Daily national Republican. (Washington City [D.C.]) 1870-1872, 1870-03-11

vorins,n0 IN sbovv Inv eornpistslV and thor
ourhiV the neoessltIee on The national capital
had seen met by me Internal Improvement
systsrn OF the state OF Maryia6a. i win beg
70 ean the attention Of the House 10 some Of
il leading features.
1. Tho baltimore and Ohio railroad con-
uscting with the Central Ohio road At BEN
wood, and The Marietta and road at farkers-
burg, and thence with the city Of Cincln-
NATL ..
.. The Pittsburg and Cumberland road,
now In progress Of construction under the
auspices Of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Company, connecting with the great system
OF roads running west from that point.
3. The Washington branch road connect.
Ing the two cities Of Washington and Baitl-
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4. The Metropolitan road hifordlnR a al
rect communication between Washington
and the West BY avoiding the divergeuce oc-
casioned By the present connection At the
Relay House. I
8. The Baltimore and susQuehAnna road
connecting with Plttsburg And the Ohio
river, By its intersection with the Pennsyl-
yania Central road, and the extension Of
.. The Baltimore, Wilmington and Phlla-
delphia road completing the chain OF com
mnnlcation with Philadelphla, New York,
and Boston.
In addition, might refer 70 the Chcaa-
peake and Ohio canal, which represents at
this time a capital oftl5, 000, 600, and whose
terminus Is In the District Of Columbia.
l refer 70 this 10 chow what the State Of
Maryland has done In the past, and how
seriously she, with other States, will be
Affected BY the extraordinary provisions OF
this bill, with the power and influence Of this
Government thrown In fhVor Of rival enter
prises, the effect Of which must be 10 para
lyne and render imperative the large capital
which she has Invested In these works. Nor
IL her situation different from that Of Penn
sylyania and New York and Ohio and other
states whose aystem OF internal Improve
ments has grown up under whAt was be-
lieVed TO be the established policy OF the
Government, confirmed by the uniform usage
Of more than half century.
Mr.. Swami then proceeded 10 notice the
conditional power OF Congress over this
subject, and said the right 70 grant charters
for works Of internal Improvement was al
ways vested 10 the States, and was never
delegated 70 Congress. In support OF this
proposition he quoted from the action Of the
| earlier conventions and Congresses Of the
United States. Congress AID, II IL true, BY
the act Of April 30, 1904, propose 10 grant a
certain per centum Of the proceeds Of the
sales OF public lands in Ohio 10 the making
Of roads, but II was expressly stipulated
that such roads should be laid out by Con-
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