New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-12-04
TIE APPROACHING CONGRESS
SOME OF ITS PENDING WoRK~..H
RAILROADS, CANALS, ETC.

railroads canals and similar works would appeaJ"s
,uc from the immense number Of schemes that nv ~
fred 10 be the chef business Of Congress Ihcio
now pendug more than hundred such bills ana IeoV
luons In this letter is given the location leasn a."
subsidy asked for Of the principal schemes i"o, -"
given with regard to geographical sltnauoh i"'"'-
IN the order in which they were offered
COLORADO AND NEBRASKA.
sanator linton OF Nebraska offered senate b'S, uui
beers 7 g. sc aud 16s which provide ior r"i' ga
,h 1orrttorv NJ Colorado running from NeDraSAa' "u
axtendipg into New Mexico In all oil l'zo' ' ~ -
for which the customary land grants arc "SAou 49,
road "a athe Denver Central ana OeoiEe'V"" i'O''
,, Eo niles right Of way 200 feet; sections Oh laho
,er mile 9O number Of acres about G4V12o 4ne Seoohu
tnbo Dcnver South Park and Rio Grande Road
length 600 miles, right Of way 200 feet; sections ~ per
mile: number - 900 sections; acres, 1,68HO Inc neAV
appears 10 be a Nebraska route, termed the MluIanu
Pacific" distance miles 200 feet for right OF way
and 6 sections for depots total acres about 2 Inc
fourth is for road from Lincoln, Nebraska, TO Denver
Colorado 1t Is 70 $50 miles in length with grant OF
the customary right OF way and 10 sections Oh iahu PEI
mile; a total OF 1850 sections and 2SS5aOO acres MI
linton also offered Senate Bill No 2O providing Tor the
construction of the brownsville, Fort kearney anu
Pacific Railroad 1t is to have the right OF way ana tne
customary 10 sections The distance is about 40 miles,
which will give company about $4,000 acres OF anu
Mr. Tiptons colleague Gen. Thayer, was unusually
abstemous. He offers one bill only NO. 49, ASKING
grant for a road from Sioux City, Iowa, TO columbus,
Nhrasa 100 miles in length 10 sections to the mile and
the customary right Of way making total Of 1000 sec
tons and GAL 200 acres.
Delegate Bradford Of Colorado offers two bills NOS 20
and 226-one granting lands for road from Denver 70
Santa Fe and other called the Arkansas Valley Road
The length of the first miles sections asked for 20
each mile total acres Ss3OO The second is 700 miles
long, and asks for T,92S4OO.
The total number of bills directly applicable to Colo
RADIO and Nebraska eight proposing the construction
of 1885 miles railroad with land grants amounting 70
SI,2g7,140 acres.
THE SOUTHWEST.
This section shows bravely. 1t has been out IN the
cold so long that it is than ordinarily rayenous
Mr. Rice Of Arkansas offered Senate bills Nos and 1884,
The first proposes to incorporate The Central Indian
Railroad Company" This is 70 extend through the In
dian territory The Legislature recently pro-
tested against scheme. Its length $50 miles, with
land grant OF sections per mile, and the customary
right way; making total OF $500 sections ana 2244o
acres The other relates to the international racine
Railroad" running southwest from Cairo illinois, to the
Rio Grande Texas already incorporated and granted
lands 1t 900 miles length and now asks for SUBSIDY
in the form OF guaranteed interest six per cent on nst
mortgage bonds at the rate OF $4,000 perSme; Oehg
total of ss OOOmaking the annual interest guaran-
teed $4,000.
Mr. Mcdonald Of the State presented Senate bill
No ia which grants land in aid OF railroad ana tele
graph line the junction of the Ohio ana MISSISSIPPI
Rivers to the Mexican boundary at or near PRESIDE de
Norte on the Rio Grande, with branch east OF sS OF
west Longitude TO Lawrence Kansas The distance lOO
miles, 60 sections are asked the mile, total OF $4,000
in all, IS, $50, 500 acres.
