Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-11-13

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far1aa MaiIroaa Caa uAng b. ths 80 3
1855 wan gnE q rn26 ezoGn points naan
1lone1 20 tie CoInKa6o rfper. ~
tbeuce b ne mo4e prareaabla A.
eligible Eo1le - tke Raci1an Tha ean
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g t14 ksotQo ooezu Is ean Bnensven
tuEA. ard thG1oo g Eaa Eranrinaa. u.
aaliri1nai lice hatwean tbess p0inn
being 1cule $50 wilea ii lnaerh, aions
whS1A lands were wfGhdrmwn "a 1874
nn4af en- opsnion ag . former Aaaiaaan
AtioEney 01neg4I shaf the aompsny "a
anthoEi1eo b ths e. % extend is il.
il lhi1 uanna4
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futnR. IT, Atefslaturs q CaiIfornia
q 1876 paa1ee iolnt rssoilsioa pro
lH41nG aQai1ss sn6h ao1struotton d
TIE Inv and nzAinss The wifhdx1gal o.
lands from mostiement, the United
Statea Ciruu1t ConEt. n q case bef0Es
ias he'd that thsge vas no erans ~
tween San BaeaaEsatnra and Eaz
Franchises and nettieEs vera elnnorii {
for TIE lands.
o. OciobsE Sc. 1856. q dseisi0n 80
mads b this ofzes 10 sha ease Of Nor.
rs W. Palmer ~ The Atlantic and
RaetGs Railroad Compzny, insolvinR 4
tEnet IN she dlapuaca iimita, holdina
shs sams excsptsd from 9hs grant. i
any existed, By prick esttlsment right
and the opinlun Wza exprsaled thai
thers uas - grant
AtsaEnfys fer tie railroad oompany
aitsmDted % suppress the efsct Of thil
opiuion b. applytng % the Dspartmenl
for . psrgmptory order IN the premises
and making exaRRsEasea statements d
aaisR8a fnos8 IN nnpp0Fs 81 ehsiE appia
eatio0. Upon theas statements tns
HepartneDt very properly called fos
9 repoga from this al11a, Whareupon
he enmUunoemaut vas tmmediatsly
tAlagraphad over tie country thas ~
deegssaEy had reversed ths Commis-
aoneE'B deci1ious md this assertion,
nzaadsnna fnso ! aauaraIiznaion, Wa
HnltrEa9cd TOE rNom<ha in npeainl dis
saiahss. on Jannary Is, 1886. ID
HepaEt called foz wae anbmlttsd, show
tng hat the atafement 81 alleged fnotI
We o0ntradicted IL sVery point b. thl
record. also ag4ilsd myself Of thG
opportunity offered By the eonpany'G
astion 10 thus bringing the matssR Be
fore the Departments to FevieW She grant
and 70 roeommend that the withdraw
az lands hstweaa San BuanayentuKa and
sen Francisco Be revoked, &c hasinf
bean made uishouf authority Of law
and that the lands which had besI
untustiy uithhold frum settlement anf
entry for twelve years be restored 70 ~
pablo domain.
On FEB. /, 1856, you laid rula upoE
tbs company % show oaago Why ths
withdEawal Hhoald not be revoked ans
NE lands restored.
On March q. 1856. you rendered hna
derision affirming tbs views Of tai
oihae 10 holding that no grant va
made " the eos OF Congress for thes
lands, and directed lhaf they be restores
70 Entry 6 other pahlic lands Of th
United states. Thia aRdeK was dui
ave hundred thousand aarea were thu
recovered from the Illegal claim Of Cd
railroad company.
AZ this case vas made the foupdati0l
Of carefully fostersd allegations tha
the important decisions Of this ofhs
seFe constantly being oyeEFuled By %
Department., 1 have deemed Il expedien
g here plaoe upon record the tnitia
/ falsity Of the assertion. The decision
report and action referred 70 Tn thi
case will be found among the miscella
neoua papers IN tbs proper division Re
port herewith.
The declaration By Con rsss ct ID
| forfeiture Of lands granted 20 the Al
lantic and Paai6o Railroad Compan
along the unconssraoted portion OF %
road has recovered q great body Q
lands 10 the pablie essate, amounting {
aot less than 1000, 900 acres 10 CaliFol
nia and Nep Mexico, and the declare
tioB Of forfeitare in re8pect TO
numbef 81 nnoonatFnotod and uniooate
s8utheFn EoadB has relieved q consider
abe territory from embarrassment cor
seqnent upon The existence Of the M
kperfeeted Rrank8
Ths DELAY ia further Congressions
/ action touching the enforcement Q
I practically suspend much Of she wor
u tais Office IN the matter Of railroa
a. usfn1ents Il is Of the hrst import
ance that she legislative will sho1ld
pFomptly and dednitely asserted in n
speol b the grants OF deltnqnent col
| por hons.
Tha decisions Of this ofise DARN
the past year, affeoting public an
private rights 10 lands claimed By raj
read eoDpsnies further include 81
fclloWinef
u tks oase Of Monas ". The Merit
eEn Pacific Railroad Company, decide
Jan. l2, 1856, Is vas held that the Join
resolution Of Mag 81, 1870. made q
grant Of lands 10 said company for the
/ portion Of lee read from point ia Cd
valley Of The Oolumbia River nea
/ Portland, Oregon, 10 Puget Sound, 4
Washington Territory. The amount Q
land involved Il over t.BO0. SOC acres.
In tho ease Of Vaughan Va TIE North
era Paai6o Railroad Company L We
held that q WifAdfa9al Of lands upol
NAP Of Renegal 3oaR vas uuanlhurizel
b ths language g pafpose Of The grant
ina Get, and thAt she company had q
/ right 10 run experimental, imaginary Q
aotitious Iinea ever . whols 1arFitory
/ change them q ice pleasure. and olain
legal reservations as followinR thea
acts. although the actual location Of %
read vas made upon distincs and 70
tally difsreai liaes and ct . muel
later period. uhen only under tbs aial
ate ooaid rights bs acquired BY "a
comuany or the right Of settlement b
denied % eilizena. Both sha allow
sases are nov bekoEe Tie DepaEtnant O
II TIE oass % Hamilton " To
Northern Paciae Railroad Company /
uss heid that claim 70 Land which ex
esp1a & ffom the railroad grant d an,
elaim, rBoordsd o. pr0vsn, which d I'd
verse 20 the eompany's elaim Of Rranl
thai the Faliroad oamp@ny oannot vehal
lsnge the validity Of settlement claim
nof pas an adverse claimant On The d
fensiVe. nor taxa sdvantaas Of any laehe
e. between him and the GoveFnment, ba
ma1a ret upon ~ oun Affirmative rieh
% euek lnnda unly e. e Ne pFopor I'm
uese nnappFopltatld and fros fror
elnims o. rights.
On Jan. 81. 1885. Congress declare,
tie forfeiture Of the arant 20 the OraRo
ffnnfraf MatITs,as4 f1sasnnamw A, aha axfas,