The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-01-26

was much greater thhn " hth over peeh n'
lore. ihls Was dun 90 the fact Nat ihnl
uush canvass had bten made OF the no' u
Ang tiOAeia had houn pm ga sac a. thg "
rlOus cliies throughout Z. eenuGir', Yer
rsar all of Tho travel OF the Florda Contra
"A Western road coma VI New Orleans, anI
Il 10 tbs intention - the rosa 10 send 1
trsvsl uOr1hWsfd thr' ugh this al y, a
pfss,nt ipefs srs iuiiy 800 COZ northorn PEG
! pls Iourn,ug va Florida, aad m'ra ara tI
ooa-
Russell Harding. resident, eng'aeor o
ths insrnaliun.i railroad, hss raaig' 81
the rssisnAIlOn 90 S.ss silsc. ffpm Fenfu
ary I, The office will b. consolidated giti
mat Of Superintendent Hefin. SIR. HUi
log Ios1 toto tho lumbir Dusluess on il'
! Trlultf a Sabine railroad. which hH hui O.
! Hugh Y. Pal lbs, a. ditoS 81 ths ltsiio1 no
counts OF lhg lutrrnat'suEl raiIiu.i, Tat
resigned. IL " PROBABLE that tns alleged
dedication Of Galloway, late atsti3lm 'ttr
| which, 10 Is claimed Pnilup, should save
! discovered earlier, had s9rIalhing 90 ia
/ wlth th- rs'ignAtlon. RGhsfd Ieuly. Nhg
succeeds hin, vas PhilllpF at,ii.ani
A ill hss bscp reported TO the houia ny
! tho COMMITTEES On pu0lio hQis, deCul ~.
/ l,r'litsd IA feras PaGinG railroad r.sGt.
! The oil ecrrsu uplu contains, bsil a
| provision declaring the f1rfotnre ~ lrrIf
! grAniti 40 Ait ~ tbo C3nsiructins %, .t-
| railroad provisions validating al ec'' %
! 80 Department. ~ ,hs ,nIar.fr, i,l IN, fi-
| and lussl laus officers Ia psrml tlg hoi. r.
,iaal euiriss. rslsc,iOna aud pafchaaai q
| srdl gtnntsd 10 ~, COMPANY, sud 100 i'a1'
| lps pAiants cert ,hca"s Ani lis1H setoA,
aud cnsirmlng r,ggs and tillss OF ps'' fH
or psrton, Medic. patents Or cliimir'
/ rlght 90 title uudsr su1n certlhcalna %,
| llts ol isnd.. AR. PAy.on will prcrsat me
Oil 10 She holSo .o-m ssrnw. Ihs report
rscltes tha provisions 81 tho rct iNcorpsr.,'
| To-. the rsxss Psc.1c company, brishv
umnAFizes the history u the company
| and legislation in Ne iptasaN aoun 90
I NoVsHbsr. 1891, whom ,hs Aght boswsSs
/ the rarst Pacific aud SpI h-ru Pacific vas
sndcd by aosntrtct sst"scE tasm IL iu-
vIus special ATTENTION 10 no h0su!ny NJ
iucsn tha two companies doun 20 th'
date: suotss largely from tho re
ceo,ly published Huntington o'ir,,
sDnndenc. 70 establish tho fact oi
such hostility add ia character. Tho TO-.
port ,,ys on this poini: "Tha1s lst,ets Sell
| tha st1rv plainly OF thH hostile ponunn ~
She Southern Pacific toward tao Texas r.
| c.hc durirE ell thtte yesrs, AND neither
had or o,imod any eiaht east OF fuhi
| A nd ION the susstisu - % the relation -!
thsss companies durinE 81 tha yaa'a I'M
/ two lima wsrs ssius cOa;truc,ad, your com
nltlas do not iiud siugls at psrlorred
by eltuor that ws 20. hu,iile Ia - omar
actsr 80 W. the o'hsr."
f. c.lls ths attSn,iou G'yG 10 Tho opposl-
TOO OF tho Southern Pacific 80 the foriy
| Gith and fGrty.stzth cnulress 10 iae rsqnaS .
