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

Washington, Is After the call OF
states and territories for the introduction
of bills in the House tomorrow Q 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 Houss when
ever gentlemen having them in charge
can obtain an opportunity. Il is the
custom Of the Speaker to permit only one
bill to be moved from each committee,
80 as to enable Us many committees as
possible to be recognized, each suspension
day. Il is said that one Of the bills that
will be put to a vote tomorrow is a
measure reported from the Pacific Rail-
roads committee, authorizing the con-
sOlidatiOn of continuous connecting lines
Of railroads, and forbids the consolidation
OF parallel or competing lines. The
Capital, Of this city, TO day, in q long
,rticle, maintains that the bill Is q iOB 10
the interest of Gould, Huntington s. Co
and says its title should read: "a bill to
90 1ter upon Jay Gould, U. P. Huntington
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 3 United
charter; 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 Msy, 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 lhall not be consolidated, but it
virtually consolidstes three parallel
roads across the continent, and the
Gould Huntington agreement prevents
the building OF other'cOmpetiDg parallel
roads In Texas, Louisiana or Arkansas.
The letter Of Secretary Kirkwood House
ex.-dOc. No. l44,4 AIS, Congress, first SEES
Sion), on pages A and As shows the num-
Der Of acres of land granted to the Texas
Pacific to be 14,So9, 100 acre., 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 3l8
miles. California $50 miles, total 62S
miles, and the agreement Of Gould and
Harrington was $50, 600 per mile, or Q
total Of tl3, 760, 0OO. but little more than
one-third the value Of the land grant at
the minimum valuation. The charter of
the Texas rscinc required il 10 COM
mence building At each end Of the line,
but II did net, and there ia no question a
TO the complete forfeiture of the land
granted to it. No one suspects or doubts
but that this seemingly innocent bill re-
wives that grant. and divests the United
States of its title to land worth over
$lS5, 0OO, 600 for the sake OF two of the
most INSCRIPTIONS Of the railroad rob-
6ers Of the country. Te distract attain
ton from the effects of this bill, and pre-
vent its true characteristics from being
known, another bill has been introduced
u. Z. r. 262) with nine "whereases,''
eighth OF which recites the argument be. |
tween the Texs Pacific and the Hunting
ton roads, and CLAIMS that By this agree |
ment the land grant was saved to the |
company. This bill q, 262) openly does
what the one which it is proposed to Dsss |
on Mondays tccomplishes eovertly. OF
COURSE it Was not lexpt ctsj to pass an |
open grant, and it was intended to draw |
attention from the other bill (5,29Il, |
which aceomPlishes ali that 10 asked fer |
in $3.50.