Nebraska advertiser., 1857-01-15
8tns Stems,
ANOTHER PACIFIC aAnsOAD PaOIECr.

1t seems from the Washington cor
respondence Of the New York Daily
Ne1Cs that another Pacific Railroad
Bill is about to be introduced in the
House. 1t is on a magnificent scale,
and is entitled "a bill to provide for
the construction of Railroads and Tele-
Graph communications from the Mis-
sissippi River and Lake Superior to the
Pacific Ocean"
Three main roads are projected, viz:
One from a point on the MissippiR River,
South of lat. Sc deg. to San Francisco,
with a branch to San Diego; another
from some point on the Missouri River,
North of lat. 40 deg. andSouth of lat.
43 deg. to San francisco, with a branch
to MarysYille, Sacramento, Stockton,
and San Jose; and the third from some
point on Lake Superior to Pugets
Sound. with a branch to the William
cite River.
p. To each Of these routes, the bill
proposes to grant thirty sections of.
iandfor each mile 0 frailrOad, the land
to be selected by the parties named in
the bill, from the nearest unapproprl-
ated vacant lands in the United States,
which shall be withdrawn from sale or
entry. or pre-emption; and if required
shall be surveyed under the direction
of the Secretary of the Interior; pro-
yided the parties named In the bill
shall pay to the United States, twenty
FIVE cents per acre; provided also that
no title shall vest in them, any faster
than the roads are extended to COM
pletiOn.
Further, they shall deposite Withthe
Secretary of the Interior, within six
months after the passage of this act
100000 in good United States or
State securities, as a guarantee.
One hundredmiles Of each road must
be completed within eighteen months
from the time of the establishment of
the routes. When said hundred miles
are ready for the track, the Secretary
of the Interior shall allow the parties
named the use Of said 100000 to
purchase iron therefor, and in lieu
thereof take a first mortgage bond on
the road for that amount, to be held
until the entire line is completed.
Under the bill the United States
agree to $500 per mile for the trans
portation Of the mails until the COM
pletion Of the road and for ten years
thereafter. Also, for transporting
troops, and munitions Of war, such
reasonable sum as the President and
Secretary of War may determine.
:. IF the parties fail to build the line
within ten years from the date of the
location, all right to land not at that
time paid for, shall be forfeited to the
United States.
The right Of way to the width Of
400 feet through the public lands is
proposed to be granted.
Further, six sections of land PEI
mile is proposed to be granted to the
following routes, under the restriction
that any amount heretofore granted
to States where they are located, fol
their use and benefit, shall be deducet
therefrom, viz:
South Western Branch Pacific Rail
road; Iron Mountain Railroad; Cair,
and Fulton Railroad; Memphis AM
Little Rock Railroad; Mississippi
Red River and Washita Railroad
Yicksburg and Shreveport Railroad
New Orleans, Opelousas and Grea
Western Railroad, connecting with tn
first named route.
Pacific Railroad, Hannibal and 81
Joseph Railroad; Burlington, Keosss
qua and Missouri Railroad; PhiladeI
phia, Fort Wayne and Platte Vale,
Railroad; Mississippi and Missouri
Railroad; Iowa Central Air Line Rail
read, Dubuque and Pacific Railroad
North Iowa, Minnesota and Nebrask
Railroad, connecting with the secon
named route.
Transit Railroad, and North Iowa
Minnesota dNebraska Railroad con
meeting with the third named route.
Each of these grants is under th
proviso that fifty miles of the roa
must be completed within three year
from the passage Of this act, and th
balance within five years thereafter
the United States mails shall be carrie
at the usual price for such services.
Further provision makes it the dut
Of companies named to construct thei
roads, etc, in a good, substantial mar
ner, with uniform guage.
All the properly of said companie
in the Territories is to be exempt fro
taxation as long as they remain TER
tories. None Of the companies sha
construct their roads throughthe lanl
of Indian tribes without the consel
of said tribes.
They must sell and convey half Il
lands within FIVE years, and the balan,
within ten years from the issuing ,
this patent from the United State