The daily Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1862-1863, 1862-09-02


tons in all RESPECTS as are provided IN this act for
the construction of the railroad and telegraph line
first mentioned, and to meet and connect with the
same at the meridian of longitude aforesaid; and
in case the general route line of road, from the
Missouri river to the Rocky mountains, should be
so located as to require departure northwardly
from the proposed line of said Kansas railroad be-
fore it reaches the meridian of longitude aforesaid
the location of said Kansas road shall be made SO
as to conform thereto; and said railroad through
Kansas shall be so located between the mouth OF
the Kansas river, as aforesaid, and the aforesaid
point, on the one hundredth meridian of longitude,
that the several railroads from Missouri aud Iowa,
herein authorized to connect with the same can
make connexion within the limits prescribed in
this act, provided the same can be done without
deyiating from the general direction OF the whole
line the Pacific coast The route in Kansas west
of the meridian of Fort Riley to the aforesaid point
on the one hundredth meridian OF longitude, TO be
subject to the approval ofthe President of the Unit
ed States, and to be determined by him on actual
survey. And said Kansas company may proceed TO
build said railroad to the aforesaid point the one
,hundredth meridian of longitude west from Green
witch in the Territory of Nebraska. The Central
Pacific Railroad Company of California a corpora
ton existing under the laws of the State OF Callfor
mia, are hereby authorized to construct railroad
and telegraph line from the Pacific coast at or near
San Francisco the navigable waters of the Sac
ramento river, to the eastern boundary of Calior-
MIA, upon the same terms and conditions in all re-
spects as are contained in this act for the con-
structon of said railroad aud telegraph line first
mentioned, and TO meet and connect with the first
mentioned railroad and telegraph line on the east
ern boundary of California. Each of said compa-
MES shall file their acceptance of the conditions of
this sct in the Department of the interior within
six months after the passage of thisact.
SEC. 10. And BE- 1t J,gther enacted, That the said
company chartered by the State of Kansas shall
complete one hundred miles of eirsaidroad, COM
mencing at the mouth of Kansas river as aforesaid
within years after their assent to the condi-
tions of this act, rs herein provided, and one hun
dred miles per year thereafter until the whole is
completed and the said Central Pacific Railroad
Company of California shall complete fifty miles of
their said road within two years after filing their
assent to the provisions of this act as herein pro-
vided, and fifty miles per year thereafter until the
! whole is completed; and after completing their
roads, respectively, said companies, or either of
| them, may unite upon equal terms with the hrst
| named company in constructing much of said
railroad and telegraph line and branch railroads
and telegraph lines in this act hereinafter mention
ed, through the Territories from the State OF Cali
fornia to the Missouri river, as shalt then remain
| to be constructed, ON the same terms and condi
tions provided in this act in relation to the said
| Union Pacific Railroad Company. And the Hanni-
bal and Saint Joseph Railroad, the Pacific Rail-
road Company of Missouri, and the first named
company, either of them, filing the ir assent
| to this act, aforesaid, may unite upon equal
terms under this act, with the said Kansas cOmpa-
ny in constructing said railroad and telegraph TO
said meridian of longitude, with the consent of the
said State of Kansas; and in case said first named
/ company shall complete their line TO the eastern
! boundary of California before it is completed
across said State by the Central Pacific Ra ilroad
| Company of California, said first named company
1
! the same through California, 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 COM
| pleted and the Central Pacific Railroad Compa-
nv of California, after completing its road
said State, is authorized to continue the consruc-
/ tion of said railroad and telegraph through the
Territories of the United States to the Missouri
river, including the branch road specified in this
act, upon the routes hereinbefore and hereinafter
| indicated, on the terms and conditions provided in
I act N q Union
road Company, until said roads shall meet and con-
meet, and the whole inc of said railroad and
| branches and telegraph is completed
SEC. IL. ARd be 1t further enacted, That for three
hundred miles of said road most mountainous and
difficult of construction, to wit, hundred and
! fifty miles westwardiy from the eastern base of
| the Rocky Mountains, and one hundred and fifty
miles castwardiy from the western base of the ST.
