Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Iowa) 1861-1864, 1862-09-04

their said 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 completed aud after COM
pleting their roads, respectively, said
companies, or either of them, may
unite upon equal terms with the first
named company in constructing SD
much of said railroad and telegraph
line and branch railroads and tcle-
graph lines in this act hereinafter
mentioned, through the Territories
from the State of California to the Mis-
souri, river. as shall then remain to be
constructed, on the same terms and
conditions as provided in this act in
re lation to the said Union Pacific Rail
road 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 aforesaid, may unite upon equal
terms under this act, with the said
Kansas company in constructing said
railroad and telegraph to said meridi-
an Of longitude, with the consent Of
the said State of Kansas, and in case
said first named company shall COM
plete their line to the eastern bounda-
ry Of California before it is completed
across said State by the Central Pa
cific Railroad Company Of California,
said first named company is hereby
autorized to continue in constructing
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
completed and the Central Pacific
Railroad Company of California, after
completing its road across said
State, is authorized to continue the
construction of said railroad and tcle-
graph through the Territories Of the
United States to the Missouri river, in
cluding the branch roads specified in
this act, upon the routes hcrcinbefore
and hereinafter indicated. on the terms
and conditions provided in this act in
relation to the said Union Pacific Rail
road Company, until said roads shall
meet aud connect, and the whole line
Of said railroad and branches aud tel
cgraph is completed.
SIC. II. Ind be il further ence'e4, That for
three hundred miles of said road most
mountainous and difficult of construc-
tion, to wit, one hundred and fifty
miles wcstwardly from the eastern
base Of the Rocky Mountains, and one
hundred and City miles eastwardly
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 bc
treble the number per mile hereinbe-
fore provided, and the same shall be
issued, and the lands herein granted
be set apart, upon the construction of
every twenty miles thereof, upon the
certificate of the commissioners as
aforesaid that twenty consecutive
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 con-
struction thereof shall be double the
number per mile first mentioned, and
/ the same shall be issncd, and the
lands herein granted be set apart,
upon the construction of every twenty
miles thereof, upon the certificate OF
the commissioners as aforesaid that
twenty consecutive miles of the same
are completed Provided, That nc
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.
SIC. IL. .iadJe il tar her eaoeied. That when
ever the route OF said railroad shall
cross the boundary of any State OF
Territory, or said meridian of longi
tude, the two companies meeting ol
uniting there shall agree upon its 10
cation at that point, with reference tc
tie most direct and practicable
through route, and in case Of differ
cncc b. tween them as to said location
the President Of the United States
shall determine the said location the
companies named i'm each State and
Territory to locate the road across
the same between the points so agreed
upon, except as herein provided Tn.
track upon the entire HE Of railroad
and branches shall be Of uniform width
to be determined by the President O
the United States, 50 that, when com
pleted, cars can be run from the Mis-
souri, river to the Pacific coast Til
, grades and curves sliall not cScce
, the maximum grades and curves G
the Baltimore and Ohio railroad /; tn
. whole limo Of said railtoad ard brancl
es and telegraph shall be operate
, and used for all purposes of commit
nication, travel; and transportation
! so far as the piiblic and Government
D are concerned, as one connected, con
; tinuous line and the companies here
: in named la Missouri, Kansas, ant
r California, filing their assent to th'
e provisions of this act, shall receive
J. and transport all iron rails, chairs
! spikes, ties, timber, and all material
}, REQUIRED for constructing and furnish
! ing said aforementioned line bctweeI
v the aforesaid point, on the one hun
drcdth meridian Of longitude and Yves
J. tern boundary Of Nevada Territory
|, whenever the same is required by sal
c frst-named company. ut cost. owe
!. that portion Of the roads of said CON
panics constructed under the prov
: sions of this act. a .0a4aaI e..
Sec. Is. .And Be 10 frr;ter c'aeied, That tli
{ Hannibal and Saint Joseph Kailroa'
: Company OF Missouri may extend it
roads from Saint Joseph via Atchison
to connect and unite with the roa'
= through Kansas, upcn filing its asscn
: to the provisions Of this act, upon th'
! same terms and conditions, in all re
, spects, for ono hundred miles in lengtl
! next to the Missouririycr, as are pre-
, vided in this act for the construction
5 of the railroad and telegraph line frs
; mentioned, and may for this purpos
| use any railroad charter which ha
/ been or may be granted by the LegiS