The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1878-02-01

five Hundred thousand Acres or
Land IN Minnesota Claimed by
Rival Railroad COpspau les.
[St. Paul tMinn Pioneer-Press Jan. 20.l
The Pinleer.Press the other day mo-
Il ed the act that Governor Hillbu'y de-
tefmined 10 trans er about 900 0D acres OF
land TO tho 8 Paul and Pacfi Rsilroad
company, that smount OF iIs land grant
having been earned by the g mpany In the
completion Of Its 70 vi from point sou.h
OF Glynd on nOrthward to Gro kst n. This
action .oi the governor has consequently
agitated tho N'rthern aciae Railroad
COMPANY, and its attorneys have proces :.
cd TO die notices Of lee endens In The ots.
ces.of the register OF deed IN The counties
Of vi kin, Otter Tail, Becker, Clay, Pc X,
Todd, Douglas, and probably Others, ny
which the c mpany gives warning TO the
purchasers that They lave claim or lien up
on the lands IN gu ion II Is known that
cnnte 4 has been going on Tor hall doz
en- years between the two or, al ,Ilroad
comp MES aboVe.nsmed, rs " viii n {, eH.
titled TO the land grant at the intersection
Of these two roads ut 1yndon. embracing
the Alternate sections upon q "trip fhrty
miles wide by eighty miles 10. &, ami tx.
ink In, 1t Is said, something IKE $4,000
acres OF land, There are good many
knotty points TO be solved in tLis contrv-
yersy, which only the lawy erD who have
studied the case can intelligen ly explain,
but 1t seems TO stand In general wa, like
this: The Northern Pacfc.hss land n ant
of twenty sections 10 the mile, anu The
principal point is as to which was the fret
10 claim the lands at the G,yndoi crossing.
It is alleged that the st. Paul anu Pacld
IVES the first TO locate its hue, but the
Northern Pacefc fret 10 build its road anu
occupy the ground. II ght here come IN
several collateral questions, such as that
the original cor gresrional land grant OF ls57
to the 81. Paul and Pacific contemplated a
route from st, Paul to ST. Cloud and Crow
Wing, and thence DoIlhw, sicily to st. Vim.
cent, which route was changed by congress
In 1911. from st. Cloud up The s4uk valley
to AlexaDdris, Fergus Falls, aa 3iyndon,
and the1ce norsh~Ard 10 ST. Vincent
VIVA, feet th- change Of base will have up
on the geLeTal,resu I,msins 10 be test u
in the courts.''Nl ere The case has I ral long
time been pending. he compIicatl NJ are
-uch that the executive oiliclr. OF the gen
eyal gOverI mcnt SET N 10 be as MP, Ia the
dark upon the merits OF the question rs
everybody cl-e, and sccret1lits Dslano and
Chandler held oppo'!te view. upon the
sui ject--0He believing that the e.. Paul and
Pacific is entitled 10 The dispat, d land,
and the other con, !deiing he clam Of tn.
NO "a ''' - - . - H. h.-.. IL. tLis
emergency the United ~ Ies cOurJ wui
he c,lltd upon TO decide The point at issue;
a1d that the contet may he speedy set.
tied is devoutly 10 &c wished, in view of
the eager demani OF settlers for nom ,stead
VI n hat immense section OF di,pltet q r.
r tory. But ss large bode, move slowly,
and ~ Do,hng csn be m ch slower than
large sui in the CDiied States courts, me
pro. peci that The EN- 1 OF this trouble viii
re seen 10 the lifetime Of people now liy.
ing !. not particularly brillisnt