, 1869-04-03

DAar delivered, Sunday r1arsn a.. p p eef weet.
Tribune COMPANY
Ca1easu. N
SATURDAY, APRIL i, 1869.
JUNCTION OF THE PACIFIC RA1LRoans
Tho Union paciAo Railway has been com
Tlctcd, anl The cars Aro now running fr,m
omaha, - 0gdcn, aud tho track hns bcen
lad some twenty-five miles boyond That
point. On The satne day, tbc2.th u Marrh.
Il" Cntnl Pacific Company had reached
Lueca. coming oastwasl, ie.ving gnp OF
about ono hundred and twenty-five niles 10
be completed OF this tho Union Pacific
Company viii complete at Least one-hnlf. be-
Ing III extension of thuir liuc some sixtv
miles beyond Ogden, which IA on tho
eda5 aids Of Great Salt Like,
md north of the Mormon csmtal. Ono Of
lie gr'sat anoenGvea 10 tho speedy const.uc-
h"n Of This road hAa been tho rivalry Of tho
companies to extend tho puinA Of connoc.
Lion 81 far into the territory of the other
NJ possible, tho law authorizing them to
enld eastward and westward respectively,
until they shoull meet They will, in nil
probability, form junction, within few
weeks, At point Hixty o. aeventy miles west
VI Ogden, md tn that point each company
Is entitled 10 tho credit and profit Of tho On.
terpriAe. But there il An ct1or. making a.
Washington TO overturn or disregard the
c1isting nv and the fac.a, and tp have
Ogden doclhrod, Arbitrarily, TO be tho plaee
Of meeting, thereby dcfraudine Tho
Union Pacific Company Of bixty
or seventy miles Of lsbpr actually per-
formed and u tho well.earnea glory Of tho
achteva,nont Such an &C: would violate
tho entire spirit and the 1ettar OF MI tho
lawn on this subject. 1t rnskcs no differ
cnce which Company hna performed its work
in tho most sloveuly manner (aa,l VIC i.uag.
inc there IN not mnch 10 choos, betwoen
them in this behalf>; aa among themselves
The Inv ought to be strictly enforced und
Hgidly construed.
Tho Law upon this point is to i,o found Ms
1ollnwH in tho sereral statutes. Tns oct
Of July I, 1862, incorporated tho Union
paciGc Railway, with authority
md enjoy 3 sNnttaue1s rapsa and is,ssraph @ % Wiz
nc nfpuncnaneer ,a, frnn no!"t on ~ aus hun.
w,rh . snu western Boundary of
he Sc'a'A IcfI'tor5."
.,cc1'on u 'ne SANG hct provides thAt
fornis NJ hc,rh1 "neha1y" 1gu,ss ~ x-, W ~,
raroah and tsltE!arh line frou' The racac coast,
OF thc sacsamento Ser to ths eas,s1n S sosnN.1s
q California. upon tho aamc terms AMI
rod md teieSrsh 1ue uu tns nns,rrn ,s",nJ,ry ~
California
oecaon 10 P1ovldca that In caso ths Union
faeanc dallfoad COMPANY Rhdl complete thor
lne 70 aao eastern boundary OF Clifornis
n"ofc II Is completed across the state by
ne tHsntrni Pacific Anlroad Comp my, tho
fizss-na1ned c'mpany In authorized tn con-
tlnue It's hne through California "until q I'D
1o"ds ahal mces and connect" It also
proT1dcs that II tho line through California
be oo1nplotea htst' tho Cantrl Ptcific
Company IL nuthorazed to continue ita con-
sttuction eostranfly through tho territories
OF tho uultod Statca until aail roads shnlI
1mect and connect"
The net of July 2, 1861, section 8, provides
tnA' !ot Inc purpose Of iAe1!!t4tlng tho work
:, on sa'a 'n''foaa naa oi enabling tho company
AZ carry tn Ptaetenhle 70 commence tho
etaunB OF SAD fallroad IN tho region Of tho
mountmhs, between the baHa Of tho Rocky
MountalnA and the western haso of tho
"sler1a Nevada Mountains" tho Secretary
ID tho Troasary is authorizea, upon cert'n-
cnte that HucA grn1llng haa been done, TO assne
TO tho company eeftnn proportion oi bonds
tha1a@; aao no auea oonas shsu to
INC Union faeln0 ltal'"e' comp1ny Tor
WORK aone west OF sht Lake City under
miles in advance of the completed con-
"tnuous line Of said rAilroa-"
Section 16 Of tho aa,no not provides that.
should the Ccntrnl Pncihc Rllrc.M Com
pany complete their limo to tho esssorn
boundary Of California before tho Union P..-
cihc Company Ahnll hayo rsachcl that point,
said Central Pncifc Company "nay o1tend