St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-11-16

chair, lighted a fresh cigar, ana ue-
scribed the long journey of inveStiga-
ton from which he had just returned.
They started on Oct. and dlShanded at
Kansas City on Nov. Is. having
travelled over more than 5000 miles
OF railroad, riding in the day and
resting at night SO as to see all the
railroads trsyersed. 1t was an arduOus
trip, though mingled with much pleas
ure. They devoted two days to exam
lining the terminals and taking testl-
mony at Omaha. going from there to
Ogden and Salt Lake City on branch
of the Union Pacific. From Salt Lake
CITY they went south to Fresno. Be-
fore reaching Ogden they stopped at
Park City, and went several thousand
feet into the coal mines of the Union
Pacific. From Ogden they took the
Central Pacific to San Francisco, where
they spent four days inspecting the ter
minalS and taking testimony. The aux
iliary lines of the Central Pacific. run
ming to Monterey and San Diego, were
looked over, and from the latter point
they returned via Sacramento to the
northern line of the state. crossed the
Oregon line and went on to Portland,
where the branch of the Central racine
ends. They went down the Columbia
" It's illOulils NAlCAC IuNg
the new lefty which is now being built,
with the object of removing the bar at
the rivers mouth. Though this is not
yet finished, it is so far under way that
its success is assured. Returning to
Portland they again boarded their train
and went on to Tacoma. There they
took a steamer and passed down Puget
sound and across the San Juan straits
to Victoria, B. c., where they saw i've
of her Britannia maJeSty'S
FORMIDABLE IRONCLADS,
to Offset which the United States has no
Notifications or ships worthy of the
name OH the whole coast. Among the
other harbors visited were those of San
Pedro and Santa Monica. All of these
points are of course tnseparably con-
nected with any consideration of rail-
road systems with terminals on the Pa
citic coast.
Speaking of the position of the roads
in relation to the government, the. SEN
ator referred to the bill that was intro
duced into the last congress, reported
by the committee on Pacific railroads.
for the adjustment of the debt due from
the Union Pacific. This debtwill be due
about 1897. and now amounts to about
so. 1000. 600; il will amount to about $751;
OOO,OOO at maturity. The bill stipulated
the way in which the amount to be- paid
in cash bv the Union Pacific and Kan
Sas Pacific companies was to be aScer-
tanned. The Central branch of the
Union Pacific was by the bill author
lied to mortgage its entire property, in
Guiding all rights. titles, Interest, stocks,
bonds. securities and lands of any
branch line and all railroads owned or
hereafter acquired, together with all
telegraph, rolling stock and fixtures,
and to execute under such mortgage
its bonds in an amOuntequal to the pres
ent value of the debt, each for s., 600.
The bill provided for the payment in
Semi-annual installmentS of the princi-
pal and interest of such bonds, in addi-
ton to certain requirements of pay
ments into the sinking fund,So as TO eX-
tinguish the debt in fifty years. This
bill was reported favOrably. but did not
reach a vote at the last congress. If
passed Secator Davis considers that
it would give the government
much more security than it now
has, for it includes the terminals at
Omaha, Council Bluffs and Kansas City.
which are not covered by the present
government lien. He was of the opin-
iOn that i'll all probability the same bill
or one similar in its main features would
be reported by the committee at the
coming session. The committee has
never reported on the debt OF the Union
Pacific. and was not prepared to make
any statement in reference to it. He
remarked as to both of these roads that
the questions are of the greatest diff
Guilty and
OF THE UTMOST IMPORTANCE,
involving as they do in the aggregate
considerably over 100000. 900. In an
swer to question as to the probability
of these roads being able to pay their
indebtedness in the stipulated time, the
senator replied that he thought some
means could be devised whereby the
amounts due the government can be re-
funded and secured. He added: 81
would have liked to have given you an
exhaustive and detailed account of the
whole subject. but that would take
many hours and Wnuld fill up at least
one entire page of the GLOBE set Solid."
One thing on which Senator Davis
laid considerable stress, and which had
apparently impressed itself strongly
upon his mind, was the necessity for
perfecting a system of coast defenses,
and for a naval station on the Pacific
coast. He did not go on board the
British ironclads at Victoria, it being
late and he tired when they arrived
there. but their formidable aspect. and
the utterly defenseless condition of the
whole coast line, made great impress
sion upon his mind.
Senator Davis is looking well after
his trip. His face is tanned to much
darker shade than when he left. and he
looks the picture Of health.