The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1879-12-16

ter, have decided to recommend that party in
the Senate to commit itself to the policy of
non-action in regard to any and all legislation
affecting the currency, whether gold, green
backs or silver during the present session.
The committee are unanimous with the ex-
ception of Morrill,, who will recommend that |
greenbacks be divested of their legal tender |
power, and that some provision be made for
their retirement t
Representative Fort had another interview
with the President yesterday in relation to |
the latter's recommendations concerning the |
greenbacks and Gen. Forts adverse resolu- |
ton now pending before the House Commit |
tee on Banking and Currency Particular
reference was made to the apparently conflict |
ing statements published in regard to their |
former interview, and the President assured
! Gen. Fort that there was no essential differ
ence between them. ~. .
NEW YORK, Dec. 9.--The Times says of
the reported union of the two southwestern
railroads: "The accomplishment of the
scheme will give to the people Of this country
rival to the Union and Central Pacific and
will therefore, to a great extent, undo the re-
| suits of the combination of the Vanderbilt
and Gould clique in establishing their railway
| monopoly across the continent The st.
| Louis and San Francisco Railway Company
| succeeded the Atlantic & Pacific Railroad
| Company which was organized under act of
Congress approved July 27, 1866, granting
| them charter to build roads from st. Louis
to the California coast. They surveyed a
route through Missouri, Indian Territory,
New Mexico, Arizona and California, but
built only to Vinita, in Indian Territory.
! The South Pacific railroad, originally the
Southwest branch of the Pacific railroad of
| Missouri, and recently purchased by Jay
Gould, was connected with the Atlantic &
Pacific railroad, October rs, 1870. In 1875
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by foreclosure the reorganlzed company took
its present name. .l
The Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Co.
was originally organized in 80 and reorgan-
lied in March, '63. 1t extends from Atchison,
Kansas, across the State and through parts of
Colorado and New Mexico to Albuquerque,
on the Rio Grande, within short distance Of
where the surveyed route of the Atlantic d
Pacific Company crosses that river.
The branch of the latter road, which was
formerly the South Pacific railroad, runs from
Atchison to Kansas City. Both roads have
ample connection from the east to the west
in the termini of the Erie, Pennsylvania and
Baltimore & Ohio roads, the chief ones being
the Chicago u Rock Island and Chicago d
Alton roads, neither of which is likely to fall
into the hands of the Vanderbilt-Gould
clique. Both roads have large land grants
from the State governments. After leaving
the Rio Grande the old surveyed route of the
Atlantic Il Pacific railroad continues between
thirty-tive and thirty-six degrees of latitude
through Bernadillo, Valencia and Santa Anna
counties, Arizona, then down nearly one de-
gree OF latitude in San Bernadino county,
!. thence into Kern county, leaving which it
, takes an upward course parallel with the
!, coast, to San Francisco.
WASHINGTON, Dec 9.-The Senate with
out debate or discussion, this afternoon con-
firmed the nomination of Secretary McCreary
:, to be U. s. Circuit Judge for the Eighth Cir
cult.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 9-Owen N. Denny,
of Oregon, who was to-day nominated as
Consul General at Shanghai, will replace
Bailey, now recalled, who is the man against
whom Col. Mosby made charges of illegal
retention of fees in a letter recently pub
lished. Denny has been a consul applicant
= for some time. 1t is very generally expected
, that Minister Stewards retirement by resigna-
! ton will be the next announcement con-
nectei with Chinese consular and diplomatic
affairs.
E Boston, Dec. 9.-The city election is
, bringing out full votes. The various tickets
are being scratched extensively. A novel
;, feature of the election is the presence OF
women at the polls where they were cour.
teously, treated. The majority of women
registered have voted. The polling places
u were never so quiet and orderly as to-day.
+: Senator Blaine being interviewed YESTERDAY
u said he would be compelled to vote agains
Sherman's recommendation that the lega
= tender clause be stricken from greenbacks a:
}, he thought it would work great injustice tc
e the majority of the people of the country
e He Thought it best to have each bank in the
: country redeem in coin as soon as there was
l. sufficient accumulation of it. He would le
k the legal tender notes alone for the present
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