The morning call., 1890-11-29
AN .1NrEREsrING MATTER.

:. As eur citizens generally know. the Gov
eTunlelrt made large grants of bonds and
.:ldflds 10 the Central Pacific Railway Com
: 1iIHy> =f6r.. -the construction Of that work /;
.:.ilouElf. Had it been properly husbanded, to
: have completed; the. whole line. At any
:: rate. the bonds; lands and mortgages placed
: uIion tile road sufficed to complete the
:. efIiife work. and TO enrich all the parties
: eoncethed: The assets of the road not only
: enriched the parties concerned, but made
tffen4 al L. many times millonaires. This, 1t
: wilk-bf admitted, was dealing very liberalIy
: with a lew MEN: There was. however, little
OF ue:eomplaintruPon this point, but there
HAS been some lault-fndipg because the
8 Central Pacific Railioad and its. assets were
:turnef over to another cempauy-leased to
-: tile Southern Pacific Railroad Company.
!: The .GbiectS in view In thus transferring a
great. GoyG{nIneat> work TO an insignificant
!: cotppgn y-syeEer of course generally under
.: stood, as il. was: leased, il we recollect
clearly, for aboutendueh to pay the interest
: upon the Government bonds outstanding.
: OF course The: arrangement depressed the
value OF tire Central Pacific Railroad, which
has: beesra a: ;subJect of general complaint in
j: The Eastern States in and out Of. Congress.
!. Now we5nGt ice that a suit has been COM
: nft1ped % set-aS5de the lease: In an extract
fT0JG otiT, news eeldmRs published ON Friday
:: nIulIi thg thecase is stated as. follows:
.: :: on Wednesday: last there was nled with the
I'll cdlt C0uftGf This ritya document unint crest
ding eHGugli IN. disappearance; as all legal aOeu-
iHept: are, but Tie. ee1tents OF WHICH, when made
public, viii be found ito be replete with interest
: to the4 euple Of California.
Is nothing more nor less than a bill Of COM
:: States ttIralgh the Acknowledgement, W. II. II.
. Mfiei, nd Sreeiai Assistant Charles Fl. Marvin
pf t,liea ge, against the Central and Southern
t;B5eilic Hallway Companies and the. Western
: I Rlof: telegraph Company. ~, =.
:: 1IIeo Inject Of: the compiaht Is TO secure the
:cancellatfon OF the lease Of the Central Pacific
: Company TO tile Southern Pacific and of the
laEe or lie former explorations telegraph lin es
: to life Western Upiol Telegraph Company.
=. In addition fD:the vacation of the lease. The
cGIillaint demands thai the lines referred 10 be
=.-Oe rIred and nialHtaIled separately and indie
-Iepdeistlys In accordance with the original
:1::agfer nleQr between the corporations aud The
: Cove Lnlilent' -. % - "
-: -: i. HISTORY OF THE CASH
=; Ih{Ee doculHent, which Is being withheld from
: qualification. u1tfl The court succeeds In issuing
the Necessary PROCESSES the entire history Of the
:: Relations betwee6 the Central Pacific Railway
s.frdsfThe very inception of that enterprise. and
: fhe:- Govefnmeht: Is reciied, and the va rous
:. grants and subsidies which have been made to
= the: RAILROAD are .Givep In detail, together with
= Elhe.uupferouS agTeenlents which have been en-
-: tered into: - =: -. o.
=: Tits Sought. 10 show that tile railroad company
:: has openly violated lis pledges To The Govern
inert in,Lhe malterof Ike lease referred to, and
: on tins gtoilPd the Attorney General now seeks
t0'set it aside. ~.
!: =: =: PRoeEssEs TO BE ISSUED.
1t%is tie intention 10 issue lie legal processes
To-day. and In The absence of the President,
c: r. Huntington; who IS: NOW. on his way East,
H. is. probaHle lbat1hr Secretary OF The company
Willie cited 10 appear ana show cause why The
lease should not be aDnulled In the event of
.his.eyadlng The summons. which is not deemed
al ali LfUbable some oiber officer Will be chosen
to answer the summons.
Tile case, tits claimed; viii be prosecuted as
rapidly as possible.
We have long had an idea that the Gov
eminent would not permit the Central Pa
cifie Railroad, a great and important
national work, TO be made a playtliing by
the: men who. had control Of it, for we
believed one OF: the other Of the two great
parties would take the subject in hand and
as4>why the Central Pacific Railroad should
be leased, to another company for scarcely
enough TO pay the interest upon the bonds
of the General Government, saving nothing
of their ultimate redemption. THE CALL
p has Lad 10 Interest in. the controversy, eX-
cept So far as; tile rights of tie public have
been concerned, bat now that an effort is
being made te- con soliriate the; great
railroads crossing the continent into one
gigantic combination to raise the price of
freights. and fares the matter assumes ma
= ti6nai importance, hence it is likely to be
.. taken.up by bptli political parties.