Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1858-03-26
Washington News.

WASHINGTON, March l9. The following
~ synopsis Ct the Pacific Railroad bill.
f'esented On tuesday last, in the House. BY
Alr. PHELPS
Mr., Pbelfs Of Missouri, the Chairman o!
the Committee on the Pacific Railroad. t.
day introduced bill which WAS rrferrsi to-
'aas Committee, To and in the construction
OF II railroad from St. Louis to san Fran
cisco
1t proposes to pass through Albuquerque.
,he Auin Villages and the Teiou pass. one
nall OF The road is to be built bv the STATE of
os!,i rnia, and thc other half by the state
OF Missouri. TIE United States t, Grant
money and lands to AID in building il a4ler
@o mites are built-ive per cent. United
State 81 Year bonds t, lie issued to the Stat.
building 1t, at the rate OF $3.50 per mile.
aud 50 ON tor 200 miles west from St. Ianis
and east from San Francisco. Then for
200 miles further bonds to be issued at the
rate OF $1,000 per mile Then for loo
niiss further at the rate of = +. 500 ner
mile, and Tor the remainder of the way at
the rate OF SIS, 1000 per mile. No bonds
To be Issued until each section of twenty
mites is baIlt, the whole amount of bonds
not to exceed $50 900 900. Twenty-Five
mites OF the road to be built aud equipped
the nrst year by each State, and thereafter
not less than 100 miles each per year. The
road to be flashed in ten wears The United
States TO nave as 4 consideration Tor ITS aid
4egH fight TO priority Of use for all
s'serhihe.1t purposes Five years after
si.e ioid is hhished, all mail pay and paw
iof troops, sailors, munitions Of war and
l. 4I4l H.,
~ .''h e99os to ee applied to pay the bonds
''aeei ~ cue United States. until princi-
n" al interest are refunded,
II, when the first bonds are due. any
inae0teihers remain. California and Missouri
a'e scferdiiy to pay the balance The mail
pay ief d"lly serviessto be $500 per mile
aptll d. @f tae road has been finished ten
{S.ls' government to pay no more for its
l ~ .4an individuals and if the Pr9si-
ush- % the onited States deems that too
nish' congress upon his special reeommen-
o"tloi's may ny law Tx a reasonable rate.
twenty sections Of land per mile granted
to create a reserve of good lands in Missouri
and California. with which to all ia build
ing the road over the plains bevond. it is
provided that no patent shall is.aa until
twenty miles Of the road are finished. and
then tle State building it is to have enc
tenth only OF th3 amount t. viii ], that
On the bnill;9r Of ano,ba. 80
twenty mil,s n,tSrts ora - - -.
tenth af the land. ~ 10. - ~. uIe.
division oil twenty miles of rad would be-
entitled, and also to one-tenth of that tol
tied On he co,nnlotan nfo -. iin(, : en',
Of twenty miles Of rad -a,a vn,.' - Ecu sIa
for one tenth of tho lands - - So
ofthe orecee,ling divisions af ram, so en,, es
and 90 on until the roas Is fn;sIad = e''''''e''
us.o,ri ! - ho,;, :, - IL.
ond GsI;r,s, :; 70 oSm' - puiid al -, LOUIS;
an.; I"i'' a. r ,,an fraaeseo' ana pfoceed
In-.h uons,y t"y are 70 meet On IN
Tha III I'o Is na =. 'u.''' near Anih.-
rr in "a u n'o . gwen upon 'he sumo
nilas ~ oanh .s.e 1 ia' , is Two 1un''Is'i
,Ia Nv. 1,.n Gnu ohi5 9t,o' PER ln,.e 'or
NIL f,n ~ W., "u''rfN ihi,es, SI''o"V pr
snJ SD ~ : goo "eA' T nuhufea iniies' az fi.ca
miles ~ eanh al iJr i've .i '"nH'
- "a enu~,n an one 'ious''I