The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1882-07-18
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PACIFIC ROADS.
Another BiIIior Their Rene6t.

Washington, Is After the call oil
states and territories for the introduction
Of oils in the House tomorrow . motion
70 suspend the rules will be in order,
preference being given on that day to
motions from committees There are
scores OF bills agreed to by committees,
that will be laid before the House when
ever gentlemen having them in charge
can obtain an opportunity. II is the
custom Of the Speaker to permit only one
bill to be moved from each committee,
so as to enable as many committees as
possible to be recognized, each suspension
day. L. is said that one Of the bills that
will be put to a vote tomorrow is q
measure reported from the Pacific Rail-
roads committee, authorizing the con-
solidstiOn of continuous connecting lines
Of railroads, and for bids the consolidation
OF parallel or competing lines. The
Capital, Of this city, to day, in long
,rticle, maintains that the bill is q jo0 In
the interest of Gould, Huntington & Co
and says its title should read: "a bill to
and their confederates, an everlasting
monopoly Of transportation across the
continent" The writer adds that Con-
gress is asked to allow Huntington 10
consolidate his California, Arizona and
New Mexico charters under 8 United
chsrter; that is all, but by the agreement
already made with Gould anterior to the
time wheD his land grant expired the
I'D Of last May, the consolidated road is
consolidated with the Texas Pacific, aud
takes possession Gifts land grant claim
ing that the entire road wss completed
within the prescribed time. The bill
provides in the first section that parallel
roads thall not be consolidated, but it
virtually consolidAtss three parallel
roads across the continent, and the
Gould Huntington agreement prevents
the building Of Other'cOmpetiDg parallel
roads Ia Texas, Louisiana or ArkRnsAs,
The letter Of Secretary Kirkwood blouse
ex.-doc. No. ia, 47S, Congress, first ses-
sion, on pages A and As shows the num-
Der Of acres of land granted to the Texas
Pacific te be 14,309, 760 acres, which,
valued st the lowest government price
for railroad land, $3.50 per acre,
is worth 1857, ia, 400. The length of
The road through the land grant |
Is New Mexico 100 miles, Arizona 3I8
miles, Californis $50 miles, total 62S |
miles, and the agreement of Gould and |
was $50, 600 per mile, or |
total Of Sl3, 760, 600, but little more than |
One-third the value OF the land grant at
The minimum valuation. The charter of
the Texas Pscifc required il 10 COM
msnee building at each end of the line.
but il did net, and there is no question as
10 the complete forfeiture of the land
srsnted to it. No one suspects or doubts
but that this seemingly innocent bill re-
7iVes that grant, and divests the United
states of its title to land worth over
1856, 600, 600 for the sake Of two of the
AOst INSCRIPTIONS Of the railroad rob-
oers Of the country. Te distract attsn-
Ion from the effects of this bill, and pre-
rent its true characteristics from being
!nown, another bill has been introduced
Il. Z. 2. 262l with nine "whereases,I
ighth Of which reeitss the argument be-
ween the Texs Pacific and the Hunting
on roads, and CLAIMS that by this agree
aent the land grant was saved to the
This bill &, 262) openly does
that the one which it is proposed to pass
q Monday, fccomplishes eovertly. OF
purse it Was not lexpt cssd to psvs an .
pen grant, and it was intended to draw
ttention from the other bill (6,2eIl,
hich sceomPlishes all that is asked fer
/ 6,262.