New-York tribune., 1876-02-08
CURRENT TOPICS AT THE CAPITAL.
PACIFIC RAILROAD ARGUMEST5

PACIFIC RAl!ItO.ND AkGl MEMS.
WAsHNGToS. Monday. Feb. 7. 1876.
This morning the Senate Committee on
Pacific Railroads heard Mir. sorrs Of NcvYorA OH the
requirements Of former laws relating Ia the Texas
Pacific road and t1e right OF COngrc 10 transfer the
right Of way and lands between California and the Texas
boundary 10 the southern Pacific Company. ExGov-
eInOr Brown OF Tennessee made an argument on tie
const uonh powers of Congress to lndorsc the bonds
OF the Texas Company. He said that the Southern
Pacific reports sho we'd that that mpany has still 700
miles Of rodd build California before their line would
completed to Fort Yuma and tAat they now proposed
to build 900 ms without any additional capital a.
shown IN tcir bin Senator West, the Chairman Of
the Committee, said hat he would address letter 10 Tie
officers OF the Southern Pacific Company asking what
security they would give of their ability and intention to
continue the road 20 meet the Tcxae Pacific MI ht"Irs
answered that Aey would give satisfactory stcnrty'
The Committee announced that they would hear no ad-
diuonh arguments.
SCOPE or THE DISTRICT IHvEsrIGATIoN.
The House Committee on the District of
Columbia will probably begn on Saturday next the lit
vcstisaton Witch ordered hy the House week or
two ago. The Committee has been ureed 10y many per
sons TO reopen the subject from the establishment Of the
territorial government tie District In 1871, and to r.
view in the light of DEVELOPMENTS made s'ncr the Joint
Committee " 1874 reported. the whole history of tho
Cooke and Shepherd governments lhe COMMITTEE
however of opinion that If they undertake This sub
close OF the Tcacnt session VIII hnd thcir work
,oie TO conuo their Inquiries FOR the present 10 the man
agement OF the Commissioners OF the District during the
last 20 moIS4 series OF iuterrogloiics, addressed
70 the Commissioners and 10 the Board Of Andt ava inc
rngucer Of the Dist ict IL beiHs liemi'd Dy JHage
tie mdd e % the week The Committee Will not how
ever wait for reply to DO I"sdr ""t w Drgh Tosto
that the Board of Aud l. IN setting u cid Iohra'tS'
caused rcrcasurementsio he made ita"neh me IN
vrst gsiicn ny tneJ in, Committee of ls'i proved tat
many OF these nosurcments n enonror-, tAe House
Comm;co VII probably einl4oi an eNPerI anu '"A' ~
! measurements IN many cases 20 he made.
BROOKLYN MAYNARD IMPROVEMENTS.
Repre,ontative Mctcalf to-day introduced
bill for reclamation and improvement nj of the s"anp
and oyerho8ed land connected with tho Brooklyn Navy
Yard, which referred to the Committee on Naval
Affairs The Rotary Of the Navy authorized should
lie so regard IT, for The interests OF the United
states ~ enter INTO q contract with the NewYork and
Brooklyn Improvement Company for tho lease and I'm
pioveincl the whole "A part Of the property TIC
Conn any required 20 dr,dSc ont 100000 cuhc yards
Of eaith for slips and 10 erect docas at an expense to
the Company Of SJOO,0o0 Operations are to bc begun
within three years AMI at the end OF fifty years the Com
pgyis b. restore property 20 the Government with all
iuproycmcu.s without charge but should the Govern
eut befor the e1p.ration Of that lime want t. ure
anv part of The fopr,y, 80 mucn as may pe Iequie
Will bc srrcnde: cd on pay mcnt oi Tic actual amount u
invested ~ u, NTH ihiccst ana "thr ehaI
II is ro, dcd the City OF broOA may lease oi the
Company much of TIC properly as may bc necessary
foI "a Is3rAet-house.
NEW POSTAL TELEGRAPH BlLT~
The bill 10 provide for the Transmission "i
correspondence by telegraph, introduced today by
REPRESENTATIVE Imtell OF California Oy rcqucsi, sub
etan iot e coy %; TIC socalcd Hubbard Postal T"lc
g;lh bin" as report With euimcnts hy The Senate
Committee "a Poet Offices in the last Congress, bnt
W ach mad" Do WtAcr p ogrc,s There are, however
come cAsi..s ia the lst OF proposed nc"rporatoIs
Among thoso now named are Gardiner q. HuDD'rd
FraulliE Haven, aud Estes Hoe of hassa
! .tt II Uf
! Hurghy aud Ri5baId a. McCudy OF kc"-foiki
David Erooks and Joseph Il. Baker Of r. nnsylvnnia; L.
| H. watson %, Ohio; Wm. II English of Indiana Frank
| aud Illi 60 s. hdinmcr, james A BisH"tt ana J",n
| Doyuc. of California and Anthony Pollock aLd NJ "
| D.yis q: the p.,tIici Of Columbia
| 4 VOTE or NO sIGNIFiCANCE
The vote Of ,hc House this morning on the
resolution introduced b. hr Kasfon, gave no evidence
a, the mt ntiun OF body IN regard 10 the currency
nuestI,n TIE 1t 1liir In which the pues' on
vcn, mi namely whether House would suspend the
,,s i order to vote at the resolutions intro
| dlced gave tie Dcnccrats opportunity TO marshal
letr entire forces irrespective OF personal OPINION
arajust Mr. Kassona propositions. The House by de-
festuc Ais motion simply sah, I'VE are not ready to
t,b, auy action whatever the currency question;
therefore we h;v desire to make record on tue sun
c,t today" Had Mr. kassLn ~oided hs npii"l III su'H
"A way demand That tie rules In suSp uu"d ana his
resolutions be passed lie would have secured me hoe- o
few ~ thc lald-inoucy Democrats. A. II was the Yptc
for nd aga ust, with two exceptions, was divided
| by u ~ iines.
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