the short
est time. not TO exceed Mirty wears.
Z, The contractors shall be body corpor
ate and polite during the period of their con
tracts and for FIVE wears after
9. As soon as 100 miles shall have Ger
completed and put in operation, the Presiden
shall issue patents for four-fnhs of the land Sc
spar, alonu the line of the road so copple,ed
and so on until the whole road shall be finish
ed, when all the lands granted shall be con