The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1878-01-10


mittee of the last HouS. was considered
friendly to Mr.. Scott. Our distinguished
Senator, Mr. Lamar, was Chairman, anu
certainly strong supporter OF tue
Texas Pacific Com pany's measure On
the oath day of January. 1877. Mr.. Lamar,
from the Committee on Pacific RaiiroaGs,
reported a substitute for bills. Ill. r. 20,
| 50, 472, 1885, 1905 and 3l4e a bill ito secure
an early completion of trans -continentai
| line of railway on, or near, the thirty-sec
ond parallel of north latitude" In the
| first section of this bill, We fine this: Ana
authority is hereby granted to the Southern
Pacific Railroad Company (of California;,
corporation organic I'd under the laws OF
California, being the same corporation
mentioned in the twenty third eection of
the said Act, of March Sd. 1871, to extend,
| lay out. locate. construct, furnish, maintain
aud enjoy its line of railroad and telegraph,
| from point at or near FIT. Yuma. on the
Colorado river, eastward CATER completing
/ its line from its present terminus at or near
Indian Wells TO the same point On the Col
oradO river). along the route or line OF the
| Texas and Pacific Railway Company, as
described i'm said act, or, if more practical
| BILE route or line on or near the thirty sec
ond parallel of north latitude is found. then
along such more practicable route or line
until it shall meet and connect with the
| constructed road and telegraph of said Tex
| as and Pacific Railway Company at the des-
ignated point OF junction. one hundred miles
/
! said. That for the purpose OF aiding in the
construction and securing the speedy COM
| pletion of said railroad and telegraph line
| there is hereby m AIDE to said Southern Pa
citic Railroad Company, its successors and
assigns, the same grants of right OF way,
and of alternate sections of the public lands
| adjacent to the line of said railroad and
telegraph, and of every other right, power,
/ privilege and immunity which, by the
terms of the said act Of March 81, 1SI,
and any amendments thereto, were made,
| granted. and given TO the Texas and Pacific
Railway Company, to enable it co construct
| that part of it's road in Arizona and New
| Mexico, west of said point of junction, In
as full and am pie manner as the Texas
and Pacific Railway Company could con-
struct that part of said line west of SAID
point of junction, undsr the authority
heretofore given to that Company; and all
the rights, privileges, powers, and anthor-
ity of the Texas and Pacific Railway Com
pany west OF the point OF junction atore-
said, Zone hundred miles by the line of the
road west of Ell Paso) shall be held to
have lapsed and terminated tor the pur-
poses in this act mentioned and subject to
the provisions of this act: ProUided, That
nothing in this act shall be construed TO du-
plicate any land grant on any part OF said
line"
And in same section: "And should the
Texas and Pacific Railway Company fail
to accept the provisions of this act
within three months from the date of its
approval, or, having accepted, fail to COM
/ ply with les provisions, or any of them, and
| to build continuous line of road from Fit.
Worth to the designated point Of junction,
within the time prescribed herein, then the
| Southern Pacific Railroad Company shall
have the right, without further legislation
or judicial action, to build on eastwardly to
| meet and connect with the western termi
| nus of the completed road of said Texas and
| flo oil hat
| purpose shall have and enjoy, and become
| invested with, all the powers. privileges
and grants, heretofore, and in this act,
made to the Texas and Pacific Railway
Com pany, on such part Of said line as it
| shall so construct"
| There is no substantial difference as far
as the relation of the two railroad COM
| panies are concerned between this bill of
| the committee, presented by Mr.. Lamar,
and the bill offered by myself. The rights,
| functions, grams, etc. Of the Texas Pacific,
| are az absolutely transferred to the South
ern Pacific by one bill as by the other. One
bill says the point of junction shall be zone
hundred miles west of ElPasso," and the
| other Dat or near ElPasso.'
Now he newspapers so much dis
satisfied with my bill never ex-
pressed a VOID of detriment to the La
mar bill, neither did any advocate of the
Texas Pacific. There is no difference, yet
we hear from papers that advocated one
bill and have the other in their possession,
| that one bill is the one thing needful to the
South, and the other is s'cruel blow at the
interest of the South" If one is good, both
are good, as far as they affect the relation
of the two roads. They are both good for
they,to quote Mr. Lamar's bill, are "to secure
the early completion of line of railway
on the 32nd parallel and if Mr. Hunting
ton will not build, as is charged, then my
bill provides that the Texas Pacific shall
build on until it connects with the Southern
Pacific and there is nothing whatever to
prevent its building to Fort Yuma if the
Southern Pacific prefers to stand still
Turn and twist the matter as anxiously as
they please the Texas Pacific men can only
find that every provision of my bill is to
hasten the completion of the road.
wish to repeat that not word of detri-
ment to the Lamar bill can be shown in
single paper that advocates the Sec tt road
Does it not look little singular that
should be called on to defend my bill by
the same papers which so ardently espoused
its counterpart less than one year ago !? Is
| iG possible that the explanation lies in the
| following lines taken from the third sec ion
of Mr.. Lamar's bill "And the bonds OF the
| said Southern Pacific Railroad Company
shall be executed by said company, at the
rate of 1000 per mile for that part of tue
line eastwardly OF the Colorado river to the
point of designated junction in New Mexi-
| co, and $4,000 per mile for the San Diego
connection. subject to all provisions of this
section" Preceding this quotation, Gin the
same section), it was provided that the
bonds should be due so years after date,
payable Gin gold,'' bearing interest at 5 per
| cent. pay able semi-annually in gold coin y
and further, "and the Secretary of the
Treasury shall indorse for, and in the name
of the United States, a guarantee of the in
terest on the bonds so issued and deposited
| by such company, ETC."
| That feature of the bill of year ago, CHI am
pioned by jealous Southern papers, has
been omitted in my bill, which asks for no
guarantee of interests; and as the Southern
Pacific is willing to accept and does accept
passage is thereby removed. In making
| bill two things are of first consideration. to
| draft the bill to effect It's object: and to