OF Scotl Of tho Texas Pacific f'rS usrAuifs
for HE road Amer preseLi,nS ih;se facts
tho committee gives U, conclusions thtt tho
Southern Pac' iic Ghs hostile 'n,rrpna' il
thu rezAs Pacific until al its 70 shs bad
bean constructsd 10 Sierra B,a CO, IsIts,
and until the contract OF November, 1887,
was contaminated; that Il shrank non
nothing which rcnGSd 10 defeat the work ~
the ra1Es Pacific eneEged IN cnnst rucung
| a competing through lire OF railroad 70 ihe
Pacific Ocean; that viii IL vas nominAly
al independent corporation /. wsS III bct
prar,,cNliy the Central Pacific tnst re
Sgutbern Pacific was built TiLh money 1i
ths Csp'ral Pacific, outside securities
based uuon H. and operated by that
oo@p.ny tA ~ 30 s isr b. Goas'ff" ssIc;
never had sny rights east Of Yuma upou
whiah i. could base claim against the
government, siihsr legal or equitable; ihs'
n Quilt IT'S road expressly without an int2u-
ton, expectation or hope ~ receiyng .
dohar OF aid or 40 acre OF land therefor
from the government; that BY iis sciinn J.,
aided ia defeating the bCtd.rg OF the road
Clnts upl ,tdd b., congress ana ~ cJnnec'
lions, Tho iacas presented 10 rde rcppr.
arc Of Comm1H ro'0re'y ard SHOWS 'he
rrAnsCoutiuauta transportation a. 1, nov
st4nds ia this coalition. The next las
n8r,h of this ths Atlantic 10 Pacific, Is con
trol.sd by the Central Pacific west OF the
| Colorado, and by j. Gould cast pt "a; rue
Central Pacific aud Union Pacific, IN
G1uidis counsotion east ~ Omaha. c1uirul
the middls route by subsd sing the Pic hc
mail, aud the Central Pacific keeps the
WATERFRONT, uudsr cDStrol; tna Northern
Pacific is not only IN TIE poo with toe
Centrsl, hat the ngresmont has been made
| between them whereby The terrliory OF lle
| great northwest is divided between them
as To transportation as though tho owner.
shin Of the country followed thu building
OF railroads into II, subject 10 which pracp-
c,l assertion ot Ownership ~ transporJr-
ton OF freight for the entire Pacific coast is
under the control CT few men, who ADOPT
as rule Tor charge ALI the traffic viii
bear
The report declares that congress has foil
authority 10 declare grants forfeited, ann
ssye: 1T seems perfectly clear 70 your
committee that & declaration o! forfeiture
is only the acS OF granior asserting his rleh-
TO resume a grant to be exercised ut bis op.
ton. terminating thu estate FOR breach VI
the condition for which granted. IL rs ~
his Cd ton whether hs will exercise 10 or
not, and until exercised thnfe is nothing on
which tho court can act. As 20 the clam
Of the Southern Pacific company, that hay
| ing com oiled with the requirements OF the
act as thev should have been performed ny
the Texas P,ciic, it h,d a rleht % Tue
grant, he oommiitee's report SAWS BE
fore complainant company can be held on
titled to this grant IL must b found that
! tho conditions Of the gran. have Nil b.en
compiled with by II or It's gr0pt1r; thai 1
| il the lega euccrssor and a-sieuee %. 'hs
Texas Pacific, and also thai such success
zion wa not The result OF com ninetion or
consolidation with the Texas p ciiic by "a
rival or compelling line q railroad to The
Pacific ocean" The committed finds that
the condition in the grant prohibiting cos
solidatIon with rival or competing IL es
has been absolutely violated BY 70" Texas
Pscltic h. making "A contract in November,
1881: that tn. Texas Ptcitic had not accom-
plshed sngls object for which " was
created. but had attempted 20 do every act
possible which It was prohibited from do
ing
ALvAHADo, Tx, Oct. 1. 1857. +
SsIru & Co., St Louis-Gentf: My family