The national Republican., 1862-06-27
FiIAs, Jass 81. iSsi.

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FridAt, Jaas ~, 1851.
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A ut f6f w sSonstructioa ~ Northern Pc
ciae SArSsA sspssssd BY u, senass ysstss
day visSost Sasae II b the ssms blii q shs'
which ~ geFthwestsrn SessAors epdsavorsd
Sssassss si1ilyoto sssrah, BY way Of amend
mssa, 80 iAs aet already passsd for building
= raIlroaS 10 Tie Pscinc upon . central route
A nov sppsars, Y was rejected as an amend
msns q thst act not from any objection 10 the
senats 10 the neasure itself, bat bscsnss itws'
considsrsd best 10 pss II in the shape Of ssps
rats and independent Dill.
This bill. which passed ths Senate jester
day, vas o9srsd BY Mr.. Doolittls on the 10th
Instant and reported upon fsvcrsbly on the
18th instant, by Mr.. Csrlils, Of Virginia, from
the Coumittss On ths Public Lands.
II provides for the appointment BY the Presi
dent Of three OWL engineers. 10 proceed i'm
msdlsssly 10 loeats the general route Of line
Of railroad from Superior City on Lake su'
perior; thence TO point On the west line Of
hisnssota, having reference 70 connections With
The railroad system Of that State /; and thence
10 the navigable waters Of the Columbia river
with branch 70 Pugst's Sound
The bill ssts apart, TO Aid In the construction
Of he road, the proceeds Of the sales Of the al
ternats sections (dsdgnstsd by odd numbers)
Of tho public lands, for the space Of 20 miles
on each ~ Of The road. Mineral lands are
excluded iron Ills provisioo; end whore such
lands ere fossd, n sqnivalsot amount Of ag-
ricultural lasas elsewhere b granted. This 10
an sndowmsat Of 1880 ssrss to the mile. The
selling price II Asss lands u fixed st $3.50
per acre within tsn milss Of ths railroad, and
Sl.2S per ssre beyond ten milea II the land,
be assumed 70 be sold ct these prices, they
would yield, In money, $4,000 to each mile Of
the. proposed road. The lands, the proce eds
Of which ere st apart for the road, are, Of
ooarss, exempted from tho operation Of the
no nssksad cot, but arc len subject 70 settle
meet and presapsioa ct the prioss stated.
Aprovisiou Is inserted that, 70 far as the
roaAs within The Ssats Of Minnesota shall BE-
found upon the pame line with any railroad
route which has already received land grsnt
froa The United States, and whore the two
routes sre upon Tie same general line," the
land grants under this bill shall not be made.
TSs proceeds Of Tie lands sst apart BY hi,
bll ars to ~ paid over, oos half oi them, to
ths etssssor Territories through which Tie road
pesPss, q fast q successive sections Of twenty
nvs miles Of Tie road arc built. The remain.
Ing half Of The proceeds arc 10 be retained BY
tbs Unitsd States until tSe road Il completed
70 he Pacific, and thsn to be spportioned to
ths stAto and Territories, not in proportion h
ths number q miles built, but in proportion ta
The sxpsuditurss In building The road; Of which
accurate accounts sre 70 be kept snd annually
returned. .r. ... ri
10 other words, Of the land grants at ths
rats Of II. 800 seres, or S24, 900 when sold, y
shs nile. oos half is to be apportlonsd upor
mileage, and TO be psid ~ siiccsssive section
Of twenty-five miles srs eompletsd. while th'
other half is to Be sppordoned upon reoesar.
expenditure, and 10 to be bept back until u
whole work b copsimustsd. I
This seems 70 be dmple, just and shicien
provision, 70 meet what are the assumed ant
undoubtsd facts 10 the case that some portion
Of the road will be much more costly thai
othsr, while. ct the same time, Il is precisely
In the mountainous regions, where the road vii
cost the most, that the land grants will yisl,
the IeasG
The bill provides for the construction Of
telegraph along the llue Of the proposed road
and for the use Of suoh telegraph, q we'll a.
The road ITSELF in the transportation Of MALL
military stores. &C., by the Government, q
reasonable rates, to be detsrmined, 10 th
event Of disagreement in s1ch manner a. Con
grsss may hereafter prescribe. -,
Section nine Of the bill provides that seve
per cen!um Of the proceeds Of the granite
lands shall be retained by the United State
70 pay The expenses Of surveying and selliu
ths lands, and the expenses Of the survey ,
ths railroad.
Section ten Of the bill Is In the words 70
lowing:
"That said Northern Pacific route NAV !
confined from Superior, sOutheasterly, upo
the most eligible and feasible railroad route,
n point on the Wisconsin river, not furthe
south than the Grand Rapids on the s,ms, to b
determined BY the State Of Wisoo. .sin; theme
eastsrly from said point 10 the Fox river, an
from the same point on the Wisconsin tive
down the valley Of the Same, to connect Wit
the land grant routes In the State Of wisconsin
PROVIDED, hotocver, That the grant Of the DR.
d Goods Of the sales Of the lands along the ssi
f0uts, In said State, IL made upon the exprei
condition, irravooabis forever, that It shall
the duty Of all persons or companies who ma
constitute, or owD, or become In any manns
interested In the same, or In any part thereo
10 permit every other railroad running caste
y or southesstsrly from the wisoonsin river
Lake Michigan, In the State Of Wisconsin,
form running connections with the same, upt
fair and equal terms"
TIE pssssge Of this bill viii be hailed wit
great sstisfsotion by The country. The on
question which can arise upon is, whstb
hgrsats enough, in reference to the nation
iatssests which are involved. 1t grants nothip
10 fact, but portion Of value which the b
itssf cssstss, the lands being unavailable wit
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