Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-05-28
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The Southern Pacific RnlIroHd.

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The Southern Pacific RniIroHd.
The bill which the photographic
reports inform US was reported, o.
Tuesday, unanimously from The
Senate Ccmmiltc, On the snhiec,.
for the construction Ola Southern
Pacific Railroad, appears TO ignore
altogether all prccX;>t.ng co.pp-
r%utions, for that purpose, AMI TO
contemplate IN emit c,y rcorgaai.
zation. III looking oycr The list.
of cUrporatOrN, one Is struck ~
the absence of all familiar AaiIc-
connected with such movement,
in this and the ncighboring south
ern States, and by finding only
those OF persons comparatively
unknown to our population, OF
who made their appearance in this
latitude contemporaneously with
the Federal armies during the late
war, But the Southern people
will be content to let such men
figure prominently, and even grow
rich by this movement, if thereby
they can gain the great advan.
tages to result from direct and
rapid communication with the Pa
cifc, on a line capable of being
used at all seasons Of the year, un.
interrupted BY SHOWS or ice.
There is some confusion in the
telegram as it reaches us, but we
gather hal the eastern initial
point of the projected road is to
be Marshall, Texas, and that the
track is TO be on or near the Thir.
ty-Second parallel of North iati-
tude, westward to FL Paso, and
thence through Arizona and CALI
%fornia to San Diego. The capital
stock is to be 800, 100000 in
1000, 900 shares Of one hundred
dollars each, and in aid Of the
building Of the road Congress
grants, besides the right of way,
twenty sections of public lands
per mile on each side Of the track;
this would give $4,000 acres land
for every mile. 1t is known, how
ever, that the United States do not
hold any lands in Texas, and this
grant is therefore to be confined
to Arizona or California, or il
may possibly rest on public lands
in some other portions Of the
country. The company is author.
lied to buy or lease franchises Of
other roads already in existence
to carry out these objects, and the
road and its branches are made
p%Ost-roads, being authorized to is
sue construction or other bonds,
secured by mortgage. To US in
Louisiana an important feature in
this bill is that the contem.
plated branch from Marshall via
Shreveport, southcastward, to
connect with the New Orleans,
Baton Rouge and Vicksburg Rail.
road at Baton Rouge, rs well as
the main stem Of hat road are to
receive a grant Of ten sections to
the mile, and that the North Lou
isiana Railroad is authorized to
connect with the Pacific Road at
Marshall, and will probably also
receive the same amount Of aid by
grants of public lands.
1t is not to be anticipated that
the bill as thus reported will pass
the Senate without vigorous op.
position nor that should it do so,
it can go through the House with
out n repetition Of the same scenes
and Il resort to the same means 10
carry out the schemes, or promote
the interests Of rival specula-
tors, as has been witnessed before
the Senate Committee. Several
scores Of men who think that the
public owes them not only decent
support, but large fortunes, have
fixed upon the Pacific railroad
schemes as the readiest means of
carrying out their views, and they
will fight desperately for the nc.
complishment Of their plans. They
really care nothing for the success
of any great road outside at
these personal considerations, and
nine OF ten Of them will retire
from active participation in the
work when they shall have re-
ceived what they may deem a sca-
sonable reward for the use of their
names in the affair.
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