Santa Fe weekly gazette. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1864-1869, 1868-06-06
Number 50.
From the Chicago Republican.
The Pacificll,ailroad Grants.

The PaCifiClRailrOad Grants.
Inc REPUBLICAN Is 10 favor Of iae utmost
economy 10 inc use Oh inc puono posses
SONS, wne'her lahu OF money; Nol ah acre
shouia ge squanuereu, NOT aoiiar thrown
away. lhat 'nis rue mas peah uepefIeu,
from IN 100 many instances constitutes
no reason ior reverse course, when 70
withhold 10 very iaise economy, Inc e1.
ce's've ana wss'eiol grants ana supsidies
Of the pupiio uoma'h ueserVe no oeiense
where they nave gwen no otner resu'.
!han ieed,ns tne greeu VI sPecuia.prs anu
ana snath Xu''o G'uesw,sG su 70 t;sh tiv "a h
rant ior tnat dispo'ls'oh OF sou when, Y
opening n'gnweys Vi eommsroo sh.oaeu
WILDERNESS, gives en1aneou Taias " suo
terr''ory anu ''s p'ouue'I. Az ua' o"n
S'ale now magninOesuy naa .,,; tu'a oeeu
shown IN tue results IRON uu'iuing 'ne
i'l'no's oeh',"' na''N"y' NJ" e,so 'nAu
oy such a SUBSIDY couiu 'ue 'ass eA'en'
Oh ssparsely se''ieu prairie haue oeen ops
nel Tor development III nun 0en'ui!1
IS alreauy a matter ol na.i'aal .s; P.'uo
1na' marVels 10 ,a''foau osha'ns na.o
oeen accomplished on our ssea. in'er.o
csah'c rs'.wa!s ae'p,euIlu pn 1ru, isau s;s'
Oh inc racine % ro"us' !he I'M. Gn.on p, raS'no S,n
wn' unrpilea ,Ia lnrousu 'ho S law s,.,s ss.ey
IKE a r'oo'n lrom M rgei' anu ,a,ss a'tssus
nearing Ns SIX % nenurou'n oomp'c'ea mnY
west d oa 'n' IsOu, hss, hn rslo 0soa 'spa or
.nch .'Uh' nv ,' acbievemsO,. If tbus Started. i.
ronld % boys loncuisbed and failed: but on
,bi. sol;d basis of .Govsrnment aid h bas
h.ooms @ % ana Of tho world,s wonders az
,sct;on after section II added 10 the com.
rls,od Ina.
f Tbs Omaha rood will m forward with.
mt obscL Tbars !, N national necessity
that Tho Kansas Ina bo mot permitted to
lancnisb. By the terms of its Grant. under
the 6rst plan for its extension, the natio.
moi snhsidv tails ot tba lO0th mor;d;on
whore it vas the pronositiop at the outset
to mite these two lines. But now that Tho
routs ~ tbs Kan,asroad il chonc.d. beor.
;nr N tho Sontb trnysrsinv Tia fairest
po1tion % of tbe trans. .Mississirpi region
pna ,tritino for nm on,los an ibs psc;so
bv bicbwsv tb,ouch n rsriop which onlv
wuits fer s1cb an ontsrSrise to becoms
nonnlona and nrosporons tbsro i, syerv
reason to bo urged whv Congress sbould
promptlv net 10 securc tbc comnletion Of
ib;s ,mpor,or. nat;onal h;chwar ~
wa nrs nrsinc tb;s sola7v M na,;nna,
se ' 's.s'y -,
so vaSt and ample as 'ne suSlee. Spsse't.
are Tor the whole people. Never'n'ss', "
most Dc confessed 'has on,oasJ n"S
large interest III pusn'ns 'orma'u 'a.' ~
terpr'se', IL opens 70 .ue railway sySe,om yS,..
OF which we are 'os 'an'cr, suo nVD,y's ~
undeveloPed section oi Ine : coS.,neu.L.no Nun m-,.a
route 70 the faclhc 'nrVugn view MoA''v'
Inc hansas portion OIL 'no rcau 10 a'seauy
united TO this CITY py wnat IL ono Vi 'n'
best equipped anu most prosperous fS', rn,
way lines IN the onitea otates-'ae oni-
cago, Burlington and quincy hlreaay
has our tarde experienced so large dement's
from the extension thus far reacheu' ,nas
our amiaole neiRhbors at ot, LOUIS, naiI
frightened at the pig bridge ouilding
scheme, lest after all II prove only new
gateway to Missouri ior Ohlcago iade'
denounce the Kansas Paclio as "Ohica-
90 road" Well; SO bo it. II VIII come TO
be declared very happy prestige for any
class OF enterprise to bo thus distinguish
cd, for it is sure to 70 through. Congress
should and must doal literally in the use
Of public lands for such undertakings as
that Of the Kansas Pacific, every acre OF
which, parted with for such purpose,
creates ten fold value for tn, remaining
tracts; converting 4 wilderness into q
chain OF settlements, advancing settle.
ments to thriving towns, and here and
there planting new and prosperous grcat
centres of trade. All this is the forecast
Of the enterprise which Congress. cannot
do otharvise than liberellw -~ffi Hnd coo