Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-12-25
DOMESTIC NEWS.
RalIroaa s,stem IN Mexico.

Railroad system In Mexico.
NEW YORK. December 24th The members
of the Committee on the Organization of a
Railroad System in Mexico, who were APP
pointed at q meeting held at Delmonico's on
November 11th last met yesterday pursuant
to order of Chairman Grant, at which the
following gentlemen were present: General
Grant, Chairman Senior Matias Romero,
THONGS Nickerson, representing the Mexican
Central Railway Company; Edward ID.
Adams, OF the Mexican Central and Sonora
r .ilroad Company; Huntington, OF the
Southern Pacific Railroad Company /; Jay
Gould, Of the Missouri Pacific Railroad Com
pauy; Henry c. Marquand, of the Iron
Mountain Railroad Company; Kennedy, of
the International X abroad Company f; Jay
Henry Cook and Frank s. Bond, of the
Texas Pacific; J. B. Herison, of the
Missouri and Kansas and Texas, Cen
eral Palmer and Mr. Westhofer,
representing the Mexican Construction
c. mpany. and Thomas Jefferson Coolidge of
Bottom, President of the Atchison, Topeka
and Santa Fe Railroad Company, who were
also invited. were unable to attend. Adams
read the report of the majority of the sub
committee appointed at the previous meeting
the both of November last-to the effect
that the subcommittee found it impossible to
harmoniZe all the interests involved. Adams
added, by way of explanation, that the Mex
lean Central Railroad Company and the So
nora Railroad Company were In favor OF a
Substitute union among all the interests likely
TO be affected by the organization OF the gen.
eral railway system in Mexico, but the par
ties interested in the Mexican Construction
Company were not disposed to agree to any
plan looking to that end. Gould handed in
paper which he desired to be taken as the
minority report, and which presents the fol,
lowing basis for an agreement and plan OF
JOINT action.
First-That all the parties who already held
charters from Mexico, together with signeTs OF the
report shall agree jointly to construct any road or
roads required by the necessities of Mexico and by
their interests, each party having equal rights
in all roads built under this agreement. In OF
this agreement being adopted, work is to be con-
tinued on the lines OF railroad now building under
existing Mexican charters, in accordance with the
terms OF those charters until the proper modiica-
ton OF those charters shall have been asked and
obtained from the Mexican Government. With
view to make them all conform to such other grants
as the combination may ask and obtain from
Mexico, a vested interests and expenditures al
ready made are to be equa ly provided for.
Second-That the present chartered interests
shall continue to construct their several respective
roads, and that each of the sgners of the report
may obtain the right to build and may build their
line or lines Of roads as in their judgments may be
required for their respective interests binding them
selves not to build lines from the same points as
those being constructed on the frontier OF Mexico,
and also to diverGe far from those lines through
out the several routes the Typographical features
OF the cou try, situation Of the of popula-
ton and the course of commerce and climatic con-
siderations will admit.
Third-Falng in both of the above provisions
the sners disposed TO entertain, and will enter
tain, proposition submitting their respective
claims and differences in regard to these Mexican
railroads to their Chairman, General Ulysses S.
Grant. His decision thereon is to be rendered in
writing before the LIST day OF February next and
not later, which decision shall be accepted by both
parties, and obligations thereon executed to carry
II out
OSbar propositions were submitted with
view to some general agreement, and after
protracted discussion Of them, in the course
of which strong feeling in favor of unity of
action made itself apparent, the meeting adj
iourned, subject to call at any time by its
Chairman.
Items of Washington Gossip.
WASHINGTON, December 2lth.-The South
ern Circuit Judgeship vacated by Judge
Woods promotion to the United States Su-
preme Court viii probably be filed by the
appointment of Judge Billings, formerly of
the law firm of Halleck, Peachy, Billings &
Park, and now United States District Judge
at New Orleans. Senator Kellogg says he
thinks Billings will get the place if the civil
service ideas of President Hayes prevail, but
otherwise Dan Parkee, of New Orleans, who
is Kelogg's candidate, viii be appointed. 1t
Is understood that the President had fully
made up his mind to appoint x-Attorney
General Alderman to this position, and that
in fact the papers for his nomination had
been partially made out when news of his
death arrived.
Private letters received in this city indicate
considerable certainty that Eugene Hale
will be elected to the United States Senate
TO succeed Hamblin. On the other hand,
the Lewiston Journal of the I'D quotes Con-
gressman Frye as saying that the report that
he had given up all hopes of being elected TO
tne Senate; and that he had commenced a
canvass for the Speakership of the House, is
pure invention. He will remain candi.
date for United States Senator, and considers
his chance of success as good. The develop
ments of the past week, the Journal adds,
have only increased his confidence. In this
direction prominent Maine politician now
in Washington, makes the triple prediction
that Hale win be elected to succeed Senator
Hamlin that Blaine viii go into President
Garfeld's Cabinet as Secretary Of State, and
that Frye will succeed Blaine in the Senate.
Ex-senator Mitchell, OF Oregon, is spend
ing several weeks in Washington, attending
to business before the Supreme Court and
the Interior Department.. Mrs. Mitchell,
who went to Nice last winter in feeble health,
is this winter in Paris with her two youngest
children, and nearly or quite well.
Rapid Progress of the Northern Pacific
Railroad.
NV York. December 24th.-Fred Bill.
ings, President Of the Northern Pacific Rail-
road, told Times interviewer yesterday that
General Anderson, Engineer.in- Chief, Just
returned from the Yellowstone valley, has
already contracted for ties and timber fer 200
miles on that division, and his instructions
are to accomplish in the coming year the
largest possible amount Of mileage constTuc-
ton up the Yellowstone valley, with view
OF closing up the central gap OF $40 miles,
aud having the road running through in 1888.
This central gap is from Glendine, where the
Missouri division ends, on the Yellowstone,
to the eastern end of Pen dOreiile The
Pen d'0reills division viii be completed in
the early spring. It is nearly all
graded, materials are provided on the spot.
and the track is now going down. AS
soon as it is completed, the work will be con-
tiBued without interruption eastward and
with vigorous progress up the Yellowstone,
going west, and from Lake Pen d0reille,
going east. The company confidently expect
TO close up the central gap in 1888. In adj
dition to this activity in the heart of the
continent work is to be commenced this win
ter on 100 miles across Northern Wisconsin
to Montreal river, being the extreme eastern
division of the road and steadily carried for
ward to completion. This division will form
part of the Lake Superior South Shore
line running to Sault st. Marie, and con-
meeting with the Canadian roads, and TO the
Straits of Mackinaw. connecting with the
New York Central and Pennsylvania system.
1t also makes new connection with Milwau-
kee and Chicago by the Wisconsin Central.
Besides the work on the central gap and en-
the Wisconsin division the company propose
during the coming year TO begin connection
on the western end OF the Pen d0reiIle
division with tide water.
Train Delays on-the Overland Railroad.
New YoRK. December 24th.-A resident
of Oakland, Cal, complains to the Tribune
that the daily overland mail has been delayed