Mr. Kellogg of Louisiana had a number OF bills In his
carpebag, by which the public domain is well cut up
These bills Nos 1873 1865 and 1885, The first is modest
proposition probably put out as feeer for more con-
siderable feeder hereafter. 1t is termed the Pacific
Central Transit Railway" and proposes to extend from
NewOreans the Rio Grande in the direction OF the
Mexican Pacific port OF Mazaan and only asks for the
right OF way for 700 miles, making total OF Saw acres
fora
Rod parale of latitude length 1900 miles, with 40
sections TO the mile and 400 feet for right OF way total
of76OO sections and 4s685 acres. 1t also asks guar
antee of interest $4,000 per mile Total amount OF
bonds S6OsOOOOO annual interest ss64SOO The third
bill seems to companion OF the FIRST IL asks IOr the
lame road the right way from NewOreans to the Rio
rande vicinity Of San Bas-a total OF $1,000 acres
1.-THE milk this cOcOanut" is In proposed guarantee
Of interest Of 6per cent cOnl on $4,000 per mile total
guaranteed being SOO0OOO tue annual interest Oh
which is $l.5OO,OOo
Mr. Nye OF Nevada sent the South West helping hand
IN Senate bill No 15S which provides for the cOnstruc-
ton OF a railroad from Galveston Texas, to Fort Gibson
IN the Indian (Cherokee) Territory, with branch to
Little Rock The distance is 700 miles, and over this
the right Of way-SOO feet-is asked for, making
total of about 24.5OO acres.
Senator Morton Of Indiana proposed, by senate JOINT
Resolution No o. to grant the right OF way TO the Mem
phs FL Paso and Pacific Railroad" This will give the
Company about 10000 acres.
This gives 70 the Southwest total OF seven bills Gen.
.
Logan aud Mr. Boes Of Arkansas father in the House
the International Southern Pacific schemes propOs
ing the construction of $3.50 miles Of railroad and tel
egraph lines, with land grants aggregaung 1l954l4oO
acres subsidies in the former ofGuaraneed six cent
interest total Of $993OOOO Of bonds the annual In
tercst being S95S,OOD
TIE PACIFIC COAST.
Mr. Corbet Of Oregon offered Senate bill No. ia, to
aid m construction Of the Oregon Branch Pacific Rail
road 400 miles length. with the right Of way 200 feet
au twenty sections per mile, total OF 1900 sections and
Judr, Williams Of the same State offered Senate bill
No. lU extend the land grant OF certain fOau UP 70
the nou of the Columbia Its length Is 100 miles, ana
tbe amou.t asked Ia 66, 400 acres.
Senator Lido OF California, by Senate bill No 1876 asked
for lands tor the Orsye and Virginia City Road 100
total of He also proposes, by Senate bill
Ne. POS, 40 grant lands 10 lne santa b1tpar'
1inen ~ IN list as IL also the number Of acres
Mr. Cole OF California Senate bill No 22s. proposes
az grant the right Of way and ten alternate sections OF
,ud pcr mile 10 a road to be bnt from the Central
Pacific Road the Colorado Rvcr at Whatever point
aay be crossed by southern racine foa i h eng
II the road cannot bo definitely asccrianed put ~ VIII
hardly loo less than 600 micf, which VIII give IL lahu
grant OF 5000 sections, or 10000 acres
The Pacific Coast bills ask aid for roads atleast l50 es
m length with total m the proposed grants OF VO42n
acres az land. Their another bill Tor rOad the legth
f which Is not hxrd bringing the Northern Pacific from
west of the Cascades Portland, Oregon. Ii VIII double
she acreage.
THE NORTHWEST.
Mr. Ramsey Of Minnesota, by Senate bill No. 100, au-
horzed the Southern Minnesota Road to connect with
.be Northern Pacific. miles length, and covers
ropt Of about 800 sc ,tOBs and 100000 He also
nroposed TO aid By Senate bill No. 24, the construction
81 road from Lake Superior 10 Nernllon Lake Slime
.ota length 20 miles grants 6 10 sections per ne z
Mr. Howard Of Michigan, by senate bill No. 49, asks
TOR lands for 600 miles Of road st the rate OF 20 sectohs
he Northern Pacific" The total is COCO sections, and
20e acres . 80, ~, $50 o1a . ia