Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1869-04-05
THE JUNCTION OUESrIO1

The Pacific Railroad question comes up for
CONFEDERATION In the senate to-day and will
probably occupy the attention of that BODY for
most OF the day. 1t seems probable that the
action recommended by the Pacific Railroad
COMMITTEES Will be adopted. That COMMITTEE
reports 10 favor OF empowering the Presid-nr
10 nx the point otJunction of the two roads
the Union Pacific and Central Pacific. He is
authorized, IL be deems 10 expedlent, to employ
commission Of disin ted persons to report
upon this question, and also as to the Condition
OF the roads. and what means will % necessary
to complete each of said roads to the point
OF junction a first class railroad
The Prt sident is also authorized to withhold
an amount of subsidy sufficient to cause the
completion of the roads according TO their
charter REG uirements; and If the amount of sub
sidy bonds yet TO be issued to either COMPANY
Is insufficient 70 insure the full completion, he
may make requisition upon the company for
asufhciert amount Of bDpds already issued, or
in his discretion, of their first mortgage bonds.
This seems to be so fair and co uItasle a mode
of dealing with the question at issue, that we
cannot zee how any valid objection can made TO
IT. But the Central Pacific company appear to
dread tar and impartial test of this sort, and
are striving to procure the insertion of a clause
recognizing the bogus map-the acceptance of
which BY the johnson administration was so
unaccountably procured-as the legally ap-
proved map of the line of the Pacific road BY
the recognition of this map the Central Pacific
Company hope to pre-empt the route one huu-
dred and fifty miles east of the point they have
now reached, in order TO compel the Union
Pacific Company TO tall back to Ogden, though
the latter have already completed the track
thirty miles yond thar point, and have graded
the road over seventy miles beyond. or 10 with
IN a half dozen miles OF Monument Point, at
the head of Salt Lake, the place of junction
proposed by the Union Pacific Company This
bogus map, II is shown by eminent engineers
who have been over the ground, is perfectly
useless in an engineering point OF view. II has
no topography, no stations, NO courses, NO
angles, no scale; nothing by which any lire
could BE- Identified with IL on the ground. II
does not comply with the requirements Of the
Interior DepaI tment upon the Union Pacific
Railroad in filing their maps, and its accent
ance was procured by some feat of moderR
railroad engineering in direct violation OF
the previous instructions OF that Department.
Congress, We take II. Will decline to endorse
this Legitimate map fixing the point of june
ton arbitrarily AT Ogden, when the Union Pa
CHIC road is already far beyond that point, out
will allow both roads to build on until they
meet AZ some proper point ID be settled by in
parrish umpires. To fix the point OF JUNCTION
this side OF Monument Point would be 50 man
ifestiy unfair 10 the great railway system OF
the Northwest, which must nee essariIy radiate
from .haI point TO Montana, IdanO, Portland,
(OregOn,) and Puge:'s Sound, Washington
Territory that The whole country Is interested
in prev entlng any map game of thIs sort from
succeeding.