Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-03-08

MISSISSIPPI n TENNESSEE RAILROAD
ARRIVES: IEAvEss
New Orleans NAH, daily $50 pm. 1880 pm.
Express daily .........--.. Zoo am. A:5J pm.
treiElt daily eXCaptSUu-
Depot AT loot Of Main Street. Ticket 0Tes,
2Iha Main street, one door north Oh Jefferson
LITTLE ROCK AND Fosr SMITH R~AIERoAp
Mail Train leaves Little Rock (HuuiersyIIo)
Returning, leaves Louis5urg at I pm. ar
] irving at Little Rock at 3IU PM.
ID. W e. BROWN, Geu sup'L
i. y. RICHARDSON, q. A.
THE Texas Pacific Railroad Bill has
passed both Houses, and now awaits
the Presidents signature. The re-
port Of the Committee of Conference
having been agreed to, the text
OF the House substitute "a syuOp-
sis of which has recently been pub
lished) was not materially altered,
but was amended by the addition Of
several new sections. The main track
commences at Marshal, Texas, and
extends thence by the most direct and
eligible route, to be determined by
said company, near the thirty-secOud
parallel OF north latitude to a point
near El PasO; thence by the most de
rect and eligible route, to be selected
by said company, through New Mex
leo and Arizona, to a point on the
Rio Colorado, at or nea the south
eastern boundary OF the State of Cali
fOrnia, thence by the most direct and
eligible route 10 San Diego, California.
The New Orleans, Baton Rouge and
Nicksburg Railroad Company, char
tered by the State of Louisiana, has
the right to connect by the most
eligible route to be selected by said
company with the said Texas Pacific
railroad at its eastern terminus, and
shall have the right of way through
the public lands to the same extent
granted hereby TO the said Texas Pa,
cifc Railroad Company, and In aid Of
its construction from New Orleans to
Baton Rouge, thence by way of Alex
andria, in said State, to a connection
with the said Texas Pacific Railroad
Company at It's eastern terminus, there
is hereby granted to said company, its !
successors, and assigns, the same
number of alternate sections of public
land per mile in the State OF Louisiana
as are by this act granted to the State
Of California to the said Pacific Rail-
road COmpany,and said lands shall be !
Withdrawn from market, selected and
patents issued therefor and opened
for settlement and presumption upon
the same terms and in tho same man
ner and time a. IS provided for and
required from the said Texas Pacific
Railroad Company, within said State
of California, provided that said cam-
pany shall complete the whole Of said
road within Ave years nom the pass
age OF this act. For the purpose of
connecting the Texas Pacific Railroad
with the City of San Francisco, the
Southern Patilc Railroad Company
of california is hereby authorized, |
subject to the laws of California, to
construct a line OF railroad from a
poInt al or near Tehachapa Pass, by
wav of Los Angeles, to the Texas Pa
ciac Railroad at or near the Colorado
river, with the same rights, grants,
and privileges, and subject to thesame
Limitations, restrictions, and oOndi-
tiOns as were granted to aidSouthern
Pacific Railroad Company Of Caiiior-
MIA by the act of July q, 1866; pro
vided, however, that this section shall
in no way affect or impair the rights,
private or prospective, of the Atlantic
and Pacific Railroad Company or any
other railroad company, !