New-York tribune., 1867-08-17
=, lr,INo- Win No Central raslao building from the

East together With Tho Central Paclno ouhuiik i'0 ~
Western end -
A new organization-the UNION PACIFIC hAlLkoAp
co,pAsY-sss formed to build tho Eastern portion ana
ubsCeyrR,I PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY OF CALIFoRSA
recognized and authorized 70 receive the GoYerhcht
,d for the Western portion. These two corporations
ere reoured 10 extend lines from opposite ends
until through connection should be formed
Thefaw provides that each OF THESE TWO prime COT
ror,ton shall have the right to continue oYard til met
h a otho 40 that in case Of failure or neficiency OF
either company the other should have the privilege OF
o,nefine the work The language OF the Act is as io
lows after authorizing the Union Pacific to build 10 tDe
California boundary in case not sooner met by the
Central Pacific Railroad Section 10, Act Of 1862
"And the Central Pacific Railroad Company OF Cafor
MIA after completing the road said state IS author
ized 10 continue the construction OF sa'd Iaoaa anu
telegraph through the Territories or the Uhed oIaIes
the Missouri River including the branch roads speced
in this act upon herenboore and hereinafter
indicated on the terms ard conditions pr9Ydoa 10 c ts
pany, until said road shall meet and connect anu ne
whole line of said railroad ana branches ana telegraph 10
completed"
Aud again in tho am cndment Juy 1860, IT is further
enacted:
"That the Union Pacific Railroad Company with the
consent and approval OF the Secretary OF the Interiors ao
their road from Omaha, In Nebraska Tefrt0ry' mesS
ward according to the best and most cap r nu
droth meridian Of West lOngtgde as now hr4HiTe9 9 shall
meet and conncct with the Central Pacific Railroad Coh
pany OF California; and the Centrn "a oo,,rnrnI az
COHsany of California with the consent ana appd ~
the Secrstav of the Interior hereby authorized 70
locate construct. and continue tlelr rou ' oot and
continuous completed lne until they shall i1e9' St Inv
Connect win tbe Union Pacific Railroad ifOp'aed Iat
each of the a6oyenamed companies shall have tne Iight
when the nature OF the work TO be done Dy reason VI
Iee cts aud tunnels shall for the expeditions cohsuuo
tOn of the Pacific Railroad a0cs ~, M Of their CON
tent of not TO exceed 800 inies III auNahce VI 'n0 O
tinuous completed lines"
THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT AID.
Tn order 10 facilitate such gigantic enterprise, Con-
ress after granting the right OF way authorized an issue
Of me bonds Of 1e Government propOriioned 10 The length
and di1caly Of he iCork under construction amounting
IN The aggregate 10 about half The estimated cost Of build
ig beside alternate sections OF public lands lying con-
tiguous TO the route The companies embraced in the
Act have an absolute gift of alternate sections u2OO
acres per mile each side Of the line, Of the pubic
lands and the privilege Of using TIMBER coal, iron, &C.
from the territories through which they pass. They are
also entitled to receive upon the completion OF oOntnu-
GUS sections OF 20 miles, the Bonds OF the United States
Government in the following proportions between the
Missouri River and the East base Of the Rocky Mountains
about $3.50 miles, $4,000 per mile; the Rocky Noun
tans 5O miles, $4,000 per mile thence across the Great
Basin 900 miles, $4,000 per mile across the Sierra Nc
vada Mountains $50 miles, $4,000 per mile, aud thence
to San Francisco about 100 miles,, $4,000 per mile The
words OF the Act are as follows scctioRII):
"That for three hundred miles Of said road most noun
famous and difficult Of construction TO wi-ono hundred
and fifty miles westwardy from the eastern Dase Oh to
Rocky Mountains aud one hundred ana MY nies inst
wary from the western base of the Sierra Nevada Noun
tains said point TO be fixed by the President OF inc
United States the bonds to ee issued 70 d IN he CON
sructon thereof shall be treble the number per mile here
nbefOre provided and the same sha be Issued ana inc
lands herein granted be set apart upon the
OF every twenty miles thereof upon tne Col o @
Commissioners aforesaid that twenty consecutive es
of the same are completed aud between the sections last
named OF one hundred and fifty miles each, the bonds 70
bessucd to aid In the construction Thereon shal DC dOO
the number per mile first mentioned, ana the same hh
be issued and the lands herein granted be sot apart upon
the construction Of every twenty miles thereof upon I9e
certificate OF The Commissioners as aforesaid tha twenty
consecutive miles OF the same are cOinpletcd'
Upon portions where by reason OF natural Obstacles
the road cannot be continuously completed but whore
the work is mostly done provision Is made for issue OF
twOrds these amounts in advance II is also provided
that the several companies shall transport the Govern
ment mails messages troops supplies etc. at their regu
lar rates half the compensation 70 be paid I'm cash. ana
the balance applied to cancollng the Government ad
vanoes.
ROADS RECEIVING TIrE GOVERNMENT SUBSIDY.
Nolttlc confusion prevails the public mind concern
ing the several lines OF railway proposed OF projected
which are TO connect the Pacific with tho existing net
work Of communications ali OF which, with more or less
of distinction are styled Pacific Railroads" This CON
fusion is further increased by the fact that various local
and state railroad organizations have incorporated into
their titles the term "Paohc."
The Companies embraced in the Pacific Railroad act
and entitled to participate the grants Of Government
ala for the construction OF the National Trunk Line aud
branches are enumerated by the Secretary Of the Treas
ury In a tabular exhibit OF the names OF tho different
roads the distances 20 be built under Government pat
rOnage and the amount OF bonds to bc Issued 10 eac as
follows:
ia Miles per Nile. 70 be Issued
CENTRAL PACIFIC RAIL
From Sacramento TO the
western base OF the Sierra 100, ,,,,o,,