Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-04-01

gwen the lady from Sumatra, chattering
their disgust at the keepers partiality. Not
wlthstand1ng the frequent congratulations
received by Mr.. Cocoanut-Squealer during
the day, he did not seem so greatly pleased as
might have been expected under the circum-
Frank Murphy started the report that '.the
old man was sorry that it was not boy.''
THE NORTHERN PACIFIC.
distract of the Bill No,c Before the Senate.
The New York Tribune gives the following
abstract of the Northern Pacific bill. We
understand it to be the bill which passed the
Nipple Mitchell committee on Saturday by
six to two:
The Senate committee on railroads will
undoubtedly dispose of the bill extending
the time for the completion of the Northern
Pacific railroad tomorrow, by agreeing to
the substitute which has been prepared.
This substitute extends the time for con-
structing the main line of the road by the
way of the valley of the Columbia river and
Portland, Ore, to Kalama, Washington, Ter
ritory, eight years, on the express condition
that where presumption and homestead
claims were initiated, or private entries to
locations were allowed upon lands embraced
in the grant to the company previous to the
receipt of orders for the withdrawal of the
respective district land Offices, the. lands en-
braced in such entry shall not be held as
within the grant to the said company, and
shall be patented to the persons who have
lawfully entered them.
The substitute also provides for the pat
enting of all unadjusted and suspended en-
trio ir,& bo lor
opening to -emption and sale by the
government of all the lands granted to the
railroad company until they shall have been
earned by the company, and the title trans
ferred from the government to it. All
moneys received by the government for
lands granted to the company are to be in
vested in United States bonds, and the pro-
ceeds paid over to the company whenever
the lands shall have been earned. All iron
and coal lands granted to the Northern Pa
ciic railroad company are excepted from
presumption, but the secretary Of the inte-
rior is authorized to dispose of them under
the provisions of the existing laws. The
extension of time for the construction of
the Northern Pacific Railroad does not APP
ply to the main line north of Tacoma nor to
the branch line of that road across the Cas-
cade mountains to Puget Sound in Wash
ington Territory, and all lands granted to
| the company for those and not earned by it
at the date of the approval of the pro-
posed act, are to be restored to the public
domain, to be dealt with as other public
lands.
The extension of time proposed is on the
| following conditions
First-That the Northern Pacific railroad
shall be built from the mouth of Snake river.
or some other suitable point east, or at the
town of Umatilla, in Oregon, to Portland,
Oregon, and to Kalama, Washington Terri
| tory, on the south side of the Columbia
| river.
| Second-That the work upon it shall be-
gin within nine months after the approval of
the act.
Third not less than thirty-three
miles of the main line from Portland, Ore
gon, eastward, shall be constructed during the
first year, twenty-five miles during each
succeeding year, and sufficient amount on
the eastern end to make in all one hundred
miles year of the main line until the com
pletion of the road, which must take place
within eight years from the date of the
passage of the act. A failure either to be-
gin or prosecute the construction and equip
ment Of the line in the time and manner
specified is to be followed by forfeiture OF
all the rights, grants, privileges and fran
chises given in the bill, and those rights, etc.
shall inure to the benefit of the Portland
Salt Lake and South Pass railroad on the
same condition as those under which the
grant is made to the Northern Pacific com
pany.
4 The bill authorizes the Northern Pacific
company to issue bonds not exceeding in
amount $4,000 to the mile to aid in the
construction and equipment of the road, and
to mortgage its property for the security OF
those bonds.
The lands granted to the company will
not be subject to taxation until they shall
have been sold or conveyed, or contracted tc
be conveyed, from the company itself. Ar
additional section of the bin transfers the
land grant made to the branch line of the
i Northern Pacific railroad across the Cascade
mountains, amounting in all to 7,OOO,OO(
acres, to the Portland, Salt Lake & South
Pass railroad company, on conditions SINH
lar to those under which the grant is ex
tended to the Northern Pacific company.
Senator Mitchell, chairman of the rail
road committee, says that 1t is the determin
alton of his committee to get the bill befor,
cideded opposition to it, but it is said b,
those who are in position to judge intelli
gently, that the bill will be reported formal,
to the Senate tomorrow.
Purchases of Northern Pacific Lands a
Winona.
Daily Republican,
Sales of farming lands on the lines of tn
Northern Pacific railroad are going on &C
lively at the Office of Mr.. John B. Fellows
John Ludwig has purchased GAO acres o,
Maple river, west of Fargo; Mr.. N. Monc]
has bought $40 acres in the same vicinity;
section has been taken by Messrs. L. r
Brooks, VIM. Garlock and Frank Prentis
of the second national bank; Mr.. Ames, tn
well known miller of Mortified, has pur
!, chased a section in the same locality; Mr.. O
N. Hart has also boughta section-64O acre
lin this vicinity. Mr.. VIM. Benz, th
blacksmith near Sugar Loaf, took half sec
ton; Mr.. Peter Bub half section; Mr.. Joh1
Jasmer half a section; Mr.. Jacob Kern, hal
section; Mr.. VIM. Grouseneik, a quartz
section; Mr.. Christian Schoesow, quartz
section; Mr.. Henry Pfankuch, half section
, party of several families from Mt. Vernon
including the Ditmers, Piper and severa
others, left here on Tuesday last, with stock
farming implements and household goods
destined for Cass county, on the Northern
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