The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1868-09-05
See. Browning to szr. Gaston.
DEPARTMENT OF TIE INTERIOR.
Washington, D g., July 8, 1868. { :
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j. 9a'to", Esqy P,sst. 0. G. II. n. co,
porfiond. Oregon:
Str--I have received your letter Of the
10Th Of May last, and the map, stated to
oe the survey and location Of the Ore.
gon Central Railroad. Said map il not
verified as required by the regulations Of
this Department, and it is accordingly
herewith retnrned
IL is also noticed that for about half
the distance mentioned, the line laid down
on the map runs nearly duo west before
striking southerly" direction. Evi-
denec must be procured 10 satisfactorily
account for this variation from the urso
marked ont in the law. Forms Of yerif.
cation Of such maps will be found in Gen.
cral Land Office circular No. Is, APPROX
ed January 20, 1867. I incIose copy
Tor your information aud guidance.
Maps Of the survey and definite loca.
ton Of the road should be verified &c.
cordIng to the forms No ] and No. 5, to
be found on pages 10 and IA, and GER
ilhcatc of the Governor Of the State Of
Oregon attcsted By the Secretary Of State.
under the great seal, should be attached
showing that the location has been made
IN conformity with The laws of the. State.
az P'~suaacc of he Act of Conqress -
Form No. g, on page -, can be changed
so as to conform TO the existing state Of
facts.
The grant Of lands to aid the constrnc-
ton OF the Oregon Central Railroad was
made By the Act approved July %, 1866
IL Stat. 239), aad it provides for the
construction oi railroad and telegraph
line from some point on the Central Pa.
c'fic Railroad Of California, to Portland
III Oregon. Under the authority Of this
act, aud IN pursuance Of The lars Of
oregon, the Oregon Central Railroad
Company are authorized to construct that
portion OF said railroad and telegraph line
within the State of Oregon, beginning al
the city of Portland, in Oregon. and run
ming Mence soa'heriv through the VIII
lamettc, Umpqua aud Rogue river val.
Icys to the southern boundary Of Oregon,
where the same shall eonnec. with the
part aforesaid to be made by the first
named company, etc.
The portion Of Railroad and telegraph
line in California. is 10 be connected by
the California and Oregon Railroad Com
panY, and in order 10 know a, what point
the two roads arc 70 connect" in con
lormity with the law, maIs designating
the route Of each of the roads are re-
CURED to Be Gfed in thIa Departmcnt.
You are requested to transmit such
map of the route Of the O. G. II. Il. al
the earliest practicable moment. AlpLcas
Bull Esq, President Of the C. 4 o.
Il. Co, has likewise been rcques.e .ei to
forward a map showing the route Of the
road up TO the northern boundary Of the
State Of California
Under date Of 18th October last Won
stated that "as soon as printed" YOU
would forward TO this department copy
Of the laws of the State Of Oregon under
which your company was incorporated.
Not having received the said copy, /
have TO request that one, duly certified,
may be forwarded as soon as possible.
Please acknowledge the receipt of this.
Very respectfully. etc
o. II. BROWNING, .Sec'y.
The Oregon City Enfcrprise makes
this comment upon sec'y Browning's let
ter TO Castor, concerning railroads:
1t will be seen, therefore, in the first
place, that the extract made is a garJled
one; that it is not frue ertract: and in
the second place it will be seen that so
lar from its being the opinion of the Sec
retary of the Interior that the west side
company arc entitled to the land grant;
that in the very letter referred to. that
officer raises the objection that the route
OF the road is not in that direction re-
quired by the act of Congress in order to
entitle it to the land grant That grant
was made for a road beginning at the'
city of Portland aud running thence
southcrly through the Willamette, Ump-
qua and Rogue River Valleys" and the
Secretary, in that portion of his letter to
Mr. Castor (Which CASTOR saw proper to
keep from the public very properly OBJ
serves, after raising several objections to
the map of their road, such as its not be-
ing properly certified to be correct BY the
Governor, etc: " that for about haff Tie
distance mentioned (Which is about thirty
miles after leaving Portland) the line iaid
dozen on the map, rams nearly due arest
before striking a soatttriy direction -
aud then follows clncher in these
words: /" 1ridence must be produced to
satisfactorily account for this uariatioa
from. the course marked ont BY tar"
1t requires but little more evidence
than the above to show the intention of
CASTOR to deceive the people in regard to
this matter; but if more were required to
show his general dispositionto deceiven not
only the people but the law--it is to be
found in the following extract of this
same letter from Secretary Browning.
Under date of 18th of October last, !"
says the Secretary, "you stated as soon
as printed you would forward to this de-
partment copy of the laws of the State
of Oregon under which your company
was incorporated; not having received
the said copy, | have to request that one,
duly certified, may be forwarded as soon
as possible
Can anything exceed in brazon impu-
dence and fool hardy misrepresentation,
this statement of Castor, made in Octo-
Der, 1867, that he would send copy of
the law under which his company Was in
corporated? Does not CASTOR, and every
other man IN Oregon know, that at the
time he wrote that letter to Secretary
Browning, the law under which the west
side company was Incorporated, had been
az print nearly taoO years2
But yet CASTOR would send it achen
printed, and he has neuer get sent 1t, and
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