, 1862-03-10
Summary OF MIR. mcDouxAIFs Pacific
Railroad Bill, Reported to Congress.

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It conyeys- alternate sections per mile
each side Of the road. Ali lands not sold in
three years after its completion may be settled
and prc-empted at ten shi1lings per acre, to
he paid to the company These grants to be
made upon the completion Of every forty
consecutive miles, aud IN addition to this
land grant the Secretary Of HE Treasury is re.
States six per cent thirty year bonds, Of 81, GOO
each, per mile, except for 800 miles along the
base Of the Sierra NeYada and Rocky noun
tains-most difficult Of conetructioa-for
which the number shall be trebled, for which
bonds the company is to issue to the United
States the first mortgage on every forty
milee, free from al incurnbTances. The
Government to have preference IN the use
Of ..Toad and telegraph at reasonable rates,
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The company must file their assent to this
act in the Interior Department within one
year after Its passage; locate the route within
two years thereafter, and complete the road
Kansas TO the eastern boundary Of Nevada
Territory, before July !, 1874 The road and
telegraph to run from the Western boundary
Of Kaneas, or at the 102 degrees parallel Of lon
gitude west Of Greenwich. at the termination
Of the Leavenworth, Fawnee and Western
from the Leavenwortb, via Fort Ri1ey, to 1os
deg. pazsllel), thence westerly. upon the
most direct, central and psaeticai route,
through the Territories Of the United States,
to the eastern boundary Of Nevada Territory,
there to connect with the Nevada railroad lue
Central Pacific Railroad Of California, running
/ thence to San Francisco. The track upon the
entire line is to be OF uniform width, and the
grades and curves not to exceed the maximum
| Of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad and the
road and telegraph 10 be operated as one con
The Hannibal and st. uoseph and the Pacific
| railroads may extend their roads from st.
Jpkeph, via Atchison, and from Kansas City to
connect with the road through :kansaa and
| Of lands and bonds are to be granted to them
and equally dirided. In case all the roads pro.
.yided for in the bill are constructed and in
| case Of ffaflnrc Of these companieE to construct
such connections, any company organized bJ
| the State OF Kansas may conetIpefs q >connec
ticn On the came conditions. -;
Dubuque and Sioux CITY, the Mississippi
and Missouri, and the Burlington md Nilsson
ri River railroads, may construct single line
not to: exceed three hundred miles, from i:
common point on the western boundary o
iowa. to connect with the Kansas line on tn
same conditions.
In case the company Incorporated by thi
bill does not complete the road and TELEGRAPH
IN / reasonable time, OF keep the same IN e
pair aad I'd engeaS a Pa Raa me- e's sna 70
Tect the ircone thereafter to:be devoted t.
! he use of The United States to repay all. a
pepiitpre6 caused By default Of the company
The company is required to make an aRnna
report 10 tie seczctaIy Of the Interior: show
e6iire rosd and telegraph, and Il the ez1n1n&i
Including the amount allowed. FOR seEyics
;. rendered for the United States, after 1edue|
ipE: III expenditures, shau -eIeeed :t4&3pe
Il ce1tum on its cost, exclusive OF ~: A4p!
cent to be paid to the Govezn niafnt1 ~
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