Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1860-02-29


ferent points on the Mississippi river tn the ~
chc ocean, One OF these routes is that Of th
Southern PaciiG-n no longer a myth, ora" moon
shine matter, hut reality OF steam, lOeOmo
tiycs, and almost interminahle rail ties and iron
when completed We give sections Of tho bill
Texas is most deeply interested, the advantage
to both routes being equal.
RlLL
To establish n communication by railroad and
telegraph hNtwecn the Atlantic States and Cal
ifornia, and for other purposes,
Del enacted by me Senate and House of Repre-
sent0'ires Of the United States in Congress assam.
b!sd. That, to aid in the construction OF rail
road and telegraph line from tho Mississippi ri v
er to the western boundary of Texas. and thence
to tho Pacific o'can there is hereby granted, on
tho terms and conditions hereinafter mentioned,
to the Southern Pacific Railroad Company, char
tered by the State of Texas, Of which j Edgar
Thompson, Of Pennsylvania, Vernon X. Steven
son, Samuel Tate, and Joptha Fowlkes, of Ten
ncssee. James Guthrie. Of Kentucky, VIM. H.
Clement, Of Ohio, John p King, of Georgia,
Charles T. Pollard, Of Alabama. William q.
Smcdcs. Of Mississippi, John r. Mcdaniel, or
Virginia, S. l.. NJ. Barlow. Of New York. r. W,
inson. and others. of Texas, arn directors, their
associates, successors and assigns, every alter
nate section of land TO the amount of three alter
nate sections per mile on cnrh side of said rail
road and telegraph line, from the Mississippi
river, South of the SSth parallel Of North lati
tude, to the western boundary Of the State Of
Texas, and every alternate section of land to the
amount of twenty-five alternate sections per mile
on each sito of said railroad and telegraph line.
frn,, tba bNn ,,fr ~ a,
eligible route to the eastern boundary of Calior-
mia, in the direction of San Francisco; and thence
to the amount of six alternate sections per mile
on each side of said rnilrond ind telegraph line.
on the most eligible route to the Pacific ocean, at
or near San Francisco And this road shall pass
over the Rocky mountains south Of the 3lth par
allel of north latitude.
The Sd section authorizes this company to rr.
ccivc, as part of their line any line of railroad
East of the points from which said companies re
ccive herein an appropriation of lands, and West
of the Mississippi river for the purpose of form.
ing junction either in or out of tho State of
Texas.
The 4th section provides that the lands granted
in the State of California shall hc of no avail, |
unless that State, by legislative enactment, de-
clare her assent 10 tho construction OF the said
Dad; and that this shall apply to all other States
through which the route may pnss. For the al
.crnate sections Of lard that have been disposed
Of, condemned or worthless lands. mineral in
&C., the deficiency shall be made up
" other sections from the nearest unappropria'
ed lands
Procidcd, That so soon rs this act is passed,
nd acce pied by the comI anics undertaking TO
,uild the roads. it shall be the duty of the Pres
dent of the United States to cause tho public
nnds for forty miles on ea"h side of so much of
aid roads as the companies shall indicate, to he
withheld from settlement and occupation until
he lands shall have been surveyed and the alter
late sections selected, as provided for in this
ct ; and,
Provided, That the Southern Pacific Railroad
hail. under no circumstances. receive more than
ix sections of land per mile for that portion of
heir road lyi between the Mississippi river
nd the eastern boundary of Texas. |,
Section 5th provides for the manner of con-
&C.
SEC. 6. And he it further enacted, That the
government of the United States shall, at all
ines, hNo the preference in the use of said rail
Dads and and telegraph lines, for postal, militia
J h'u "ii o''oi p'i I'oSS' l''J'S IVA P''''' !
ervice such sums as the Postmaster General
nay authorize and prescribe; and for such other
ervice us may he rendered such sums as the
ecretary of the Department in behalf of which j
aid service may be rendered shall prescribe and .
uthorize {
Proridcd, That said compensation for postal
,rvice shall not he more than that paid for SINH
services to first class railroads in the United
tates /; and, G
Dro,;IoI f,,y,Lcr Tbot tbo dc ,orpu;Io5 c,r .
this act shall carry over each SO tion as it is c
nlshed, and over the whole roads for twenty
ears after their completion, under the direction 7
the proper departments, all military and naval t
applies, troops, seamen, Government agents, t
nd freight of all kinds for Government purposes i
ith the limitation that the price to he paid i
iall not exceed in any event, in peace or in war,
'e sum which in time of peace has been paid for II
by fist class railroads elsewhere i
the United States. o
The 7th section provides for the issuing of i
onds or treasury notes of the United States, to
lie amount of 81 100000 for every Fifty miles of I
'mpleted road, the company giving mortgage "
hen upon each of the said SO miles with all its .
lrniture. stock, &C., until reaching the base of r
ne Rocky mountains and that, $4,000 600 h
r every so miles until bonds or treasury notes [
lall have been issued to the amount of S35 000,-
10, when no more bonds or notes shall be issued: n
Prorided That no loan shall be asked from the il
nited States Government by the Soathern PLcif- b
Railroad Company for any portion OF their
,ad lying within the limits of the State of Tex b
J., and no mortgage given to the United States Ia
, the same, but the loan to said road shall be t.
,plied to the portions of said road lying cast ia
I'd west of the State of Texas. And each of \
e companies undertaking to construct the re- c,
ective roads nrovided for in this bill shall agree IN
build five hundred miles of their respective e,
ads within six years after the passage of this Il
It and It's acceptance by said companies. And to ii
lis end the construction may begin as carly on p
e Pacific as on the Mississippi and Missouri hi
vers And when five hundred and fifty miss Of