Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1854-03-17

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viii be- an average Distance between te oil something As
''N Ar EASTMAN The distance Madison from The
poipt indicated is not fifty or sixty miles, IL Is no'
above thirty. r , - ,,,o, he
M EASTMAN At most it lie not over forty miles from
Janesvie 10 Madison. If the gentleman will deduct WE'VE
from forty will he make the distance fifty or Sixty
IF he wants make II that distance, he must lenshcn TIC
MIR. LETCHER Here then is conflict of nleres!sL
Here the is asked 10 furnish lands 10 hls ltoc
River Union Valley Railroad Company for the purpose OF
enabling them make parallel line from Janesre 10 inc
OF Madison and yet gentlemen say that canno, pro" e
duco any conflict of INTEREST," that will do no harm 10 'e
Madison and Milwaukee Railroad put to the common
sense of every gentleman In hs House. If there is even
show Of FEASIBILITY in such statement
MIR. DISNEY. Has not the gentleman from VH2ina
Mr. LrrcHER yet learned that have this morning offered
az amendment 10 the BILL which specially and specifically
provides that this road shall not obtain acre OF land from
The the line Of the road between the town o.
Madison and the southern boundary OF he State oil Wiscon
SIM
MIR. LETCHER one thing at time; Ii the gentleman
mir DIsSEYl will have patience will soon get TO mat
amendment aud show that, the gentleman himself says
Nov sir think have shown that there Is a connIc. OF
interest Then there Is another consideration Ierc no
foot of public land am informed, from the cry OF C
cnco n Illinois, where this road commences until you gel
beyond Madison distance OF perhaps one hundred and h
or sixty miles
Then take the other line OF the proposed road There are
no public lands ill you get twenty miles above Fond du
Lac &c. here they running road Tor one hundred and
ninety miles in ono direction that point and hundred
and fifty hundred and sixty miles in another dcc
lion through country where there not foot o! public
nnds; aud the gentleman over the way offers an amend
which he thinks meets exactly the state OF the case
message here received from the President OF the
United States by tho hands of Sidney Webster ESQ., his
Private Secretary informing The House that he had signed
certain bills and Join, resolutions ,,,..
Mr. LETCHER. / understand that lhls ROCK River
Union Valley Rail Road Company like great many otheI
rail road companies scattered throughout Inc country ~
dapidatcd condition. 1t thought by most people 10 DC
a i0sO
mated that the iron that had been bought Tor THIS ROCK
Rive! Union Valley Rail Road was actually sold TO raise the
means 10 help those gentlemen who employed 10 manage
the matter and the passage of the bill through this
House What is The meaning Of !s psoposon offered
under these circumstances by the chairman Of Tile commit
lee on Public Lands1 Here II Is:
"proviie that road herein provided for shall be construed
extend LAND on The line Of the ad road between the Gw
Or 10 other words. between tine OF Madison and the
city of Chicago. That Is the beginning point.
Now suppose you Give them the land above Madison on
the line and above Fond du Lac the other line
Could they not If the concern insover as Il is said
the wind by pledge OF the lands security and ap
ply the money 10 mako the oad7 Does the amendment pro
vide against any thing OF that sort Not at ALL Bat the
gentleman Mr. DsSEY) had sd here that no proposed 10
amend the bill by requiring that tho rond should start al
Fond do Lac, or twenty miles above IT, where tho public
lands begin und that land should be donated for six miles
either side OF The road for fifteen miles In the contingency
stated and should be applied the construction OF the road
from that point TO Its terminus at Lake SUPERIOR aod thai
the lands granted should not be pledged 10 any way mol
any Of the proceeds arising thcrcfrom used TO aid in
strucng the line between Madison and Janesvc, or the
line between Fond du Lac and Chicago But Sir the oo
ec OF this bill is revive The credit OF this company and
thus enable It break down private interests and subject
those interested In The Madison and Milwaukee rail road c
serious pecunnry loss.
Mr.. DISNEY, (Interrup,ing) wish to Inquire Of the
gentleman he read very celebrated chapter in one
of Ftldings novels in which the author undertakes to
show that write the better for knowing some
thing of the subject upon which he attempts to WRITE II Is
worry interesting.
