New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-12-07

Which poiut the rails shall meet and and form
10th OF MAY last This Department has not however
been advised Of any agreement Dy Tue oo,Inpami'' -
spectng the location of their common terminus .t,s
The company report that since the connection trahs
have been run with q regularity not surpassed Oh ,no
oldest roads i'm tho country and that adequate force
has been constantly engaged In making such improve
mcns would render their road III All icspeets o
the standard prescribed They furnish the iolIo"hs
Amount of,tocs l5IgS
hessei ,sD' Sssnse july 1865 to Juae 90
1907 ISSJSi 20
Received from re sht,. SeSi55 %
kycge Eo ofns, Operated during year..... sS eS1
Gross 20
fi cos Of road to June 20 sl; =
sis1G ,, son sn,i last the Commissioners ap
rotcd under the Joint resolution approved lOth Apr
loo were Instructed To examine tic roads Dnit ~ t'
and the Central Pacific Railroad COMPANY Vr ami
equipment and the sums II any, that Wonu oo lclre
TO complete each of them for It's entire cnsn as ~
class railroad, in compliance with the requirements VI
& Thcv aTe Of opinion that there material or.
po me General location Of this road that the de-
yjfops from pied line at Prom0nory ana Ilhla
Mountains should be corrected and the bridge line ~
Omaha buit go avoid the present heavy grade me
roabed the larger part Of the way Is OF proper Mu,
though there some places where tIe emD1hntes
shond be wideued. The bridges cniyerts ana tIssGs
are generally good structures some OF Tue former sn9u
track u generally very good The cottonwood cr0sstes
shoud be- replaced by others OF more Gura2.e maternal
Of the length OF tue line The road needs baii,sng ne
!
machine shop at Junction of the two roads, ana en-
cine houses at three points, viii be required Freight
cars are In excess OF the wants oil the ROAD Inc esho
f,r sTnrying do iceucles between PromonOry and Og
den is S2OCOO and between the latter pacc ahd Onn
$3.50 100, making an aggregate or Sl'JN ino Cyin
many have ON hand surplus OF material ana supplies
| amounting TO about Sl,60G,oCO ~ value. 80 - ID,
While the location of the Central Pacific EalrOad H.
several places open to criticism, there are 40 errors le
immediate correction Of which, IN mo opinion el lne
AZ few uulus the Cmbankmcnts need widening IHere
are Gce tunnels the road, and those when require
II nre rccd VITA wood The bridges and trestes arc IN
the sauc condition those on the other road In CTS
tmce Of 30 miles there arc " miles 81 sno%S e'c
The track Is well adapted 10 high rates OF speed SONY
S % Cot ~ the irrgb of tho road Tie machine
bops are considered sufficient, except at the Junction on
| Tie two roads. Additional cnenchruscs are heeu,9
The equipment Is III excess o. me vans ot t ~ rG
deficiencies $4,000, aud the value OF the surplus ma
The origSl act required the completion Of eontlnn
ous line OF railway from TIE Missouri Ell,r 70 the INV
gable waters VI the Sacramento by the lst day OF july
Ie-. THO energy with which the work was prosecuted
has been crowned with signal and unexpected success
seven wears before that date. 10 IS not surpisins III
view Of tie Unprecedented raudlty WIN Whch II was
constructed that Deficiencies, most o. when lc
10 nil new roads should have existed Each successive
report Of toe special eommIstquSrs %IH MciG C have
noon gradually and IN very great degree snppled' Ihe
ses, - mo ",nount necessary To make the whole line
CONFORM in every respect TO the demands OF the law ana
The inst expectations Of the country Under the cIcu
stances had tho honor To Iccomhchu NC w. ,a
the last sections No patents Lave h'ch ls'"ed 10 to
drt coIruauy and the subsidy Of $Cl0loo, on account
OF he so Is miles Of road which were last GonsliV,g3
las been Withheld TIC other company have tteolred
patents covering only 1895 GJoO acres II WI: thhs bc
Irrreiyrd That lie Government ample 10 se-
cure from the companies the faithful performance 81
iETcstcs miles Il tic central raciac Rload Of Cal
ifurHa have been constructed since ne uHj' q, 1i' @
outuaI rcuCrt Of this department. The distance rom
pr5Tontofy Summit 10 Sacramento Is 90 $40 mics Tue
~ fIS ,co',i,sd II hy IN jaV. i''''
| 90 'N4' ytys,s PACIFIC RlLH01b
H'oeS M I'D ieis ~ foa Sept T. iS8 to
! Aus a. Ed9 -
Net arnifs g1. III II
Cess Of etigei on &" Az o. I..'''''''''''''''' -
! i..e tenn, .I '''' '-! .....i .i li..,
Io1l COZ ,l M .,, t,,.s Pacific EAiao,r
! . IHN'AAL '''''" 49, -. = L0-0 no m
/ Sto't 80, ...,.... g..I 20
. '.' " ~ ,,sr c,t.'- AZ Ifl3.... f.BtJ "A
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ill,lt,Iaes. vi t' -
| sincA CITY $50 rAc 'ic isLa'AD
Le7-i1 " tc'l'' rs2-'6.1 O,
! t'A P'a 49,, a.. d i',.o
/ hrro.'s ii .''''ls.'' "- .. - e..,li %
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l,5g " go - "
\ y..lsrS rtsiFc RAILROAD.
Stock subscribed and paid F.I' W
Escl;. passengers -'I "~-4' I' Jh' ',. en- r.
ihlrots.ae-, 81 ,.'l',. ''''''''''',t
| '' -, -, 80, - Ga, .ioc.. and financial
liz i.' =, W. ,,,,,,ins la, been comu.d nom tho
reports Nlth i"'N ., f , 49, ii N,rti,
li o 20 -, 10 Ito ai ~, nor lie s,ntern
r,h l''il'i t , mn It, ,',aI d vifl tGc ict
i"9'a , oi,, ,ay'd of trif dolIg. Certain
hl.i "' 1 iiII,,,n ,r a,,u1uf OF the latter
'.i., 49,. "a, ~. mai an tfe opuinn II ms ina.
situne ON the authorized route II
H. o is,ci 49,, n,rr Dor their NJ, tofaon To mar.
~ H. t,bsroytpily aovrI "A temporary suspension
~, tt ,srf of ihe order which related to the sections
y, ~ ,ti Of san ost a. tie compiuy desired time to
~ r,of. and nriiIucus Afef fully considering
~ @ - -, ,I,,l,t tl,a, tbc order was obviously Inst
tuc'h h,'u ~" W. ~ "a It,crd II o be carried
/ ,!,. -, " va " -
P't IN the authority conferred by tho act Of Sd
,,rh 49,, lie Va"s1s Pacific Railroad Company en-
t,rrd INTO a contract with the Denver and Pacific Rail-
way ana Tccgaph Company for the construction oper-
and maintenance lbs the latter Of that part Of the
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