, 1873-10-20

hver Koad the last ycar wcrc S77i4. At this rate,
Or gross sum Of so3s GSd. The ,otn I iera OF tlo
az Ss fsass}'ss" M esn H. i sss s' :rs TEs
| transaction Is known nd
! THE nIA1a 4 AstEs nnlp.
Now, the cost Of a line To tho pnrties holding the
Cross a''n of si,ueo,o Tha SaiIa So,o M ail. ani
bridges nnilt ha Is about all There wero no cquip.
sss9stqs rs 15t!9n wsrs say pounds 70 hs
into 5 10 10 y M nra r 1 ss;fss ts lad
co.. r 10 ross . 'hs lsssses@'hati liz ssiialssd
eonslruetlon a eulpen a'nee they eane Ino
ap e tots Il s:1i d. Tha M ialsssss S On It'll; iii;
TIC resEostiyo Companies, nmounts to sac, 80, 5oo
no up @ Of duMI o soc ks aa soo1 1e!n &
TINT Of tho Csdar 1apda l. Missouri River being s15-
% Hoaa Sna made up Of Of stock and sc2o
Tho lantlgrant to tho iowa lines VIVA acrcs.
of III. baum a"%%ai,y certificates 1or ha
the low valuation Of 81 per acrc ato worth ss
The yalus ., these 1anas added to tho unaaestionei
psTty msdo out Of tha afalr il tho eaarso Of Tow
Another example, Of tho eau,o tud, waa that Of The
Winona and ST. poter'a Railroad, Of A1lnucaota. A
fa @ the iIs TIC s s
10 @ tho os.E9 bsss Il ao ef
tioa ot he road Of the latter Company lease might
coast; Tho wtnona ST. Peters nor.n through IN
lnaetied country. and could not for years, DO expect
ition 70 the rental rad. tie Northwestern torn had 10
eompete md equip Il carrying tle coat Of tho ling to
@ ls Wnon y 81 ss9s se ms Tas as
seres q ths yast grant ?2 acres Ind
value ot ho lana T. scqred
Ing tho pronta Of Tho construction to Avo been st5
O COG per m ne for 12G es. tho aggregate 81 $780,
ton, WIS 81 ,2se,o ,o32. Th!s affair was known N
Another o1amplo In Kind was that Of tho pentnsu1a
Lafoad of Michigan; land-graut road, entitled to
A6 $40 aoros Of which 2la $50 acrea had baeu certified
TO tho &C Company on the lst day of july 1902 This
mile. Tue length Of this road Is IS miles. is costo
was about 600 i liz yao IL
andgrant Mt 81 per aero, VIVA s32 100. The profits
f Rca hs ms Tic s
Northwestern. nor did 1t come within 80 miles Of my
portion OF tho Hue os the latter. This is known
THE OGDEN T1LDEN GRAB.
to to. ths as.,a shfss esgsaiss xsoss ri;
on the iss Il aeres 7hap ipsss vaa
at y por aero si2 32a Large additions 70 bo
sossrucon o a roads could not lave been ess u than
$la Ths Eroilta e. -. far, to outsiders, on TIC
have been IS 49, toswt Thc watorngp IN fayor
90 a 9ai s o1sg% 1T m time Of a% hs
iu 1868,
hnvs nr heen 90 shown in the following tab
c9 Hsaas " II, Tsstyags; eoaslsae'". 1andysa@t,.
Uh.t loWa Ncb} &o na7 org 90 Inn nm
Q. ItalatlH h Mo. e9'oS''a'e sa'4oo'oo"
Fsninsas NlnSna st. tn 1sssSSS ssSSS fsss fs5
- What wae tho motive tint in,lucet tho Chicago 4
Northwestern Company to make contracts 10 destruc
sSpsso y 10 " o s sa 6f, u sgS
aRosa connupT1oN on FOLLY,
1t hardly matters which. Sufce it to EAy Il was
gross poryerston Of most sacred trust, for which
tho rds pno q rS RsynE ssr THY
acently made. TIsse grants shoud il all eascs havo
each Company. The proceeds Of their sa1o should
Lnyo retired these socurcs, reducing in cqual do
IL s earses oH g o
time tho linda wore ao!d, the reduction III tho ntiount
ssgs CT hs ssoss Sa ave ssss sYf
On ills sum Is ss5sess Ts sum %ola % hays |ixsn Des
tho annns gan to he ef hs country lad
the construction o tic roatls. ~-~'' ''@e''
Another n M courso miF,: haao been takon-that adopt
annually into tic s1Ate Treasury tie price Of tGe
centage yiolds tho state aomo 5000 900 annually.
great eyl n,,ecessary ne, results from seyering 1nnd.
every motive to encourage thor occupation US the
means Of creating traffic. They wonld oGer tho
facility mud Indulgence possible to lie settlers.
Theao lands are now wholly hed-IrisA fashion !