Apropos has the gentleman from Virginia read the bill
upon which he s commenting am sure he has not for
let say him. tina. under the provisions of that b and
BY construction glvon by the land Office similar prov
sons In other bills the roud obtain land except such
lie aonsolc of tho road proposed TO be consructsd
to language of the Land Office, they cannot 60
point Of The Slue and select lands with which TO construct
and build road between other points.
Now under these facts, what becomes OF all the talk OF
below the town of Madison7
Mr.. LETCHER. l like to see this res,lessness the
part of the friends of this bill 1t seems to me TO Indicate
hat there 10 good time coming llaugh,e and that we
shall fad them hereafter, least, advocating little
consideration for bills Of this than they have hitherto
been willing 10 allow 10 them.
Ii quite unfortunate that the gentleman from Ohio
Dir. DssEr either did not hear did not understand
point. Il therefore that he might have read
Of him rTSss e u @
or dS s o" The
Office any body cleo deciding how these lands he
assigned No, all Blu, take the ground that the public
lands beginning Fond du Lac and extendn. 10 Lake Su
perIo the lands Of which the company must procure
their alternate sections And can not the company pledge
to the building of tie road below What Is 10 prohibit them
| from doing so under this awl
Suppose they do It, Cannot the twenty miles begin at
Chicago well any where else and cannot they make
the twenty miles they please along The iuc Ger
| ts!nly they may.
Well MR. Speaker there Is one thing which will settle the
matter put the question the gentleman from Ohio, Mr.
Disney whether company Is upon its last legs T.
Laughter. Tho gen,Iemans answer will have no doubt
Mr.. DISNEY. respond again, that ,hs grant to the
State of Wisconsin, and not 10 that or any other company
The State CT Wisconsin Will have the control OF this grant
for the purposes indicated by The BILL for the construction
Of road between the points Indicated; and whether That
company be upon Its last or first legs lei matter Of no sort
of Importance to this Congress- because the grant s made
for specific purpose the construction OF that road and the
State Of Wisconsin becomes tho trustee for that object
By the provisions of that BILL remarked BEFORE the
proceeds OF this land are TO be applied building of The
road in sections OF twenty continuous miles, through the
portion Of country from which the lands selected the
sales 10 be made the consecutive sections built.
MIR. LETCHER. The gentleman from Ohio does not
answer me directly and that ho lodges the ques
tion because he does want 10 say anything about the
Dead Laughter He does not want to acknowledge the fact
that this Is really insovent because if no did he
might ose for the measure But, says the gentleman,
you do not vote money - this company give the land 10
the State by this BILL But who gets the land after II Is
turned by the State 10 the rail road conpany7 few
years ago voted some land Illinois for rail road pur
poses Who got III The Wall street brokers got it, il
have read the history Of tia road Alright Do they hold
it DOW; and have they not absolute control Of III
Mr. BlSSELL. VIII the gentleman allow me 10
his question: The Wall street brokers do hold this
land
| Mr. j nave pampnlet mere, winch VIII
show history of this matter. We gave land State
of Illinois for the purpose Of building The Central Road TO
Chicago with branch running to Galena. Who were the
members of this company We of the fact, that
Mr. Ran,oul member Of this House OF the last Congress-
Of the parties concerned in this road How did this
gentleman living in the State Of massachusetts, become in
| tereeed in It? Who the other parties mentioned in
the incorporating this company? Their names, in The
first section OF AN act 10 incorporate the illinois Central
Rail Road Company" are recorded as foows:
"Rober Schuye George Grswod Norris Franklin
| nnvJ Mail. Jr SlurCis
George W. Ludlow John f. A. Sanford Henry Grnne VIM H. As
pnwa Leroy Wiley aad Joseph Asop and all persons
become stockholders in the company hereby
ratcd,' &c.
Where do all these gentlemen live Do they live in ILL.,
moist
| Mr.. BISSELL will answer the gentleman. They do
not live in the Snte OF Illinois
| Mr. LETCHER Then you arc sold out Laughter
| Mr.. BiSSELL. The gentleman from Virginia
very unwilling to hear TO his own questions These
gentlemen do not live 10 the State Of Illinois, have they
got control OF these lands ALL tho gentleman answered
now2 The lands In the hands Of and solely in the
charge of trustees.
| MIR. LETCHER. Trustees! Who get the proceeds OF
these ands Who compose tho company that furnish the
mems TO make The road Whose property la exemn from