New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-12-06

or the track three FIRST. class passenger IA freight Il
box one baggage, II handcaIs, and two iron ftaeh'
ears. The company has also contracted for four "i'
ditOna tIst-class passenger two express aIu nun,
and Ten box rcight.cars, al tn be delivered WitIp
short period. The company reported on inc ith nt'o
HAT an additional section of 20 miles had been CUM
pcted which is now in process Of examination by eon
mssioners in the mode required by law survey n"'
been extended TO the One-hundredth mciluidn,
distance o abol 3sl miles. There Is aeo par S ~
the field making surveys of the smoky lil route, WI" VIZ
are To extend their surveys 10 Denver cry, ABOUT '0
miles from the eastern terminus OF the road -.
The President of the Atchison branch OF inc Union
Pacific Railroad submitted report bearing date tue
18Th utimO Ii represents that the bridges ana niaso-
~ on the first section Of twenty miles of tue iodu ~
al Completed, cos'uos prepared 'he ~ mut and
and that tits portion of the road IS under CONTRACT. "p
viii De finished by he first DAY ol Jahu'! nv, 80
nr.hcr crcseis that tlc bridges aIe 'ohs' %
the best nttcriaS ard that thr nuIulhtS no" ~
cess of erection are of stone, looed win collutHou
run that tie second section Oi 20 ni's Is iSo usu'I
contract and VII be completed on The hIs' aay OIL may
next. - o,oo...ox
upder gte Scptiuh.v T. 1861 reported hpon u les o
the RAILWAY aid telegraph nr constructed Dy inc ne
irl Pacific Railroad Company 81 .nlloihia. Ihis
rlrt ol The road extending eastward nom Sacramento
CIV 40 Il poir! neaI Newcastle, IN Placer county, ta
ior .a is cor pcted and in daily use inder date OF
the l5h July last H. additional rcS ci lie icai were
reIcrted 10 be in running order. ON trc ION ubN OF
S.piebcy last the President Of the Company flied IN
Tie Office Of the surveyor General 81 California LIS am
davit setting forth that the company hhd competed
railroad for the surerstuctuie on the section OF ~
miles lyGg eastward Of the town OF Newcastle, AZ
an expense OF slGSOG0. Five thousand laboiers, 1t Is
ALLEGED. employed. and the company manifest the
greatest ygor and activity IN carrying on their opera
tiors.
On the 9th day Of December last. the Sioux CITY and
and Paoifc Eailroad Company, corporation organized
under the laws Of Iowa. was designated 10y tie Pres
dent of the United states for the purpose Of construct
ing and operating line Of railroad and telegraph from
Sionx CITY such point and 10 connect wth
branch
Omaha. or the Union Pacific Railroad IS the company
light select. The President of the company on the
10Th Of June last, submitted map designating the
general route of said road but the Department is not
advised that its construction has been commenced.
accordingly concur in the views expressed by my
predecessor in his last animal report, as 10 the pro-
priety of securing if practicable the appointment Of
Government Directors in each OF the panes engaged
in The construction Of branch OF any part OF The main
line Of this road. Such directors are now appointed Tor
the company organized under the ret of Congress and
with evident advantage 20 The public interests HE
concurrent action Of the States from which the com
panios derive their corporate power and the consent oil
The latter may he necessary TO accomplish that object
but Congress might with prOpTcly Initiate the requisite
legislation on the part oil the General Government
The patents Tor land and the bonds provided for in
the fourth and fifth sections If the original act are not
be issued the completion Of section of the road
until the fact of construction aud equipment as
first class railroad shall have been asccltaned and DE-
cared in the mode prescribed The words " hrs' class
railroad are perhars az precise aud tchntc as any
other; but difficulty may arise IN the practical en-
iOlceNcnt Oi the PROVISION ID Nilch lhrN WIN
view 10 obviac the difficulty, and secure uniformity,
have invited the directors on The part Of the Goyein
mcni aud the several boards Of commissioners 10 meet
in this city on the 10Th pioyimo for Tie purpose OF
establishing standard OF excellence. 10 which the COM
panies i'm the construction and equipment Of iheI re-
spectve roads shall be required 10 CONFORM
The Northern Pacific Railroad Company, on the llth
Of December 1904 fled their acceptance OF the proyis
ions of the act Of Congress entitled AN net granting
LANDS aid IN the construction of railroad and tele'
graph lire from Lake Superior 70 Puget sound on tie
IL. G.. L. 81. sA.-r, md
Of he 9Th O March last submitted iheir map design
ting the general direction OF their road from point on
Lake Superior IN the state Of Wisconsin TO POM on
Puget Sound. IN Washington Territory. Inc records
OF the Department do moi, however, show any hniAeT
action by the company in the premises.
