The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-12-04

Llnht huI dred ana E1Nty nCTtb " lhUu
4 @ Commissioner OF PensIOns repTcs "a g that
consioorable number OF additional clerks is md g.
sable 10 the prompt and eiiiei9nt TRANSACTION oi
cleIica iotce OF tins department recommended Uy !
my d edeccssor and passed by the Senate at theas
session, wou have Afforded partial remedy; but |
the changes made in the pension laws subsequent TO
IFS niroduct render its provisfons inaoequlte to
the present and Increasing OF the service |
II cases during the year exceeded, by tWentvdyo
pcr cent those sposed of durn0 that wnicl pre-
ceded IT. The labor OF tue efice during tht current
wear has increaseo IN nuch greater ratio and is
arly Ii rot quite tw0tOd greater than as ever de-
vOlved upon IT Tor the same length OF time snce ITS
Notwithsiand ng t6ss imperative necessity for a
we'll OF gan zed ioice, several years have elapsed
smce any permanent addlt on to 1t was made. Ihe
authority ts employ temporary cerks OF the first
class has been gwen, but it secures ony the SER
must iBl in arrear when insufficient means are fur
nished Tor transacuDg IL No deley, other than
occur IN awarding the pensions provided b. the
country for those who have such strong claims upon
its justice and IIattude. Inc case Is respectfully
pIespnl cd TO Congress, who can alone furnish the
iemedy, and whose early favorable action is spe-
ciay aud earnestly invoked.
D,irlng the year ending Septe nber 30 1866, there
were fourteen thousand and thtliv nine appllca-
and six patents (ucludIpg reissues and assisns)
we've issued; fourteen hundred and fifteen ap Jlca,
tons allowed, but patents have not issued
thereon ly reason of the nOn-paYment OF the final
fees; twenty five hubdied and seventynIne caveats
fled and fifty five extensions OF patents were
during the same period the rec lpts were four
hundred and sixty thousand iouI hundred and six
teen dollars and eighty cents, and the expenditures
three hundred and loty -taree thousand hundred
and nineiy-seYen dollars and seventy-three cents,
leaving a ba ance OF one hundred aud sixteen thou
sand seven nunoted and nineteen dol ars and seven
cents. which added to one hundred and even
thousand five hundred and evenJ-elght dollars and
nine cen cents, the balance on hand september 3D.
1865, makes the amount now In The treasury TO the
credit Of the patent fund TWO hundred and seventy
eight thousand ~ hundred and mnety-seven dol
lars and seventy cents.
The company report that in April, 1866, their en-
gIneer commenced an extended reconnaissance OF
the country east of Great salt Lake, with a view
find practicable route over the Wasatch mountains
to Green river via Spanish Fork and the Winta.
After ascending the spanish Fork to its head waters
he explored the whole district OF country wing be.
tween ihe hundred ana tenah and nd hnnaIed ana
parallels of forty degrees and forty degrees and
thirty minutes of latitude: The results of these ex-
amiDatlons satisfied him that such route could not
The survey of the line by the way of the valley of
the Sweet water, the south pa oi the Rocky Noun
ia MS and the valley OF Blacks Fork of Green aver,
was then commenced. 1t o, ablished the important
tact that the SUBMITS of ali the passes of which
veys had been made in the great ranges of those
mountains have very nearY the same altitude above
tidc.water. Further examinations were made bv
the company's engineer In that region the details of
wbicn have not been furnished to the department
One OF the most important OF this Company's sur.
veys extends ifOm Great salt Lake west TO the Hum
DO of valley, between the hundred and fifteenth and
the hui dred and sixteenth meridian OF longi ude,
traversIng the Great American desert. Although
incomplete it has resulted in the dE coveIy of
line, with grades not exceeding Sixty feet per mIe,
from OTeat SalI Lake lily 10 Il6 valley OIL tn0 Hum.
boldt across the Humboldt range of mountains a
distance OF two hundred and eight miles For
about one hundred and fifty miles across the desert
no fresh water was found by the engineer lie is
satisfied, however, from his exaninaGion ns, that it
can oe obtained in the Easses over Cedar mountain,
on the tern OF the desert and the rst range
west OF the desert leaving only sixty mules without
hne hard road bed The the sesPtsS to
satis factory to The company and how thai the diff
fculties 10 be overcome are much less formidable
than were anticipated. ' 30 t--
The Company re port that the amount actually
expended on the road In money IS nine million SIX
hunored and ninety thousand and e,ehtS two do
hunored and thirteen thousand two hundred and
twenty one dollars and twenty-five cents have bee
derived from the sale of three million two hundred
and eighty thousand dollars OF Government bonds.
three million nine hundred and one thousand three
hund ed and fifty seven dol ars and one cent from
loans and two million five hundred and eight thou.
saDo stven hundred and twenty five dollars II ON
the ebtedness to the contractors for the first two
hundred and fortysiX miles oil road ending from
Omaha TO the one hundredth meridian.
Their contract expired by the completion of this
paIt OF the line and when the whole indebtedness
OF the company adjusted, the entire expenditure,
including a million OF stock which the contractors
agreed 10 take will not fall short of twelve mlon
five hundred thousand dollars 1he amount OF the
company's loans is three m lion SIX hundred and
lars and ninety.ve cents 10 meet this debt IL has
hve mil ION four hundred and eighty thousand dol
lars of it's first mott tgage bonds unso d, and five
hundred and sixty thousand dollars OF Overnment
bonds. ...r. F1 .#.|r q .r.
mil ion five hui dred ana sixty thousand dollars.
The company Is entitled 10 issue the 10 loving
amounts:-First, for Two hundred and forty miles OF
road accepted bs the Government, three million
eiPht hundred and forty thousand dollars; second,
for one hundred miles in advance, one million SIX
hundred thousand dollars, making total of five
million four hundred and forty thousand dollars.
None of these bonds have been offered for sale.
They are made, bv the act OF Congress lien prior
10 that of the Government and 1t was deemed adyi-
saole 10 wait, Leiore negotiating them. until the
work had made such progress as to give to toe
public the assurance that its successful completion
was no longer matter of doubt They have. there
fore, been used to limited amount as q basis Tor
temporary loans.
The rolling stock ON the road consists OF twenty
one locomotives, one hundred and fifty.six fat,
forty slX box, thirty five hand, and i've passenger
cars.
lhe Union Pacific Railway Company eastern
DIVISION, have constructed their road Fort Riley,
one hundred and thirty five miles vest the Mis-
SCUM river, of which one hundred and thirty have
been accepted by the Government, thus giving O
conunuous line OF railroad and telegraph hum
ore d and eighteen miles west OF st LOUIS.
They have a so cons ructed branch road, thirty
mics IL length, from Lawrence to Leavenwor. b,
which affords them another line OF communica ion
10 the Missouri rVer.
The Commissioners, under date of September 28,
mel the acceptance oil additional section of the
road of the Central Pacific Railroad Company of
California, making q distance OF seventy four miles
from Sacramento, The Company report, under
date OF the 10 ultimo that they have constructed
an additional section OF twenty miles, reaching at
the terminus an elevation OF about siXJyone hun
dr(d feet above tide-water atSacTamenIO. JILL
A force of Ten thousaud d men is now engaged in
grading the next two sections; the ties red ood
equal TO cedar in durability, and number about
twenty-five hundred to the mile; and the Gu yerts
constructed of GrG nj O. or other hard stone eX-
cept IN the valley where hard-burnt brick sub
stiiUted, stone coud not be procured The
bridges made of the best quality of red fir. he
drainage is ample, and the road well ballasted with
with gravel and broken rock. The grades are