Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1875-12-28
RAILROAD FIGHT ~ CONGRESS-.

When the patriots who occupy the
chairs urOn the floors OF Congress car
ind time TO do something else than
make political timber for next summer :
platforms, they viii be found very .r-
IDENTIFY anu earnestly engaged i'll settling
the big wrangls whose opposing cham
piOns are Stanford. Croker. Hopkins,
Huntington 4 COMPANY on the side
which represents the Central and South
err Pacific Railroad interests, and Tom
Scott, the hero AMI field marshal of
the Texas Pacific and its PROJECTS and
ventures. The fact is that this cOntro-
versy revives the old Issues whoss dis
cus.ion so long delayed the building Of
the Pacific railway and made its con-
struction, when it GiI come, a Wal meas
ure. from the time when California
was first represented in the Congress OF
ihs United States until the bill We.
passed under whose provisions the L. p
and G. 2. lines were made TO span the
Great Basin, the Southern influence, it
self hampeTed by e1trasasalt notions Of
the saCredness Of State Rights, and all
It's intense soe;ionism brought to bear
against the proposed Northern Route,
Was successful! in postponins all definite
action. Indeed, the real strife was be-
tween e Northern ana & Southern line
the commercial interests Of the two sec
fions Ising TIE zeal cause OF rivalry
From the Southern standpoint, it was
the ssGports and business centers OF the
South IS against the great cities aud
ports o: entry Of the North. The North !
has already secure! its line o. tranSro2-
tnentai track; the South low asks for !. |!
line which shall connect her railway |
system with the Pacific. here, on the !
FAR western slope Of the continent, We |
have I selfish aid therefore stronger /
reason than tLa; OF a Willingness 20 see |
Justice done between tie great sections, !
called Te1as-Paciiic Railway. We w.It
the composition o: rival Inc from |
ocean to ocean. That the House OF |
Representatives,. i'll which the South has
n very strong influence, has a majority
IN favor Of SCOTS project. !Lsre is
no doubt: and Speaker ksrr's appoint
meuts TO the Pacific Railroad Committee,
Of which Lamar q Mississippi is Chair
man and Throchmor;on of Texas is u
10 doubt is strongly in Colonel
SCOTS interest. Meantime, in order
checkmate SCOTS movements the Cen
trail Pacific interest, represented by the
Pacific Company. speaking for
Itself through the columns Of the Rad
'oad Ga-eiis, over lie signature of Dir.
o1fs.s - build the said
Texas Pacific line without any sub
.idy, if Congress will bur arnend til.
Act of Mach ), 1871, and turn
over to the Southern Pacific the
ands granted 10 the said Ts1as-Pa-
life Company, now, sc believe, for
cited by lapse of time. OF coursa thi.
means War. The Central and Southern | 5
Pacific Companies tyIytuallv itIeLticui)
eek to retain a monopoly OF route and ! :
rattle; the South seeks for I. t.l.iiA line !
o coInec. with its system Of railways; O.,
nj Tom Scott, able, indomi:sble, iull I
4 resources and with an United Section
I his back, Will make Tremendous
truggle. Il seems to rs that re of the
'acifc Stop ass s.satiy inte-ea'eS; i'll +
COTS success. Certainty sc need at u
EAST one line of hallway across the Con
nent which may compete with the f.
resent monopoly. The GoYsIumeut d
ad better take upon Itself lie expense |
y to te e1pendsd III behalf of :,
]. 70 ID iina than that il should Y
c .s s.diiy bulk, equipped and SCI
:. .aiIon-
The SONogA ErvoLUTros va. q scare I
Id q canarL. We suspected as much i