WAGON ROADS.
By an net approved March =, lsj5 Congress made
appropriations for the construction OF certain wagon
roads in Montana. pakota, Idaho and Nebraska.
refer you the report Of Col simpson Tor Information
the manner in which the appropriations nave been
expended and tie progress made IN tue construction o.
these highways.
WASHINGTON AQUEDUCT.
Congress its last session made no provision Tor the
Wasbingto AQueduct. As the appropriation for the
nst Gscal year nearly exhausted. dispensed with
The services Of such Of TIE employs as were not ndis
pensabe and reserved the small balance for suc re-
pairs a. might he required for the preservation ~ the
work until the meeting of Congress. The engineer IN
charge IL Of opinion that Tie dam OF sod stone masonry
ALREADY commented across the Maryland channel Oi The
Potomac River az the head Of the conan,is absolutely
10 "an abundant and beedim supply
OF good and wholesome water during certain teGson-
Of the year, and that II should b. completed with the
least possible delay The temporary dams erected rom
time TO time have been repeatedly carried away Moth
ing in his opinion will efectuay serve the purpose but
dam OF the character Indicated. and he urges its con
strncton upon the grounds Of economy well OF Boces
sy III reports in favor Of the completion Of the con
meeting conduit al the receiving reservoir the further
excavation and deepening Of the distributing fcstryor
and also the construction u slOped rubbe wall pre-
vent the washing interior slopes or water faces
Ills Suggestions are respectfully submitted Tor tie
OfCOngresS.
Lieut. Col Simpson has been permanently assigned
10 Guty In this department His services hhye been adj
yanlageOusy employed on the wOk connected with The
Of the Union Pacific Railroad and branch.
es the Northern Pacific Railroad. land grant railroads
wagon roads the aqueduct and Capitol extensions all
Of which require the supervision o competent and
practical engineer. His report embraces connected
history ol tie inception and progress of The Union Pa
chc Railroad, complied iIon puclic records ana 0ther
authentic sources, and other valuable matter with
practical suggestions proper for The Consideration oI
Congress.
Provision should he made for The clerical force rem
dercd necessary by the increasing correspondence and
duties relating To these important works ana other IN
cdenta expenses that must unsvoldahly he incurred,
for which an estimate las beer submitted.
CAPITOL AND LIBRARY EXTENSION, AND GOyIEN-
MIST PRINTING OFFICE.
Tie report Of the architect Of the Capitol extension
furnishes full information concerning The condition ana
Of the work Since the report OF hs prcnc.
cessur the eastern rorticO Of tie south wing incudng
steps and carriage ways to the came has been com
pleted with the exception Of the caps oil inc cheek
blocks delayed for the want OF marble OF tie requisite
dimensions One Of these has been flushed and eleven
pieces Of marble for the others the grounds.
The greater part Of the marble work for The Forth
portico has beeu prepared during the present season.
and this portion Of the work is completed seventy
three blocks for corDicc, archrsyes. &C., and nine
nonolithc columns have been prepared for the untn.
ishcd pOrticOcs. Some years since The Government
acceded Interpretation Of the contract insisted
by the contractors. which allowed them 10 furnish
marble Of such dimensions as to require two pieces In
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material for eight columns OF that description. The
architect Dds that they be- placed alternately