The union Democrat., 1869-03-06
Railroad Matters.


Since my last list of railway bills which
propose to seize for private corporations either
land or subsidy, or both, the following have
come before Congress. They are merely the
accumulated bills of about two weeks
Newcomb, Missouri--International Pacific
Railroad. Subsidy, Texas lands, and labor
ers paid in lands.
Senator Stewart, Misunderstanding small
empire of lands to repay the cost of cutting
on lrrigating ditch in Utah the ditch to be
the security for itself, like Sutro's hole.
Senator Cole, California-Oroville and Vir-
g'nia City Railroad, forty sections of land a
mile.
Committee on Roads and Canals, Burton
Z. Cook, of Illinois, Chairman-CnitedS States
to pay interest on subsidy of $50, 900 a mile
Tor second mortgage security on the principal.
lhls interest is 81 900. 900 year. Besides
this, niue million acres of Texas and United
States lands. And yet the Committee report
in favor of this bill at this time
Senator Wiley, West Virginia-West Vir-
ginia Railroad; 5000 odd sections of prefer
red Government land, at seventy-fve cents an
acre. to be paid for in stock. This is the
most modest land grant bill have seen.
Senator Harlan-Memphis, Ell raso and
Pacific Railroad Company to run wheresover
it listeth +; $50, 900 q mile subsidy. An i'm
pudent bill.
Buckley. Alabama-Large land grants to
be restored to railways
Flanders-Walla. Walla, Klickitat. Skamo-
MIA and Clarke aid to Columbia Railroad.
Authorizing certain counties to mortgage
themselves to q railroad. A sort of request
to Government to recommend them to q pawn
broker
Boles, Arkansas-Arkausas and Pacific
Railroad; forty sections mile; subsidy.
This is a lowfung bill, as the name of the
Directors show-a beggar's opera.
Price. 1owa-Chicago, Leavenworth and
Topeka Railroad Company. Every alternate
section. six deep, both sides.
D. +. Ashley, Nevada-Central Pacific,
Northern Branch. Twenty sections a mile,
full subsidy. Another indecent bill.
Senator kellogg, Lonisiana-U United States
to 60 security for certain Mississippi bonds
for levees. We know the history of Mississip-
pi bonds.
Senator Conness. through Senator Wilson
Granting United States reservation to San
Francisco. Probably in thirty years we will
be paying big rent to San Francisco for q
Government perch.
Senator Norton-One hundred thousand
acres to keep the Falls Of St. Anthony from
sliding back.
Senator McDonald-Thirty thousand dol
lars mile and lands to International Pacific
Railroad.
Senator Thayer, Nebraska-S City
and Columbus Railroad. Ten miles deep,
alternate sections, both sides. A wild cat
road.
Senator Abbott-Atlantic. Texas Southern
Continental Railroad. A bill, twentv-two
naces long. demanding all that the Union
Pacific Railroad gets
Puget Sound Railroad. Forty sections q
mile. Forty thousar dollars mile for forty
years. A piece of piracy ard audacity.
Senator Pomerny reports bill in favor of
Yanckton and Mississippi River Railroad.
Bogus atmosphere and bogus road.
Senator Howard-Northern Pacific Rail-
road Forty thousand dollars a mile.
Senator Kellogg-Pacifc Central Transit
Railroad. Twenty-Five thousand dollars a
mile.
Representative Taffe (Molasses Taffe ~
Sioux City road Proved to be practically
useless as heretofore subsidized, and now re-
appears from the train of Joye in all its orr
ginal modesty.
Here are twenty-three bills, comprising
grants for an empire, with purse big enough
to run it for a generation, and these have all
been introduced within two weeks What
shall be saiC of an insatiate avarice like this.
which shall require but a few months to ab-
so-b the worlds surface, and weep for more
worlds to compass? Washington correspon-
dence Chicago Tribune.