The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-05-13
WASHINGTON. A
Pacific Railroad Subsiif les.
LatiOnal Associated Press to the Star

WASHINGTON, May 13. - The amended
Texas Pacific Railroad Bill introduced in
the Senate by Senator Johnson of Virginia,
is attracting the support of nearly the en-
tire Southern Representatives in both
Houses, and it is believed that the bill will
pass at an early day. Each of the Compa-
nies receiving aid from the Government
under the provisions of this bill is obliged
at all times to transport supplies, munitions
and materials of war, United States mails,
etc, for which they shall receive credits
until the money advanced shall be returned
to the United States Treasury, principal and
interest; and if the whole is not returned
within twenty years then the balance due
shall be paid out of the earnings OF the
road.
The railroads included in this bill, to
which subsidy is to be paid, are as follows:
The Texas & Pacific Railway Company,
from its terminus at Fort Worth to point
at or near El Paso, on the Rio Grande; the
Galveston, Harrisburg q San Antonio Rail
way Company, from its present terminus at
PSan Antonio, Texas, to a point at or near
El Paso, on the Rio Grande; the Interna-
tional & Great Northern Railway Company,
from Donaldsonville, Louisiana, to Orange,
Texas, and from Austin to San Antonio,
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with New Orleans; the North Louisiana &
Texas Railroad Company, from Shreveport
to Monroe, La, thus forming continuous
railroad line to Vicksburg, Miss. the Mem
phis & International Railroad Company,
and the Lake City Railroad Company, from
Jefferson, Texas, to Memphis, Tenn.
The above enumerated roads are to be as
sisted at the rate of $4,000 per mile, and
the aggregate amount will be about SIS, ,000,-
600 which will insure the completion of two
lines of road to FL Paso, on the Rio Grande,
and the connection of the same with New
Orleans, Vicksburg and Memphis, and
| to continue this system to the
Pacific Ocean. The Southern Pacific Rail
road Company agrees to meet these roads
at Ell Paso without aid from the Govern
ment of single dollar in subsidy, but
simply receiving the Texas and Pacific land
grant from Yoma, Arizona, to Ell Paso.
Gen. Butler and louisiana.
Referring to General Buffers investiga-
| ton of the Louisiana election matters on
| of this morning suggests that the dis
! tinguished Generals particular object in
getting hold of this information is to bal
ance accounts with Wayne McVcigh. The
| "My dear Pitkin" letter is recalled to mind
| by this suggestion and the subsequent
Butler and McVeigh controversy also. 1t
| is known that the General believes there
| was bargain and sale attendant upon the
recognition of the Nichols Government in
Louisiana, and it follows naturally that he
will not fail to attempt at least to connect
| McVeigh with that transaction.
He has already attempted it in fact, and
now undoubtedly proposes to succeed in it.
1t is, therefore, reasonable to suppose that
he will be the first to propose to include
| Louisiana in the investigation, and, it may
be added, will not mourn if he happens to
| step on other toes than those connected
| with the feet of Mr.. McVeigh.
Another Louisiana Tamgle.
| New York, May 13.-The Heralds Wash
ington special says a curious story hoated
about the streets there yesterday even
| ing to the effect that Levissee, one
of the Republican Electors of Louisi-
ana, recently asked for an Office in
some one of the Departments, and being
refused, lost his temper and blurted out
to the official return or decla-
ration of the vote of Louisiana, and
that he would make this
fact known to Mr. Tilden. The rumor says
that Levissee asserts that the original GER
tihcate of the Louisiana vote was found
to he lacking in some of the
legal forms; that it was sent back
to New Orleans to be corrected, that when
the new paper was drawn up Levissee was
not at hand to sign it, and that one
Kelly an employe under Governor
Kellogg, forged his signature, and finally
that some Louisiana Republicans have
taken Levissee i'll charge to prevent his
making the matter known to Mr.. Tilden's
friends. Of course the story, even if it were
true, would be of not the slightest conse.
quence, though some lawyers here pretend
to think that it might be used to raise Sc.
rious question as to the Presidential title.