ezra 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 provided,
and the shall be issued, and the lands herein
granted be set apart upon tie construction of eve
ry twenty miles thereof upon the certificate of the
commissioners as aforesaid that twenty consecu-
tive miles of the same completed and between
the sections last named of enc hundred and fifty
mil es each the bonds to be issued TO aid in the
| struction thereof shall be double the number per
mile first mentioned, and the shall be issued,
and the lands herein granted be set apart upon the
construction of every twenty miles thereof, upon
the cert ate of the commissioners aforesaid that
twenty consecutive miles of the same completed
Provided, that more than fifty thousand of said
bonds shall be issued under this act TO aid in
! structing the main line of said railroad and tele-
graph
SEC IL. Aad be ii further enacted, That whenev-
the route of said railroad shall cross the bound
cry of any State Territory, or said meridian Of
longitude, the two companies meeting or uniting
there shall agree upon its location at that point,
with reference to the most direct and practicable
through route, and in case of difference between
4 them said location the President of the Unit
ed States shall determine the said location: the
papia in Sfafa md Tarri torx-f tn
locate the road the same between the points
agreed upon, except as herein provided. The
track upon the entire line of railroad and branches
shall be of uniform width to be determined by the
President of the United States, so that when COM
pleted, can be run from the Missouri river to
the Pacific coast the grades aud shall not
exceed the maximum grades and curves of the Bal
tim0re and Ohio railroad the whole line of said
railroad and branches and telegraph shall be oper-
ated and used for all purposes of communication,
travel and transportation, SO far the public and
Government are concerned, one connected con-
tinuous line; and the companies herein named in
Missouri j, Kansas, and California, filing their a :
sent to the provisions of this act, shall receive and
transport all iron rails chairs, spikes, ties, tim
ber and all materials required for constructing and
furnishing said first mentioned line between the
aforesaid point, on the one hundredth meridian of
longitude and the western boundary of Nevada
Territory, whenever the same is required by said
frst-named company, at cost, over that portion of
the roads of said companies under construction I'M
der the provisions of this act.
SIC. 49, And be further enacted, That the Han
nibal and Saint Joseph Railroad Company of Mis- =
souri, may extend its roads from Saint Joseph,
via Atchison, to connect and unite with the road
through Kansas, upon filing its assent to the pro-
visions of this act, upon the same terms and condi-
tions, in all respects, for one hundred miles in
length next to the Missouri river, as are provided
in this act for the construction of the railroad and
telegraph line first mentioned, and may for this
purpose any railroad charter which has been or
may granted by the Legislature of Kansa ::
ocded, That if actual survey shall render it de-
sT able, the said company may constrct their road
with the consent of the Kansas Legislature on the
miost direct and practicable route west from Saint
Joseph, Missouri, so as to connect and unite with
the road leading from the western boundary Of
Iowa at any point east of the one hundredth meri-
dian of west longitude, with the main trunk
road at said point but in event shah lands or
bonds be given TO said company, as herein direct
ed to aid in the construction of their said road for
greater distance than one hundred miles. And
the LeavenwOrth, Pawnee, and Western Railroad
Company of Kansas may construct their road from
Leayenworth to unite with the road through Kan
sas.
5sEc. "A. and Be iythsr s'a, JlTbeabt sihior,
lied and required to construct single line of rail-
road and telegraph from point ON the western
boundary of the State of Iowa, TO be fixed by the
President of the United States, upon the most di-
rect and practicable route, to be subject to his APP
prevail, SO to form connection with the lines of
said company at some point on the one hundredth
meridian of longitude aforesaid frcm the point of
State of Iowa, upon the same terms and conditions
in all respects, contained in this act for the
construction of the said railroad and telegraph first
: mentioned and the said Union Pacific Railroad
, Company shall complete one hundred miles Of the
road and telegraph in this section provided for in