Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1862-07-12

Sec. 10. Aad be IL further enacted, That
the said company chartered by the State
of Kansas shall complete one hundred
miles of their said road commencing at
the mouth Of the Kansas river as afore-
said within two years after filing their as.
sent to the conditions Of this act, as here
in provided, and one hundred miles per
year thereafter, until the whole is compile.
ted and the said Central Pacific Railroad
Company of California shall complete 80
miles of their road within two years after
filing their assent to the provisions of this
act, as herein provided, and fifty miles per
year thereafter until the whole is COM
pleted; and after completing their roads,
respectively said companies, or either Of
them may unite upon equal terms with
the tirst-named company in constructing
so much of said railroad and telegraph
line and branch railroads and telegraph
lines in this act hereinafter mentioned,
through the Territories from the State of
California to the Missouri river, as shall
then remain to be constructed on the same
terms and conditions as provided in this
act in relation to the said Uuion Pacific
Railroad Company. And the Hannibal
and Saint Joseph Railroad, the Pacific
Railroad Company of Missouri, and the
FIRST named company, or either of them,
on filing their assent to this act, as atore-
said, may unite upon equal terms, under
this act, with the said Kansas company in
constructing said railroad and telegraph,
to said meridian of longitude with the
consent Of the State of Kansas and in
case said FIRST named company shall com
plete their line to the eastern boundary of
California before it is completed across
said State by the Central Pacific Railroad
Company of California, said first named
Company is hereby authorized to continue
in constructing the same through Cali
fornia, with the consent of said State, upon
the terms mentioned in this act, until said
roads shall meet and connect, and the
whole line Of said railroad and telegraph
is completed; and the Central Pacific Il
X. Company OF California, after comnlet.
ing its road across said State, is authoriz.
cd to continua the construction of said
railroad and telegraph through the terri.
tories Of the United States to the Missouri
river, including the branch roads specified
in this act, upon the routes herein before
and hereinafter indicated, on the terms
and conditions provided in this act in re-
laton to the said Union Pacific Railroad
Company, until said roads shall meet aud
connect and the whole line Of said rail
road and branches and telegraph is com
pleted,
Sec. II. And be 1t .Gntler enacted, Tha;
for three hundred miles of said road mos.
mountainous and difficult Of construction,
to-wi.: one hundred and fifty miles west.
wardy from the eastern base of the Rocky
Mountains, and one hundred and fifty
miles eas,wardly from the western base Of
the Sierra Nevada mountains, said points
TO be fixed BY the President of the United
States, the bonds to BE- issued to aid in
the construction thereof shall be treble
the number per mile hereinbefore pro-
vided, and the same shall be issued, and
the land therein granted be set apart upon
the construction of every twenty miles
thereof, upon the certificate Of the com
missioner, as aforesaid, that twenty con-
secutive miles of the same are completed
and between the sections last named of
one hundred and fifty miles each the
bonds to be issued to aid in the construc
sion thereof shall be double the number
per mile first mentioned, and the same
shall be issued, and the lands herein
granted be set apart, upon the construc
ton Of every twenty miles thereof, upon
the certificate Of the commissioners as
aforesaid that twenty consecutive miles of
the same are completed: Prortdsd, That
no more than fifty thousand of said bonds
shall be issued under this act to aid in
constructing the main line Of said railroad
and telegraph.
Sec. II. and be IL. further enacted, That
whenever the route Of said railroad shall
cross the boundary Of any State or Terri
tory, 0" said meridian OF longitude, the
two companies meeting or uniting there
shall agree upon its location at that point,
with reference 10 the most direct and
practicable through route, and in case OF
difference between them as to said loca.
ton the President of the Uuised States
shall determine the said location the
companies named in each State and Ter.
ritory, to locate the road across the same
between the points SO agreed upon, except
as herein provided. The track upon the
entire line of railroad ard branches shall
be of uniform width to be determined by
the President of the United States, so
that, when completed, cars can be run
from the Missouri river to the Pacific
ocean, the grades and curves shall not
exceed the maximum grades and curves
Of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad the
whole line OF said railroad md branches
and telegraph shall be operated and used
fer all purposes Of communication, travel
and transportation, SO far as the public
and govenernnent are concerned as one
connected, continuous line; and the
companies herein named in Missouri,
Kansas, and California, fling their assent
to the provisions Of this act, shall receive
and transport all iron, rails, chairs, spikes,
ties, timber, and all materials required for
constructing and furnishing said first
mentioned llne between the afor said
point, on the one hundredth meridian Of
longitude and western boundary of Nevada
Territory, whenever the same is required
by said first named company, at cost over
that portion Of the roads Of said compan-
les constructed under the provisions Of
this act.
Sec. IL. 4aa6 II further enacted, That
the Hannibal and St. Joseph Railroad
Company OF Missouri may extend its road
from ST. Joseph, via Atchison to connect