Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1878-09-06
RAILROAD ACCOUNTS.
Railroad Auditor French Explains the
Recent Act of CongrcSs-Mhat Roads
are Under His Particular Supervision.
MAsAIngLoM SroNlNl.

are Under His Particular Supervision.
Washington Special,
rhsophiluS French. auditor Of rail
road accounts, created by the new law,
Is daily receiving letters from railroad
companies showing that the law is not
understood, some railroads which
come under the provisions II the net
have refused to comply with il. claim
ing that they are exempt, Accordingly.
Mr., French, III order that there may be
no misunderstanding, gives the follow
ing interpretation Of the law, and class
lilies theloadS upon which its provisions
are mandatory
The question is often asked what rail-
roads are included III the act 10 create
IN auditor Of railroad accounts. and for
other purposes, $ recently passed. Sec
tion ) Of the act says: "All railroad
companies whose roads are in whole or
II part west, north, or south Of the Mis-
souri, river, "a which the United States
have granted any loan OF crcdid or sub.
Sidv III bonds or lands Sec. & OF the
act says: This act shall applvto any
and all persons and corporations into
whose hands either Of sand railroads
shall lawfully come, rs well Ms the or
iginal company As to geographical
limits, IT is held that the line upon VIII Oh
said limits are u he determined are n
longitudinal one, 80 deg. min and lt
sec. west, running north and south,
from which To determine what roads
are west of the Missouri river, and n lat
itudinal one. IS deg, IS min. and ! sec.
north, running directly west from thc
junction of the Missouri with the Mis-
Sissippi river, from which to determine
what roads are north and south of the
Missouri river; and il is further held
that whether the grants were directly
made Ia corporations, OF indirectly
through states to corporations, those
railroads are the recipients of lands
and subsidies, and subject TO the con-
ditions in the net granting lands. The
companies embraced within this con
struction Of the act have been divided
into five classes, MS follows:
Flrst-ihe Union Pacific and Gem
trial Pacific, to each Of which bonds
and land have been granted, and both
of which are included in the sinking
fund act approved May I, 1873.
Second-'rhe Kansas Pacific, Sioux
City 4 Pacific, and Central Branch OF
the Union Pacific, to each Of which
bonds and lands have been granted, but
which are not included in the sinking
fund act
Third The Denver Pacific, to which
lands only have been granted, hat which
is considered an extension Of the Union
Pacific.
Fourth The Texas 4 Pacific, south
Pacific, Northern Pacific, st. Louis 4
san Francisco, Atlantic Il Pacific, Bur
lington 4 Missouri River in Nebraska.
the Oregon 4 California, and the Oregon
Central, to all of which lands have been
granted directly us corporations under
certain conditions
Fiith-'The Hannibal 4 st. Joseph,
the ST. Louis, Iron Mountain Il South
crn, the Missouri Pacific, the Little
Rock 4 Forth Smith, the Memphis 4
Little Rock, the Missouri, Kansas 4 TcN-
~, the Atchson Topeka & Santa Fc,
Leavenworth, Lawrence 4 Galveston,
the Missouri River, Fort Scott 4 the
Gulf, the st. Joseph 4 Western, the
North Louisiana 4 Texas, the Louisi-
ana & Texas (Morgan's,) the Chicago,
Burlington& Quincy, the Chicago, Rock
Island X Pacific, the Cedar Rapids 4
Missouri River, the Dubuque 4 Sioux
City, the Iowa Fails 4 Sioux City, the
Sioux City 4 st. Paul, the st. Paul 4
Sioux CITY the Chicago, Milwaukee 4 ST.
Paul, the Chicago Il Northwestern wi
mona & st. Peter the Southern Mime
sofa, the ST. Paul 4 Duluth, the st. Paul
4 Pacific, st. Vincent Extension, the
Wisconsin Central, the West Wisconsin
(now Chicago, ST. Paul Il Minneapolis, J
and the North Wisconsin, TO all ofwhich
grants Of land have been made through
tile states, with certain conditions.