The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1882-04-08
I.apsed Railroai Land Grants.

waHisdrOs. March q.
IN. Sneaker preen,ed 10 the House a com
muplcs,lon fron-hs Secretary of the Interior
IN response % resolution of Representative
Cobb. calling or information relative 10 thosr
states AMI .ailroad corporation. to which
sya,,. M ,itllo lands have been msde ts aid
,no oo,.,,,ctlon Of railroads, and AZ 10 the
-. ,,,' coin plsted within the tinis required
n, l.w The report names ten stsies-hi-si--
.,.nI hnbsma. LauIslana, Florida, Arkan-
~. ,is.ouri. Michigan. Iowa. winconsln
.nd dynesota-to which grants Of public
i..a havo been mad. In the construction Of
,.loads within iholr limits. II also names
.shi corpoztions-,hs Northern Pacific, tho
california Oregon inow tho Oregon
Branch n the Central Paoincl. tho Oregon
Central tnov the Oregon 4 California Rail.
nsadl. the Atlantic 4 Pacific, the Northern Pa.
clio RaIlroad Company Of California tmsin
iinsL the Oregon Central hsiirosi Company.
tho Teras Psninc inou the Terss 4 Pacific
Railroad Company, the New Orleans, bstpn
Hougn 4 vlcksburg inow the seS Orleans Pa
einc Railroad Companyl-to which grants of
pullc lands w.rr made 20 aid in the compile
ton u their several roads The aggregate
number Of miles Of rsIlroad proposed IN bs
built By these eight corporations. 10 whpm
grants os land were made direct, vas I.Te. u
<hich i.tes had bern constructed at the erpi-
sasisA ~ ne lima saaisissa nIi inc culnsiaslnn
Of shs entire lines. Tho aggregate amount of
ias4s granted these eight corporations was iis..
tsp,er acres. of which All ,ps hal been pat
enfed to the several COMPANIES.
Ths falirpsd companies receiving the benefit
OF lands granted to the ten States mentioned
srsi TIE Gulf a snip Island. ths T,iscsIonza
4 Mobile, the Mobile New Orleans the Mem
phls Charleston: the Mobile a Gerard: ths
seims. Home a Daltpn. the saw sunah a Aha.
ny. the cooss q Tennessee. the Eiytou
Boards Biu1s: the Atlantic. Gulf 4 west In
dis Transit Company. the Pensacola
Georgia tffum Lake CITY tp Pensacola: ths
finrids, Atlantic q Gulf Central from Jack
eonsille to Lake CITY. the North Louisiana
rerss. the Little Rock Fort Smith. ths
frDn Mountain. the g. Louis, Iron Mount
ain q Southern. the Detroit NIiwsutec. IN.
Port Hursn q NIlwsnkees the Jackson, Ian
sns Saginaw. thu Northern Central: IN
hlohirsn. Amboy, lansing 4 Traverse hay
the hsfgustfe, Houshton 4 OnionsEun. tn
0ntonsson ststs Line. the siour oty 4 n
Paul. the wsst whconsins the North wlscon
Sin. the wisconsin Central: tbs ~. Paul, Min
nespolls . Manitoba. shs western nsiIros,
Company formcriy the Bfsin-t rrnch o
the 81 Paul 3 Pscifcl: TIE souss~rn niun-su
h RsiIrnsd gsfsnssop; re LAKE Superior
Mississippi. tss Hsstinrs D>kots-in eli
thirty.tvo eompsnlca OF these. IN con
strnctcd M portion of the rssds. snd nine hsv'
nos hsd any q thrir lands yet raseased.
/ Thr arsrsrHfe number II mIIc< u raIlrues
| prspn~ed IN BE- huiif by the thirsy-two erm
psnies wss t7lf: completed vithin th> tim
| required fsf epmpistou of ne en lire snruni
/ 1yfes miIe< Ths sesrpeA amount 81 fhei
lsna srnnts vxs HAAS serr-s pssrut-i b
ecnpsnie>. I'm. ~ scrrs. ne grand iotsI> o
| aiI The eumpsnies Involved m ~ lani grant
arrs Namh<r u miles pFuPa>ed - " en-
I sifaditd. E.99. constructed At IA1 lime tn
cunpietisn u the sniife amount - n
/ ssire-i. An. srsrrgsfs snosnt ~ Iasl
eFn.s. I7zl~lH1 scres; rssrnss1 % sompa
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