The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1878-02-16

The argument before tbs senate COM
mittee on railroads, on tho Texas and
Pacific question, was continued until TO-
day, by Major Bond, vice president OF
that company. lie called special at-
tentlon to the Gweaty'two feet OF wa
ter In the San DIEGO harbor andin COM
parlson with the shallow water OF the
San Pedro bay, which the Southern
Pacific, california, proposed TO make
the western terminus of their road,
where every thing Is to be lightened'
He showed that the entire line ON the
thirty-second parallel from the Mis-
sissippi river to the Pacific coast was
but seventeen hundred andsixty seven
miles, four hundred and fifty miles
shorter than the present line, and that
the government and the public, while
having the advantage OF this great re-
duction In the haul, would also nave
the immense additional advantage OF
having to pay on but sixty.four NIL
lions of capital, as against twenty-five
millions on the present line. lie
claimed that in no way could the coun-
try be benefited by being compelled
to use Mr.. Huntington's present line,
from Fort Yuma to San Francisco, rs
it alone was represented by capital
account of sixty seven millions, the in'
terest on which must be paid by trai-
tlc passing over it, being more than the
interest on the entire Texas aad Pacific
line from the Mississippi to San Diego
He contended that the best evidence
OF the good faith Of the Texas aud Pa
ciflc company was its offer to place the
entire control of rates in congress, not
only on the line to be constructed, bu'
on the four hundred and fifty miles AL
ready built. de quoted from the re-
ports of the Central and Southern Pa
cific companies to show that theil
main line to San Francisco had beer
saddled with sixteen hundred miles o.
subsidiary branches, SO that the TWEEN
ty two hundred miles operated in tina
one interest was represented by sun
of $3.50 COO. 900, and on this enormous
ann the transcontinental traffic OF TIM
country was required to pay tribute.
Major Bond also claimed that no
only was the Southern Pacific of Call
fornis in default in not having built
continuous line between Yuma ant
San Francisco, but even the part o
the line that had been built was win
ont authority of law, that compan,
having failed to comply with the re
mir, ments of California Legislation
and until hey had SO complied Wit
California statutes, and with the ac'
of congress, they were not IN p0sitio
to appear before committee anu a.
sert the rights of the Texas and Pacif
company, whose good faith could nj
be questioned.
|. Major Bond asserted that by thu
=, eyading the statutory Requirement
they had illegally obtained possessi'
of over seven millions acres OF lah
Y which of right to day should be open
= to settlement, instead of being prac
= cally divided among four private In
=. viduals.
Major Bond closed by reading te
" grams from California, showing u
N the Southern Pacific had no mater
n nm hand to extend their line east
20 Yuma, and claimed their floating d
=, was so heavy that they had no fu'
or credit to build an additional line
this time.
20 The argument will be continued
morrow.
Nominations ayard Taylor, n
n later to Germany; John Baller,
Illinois, minister to Venezuela; '
liam Goodlove, of Kentucky, mini
to Belgium.
Z, House-Bllls passed removing