The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1862-05-14
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VIZ are indebted to MIR. ASH for a copy of the
bill " to aid in constructing Railroad and Telc
graph line from the Missouri river to the Pacific
Ocean, and to secure to the government the Use Of
the same for postal military and other purposes"
as it passed the House of Representatives ON the
9TH inst. Its general features are rs follows:
Ii contains the names of srvcntv-dve persons in
different sections OF the country, who, with five
Commissioners io hc appointed hv the Secretary Of
the Interior and all persons who shall ur may hc
Suciard with thtm, aud their Succe sSors. arc crrat
cd into body corporate and polite, 10y the name,
style aud title of the Union Pacific RAILROAD Conn
pany. They are employed tn lay ont, locate, con-
struct, furnish and N ,jutlin continuous railroad.
with the appurtenaucrs, from such points on the
one hundred and second meridian uf longitude
west from Greenwich 10 the western boundary OF
Nevada Territory, The capital stock is to consist
of l00OO0 shares of $1,000 each. The right Of
way is granted Tor the construction of ihC railroad
and telegraph line to the eNtrut of 200 feet in width
ON each side ut the road, etc The rails aud all
other iron used shall hc of American manufacture.
etc. NhcucN or forty cunSg Sgcuivcmil'- Of the road
shall bc constructed. patents shall hc issued for the
lands. as well as bonds ot 81 eco each, payable in
20 years after date, bearing per cent per annun
interest, payable Svmi-auuWlly, To- the amount of
sixteen of said bonds per mile for each section Of
forty miles, to secure the payment ut which, the
Company is to give lien upon the roNd. The Coy
Crnm',t Ot all times lS tO have the preference ter
the transportation Of the mails troops. munitions ,t
war, supplies. and public stores, at lair aud reason
able rates of compensation, not To- exceed the
amounts paid by private parties for the same Kind
Of service AMI all compensation tur services rem
dcrri for the Government shalt be applied tu the
payment of bonds and interest until the whole
am unit j. fully paid. The Company may also pay
the United States wholly or in par; in the sam "r
in - tier lGGs, 1rt;>lIy rttS. ,r ether cyi-
dcnccS Ht debt against the United STAT, he all,
cd at par: and after Tire road is completed. until
the bonds and interest are paid, at least I've per
cent. Of thc net earnings of said road may be am
nually applied to til payment thereof, The com
pany is To- locate. within two years after the pas
sage of this act the general route. In fixing the
points of connection Of the main trunk with East
connections il shall be fixed at tie most prACi.
cable point for the construction ot the Iowa and
Missouri branches. The line of railroad and trle-
graph shall commence at the 1921 meridian of
longitude West from Greenwich, at the termination
of the T.,avcnworth, Pawnrr aul Western Railroad
and telegraph line 10 connect Herewith, the act
provides, thence running westerly upon the most
direct central and practicable I,u,c through the
territory of the United States to the western hnun-
arv Of Nevada, there to meet and connect with the
line of the Central Pacific Railroad Company oi
California.
The bill also extends aid to other companies on
certain conditions.
The bin passed - against f9
IrAs- Mcs>rs Mdrich. Allen, Alley, Arnold
Ashley Rcamam Biddr, Bingham, Blair Of Mo.
BlIh', Brown OF Va, Campbell. Clements. ColiaX
Corning, Corod'. Cuth,r, u Wis Drl1pl,nc. purll
Dunlap. Edrcr,un. Elliott, Ely, Frntor f'-s"ndcn
Fisher lrauchot. Frank. Go,ch. Go, dwin. Gr,rg
or Gurcy, llljght, llllr, Hooper II rtnn, lul"hins
Julian, Kelly, Kellogg of Mich, KcllmE'r, itns
ing L"lyv. Lehman. Ioomi>. Naynrrd. McnLir>
Murclnah, Morrill, Of M,in'. Nixor, Nol, Norton
OliI, Perry, puolls of Cal. Price, Bic' Of Mass.
Riddle. Rollins uf Mo-, Sarrrant Scdgwirk, Shr
lahargrr, Steele &c y. y, Stevens, TrAn Trow
bridge, Van Horn, Ncrrcn, Wallace, Walton %
Maine, Ward, Washburun Webster, Wheeler
Whll"y. Wilson. Win Tom, Worcester.
Nlys- Mr~sr4. Ancuur, liahhirt Bailey uf Pa.
Baker, Blair OF Va, browne of 4. L.. Iuiington
Calvert Chamberlain. cobb, F. 4. Conkling Cox
Crayru~ Cri>Gci Cr,icnlru. DiNnn. Dunn, Eng
lish. tiulrr. !ardinE. Harrison johnson, kellogg
Of H., Knapp, Law, Lovc"y, Mcknight, Mallory
Morrill, of VT N'rris. Noble, Odcll, Pike. Porter
y. j., Thomas of Mass, ThomtS of Nd, irimble
Vail nligham. Tuorh,cS. Wadsworth, Walton u
VI, White of Ind. Wickilic. Woodruff.