The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1876-01-20
PRICE-FIVE CENTS.


Samuel Wilson declines the Office of special
counsei IN the trial OF the revenue cases in
San Francisco.
The Supreme Court argued the Arkansas
Hot Springs case. 1t will occupy several days.
John II. kennard has been admitted to
practice in the Supreme Court
The Railroad Committee of the House heard
Col. Tom Scott and others tonight on the
Texas Pacific Railroad
Senator Boutwelps bill to provide for the
organization of bar of the two houses of
Congress is a copy of the bill introduced by
him last year. 1t prohibits and Furnishes by
imprisonment all lobbying. and provides that
no person shall be permitted to appear before
any committee in behalf of another for pay.
unless he be admitted to membership of the
proposed bar by committee of three Senators
and three members Of the House Of Repre-
! sentatives The bill also provides that no one
shall be- admitted unless be shall be men,
Der OF the bar of the court of final jurisdic-
| ton of his own State or Territory.
The Pacific Railroad Committee of the
House met this evening to hear the state
ments Of the Texas Pacific Railway Company
on the one hand, and the Central Pacific and
Southern Pacific Company of California on
the bills now before the committee providing
for the completion Of the SD parallel line to
the Pacific.
Col. Thos. A. Scott, Major Frank s. Bond
and ex-Gov. John C. Brown. of Tennessee.
appeared for the Texas Pacific, and c. p.
Huntington and G. II. Sheriff. for the Central
and Southern Pacific.
Col. Scott presented the advantages of .
competing trans-cOntinental line to the gov
eminent and the people, and showed not only
the interest OF the government in having the
Texas Pacific promptly constructed by reason
OF the great economies it would secure in its
military, Iadian and postal transportation
through the cheap transportation thereby
provided, and by the ability it would thereby
possess to solve humanely and efficiently the
Indian question. But it is also the duty of
the United States to construct the same in
order to comply with its treaty obligations,
assumed when Arizona and New Mexico were
purchased.
He also called attention to the fact that the
constant border troubles with Mexico made it
imperative that the government should have
prompt facilities for moving troops and sup
plies and that the military defense of the en-
tire Pacific coast rested solely upon single
line Liable to serious interruption during the
winter months of the year. He spoke of the
great benefits to be conferred upon the people
through the provisions of the bill. securing
the road as an open highway, without dis
elimination, to all connecting lines, and also
giving Congress the power to so regulate the
rates of traffic as to allow no speculation or
individual profit. but simply to maintain the
line and protect the actual capital invested.
He showed the great advantage to the
South and to all sections by the employment
which would be given to mines, factories,
furnaces and to many thousands of idle Ia
borers in building of the road and its equip
ment, and adverted to the fact that some
such measure was needed to restore conf
dence and revive our PROSTATE industries.
He showed that the liability to be assumed
by the governm mt was but nominal; that it's
own transportation would take care OF it, and
that it was secured by first mortgage by
the net receipts from lands by deposit Of
$4,000 per mile of bonds and by all the earn
iDgs Of the line
Col. Scott took the opportunity to refute
certain charges against his own personal
credit made for the purpose, he said, of
damaging the Texas and Pacific Road, and
had the happiness Of stating that he owed no
man anything.
Major Bond. Vice President of the Texas
and Pacific Road, presented an array of
figures, showing that the net earnings uf the
present Pacific road we're ten times the
amount necessary to protect the governments
guarantee of interests on the Texas and
Pacific Londs, and that the government would
save from 1000, 600 to 81, OO0, 600 per year by
the building OF the road, and gave the figures
to demonstrate that the moment the Pacific
Road obtained control Of the Pacific mail they
raised the rates on freight from so to 100 per
cent, 80 that the people are now paying an
extra ST, OOO, 600 per annum for the benefit of
the stockholders of the construction COM
pany that built the Central Pacific Road, and
similar corporations.
Major Bond showed that the Southern Pa
cfic of California wa, but the Central Pacific
under another name, and that it was fJlly to
expect the Central Pacific to build COM
peting road to itself MIR. Huntington who
appeared for the Central and Souihsrn Pa
cific presented the claims of the Southern Pa
cifc to build the line from Fort Yuma east,
until it should meet the Texas and Pacific
building west.
He claimed that they were anxious to have
the road completed, as they felt sure it was
needed to develop the country through which
it would pass, and that in addition to the
local wealth of Arizona, New Mexico and
Texas, there would be large through trade
between the Pacific coast and the waters Of
the Gulf of Mexico.
He seemed to entertain no doubt that the
road would pay, but asked that the land
grant heretofore made to the Texas and
Pacific, should be bestowed upon the South
ern Pacific, of California, for the number of
interests 10 the Southern Pacific and Central
Pacific were held by the same parties, but
claimed that that was no reason why they
should not be allowed to aid in building the
line.
The committee, without any action. ad-
journed for one week, when they will re-
sune consideration OF the question.
Senator Conover's bill to provide for uni
form duty on sugar proposes that on and
sitter the 3Oth of next June, in lieu of the du.
ties now imposed on sugar, there shall be
imposed and collected on all imported sugars,
without regard to grade or standard, a uni
form duty of - cents per pound.
CoNFIRMArro TONS - Whtefeld, Attorney
Northern Mississippi; Sibiey, Postmaster,
Huntsville, Ala; Fitzhugh, NAtchez. MISS,
and SIX Cunsuls.
WASHINGTON NOTES.
WASHISGroS Jan l9-There Was q Cabinet