Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-03-01


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81. PAUL. Feb. 8.-Charlss B. LAM
bert. Land Commiasiousr Of the North
ern Pacific road, when shown the An
ciated Press account of the action Of
the Committes % Public Land. eaid !:
The House Committee seems dispoeed
70 favor q voey sweeping action. nj I
do mot believe that any bill 70 forfeit
the lasde vhieh have slrsaay 80
earned by The Northsru Pacific bv ~
tusl oouetruotjon Of road viII heonne :
Law. In the poesible oonfinosnov. hov.
ever. that Conarsas should ~ a 1t
Of the chaYaster guooeated in the dia-
patches, think there can be no disuute
Whatever that the 6uureme Cont Of IT,
United 1tatse vould deoide that Con
QYeas cauuoe deurivo ths oomuanv a
any land earned and living oootionoun
to that portion of the roed vhioh W
coostruotod and daIv aooeu4ad bv tl,e
President OF the United States in -
cOrdanoe With the charter of the ooc.-
psnv. and Il viii not make anv material
di0ersnce whether the oonstructien of
the road accepted by the Presideut vas
before or after January 1. 1879. The
fetal Grant Of land finally made 20 the
Northern Pacific vas in the peiQhtor.
hood Of $1,000 600 acres, beinR twenty
Q ven seotiope per mile Of the road In
the Statea and fortv sections pef mile in
the Territories, The grant extends from
Lake Nnnsrior n Puoet Sound. All the
line orioinallv chartered has nov been
constructed exoept about fiftv miles in
The 0tate of Wisoonsin. 20 miles along
the Columbia River between Wallula
and Portland. and about go miles of
IT, Cssoede branch. . total of about 200
milee. Tventv-flye miles of the branch
running west from Wallula vas recently
sooepted bv tha Government. and 400
mill Of the line eastvard from
Taooma an Puest Sound has been built
and In operation for a number of years.
Tho oomuanv has already earned all of
the land rrantel to Il. cxcept those per-
tainina 20 the 500 miiss of road which
have mot vet been built. II Congress
ehoold pass 4 bill 70 forfeit the land on
thia zoo mile. the oemuanv MIGHT lose
ton or twelve million acres. These
vould lie chiefly along the Columbia
river and on the Cascade brsnoh in
Washincton Terr,torv. 0hould guoh a
hin ~ n nrouoaed naaa Ooooreee And
be aooeutad bv - Supreme Court Of
tha TIn;ts6 Rtstsc ~ = le~sl onantmant
ths eaUn~nv vo.ld ~ 6cn,ived ~ that
u.'rtion a. IL innd crant vhioh II olaims
~: b. h.vs ss,neS hv tha cooss ssrnction
and sccenssnoe AZ ita road hetveen ~
N;..onr; r;v.r n nakoSs Terr,;to,v md
Wsjis wsiis. IN Washinoton Teeri-
torv. a distanoe Of I22S miIes. This
Mt ~ ~ roed M heen huiIt
sirs. Jr,v Ia7A TIA lsnd orant .ccrn-
irC 10 thin r,rt,on of fhe road vould
sccrsosts ahont a00nmn anres. ~
~ isnds ahoot ~ Or eioht miIlioos
n sc,s. s,. s0r;enIfnral lsnda ANA ~
ramsinder oonaist of n,oonfain md
or.xin0 Iands aiono 500 mile OF the
rnad Cithin ~ hound 49, Of the Tar
ritoriss al Montana ma Idaho. vhere
OWING to the monntainous oharaoter of
tina countrv. the oonatruntion of the
road I'M sesn verv exponsive. II is o.
timsted thst thsre il lsss thsn 1900. 600
sores of aericoltursI land embraced
Within the crant 10 the railroad. and
that the remainine 10000. 600 acree OF
the srant oonsist OF inacoeesible mount
AIMS and arid. broken upiands suitable
onlv for sra ling. All Of the lands in
the State Of Ninnesota and in that por-
zion of Dakota lyino east Of the Missou-
ii river nd The lands adjacent to the
line Of road between Kaiama, on the
Columbia river. and Tacoma, on Puget
sound, Washington Territory, we're
earned by ooustructien of the railroad in
bill agreed upon by the House Commit.
tse, the oonpany'e right to these lands
b mot QneeIioned. ! think settlers on
railroad iands ana N the county aola,,
CENT 20 tne talIoso IN 1Vnsaas ano
Warrington ,ertisory wooId % veEy een-
0osly anecsed onoes toe proposed eoAon
OF the House Oonmls!ee' snd ! cennos
- any way ~ vnlo1 ING Iteass VI soIse
raiIroad company can Be- securely pro
tested, for there have been over l,O00. 600
acrea Of these lands sold to settlers.
There certainly exists NO equitable
ground for Congress taking the h0etile
action proposed. The passage OF soch
. bill a. 10 proposed BY the House Com
miesee will eesious!y injore sne commo-
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