Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1866-07-16
RAILROAD.

Mr.. Durant and General Dix in rather
severe terms. He charged that Mr.. Du-
rant had m~ortgaged, or sough, to mort
gage, the Pacific Railroad clear into Ne.
vada, from Omaha. Senator Wilson de-
MED the statement; and it proved to be
untrue, though founded on the language
Of certain letters which were produced in
the course of the debate. Senator Stew.
art enlarged" into the "Union Pacific
Railroad Company" generally; intimating
that its officers were not acting in good
faith with the Government, and extolling
the Dutch Flat Company to the disparag-
ing contrast Of the Eastern Pacific Rail-
road organizations. The object of the
bill was to give n Of the Eastern branch
railroad companies further time. in which
to file its map, and to permit its rail to be
carried up the Smoky Hill Fork aud to
Join the main stem Of the Pacific Railroad
beyond Denver. or in that neighborhood;
not obliging this branch to run to a given
main starting point on the one hundredth
degree Of west longitude. The %amendatory
acts also provided that the Central Pacific
may go as far East as it can build, before
the road from the East meets it. The
bill appears to have been one e%minently
desirable and worthy Of support, on the
par. Of the earnest and sincere friends Of
the great raus-continental iron highway ;
though it was opposed by Senators who
have always been reckoned among the
leading and ardent friends Of the enter
prise.
In the course of the discussion. Senator
| Wilson, Of Massachusetts, said:
The Senator from Nevada has deemed
it his duty on this occasion to ~criticise
the acts Of the directors of the Union Pa.
cifc Railroad Company. It is not my
purpose to defend them here. I know
| but few Of them. The gentlemen that 1
| do know are men of individual honor
and personal character. General Dix is
president Of the road, and I take it that
no man in the Senate or in the country
questions either his capacity or his charac.
ter. We have Eve Government directors
in the road appointed BY the President of
| the United States. I understand that
these are gentlemen Of character, gentle
men who may be relied upon. II it would
be for the interests Of the country to have
| this legislation, I take it these directors
would in some way have indicated to the
proper authorities their views on the SUBJ
ject. What have we put these five direc-
tors in this company for but to watch
over the interests Of the whole country in
the roads Not a word is quoted here
from tie directors Of the Government in
favor Of this legislation.
In retort, Stewart said:
While ! an on the floor I may be al
lowed TO say further that General Dix's
| character and no mans character is above
the law /; and when the law says he may
mortgage only one hundred miles in ad-
vance OF construction, and when the Gov
eminent gives him money enough to build
the road, if he goes fifteen hundred miles
beyond the point he has completed and
attempts to get a lien upon the line that
distance of. under the pretext Of borrow
ing capital in foreign lands, with the view
| Of preventing the road from being built
from the western end, whether it be Gen.
eral Dix or General anybody else, he is
| violating the law, and the Senate ought to
watch him. l condemn the spirit mani.
tested by this company, when they had
not located the initial point on the eastern
end, to obstruct the building Of the road
from the western end. and thus delay this
great national work for years, under the
pretext Of encumbering it in foreign lands,
when they did not need to be encountered
at all, when the Government builds it for
them almost entirely, when the company
are going to have it built by the generosity
Of the Government and then own it them
selves, and tax the people for Its use, they
being the special favorites Of the Govern
ment. When under such circumstances
they attempt to impede the great highway
| Of nations. I do not care whether it be
General Dix or General anybody else, my
voice is against anybody who lays an OBJ
struction in the way.
Senator Pomeroy, Of Kansas, said:
I am sorry to hear what the Senator
from Nevada says in regard to the Union
Pacific Railroad Company. I do not be-
lieve there is a better company in the
United States. I know the men very
well. They are men not only of means
but Of integrity and character, and they
are building in good faith. I should like
to know the fact about their having mort
gagged the road to the Rocky Mountains.
I do not believe a word of it. 1t is i'm.
possible to mortgage the line Of a road
that is not located, that is not fixed. They
have not even located their line Of road.
The mortgage has to be recorded in every
county through which the road passes,
and the definite location must be fixed be-
fore they can sell any bonds.
Nj. Conness-I have no doubt the Sem
ator from Kansas is entirely right on that
subject.
Mr.. Pomeroy-I do not want it to be
understood here that this company have
~mortgaged all their road before they have
even located it.
Mr.. Conness-I have no doubt the Sem
ator is entirely right on that subject.
The debate on this Amendatory Pacific
Railroad act was closed BY Senator Grimes,
who said
Mr.. Gnmes-I desire to say that I shall
vote against this bill principally because
I am satisfied that all legislation, after
the passage of the original proposition in
regard to the Pacific Railroad. has had a
deleterious effect, and all that we shall
pass will have that effect, destroying the
confidence of the country and Of capital
lists in this system Of internal improve
ments. Not recognizing the propriety of
this legislation I vote against It on gen.
eral principles.
YEAs-Messrs. Anthony, Brown, Buck
alew, CONFESS, Cowan, Cragin. Davis,
Guthrie, Henderson, Hendricks, Howard,
Howe, Nye. Sherman, Sprague. Stewart,
Van Wrinkle, Wade, Wiley and Williams
20.
Nays - Messrs. Fessenden, Foster,
Grimes, Harris, Kirkwood, Norway, Nor
rill. Norton, Poland, Trumbull, Wilson
and Yates-l2. a
A GENTLEMAN who has just got home
from q tour in Europe says his expenses
have been on an,average Eve dollars a day
in gold, and adds. "This includes every
| thine and nav. .l.o r.. aayaraI fair n1nfh.