Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1862-07-12
NUMBER 40.

the grants Aforesaid are made upon con.
dttion that said company shall pay said
bonds at maturity and shall keep said
railroad and telegraph line in repair and
use, sand shall at all times transmit dis
patches over said telegraph line; and
transport mails, troops, munitions of war,
supplies, and public stores upon said rail-
road fJr the government, Whenever re-
1uircd to do so by any department thereof,
and that the government shall at all times
have the preference in the use Of the
same for all the purposes aforesaid, lat
fair and reasonable rates Of compensation,
not to exceed the amounts paid by private
parties for the same kind OF service y and
all compensation for services rendered for
the government shall be applied to the
payment Of said bonds and interest until
the whole amount is fully paid. Said
company may also pay the United States,
wholly or in part, in the same or ether
bonds treasury notes, or other evidences
of debt against the United States, to be
allowed at par; and after said road is
completed until said bonds aud interest
are paid, at least five per centam Of the
net earnings of said road shall also bo
annually applied to the payment thercoE.
Sec. Ind be ii further enactci, That
sad company shall file their assent to this
act undev the sea, Of said company, in tA3
Department Of the Interior, within ono
year after the passage OF this act, AMI
shall complete S4l railroad and telegraph
from the point of beginning as here cinafer
provided ia the western boundary Of Ne
yada Territory before the first Iay of July
one thousand eight LIulr,l aud seventy
four I1'orided, That within two years af-
ter the passage Of tAis &C. said company
shall designate the genora"rou.c Of said
road, as near as may he, and shai. file u
map OF the same in the Department of
the interior, whaTeHPon the Secretary Of
the Interior shall cause the lands within
fifteen miles OF sad lcs; Z mated route or
routes to c Withdrawn from PR emp:ioa,
private entry and sale and when any
portion of said route shall be finally loca
ted the Secretary Of the Interior shall
cause tue SAID lands hareinbc.0re granted
to le Surveyed aad set eff as fas. as may
be necessary for the pus7oses herein nam
ed: Provided, That in fixing the point Of
connection Of the man trunk with til,
castrrl connections, it shall be tiXe! at
the most practicable point for the con-
structon of the Iowa ard Missouri branch
es, as hereinafter provided.
Sec. 3. 4nd BE- ii. farther enacted, That
the line Of SAID railroad and tc.e.ra9A
shall commence OF a point on the one
hundredth meridian of longitude west
from Greenwich, between the south mar
q" OF the valley OF the Republican river
AID tie north mar.,n n OF the valley Of the
Platte river, ia the Territory Of Nebraska,
at Point to be fixed by the President OF
the United States, after actual survey -
thence running westerly upon tae most
direct central, ana practicable routes
through the territori 5 OF the Cuitel
States, 10 the western boundary Of the
Territory of Nevada. there to meet aul
connect with the line Of the Central Pa
cI.i- Railroad Company OF California.
) T. .. Atd 6e HflHter enacted, That
the Leave" worth, puwnae, and Western
Rai.roai Company Of Kansas are hereby
authorized 70 Construct a railroad and te.
legraph linz, from the Missouri river, ut
the mouth Of the Kansas river, on the
south side thereof, so as to connect with
the Pacific railroad of Nj souri, to tn,
aforesaid point, on the one hundred mar-
dian Of longitude west from Greenwich,
as herein provided. upon the same terms
and conditions in all respects as are pro
vided in this act for the constructions OF
the railroad and telc graph linz first men
toned, and to meet and connect with the
same at the meridian Of longitude aC0ro
said and in case the general ro'tt" "
lHe G road trnm the Missouri river to the
Rocky Mountains should be Sd located ~
to require departure norChwariiv from tho
PROPOSED line Of said Kansas ra,.roai be,
fore it reaches the meridian Of longitude
aforesaid, tbs location Of SAID Kansas
read shall be made so as 70 conr,r,n there.
to; and said railroad through NaHsA+
adai be 50 located between tie mouth OF
Of the Kansas river as aforesaid, au. lie
atorcsajl point on !he one h4nlrel ~. m
ridian cf longitude, that The several ra'.-
roads from Missouri ami Iowa herein
au, hor,heI to connect with the sane, can
make the connection within the haiiis
prescribed IN this act prosilet tA9 same
can be done without devating from tho
general direction Of the whole line to tho
Pacific coast. The route ia Kansas, wasc
Of the meriIian ol Fort Riley 4 The afore
sad point on the cue huudreith meridian
u 'ttlE thAFt - AZ 7h 't ~ SttN q kAH' ~
Of the President Of the United States and
to be determined by HIM on actual survey.
Aud said Kansas company may proceed
to buiA said raliroad to the aforesaid
poin. on the one huntredth meridian of
longitude west from Greenwich in tho
Territory OF Nebraska. The Central Pa.
ciHc Railroad Company OF Calllos&ia. 4
corporation existing under the'laws of the
State Of California, arc hereby authorized
to construct railroad aud telegraph linz
from the Pacific coast, at or near San
| Francisco, or the navirable waters of the
Sacramento river, to the eastern boundary
Of California upon the same terms and
conditions in all respects, as are contain
ed ia this act FIR the construction of SAID
railroad and telegraph lin, FIRST mention,
c !, and to n set and connect with the first
mentioned railroad ard telegraph line on
the eastern boundary of Jtli0cnia. Each
OF said companies sba,i jtle thelr aeuep
tapcc .. tho GOali44... .g'aia act IN .Ae