, 1876-06-17

According to tho last report Of tho Executive
State Council, there are ,s23 miles Of railroad
which hare received no aid from land-grauts;
munldcent afd ot sSo, on, ,34S: Allowing the
ssss Ssa q mns sss' rss; ats e e Is @ r Rer ts s 5
miles Of road or $40, ia, ,aa3 less than the sum
donated. Tho estimated prtce Of tho land 10
low, for 1t IL well known that ths ratjroad com
But tiIs il not ali. Some Of fthc roads aro ciutn-
ing and receiving lands for which they havo
built no road, and hare, therefore, not earned
the land. The old Dcs sloi,.cs Valley Road las
received, according to tho records at United
statca I.and- Office, several thousand acres moro
ttan 1t was entitled to; and yet It Is NOW claim-
Ing, and Mill receive, thousands Of acrcs IN tho
northern part Of tho State, where nj soht1 fas
State. 1t has been dtyerged from it, original
Having thus forfeited ~ 49, gg,sht
has not taken some mcasurs 10 resumo tho
lands, as in the case Ut tho AfcGrcEor i; Sioux
City Railroad Company, IN which grant are in
cluled some OF the ilenttcul lunds claimed by
Road crossing tho thu Valley Roads grant.
Another conspicuous feature Of this land-grnb
has Just been developed. At tho United States
Land Office hero shcIo WINS received, this week,
= list Of 400 acres Of lend which ars TO be fur.
bo followed by another similar llat. The
land Is situated In palo, Alto, kossutl, and En-.
met Counties. Now, It Ia we'll known that tho
old Deshlolnes Hatlrond Company Is dead cor
porat!on. I'll, property has !cen sold under q
foreclosure OF mortgage. anh itB dehts wiped
out. The road has been divided, and Is now
owned by two other and distinct Companies. 1t
Il, aud eIaim! land in tho name Of a dofunct cor
poration. And, further, what will be done with
tho landa To whoa will II gol ceEtainly not
to pay the debts Of tho corporation.
Ihayc sold that a portion Of tho land grant
To the Valley loaI was claimed by the Nc
Grcgor Road. Just here, under present appear
ances, crops out little sellenu which nccds cx-
plauatlon', A big lawsuit xas imminent over
contingency TINT the State might possibly get
worked up to 4 acnse Of ita own 1ghta IN tho
PROMISES. and put stop 70 this wholesale,
seluestrat'o1 ot the public domain. o.
50 long as there Is any 10 give, and tho State In
tesposcs no objection. TO prevent objection,
aud securs tho land, IL appears IS though Mr..
Cowdry, representing the McGregor Kout,
Road, hai arranged Ii compromise, by which no
litigation was to be lad, and division 10 be malu
Of tho land between them. lIuvlng got the
land, What Til tl,sy % ~, Il, both companies
earaell the land, md one Of the companies hay
lug become defuHCt3
1l,ave 1t fru1u good source, that at Washing.
t0n IL lCCaIkQ hD RkHuCy IQl tae pu&hQse Oh
working up rniroad lal,d-clalms, for certuin
fee per aero certified u, the companies. BY its
persuasive power, aided by the Sympathetic DE-
turo Of uls Department and the argu-
u1tnt OF ratl1uaI companies, thuro have
been certified to tho 6tate, for railroads,
over go Oo0 acrea moro thpn she Is entitled to
by my act OF Congress-. 1t IL the privilege Of
rilFoads to get all they cau. The tttlu Ct tliesc
lands once vested in them, the State Will haye
to account to the Government for them, ae she
only holds them Is Trustee. The day Of reckon"
lug Is surely ct,tning. Some lyux-eyed aud hon
eat official at Washington Will yet discover the
fraud and q settlement will ba demanded; The
State Will hay1 ~ refund and pay fur What 1t
has illegally diaposcd Of. Another noticeable
fact in this connection is that, In this excess Ut
grant 10 tho Valley Koatl, 40 eagcr
| was the Department IN crafty tho de-
| inand that lantls were Included which
| had been sold by the Government and tho Stato
| long before the Lantl-G Grant act Waa pnsked by
Congress, and wert improved farms ut that
| date. Tbs record Of that fact existed In the
| archives OF the nd-Departmcnt At Washing
ton, and, therefore, thcrG was ITO excuse for tho
| ertor,-thus compelling purchasers to defend
! thols claims against the Railroad Company.
| KByubn THEIR OWN MEDICINE.
Tho State Of Ohio, BY Ito Legislature, hns
regulated railroads BY q cast-ron tariff law, and
The railroads have Reluctantly a4iopted II. The
State of lowa, by fts Executive Council, re-
pu4iatcs ths law, by refusing 10 pay the tariff
rate, 50 per eur, fur hauling stonu 70 this Feul-
teutlary at Analnosa. They viii pay but 81.