The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1878-10-23
Dill AND IuE NgSE MILLsOs
STEAL

The organs Il The railroad candl
date for Governor, Andre@ IL. Dill
having denied his guilty participa
ton in the attempted Nine Millioi
Steal. il becomes our duty 10 piac'
his record before our readers. II
will be seen that "thc child OF th'
circuit" ia this, as upon all other leg
islation entailing surrender oI
rights upon the part Of the Common
wealth at the biddisg Of corporations
was faithful to the greedy powers
which placed him 10 the Legislature
Ii was only after the guhernatoria
maggot had entered his head, that b
awakened to the necessity Of an oe
casional recognition Of the wishes
interests and rights Of the people
Senate bill 1910, better known n
the "Nine Million Steal was rail
roaded through both Houses within
forty-eight hours after it, iatfoduc
tion. Ii was entitled AN Act 10 IA
cililate and seeure the construction
of an additional railway connection
between the waters Of the Susque
hanna and the great lakes, Canada
and the northwestern States. by ex
tending the aid and credit Of certain
corporations to the jersey Shore
Pine Greek aud Bllfaio Railway
Company, and in like manner to aid
the construction CT the Piitsburg
Virginia and Charleston Railway
the Ciearield and Builal3 Railway.
and the Erie aud Allegheny Eail
way" The preamble sets forth The
Importance TO the State CT an addi
iioEai connection of the anthracite
and bituminous coal fields through
the building Of the above mentioned
roads. thereby adding greatly TO the
taxable values for Stale, county and
municipal purposes, etc Section
one authorized the Jersey Shore,
Pine Greek and Buffalo Railroad
Company 10 execute irst mortgage
10 the amount Of Elk million dollars,
which should cover their eH;ire lice
Of road, 70 secure the paymeut Of six
millions Of the bonds Of The Pennsyi.
yania Railroad Company, then in
the sinking fund Of the State, and
Aich were 10 be delivered to said
jersey Shore, Pine Creek aBd Buf.
falo Railroad Company the pro-
ceeds Of said bonds 10 be applied TO
tbe building of the jersey Shore
road. Section TWO provided that the
50. 800. .O00 If Allegheny Valley Rail.
road bonds, then in the hands Of the
Commissioners Of the Sinking Fund,
together with oil the guarantees con-
necsed there gith, be appropriated
for aiding ID The development Of GER
al districts Of the common wealth,
gs foliOns: To The Pitlsbarg, Viz
ginia al Charleston Railroad ST.
800, coo 10 toe Clcarield and Buffalo
Rail~ J Company, 81 400, 900; TO the
Erie lid Allegheny Railway Com
pany, $500, ,0g9-for which the State
was to receive the bonds, respective
~, hearing the same interest, matur-
ing the same time as the bonds the
State then held, in pro rata proper
ton from each company, "all Of
which shall be secu ed by & second
mortgage Cpon those lines, the ssid
companies limiting their first mort
gage 10 an amount not exceeding
$4,000 per mile, etc.
On March l7tb, the foregoing bill
was read and laid upoa the table.
la fsw minutes thereafter g mOtion
was made 10 proceed 10 second
reading anG consideration of the bin,
and the yeas and nays were required
by Messrs. Brown, Uf Clarion, and
ShuslCck, Of Beaver Mr. Dill, with
fifty-three others, voted for the mo-
ton. Mr. Brown raised the p0in, OF
order that it required a two-ihird
vote to carry he motion; but The
chair decided Tie polut not well tax
en-, and Messrs. Brown and B0ileau
appealed from the decision-.he chair
being sustained by A. IL Dill, OF Un-
ion, and City eight others. A motion
TO postpone consideration was voted
Down, Dill voting No. a motion TO
adjourn was voted down, Dill voting
against il. The bill was then par
upon it's passage on second reading
and Mr.. Dill voted for it every time.
Next day, March 18th, the bill was
put upon third reading and passed,
Dill, OF Union, voting for IL
The above bill took from the sink.
ing fund 80 800, 900 Of bonds amply
secured, of which the interes. and
part Of the principal were annually
paid, substituting therefor the mort
gage bonds of projected aud expert
mental roads, thus jeopardiziog the
safety of the funds.
On February 5Jh, 1870, bin No.
1875, "An Act to authorize railroad
companies TO lease or become les
sees, and to make contracts with eth
er railroad companies. corporations
and parties, was introduced and re-
fsrred TO the Committee oa Railroads
This bin was inIeaded 10 build up j
railway monopoly and enable com.
paries, through lack Of competition
u exact enormous freight tariffs, and
may be considered the foundation Of
the freight determinations. On tho
l9.h Of February the bill was re
ported 10 the House. GA tae 2O.t
II passed through It's seversl read
ings and was adopted, Mr. y II
Dill voting Tor it al every stage.
How Gcor-ta MA. ge-er.e-~reti