New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-12-07
THE UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD.

REILLY BY YICE-PEEStDENT DURANr.
WASHINGTON, Dee 6.--The Yice-President
+. @. Durant and tho Consulting Engineer s. seymour
OF the Union Pacific Railroad have filed reply 10 tno
reports OF the Special Commission which WA appointed
to examine that road. The following IL an apsu"o''
Tho Special Commission upon the Union Pacific kafVau
have estimated that the expenditures that wii 20
quircd In order that the road 30 far as Dnt may y"
% ss s sy sda S
me for So m or for oean nna
review these estimates In detail The special special
Commissioners estimate that on uo , coln
the cost Of additional a Equipment will amount to
s26O9OoO This should be struck out because the elup
They say they have IS new locomotives building IN
addition to ~ now in and have 400 cars now eass vi
ton In private establishments besides turning ont three
cars per day from their own shops They say tna ,ne
fences &c. have been provided for. and will all be IN
their places when needed The Commissioners recon,
bridges and stone piers. Tho Company have already ex
pended for materias for the purpose and admit
10 feet span and upward. on tho Hove truss
plan largo force IL now engaged substituting these
structures. The Commissioners recommend new ballast
for the bank amounting to $4,000 The Company replies
that except $50 miles In the Platte valley the road Is pal
agree TO expend about $1,000 IN THIS way Inc COMMITS
e Estimate SS 1877 smp for this
pose. and that tho work ia now beng done The Comms
claim is more than is necessary Tho Commissioners
innate for additional waterways 100000 Tho Company
that engineers who have been the road for years
that II has double the drainage required The Com
missOncrs estimate for location IL S200 The
Company claim that the present location entirely within
the requirements OF the charter. The COMMISSIONER
innate for reducing grades Omaha is S2500O. The
Company that arrangements have been made for
crossing the Missouri River at point which VIII render
tins reduction necessary. The Commissioners recon-.
mend s2) 900 for watersaons. staonhOuscs snow and
cattle fences The Company say that they have them IN
process Of construction "a rapidly as needed me COM
lnisSioners say. In cOnclusion Takeit as whole the
Union Pacific Railroad has been well constructed. and
the route exceedingly well sceced and that the dell
ccncics those incident 90 all roads, The Com
pany close with tho following The Company have at
this date completed % miles or the track III addition 10
the $50 miles operated upon by the Commissioners Iho
grading is nearly completed for distance OF 100 miles III
advance OF the track upon a large potuoh, o'
Grading has also been commenced, and large Iofco Is
now engaged IN preparing tho rondbed, ana procuring
west OF the 100 miles above refercdtO one huhu
and twenty miles Of iron now delivered Nesi Ol lho
Missouri River and 20 mere route east OF that
point the above items. together with tho ties dnu lui
Der delivered for construction purposes, make up an
amount OF at least sSOOpOOO. which the Company nave
expended ia advance of the road already completed.
Company have also contracted To construct an iron
bridge the Missouri River, at cost OF slyo bii
Of which would serve TO show That mo company
ment, aud constructing "A good AMI suDsia
road. II would also seem that the Oyernment IS
amply secure the issne and delivery OF the Government
bonds completed sections or tile ROAD are ek
amned and accepted by the Commissioners appointed DY
the President under the charter OF tho Company Inc
Company have received patent from tue Govern
subsidy for building the road, and II has been thought
that tho retention OF these lands In the hands OF the Gov
crnlncnt would afford ample security for the performance
oi all that was required of tho Company by tho terms O
tho charter tsigncdl ThQs. -, pERtNT,
Yice-Prest. OF u. +. T. X 20.
e. SEYMOUR, Consulting Engineer