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THE UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD.
Letter from C0mmissiener MOrris.
He Replies to Judge Caten and Horac,
White.

WASHINGTON, July I, 1e6o.
.indde john ID. Cation, Sir II find the Star
of Tar. city tue following dispatch which is
gong the roam Is Of the papers:
"Judse Ca'on and Horace White, of Illinois,
serd despatch from Salt Lake, under date OF
June 96fh, propou n cling commissioner MorrIss
report IN all particulars piece of unmItigated
non ense," and declaring the road .sto be the
bs constructed. considering its newness,
eyer built IN this country"
Well, Judge, this will do Tor you. and as You
are the responsible man, To you I will reply.
, lou went over the road for pleasure Trip
Your telegram is dated the 26th june. AZ Sal,
Lake My report was not published anywhere
En'f rat dGg, dtd a, M point nearer than GaU
NIL 10 yoH' All you could have known about
~, # any hing, was some pre- Iudicial telegraph,
sent by an interested pLrtv. Such party came
TO this city to- ger such account sent off
Of is appearanes, you saood az
the other end 10 echo bacS the sentiment. II
you Were not a stationed witness how did IL
brought into court, You say my "report Is
urmingated nonsense IN all particulars Just
as lhCugh you had read il, when In ract you
had not. and did not know what II contained.
was IL "unmItlg gated nonsense to say the
road mas pine ties, Is aot ballasied, Is without
the proper buildings: that sandstone is used
for abutments and piers: that streams are
crossed on treftle-work: that the tunnels are
single instead Of double track: that the road
BED at the grade line Is not a uniform width OF
IL feet: and that IL is right the Government
Oc secured III tne twenty .elent MILLIONS
II io1psd to the company to complete It, in
bonds. And yet. tine proper officer OF the com
papy has MED affida wits mat 1t was compieted
Yes, yes; 70 you this Is 'unmitigated nonsense
But you say, Judge, 1t IS a good road for its
"newness!' Here you put in the old, worn-
out plea Ii you know anything about the
plea-that it requires ..first-class railroad" !"
an all respects" TO be constructed before the
bonds are paid. General Warren and Mr
Wilson report that four OF the sections Just
N n a Af g.
comPLt' Nsu' A mOnth or so ago General
Warren reported il would require s6,.71,7lO to
comple's the Union. and s4,i1}, 80 TO complete
the Central Pacific Road.
To ensure this completion, the Central Pa
cifc Railroad Company honora bly, and prompt
ly put up the securities required by the reso.
luton OF Congress passed on the ION of April
last.
The Union Pacific Railroad Company has
not put up dollar OF securities required by
SAID resolution, as will appear by tho follow
ing statement, furnished ms to-day by the
proper officer of the Treasury Department:
TREASURY DEPARTMEST, July !, 1862
Hon isaGc ". NoITis.-No bonds have been de-
posted IN this Department by the Union Pa
cific railroad since the passage of the resolu.
uoE by Congress April 1O, 1859, requiring the
Union and Central roads TO dsposi, their first
mortgage bonds as security for the completion
OF their respective reads.
JSo. p. BIGBLow
Where Is the money to come from 70 COM
piete the road upon the basis Of General War
u
round NUMBERS. Will you tell us, Judgei and
will you tell us whether this looks like keep.
Ing good faith with the Government on the part
OF the company,
All Of this l suppose you also regard az
..unmitigated nonsense, any thing that does
rot propose TO sacrifice the interest OF tns
people, and tax them for the benefit of a vast
monopoly Is, according 20 your theory, "un.
mitigated nonsense" The law embraced in
my report, the figures 4 obtained officially
from the Departments, are all "unmitigated
nonsense" 10 the minds of John ID. Cation and
other votaries OF the road, who feed upon Its
beauty, and whose hostility I expected to en-
counter IL dared to tell the trath-all must
necessarily be false in their estimation. but
they cannot change facts and figures. Ah,
yes. All, yes. The people will settle the
question between US IN the end.
You are millionaire now. Judge you made
your money out OF telegrsphs and railroads,
and worship at no shrine hat Mamon. When
on the bench OF our State it was motor ious that
NO indi viduai stood an equal chance Of Oh.
tanning justice Al your hands, IL opposed by a
railroad or telegraph company. You are an
Interested witness Judge, and testified very
advise you 70 cease exchanging
your evidence for free ride, good dinner
and a few bottles OF champagne-to talk about
that of which you know sonething,-try and
see II you cannot make yourself less rid icu lous
oy attending 10 your own busipess-go home
get yon a Bible and prayerfully study the IN
commandment ISAAC N. MORRIS.