The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1878-06-08

they HADtets- he WAS Oppoetu 10 auy
blu which did not Ok the eastern ter
mins OF the road on the Mississippi
BY the bill rs IL stood, there need be
no extension TO that river for years,
aud in the meantime the business
would be diverted away from the
south. All penalties or forfeitures for
not building the eastern link had been
dropped of in committee. aud he
thought there had been so much dis
trust il not trirkery about 1t, that coin
gress could fix the terminus quite as
well as the commission W hose salaries
were not provided for in the bill. He
then eontrasted the provisions of that
bill, number 9i2, with the one intro
dueed by himself, number 1856, which
provided Ior = main truck line
from San Francisco, 10y Fort Yums,
to FL Paso, from which point
there were two branches across Texas
20 Fort Worth and San Antonio. By
filing up the shor, gaps the former
would give n direct line 10 Memphis
and Vlekshurg, and the latter the
shortest route to Galveston. besides
protecting the Mexican frontier. The
committee had added another line SO
A. IN leave the Texas and Pacific line
in west Texas, aud run to ST. Louis via
Vinits, and another line SO rs TO con
Meet the gulf ports with Denver, C..lor-
ado; but after these were included, his
aiil called tor only ten thousand dollars
per mile on two thousand eight hun
dred miles OF the roads east OF FL Paso,
and would result In seven hundred
miles of new road west of that point
without subsidy.
Mr.. Lsmar's bill called for the
guarantee of sSs, $50 900 bonds, at five
per cent, for fifty years, amounting to
81, $50 dollars per mile per aunum, or
$50, 900 per mile in all; while the
greatest risk which the government
could sustain WAS the original outlay
of ten Thousand dollArs per mile,
in greepbackx. The government
could sustain no loss under his plan,
nor could the companies make profits
by fraudulent contracts. They were
required to pay the principal and four
per cent. interest within forty years or
only four Thousand dollars per mile,
which would most likely be done by
the government transportation. His
bill would set nearly three times as
many laborers. furnaces aud manufac.
tories at work as the Texas and Pacific
bill, and, what was more important.
it would give line with termini at all
important points of the Pacific, and
one also at every chief city on the
Mississippi. He was in favor of Il
genuine southern Pacific road, and
| against the spurious one.
AT the conclusion of his remarks,
Mr.. Lamar gave notice that he would
move to postpone further considera-
ton till December next. Senator
Johnson is confident his bill will ulti
mately pass.
Replying to Senator johnson, Sem
ator Lamar favored the bill as reported
from The senate committee and claim.
ed the amendment proposed would
obstruct and not promote the building
of an independent, competing high
way, connecting the cotton states with
the Pacific coast He objected to the
bill introduced by the senator from
Virginia, because it burdened the
threughiine with eight or ten local
| branches which could not be brought
| under coutrol OF congress as To freight
and fares, aud for the further reason
| that it called for the construction of
more than eight Thousand miles of
road as against one Thousand four hum
bred miles provided for by the Texas
and Pacific bill. He favored airy
amendments necessary on the Trans
| continental line in the interest of the
government and people. He gave
| notice that he would renew tomorrow
| his motion to make the Texas and Pa
cifie bin the special order for the frs.
| NrbhtHdaS III lSUcihucI.
! The life saving bill, which passed
the house yesterday, provides for If
teen additional stations on the coast OF
| Virginia and North Carolina. They
shall be open from the first of Sep
tember TO the first of May.
The Brazilian steamship bill then
came up aud SIR. Christiancy address.
ed the senate in opposition.
Mr.. Gordon introduced an amend
ment that unless the line from New
Orleans shall be started by February
first, the whole tradition subsidy shat.
lapse. The intention Of this amend
ment is TO compel the owners of the
line to establish gulf route to Brazil,
which was not imperative in the orig
inai amendment. The amendments
that steamers should touch ut Charles.
ton and Savannah from New York,
and 1t Pensacola from New Orleans
failed.
The senate h still In session. The
Brazilian mail subsidy bill passed with
the amendment limiting the contract
to i've years. The vote stood Is TO Is.
! WASHINGTON, June 6.-0overuos
Hsmpton's visit to President Hayes
had for Its object the release OF several
prisoners Imprisoned At Albany, con.
| victed under ku.klux prosecutions
whom Governor Hampton believes
we're Illegally convicted. Hr. Hayes
promised an early Investigation snd
assured Governor Hampton IL the exc.
eative c!emency was merited he would
not hesitate to extend It.
The secretary OF war has Transmit
ted to the senate q communication
from Qnartermaster General Meigs, In
reference to the recent report OF the
senate military COMMITTEES favorins
the purchase of the ground near Col
umbus, Ohio, on which . mum
her of confederate prisoner . ara
buried. He submits q list Of
other places where confederate pris-
oners are buried and an estimate oil
expenditures that would be required II
purchase and enclose the land and
work the graves. The estimate 70,
the purchase Of prison cemeteries used
during the late war Is $1,000 and in
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