, 1873-12-02

same Con,pnnY's Central DlyiRion 1and-yrant
bonls, dalotl Nov. !, 1871, 7o7,o2a; same Com.
ho.fs, datad Nov. 1, 1871, 1,97a, 900 same Com
paYy's sorlp for bo,itlH, tatol Nov. i, 1870. sl.
5lN,43B. Total bonlod tndcbtelnoss, 5,1l3..
a0o, floating inlShhsted5nvoss ht s2,I o25. Iotal
COMPANY, amounting to 81 ,Y4o, ,O70, on hanl
Stock or tho Northern lao,tio llailroad Com
rany 70 the amount Of s1Uo,U .0al u las boon
Of e1O0 caoh havo boon issnod. During. tho
yoar 1873 tho road WINS lofnitoly located from
tue mouth Of Heart Rivor, On tho Missouri.
TO tho month Of alendiye Crock, on !he Yellow
point Of crossing tho Missouri Rlyor haa not
got boon fixed by tho Company. Tho surveys
nooossary to complete continuous limo aorosh
the continont which woro loft unfniBaod !, last
Indians OF, Montana md Dakota, hive this year
boon brought to a most satisfactory conclusion.
A continuous limo has boon s1rvoyod from i4ako
Buperior to Puget Sound, and the 1ata haso beon m
road between tho aboyonamcd tormini: Tho
cntiro limo Of routo has not M yet l,eon definitely
fixed upon; The Company reports that, for cli;
mt so 9pa1ntty and tvaToty of ~ tn
support OF a denae population, tho1o - no zone
OF amilar extent and vnIno botwoen tho Nlissis-
'Bippi River mud tho pncitlo Oconn ns that "of
to egon lying between S sna st o9n1RT%s % TO ,h pn1,
amount expended on surveys from tho bogin-
ning Of tho work to tho lat Of July Inst IL
e1 ,65s 1878. Tho extent Of line surveyed is o,sss
m anf in nef aen oeyed Ss e am 1xaf
on tho road lin Minnesota and Washington Ter
ritory) is al53 b51 for transportation q freight
$909 549 which includes o few days Of tue OATH
iugs tu june, 1873, in Dakota. Tho oxponao Of
tho indebtedness of tue Company Ia 92o, 800 937.
Tho word "e1ponso" Us used above IL aaid by
tho Company to mean tho cost It, Of , the roai .,l
proper and ts fixtures only ,a3a Tho o9mpsys
running regularly (both pnBsenEer and froight)
engaged III tho general traffic from Lake Super
ior to the Missouri River, ad'atance Of 493
miles, and from Ks.ams ,o on the ool4nbia mada
| Sound. Beyond that o distance Of 25 miles Of
| truck has boon lnd and Is miles moro nearly
graded, Which, when comp!etod (about the LIST Of
rom ta a II" e0 te Pnsoe
105 miles. On tho 9th Of last January you &C
copied tho first 22s miles Of tho Northorn Pacific
| lsailrond III Minnesota (from itB junction with
tho Lake Superior y MlaslsspM H. haiiroad Maot near @
GU tho 10Th Of September, 1873. Is mileg Of the
road in Washington Territory. F" on Its main line,
botxoen the City Of Portland. o5e|g;,on. II, and its
Ncsteru terminus on Puget Sound" Theroport Of
| completed portion Of the road (105 n,1leB) in
Dakota Territory has not been received.
On tho 18th Of March last you accepted 165
95-l0o miles OF the Missouri. Knnsaa Il Toxas ~
Railway, from the 86 76-10O milo south Of tho
southern bouulary-lino Of Kansas to Red Rivor,
near Preston, Tcxas. Total number Of miles nc
copied, 242 11-100 accepted on tho 4tl Of Sep
tembor last 81 2s-l00 miles of tue Cairo y Fulton
| Railroad, lying between Little Rock, IN Arkan-
! aaa, and tho southern boundary Of Missouri. APP
| pli:atiou having been mado for tho examination
Of the portion Of this road lying bntween Littlo
| Rock and Fulton, CommiHaionors havo boon np-
Int
You accepted; Nov.4, 1872, tho flunl portion,
{509l milcs) Of the Burlington 4 Missouri River
Railroad in Nebraska, reported on by tho COM
This makes total accepted line in TINT State OF
| 10091 miles. That portion Of the Menphia &
Little Rock Railroad, from tho west side Of tho
st. Francis River. to point opposite the City OF
| Little Roct, OIL the north bank Of the Ar'snnsns
River, called "Argonta," o. LILO milos was ac-
ceptcd by tho Department on tile 9th Of last
March.
/ ;. YELLOWSTONE pAnE.
OF the Yellowstone National Park the secreta-
ry says I deem 1t iucn: :~1ent Oh mo to refer to
the present unprotected condition Of tho Yellow
stone National Park. No appropriation has yet
msSs aSs for S E p Of qnfpn n hs
to carry Into effect tho necessary rules and rcgn-
lations for its government. am informed that
tho park has boen visited during tue past eura-
NOR by many persons, and that it has been de-
% "a
al deposits aud other curiositics. A Supcrin-
tenlcnt OF tho park was appointed III May, ls7.
but, thero being no appropriation from which
hin compensation could DO .paid. llia service!
hovo necessarily beon grntuitous, and ho could
not 10 expected, under ouch circumstances,
to reside permanently in the park. Applications
have beon mado by. various parties for pcrmiss
sion to erect buildings and to construct roads
within tho park. Tho net Of March !, 1879, con
fors upon mo tho necessary authority to gram
leases for building PURPOSES, but no leases have
boen granted, for tho reason Tint Rufllccns in
formation has not bocn obtained as to tho ro
peara to mo to bo eminentiy proper that earl.
steps shonld bo taken by Congress- for Tho pro
,toction Of this groat nasionna wonder from th
vandalism OF curiosity-huntors. This Depart
ment should not be hold responsible for the cou
dition OF tho park, 30 long as thero is no none
under it's con,rol applicable to the ends contem
; plated by tho act OF March i, 1872 Tho bounla
riea of the park should bc properly snrvoyc
and located, as many persons desire to enter au
aottlo upon public lunds contiguous thcroto.
A vssscl nal1nstcd with Hnumn1
Il Bones.
. | 80 = ) Front the San krdntfsco Bulletin.
Lnst Saturday tho German bark MatAa