Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1866-02-15
RUTLAND III HERALD.
FRIDAY FEBRUARY Q, 1856,


=, .iBr shores 10y 4 continuous Alht oI |
'm,,,v And yet railroads are chatter
~ uovering the entire distance between
1.-Two extreme points named, tbs Ma
s,ooel government granting the char
saws through the Territories belonging
sott 4pd the STATE Legislatures dong
fhs s,mc thing for til, roads Though
.,o slater. Many miles OF track are al
raadv laid on two lines OF road West OF
49, Missouri river. many more are grad
I'D and a large amount of work 10 done
neyopd the points where iron rails have
haen laid The same may be said ofthe
r,roorpss OF the work AT the Western eN-
tremity-in Caliiornia-and withoutcal-
,rIstinp on any extraordinary longevity
~, exnect to see the time when we can
Gravel hyrsil the entire distance between
49,. Two oceans. To be little more def
,nit, we don't expect to see more than
one Presidential election before the de
,ir9bly result is accomplished.
WrviIl eudeavor to mention AS briefly
a. we can the various roads chartered
with a view to reach the Pacific and
,,yo their location as definitely and &C
.nr,tly az possible, with our limited
i1owlrd2e.
The Pacific Railroad OF Missouri,
state organization, extending from the
r,tv OF S.. Louis to the east line Of Kan
,ss AZ or near Kansas City "a distance
of 2s3 miles. This road Is now compile
red and in operation.
, Thu Union Pacific Railroad, extend
ny from the western boundary Of the
stat, OF Iowa at Omaha, "to the west
err boundary OF the Territory Of Ncva-
IA there to connect with the line OF the
Central Pacific Railroad Company o.
California, distance of about sixteen
hundred miles The capital stock is
one hundred million dollars. This or
sanitation is entirely the creation OF
Congress, and being located within the
Territories, Is not subject TO any state
q. municipal regulations. To aid in its
construction the government grants
1everv alternate section OF public land
es.gnated by odd numbers, to the
amount of ten alternate sections per
nile on each side of the railroad line
and within the limits OF twenty miles
on each side OF it, not sold, reserved, OF
otherwise set aside or disposed of by the
gnited States,
To aid further in the construction tbs
.aw provides that when certain portions
OF the road are completed the "Secreta
" of the Treasury shall issue to thu
company bonds OF the United States o
one thousand dollars each, payable II
thirty years after date, bearing six pc
centum per annum interest, as follows
"For three hundred miles Of said road
most mountainous and difficult OF con
struction, to wit one hundred and tift,
miles westwardly from the eastern bas
OF the Rocky Mountains, and one han
dred and Atty miles eastwardly from tn
western base OF the Sierra Nevadi
Mountains, said points TO be fixed by th
President Of the United Statcs,' forty
eight thousand dollars per mile; tan
between the sections last named OF on
hundred and Atty miles each, thirty
two thousand dollars per mile; and 10
The entire balance Of the road, siXtee
thousand dollars per mile. Thee bond
constitute q second mortgage upon th
whole line Of the railroad, rolling stoc
and fxtures, and one hall Of the con
lnneaton for services rendered for tt
government shall be required TO ot Al
lAied f;r the payment OF the bonds
sued by tbs government,
The work OF laying the track on tn
eoad commenced In July lsst, aud
CDR last sdylces the tracA was exteno'
70 Fremont atty miles vest fror~ Vm
la, The grading Of the ArsC one hu
dred miles has been completed, aua' 81
Veys made as far as Salt Lake City; b
She location has not been definitely dxe
Beyond She first two hundred miles.
s. The Union Pacific Railway, Eas
ern Division, extending from the Yves
ern terminus Of the Missouri Pacif
Railroad, at th0 eastern boundary {
Kansas, an Intersection with the Unio
Pacific Railroad, cat q point on the on,
hundredth meridisn of longitude YVES
nom Greenwich, between the sout
margin of the Republican + yer and tt
north margin Of the valley of the Plat
Hver in the Territory of Nebraska, at
point to be fixed by the President OF I'll
United States after actual surveys
The total distance is about three hui
cred and sixty miles. This is also
esate organization, aud was for,nerl
known as the "Leavenworth, Pawn.
ana Western Railroad of Kansas" bt
she Company, in 1868, assumed the nau
OF Union Pacific Railway, Eastern D
VISION by which title It has since be-