, 1869-07-07
Letter from President Ames,
Of the Union Pacific Road.
Large Currency Balance in The
Treasury.

I a. AN@tAt4t ~ At*3-k"V P2SESy 115uGH 41S1l LQE
! Interior Department to-day, contains considerable
Information about this road Part Of 1t IL occupied
| by the report Of General Warren End other Com
nltsicneIs OF their examination when there re-
manned @ miles or the Union Pacific sud 1es miles
Of the Central Pacifc to complete. The eh1ef
| points Of the report were published Liz 1eek1 ago
and need not be repeated They estimate that It
would take $4,9sa, $50 to supply tcnclenctes
on the Completed portion Of the Cen
| tral Paclnc head, 81 lilies and s6,01,71o 70
supply deficiencies on the 1,la5 miles completed
Of the Union Pac!nc- Among the additional docu-
Dents u statement from the Vice President Of
The Central Pacific, showing that up TO the 18th Of
| NAY, from the time the Commissioners made their
examination, his road had purchased gooos and
materials to the auouui or 8, ,465.oO0, which has
arrived. or were on their way- The President Of
th Union Pacific shows a similar expenditure Tor
bis soad Of E,2s2,3i7 General Warren
adds paragraph to his report, in
which be says that the greater pst O, the expend.
iture thus shown BY the Central Pacific Railroad
n1st hare been for The sectlnn Of thirteen mites
not yet completed when The line was examined
The expenditure Of the Uulon Pacific sekms 70
have been mostly On the part examined by The
Commissioners. Letters rum Chief Engineer
Dodge and President Oliver Ancs, Of the Union
facinc, are g1Fen- That OF Ames Is dated the 9Th
Of last month. and one Of its paragraphs 10 as fol-
Ions;
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GoserInrnt rely upon rs to ktep cur rolling stock
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he esd ata bof u5 we e h.a 70 1Ss ~
khcut t.5 pAa.sngct cara {" b. dsese4 Al sh4t d4t
sdy % rs r. : H.: RS
saa u! ~. &
g. E.sssns1 ca,t F; - sne ~ MsIe now r4nan. suyss
Mr. Aues, on this showing, clatms q deduction
Of 81, rs u". Adding this 70 his expenditures, be
6taes that at expenditure Of but fao4 se3 Is nee
essafJ 10 meet the requirements Of the Commis-
sionera II to this be added the estimate In tho
report Just made By Aesa,s. Warren and Wilson
on The last fifty miles Of the road,
It appears that less than hall q million
dollars Is required to make tho whole
line Of the Cnion Pacific conform to General War
ren's ldea ola 1rst-claas toad. It seems worth
while to1pent1on IN this connection the storJ set
Atloat by MI Morris that the Onion PacIlc has not
complied with the law Of !ast April requiring
deposit st uortgage bunds 10 SECURE The CON-
pletlon t; = line. The letter Of NJ. Anes eass
hay hzro w+Jth %hn
United States bonds to the amount Of one million
SIX hundred thousand dollara.
CURRENCY IN 1HR TREAsCRyr,
Currency balance In tue Treasury, as reported
In the debt statement on the 1st instant th,r-
tJ.Eeren ullltlona Of dollars, OF which amount
eesen mlllions and q half Wns In National Deposi-
torles- 1t Is believed BY both the Secretary and
Treasurer there was actually In these institutions
et that date nearly three millions more, Of which
advicea had not been received, 50 that the asgre-
Eatc currency balance was not less than forty
millions.
KEvEECE MATTERS N y1K0ul4-
Revenue Supervisor Presber5, Of yirgtnla and
West Firginla, Is here. He gives favorable &C
counts Of matters In his district, and SAYS more
money has been collected during four months Of
the present administration than during MI the last
tscal year. 1t represents tsat the crop prospect
for 10th Statcs ts eIoellenL The wheat harvest
Is atopt oEe1, and the yield Fas unusually good.
TO TIRE ASSOCIATED PRESS
BUSINESS or TIE GEORGIA DELEGATION.
WAsu1NG1os, July 6-1u rue Interview or Rep
rese utatves Edwar1s and GILT Anu Dr. Culver. OF
Georgia, With The President on Friday last, the
Macon PostmnstGr'a appointment was merely In
eidensally mentioned by the President IN connec-
uen With the Augusta appointmcot1 aud Was not |
q mntter with which thty 1nteHered. The bnsl-
less these gentlemen had With the President was |
not to ask The appointment or removal OF auy
man from office, but 10 secure the use uf the gov
egDmcnt laboratory building, at Macon, to the |
6tatc Agricultural Society Ior the purrose Of an
agricultural exposition, next November.
General Sherman returned 10 Washington, this
morning. frpm St Louis
Secretary Nebeson Was at the Navy Depart
mcpt to-day, engaged in the huiles Of his Office.
kIuE ACGCsT ECLirsE.
second paIt1 cited out from the Sayal Oh |
serrs1oly to observe the solar ecllpse OF August
lett here with thelT instruments on AondAy even
boFs william Hatkness aud }. r Eastman, Of the |
United states Snv5, bare charge Of the metcog,- |
logical and astronomical WORK. and the party |
United States army. who is under orders from the
Surgeon Generals Department, to Photograph, IN
connection With The observatory party, tue W. |
r1oua phases Of she eclipse
APPOINTMENT DEcIIkgp. |
General John Cochraue has declined The appoint +!
nent as Collector Of Internal Revenue Tor the !
Sixth District of New York.
TIE PRESIDENT AND FAMILY
MIS-. Grant and children will probably COM
tnence their summer residence At Long Branch |
about the 18th inst There Is outhofitJ stating
tended tour prolonged absence from the capital
during the summer.
TIE NEW ORLEANS cEs1ox uocs1 !
6pse1 s ~ # sS
has been making an Investigation Of frauds IN the
Custom House lie denies the Truth Of the re- |
pcrts Of The dIscoreJ Of nauds IN the customs |
ONCE under the late administration Of ktNogG.