, 1880-03-25
IAND-ERANT ROADS.
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Special I4pHtth to The Chicago Tribune.
WASHINGTON, y. c., March .i.-Thcre wero
sensational r,,snors sent from hero this after
nntn to the effect that tho Senate Judiclnry Com
rnitsco had decfdrd to favorably report tho Nor
gan resolution which rrovit1cs for tho forfeiture
OF I'LL public iands grnMtcd to innd.Xrnnt roads
Which arr not completed, aud TO rtstoro those
lands to tho public don,nln. The land grants of
this character aggregate something moro than
10000, 900 ot acres. ind Include the following
roads: Gulf s. Ship Island, Alabama &:
Flor1da. Coosn s. Tennessee, Mobile &
Girari, Coosa 4 Chattanooga, Alalama l.
CHATTANOOGA. formerly Northeast s. South
west AuDnma s. Wills Valley Railroads;
Pensacola & Georgia: Flortdn, Atlantic s. Gulf
Central; North Louisiana 4; Texas, formerly
Flckshurg, Shreveport & Texna Railroads: New
Orleans I,aton 1to,iKo s. v!ckshurg; st. Louis
& Iron sfountA!n: Little Rock Il Fort smith;
Detroit & Milwaukee: Houghton T. OntonHgon,
formerly Marquette 4 0ntonagnn: North wls-
consin. formerly st. Croix T. Like Superior, and
Hranch to Bayfield,: Wisconsin Central, formerly
Portage, WlnnobaRu s: Superior; st. Paul t. Pa
ellie, Vt. Vincent extension. formerly branch
to tho Rcd River of tho North: st..Pau & raclAu
Bra!narl bEnnch, formerly branch to Lake su-
perior; Hastings & Dakota; Oregon ContruI;
Atlantic l. Pacific; Texas Pacific, mud Northern
pacilo-
TIE DECISION,
however, OF tho Subcommittee Of tho Judiciary
Committee, having the mntter In charge, falls
very far short OF tho objects proposed to 10 no.
compllshcd BY this Morgan resolution. Tho Ju-
dietary Cunmittee docs not propose to cripple
any legitimate railroad enterprise whore tho
managers Ot tho rond arG Undertaking Iii good
faith to fulfill the conditions Of thetr charters;
but tue Sub Committee have decided to report
In favor Of bin which shall cause to royert tn
tho Nauonai domain all ands grant cd 10 corporl-
tons wherein tho grnnts hare lapsod without
any effort having boon !latlo 70 fnAll tho ct't,-
dftions OF tho grant, and whero tho corporations
have Ku.le cut or existence.
THIS ACTION II MADE NEcEsaARr
by tho fnet that under recent decision Of tho
United States Supreme Cnurt tho lands granted
huyo urasci 10 exist; Or mover underfaka 10 pcr-
fsSt 1 g}, To- se
Of tho United States. that tho j,ldelary Com
| An examination uf tho condition Of the land
grnnts shows TINT 2 yery. lurYe domain cnn 10
restored to the public lands out of gtnnts n'aau
Interior Department.. or which mover accepted
tho grants, and constructed their r1,nda in dlf-
| chartor. Amnng tho land -gr1.nt railroads which
would be- Infected BY nuy such bill % that under
st9otl to hnsa been agreed up9ney the subj Gum.
| to-day arr the following rqads, tho quantity of
land-gnatta to ench hHvtng bcon estimated by
low: Gulf l. ship lslalld, 65s, ,soo ncres: Coosa i
Tennessee, ,lS0 Acrcs: Mobile 4 Girnr1i, s+o,
$40 acrea; Cotsa & Chattanooga 1O,Oo1 aorgs;
| Now Orleans, l}atnH 1kongc j. Vicksburg. ,eo0,-
00 acres: st. Louis 4 Iron Mountain, loo0o
ncrGs.
! FunrE1rED RAILROAD orArrs.
10 tbs rr'tstern Assoetattd T1tss.
WAsnfN1rON, u. c., afarch 4-scnatoFs Dn-
Wis itlliuuisl Garland. and Cnr1'cnter, tho Sub
Committee Of tho Judiciary Committee to cnti-
st,ler tho jDint resolution introduced by Mr.
Morgan, md various sttnilnr measures looking
u tic forfeiture Of lnpse railroad Rrli,ts, sub
| m!tted rornrt to tho full COmnltto9 to-day,
| recommending tho passaKp at a htlt which shall
| prs.yldo authority for tho Atturncy.tlener1ll to
bring suits for tho forfeiture Of tho land. d.grnnta
| Of MI rMiirnAtl companies which hAyg hot cOnl-
| piled with tho requirements Ut their charters,
| and which AFc doing nothing In tho limo Of con-
str,teJnH. hut including, nlsu, prttftso exempt
rt,alll tnupnhtta aA arc now prosecuting tho con-
| structt0n Ut thcir ruads. The full Committee
discussed tho report, hut to0k no action to-day.