The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-06-23

-a'u a..e-. 0u5rh WtTr given upon an
tApr-- -,nilt.au alI never -arned, axe
>uhl-.t a. faFf,iuTe There can tie H.
,!nnbt aIsJIt thr r.-ht AMI Iu>tic,. 81
N'.flatar all, ls-rfian. \ contrast 70 ts'
htrdinr must H.. faithfully clni.-l ,ast
hy bath parties To- ii.
lat ~, haze VT L. paint "Ir hti'tly
the cnoTmnu' injg-tlr- /, wofrIL ia. h. the
people. ii Tho NurtI.,rn lleiti'- rtiiTo,t,l
cuntlant >hntiII uitrultyi, acquire lp,--
,''~>lnn tu this rntirr grant. la la,
~la'',-h al ,Iune n Senator 'all clearly
sets forth this aspect ii the question.
altfin-s the unelrurd portion of TIA"
lanis srnlrare,I in tl,. grant at 500
pr acre "a lnU Irir,' tley wutlli ylelet II
tuni suiii"Ient To- tas TIN entire east "i
constructing til. rrtil, from end b. rni,
ami Lave Il hrg' surplus besides. IL
To- ank the government la t,-taw enough
Enis q, IA irte Kilt to enable the tuInla
ny tpcnn.trlrt H. roal, without proyil-
Ifg a ~uIllu, of several millions 81 doll
luro ls.,i,it- for TIA. Stockholders per.
sontl benefit liut the Truth Is, the lands
already ~oli hy TIN. company have
brought within fraction Of 81 instead
~ :. - per acrr. The Commissioner ~.
Railroads has estimated that the entire
east IF TIN. road Is not a. exceed So
0'W.W1. The whole land grant, f., o00.
Wh acre, al - per acre, would bring
Sl'S. 900 t'0' Deduct from this .I,OOo,
600 III" crSt ut the road and IL wmll
l'avt' S'Ei, Wo, 900 aS a Surplu, from the
sale of the Land, alone Do W. need IT,
pur-tI" this subject further Ia show H.
oir rta'l'rs the yrrt great mlu-tic" it
would h. to the people Of this country for
the Northern Pacific To- vet receive the
tull benefit ut the original grant, not
wl,l'>ianding The company has failed TO-
perform the conditions Of The contract .
W" agree with Senator all that the I'm
rarntd taniS. or their equivalent, should
h' restored To- government AMI kept for
til" u,,' ot actual settlers.
The same argument that senator tall
u~," IN Ia, speech aak ing for IT," furtri-
tur" %. the unrarnc,I landi Of the North.
'rn i'rIil" ra,Iral, applies with equal
force Ia tie iurfrilllrruf the linis grant
rl lN III" General government ,n All IN
the com tr,rttrn of IT," Florida railway
from lrrnnnlina To lamp, bay. The
FLORIDA Railway AMI Navigation com
ptny failed to comply with Tia" terms IT
IL" grant. did not construct the rua,l
within the time Specified Ut is not vet
constructed anal, therefore. forfeited IT.
portion oi nuirarmi lands, Just the same
IL has the Nurthtrn l'tri IT,. 10 rr,tnr,
to tbs toad NOW tlo LANDS II has long
sine, forfeited, would h. ~ great Il pi,c,
1T 'nlu tlrr ~ tn rrn'w Tia" grant 1T II,
m"i" l"'wrriul rt"tot,rr. That portion
If The llpriia ra,iwaN that was con
'trurtrd, never cost the original mana
grrS i dollar If their own money, they
realized a larg. ioltuurutlt # II and then
permitted II To- h, sold Ia "A new rumran,
that nov a.L, + "A renewal al the orig
nal land -rlhi. SENATOR Call takes IT,,
same Position On tbs last road that H.,
dua "a the Nurihtn Pacific, and oppus,p
the RESTORATION Of the hand on the sam,
ground. IT,, SAYS III" Florida Rilwa,
aud Navigation company - not Justl,
entitled tua Jingle acre. that 1t would l'
Nron% and encourage upon H." r"upI'
If tins state, if not indeed, an il,-, e
All the states. tn give II IT, the pro,,'n
company. AMI lIat h" shalt upruec th,
Proposition with all his power. M ON,
I,a,kluy for this grant -tyea few speech
ulttuts, 1T the head of Whirh are the fra
owner, ut the road and ~ Senate
ulrr Who built - partition Of II Nlthuu
III" u,,'u any uf hl- own money. an,
who made A large fortune out uf It, AN,
whon"W live, rI'lnrcly lllrin Wa-hIn,
ton from the prorrrd5 at his plumber
The very tact that that sly ull foN adyo