The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-03-10

wear and tear upon the roadbed aud Tollinn
oss e ons ~ isI Re,
cent Tor their invested capital and the holders
e.r op pnt. q Tecn,tsd gpSs The sysfaEs
Ansrchists Pcpullsts, Western 6rsngers. and
other so called revenue reformsrs denounce Il
70asia tons Of freight moved b. the Penpsyl.
vania Railway Company could not have been
epSn the over sus hs SSSNsT St
ssSs e exc ss,j ths rslw.y
sum as taxes into the treasury Of the munici.
PsTsgs Of The unit.d STATE. essaieS in
1872 l36pI 343.aOt psssensers one mile at an
sos sSa ss:. ;Pt' pf5 mill.
service, including extra cost OF mainten anee
en- route. could not have been secured By
s's u $3.50 fsRt' RfST % .sEns
hors. bower ~ Was transportation
freight one mile In 1892 At q cost OF sSl6 716.-
75g or At the rate Of o 7-10 mills per ton per
the Pacific for less upon the public highway at
t t eos ss: HSGs isn re. .y NILE 20 Or ,ns
sPa o. tsS c0 w q
year is3 was ts.refofs 81 $40? 96f 80 2XSS 0' .n'
ns 81 9S: Tnt.s the
the shsreholders received as dividends ss3,
iS Ssos or lee, than z per Gent upon their
6onds received as interest $3.50. ESQ $50. or
i'i. t iss5a ~ PER ,S. cent per ,nnIm
sySsrage cos, q %ovine ton Of freight by
% lev. ,Ns6ia HS N9,,h and South P,s9ts
cents per mile. The New England railways
earned f5o ,g, ireieht and passeneers an aver.
IN. the az Western States shove named the
total eernines Of the railways was only 81 .ee3
land encourage railways By friendly ieeisis-
ton. while the electors 81 Iowa demand leeis-
lation which is most embarrassing. and. may
An Eastern capitalist may 20 West TO tho
Mississippi and establish q bank or m anutac-
some new ssricStursp producs ana p he VIII
receive oh y treatment and hearty sup
operation. and carries the products Of those
States TO market ct less than one-tenth Of the
disgrace TO western civilization and Western
are hsrsssoa and their earning power " ie..
By the Interstate commerce policy Of inismy.
members Of Congress fear the Granger .eIe.
soWsrds The RepusIasn an psyts i ale RO IL ts
duty In this respect when last In power. few
SnsiS D.t1o .. sss
ping centres 'srs WITH few large ship
dian. Pacific to prevent the abolition Of the
bonding system. by threatening the Republic
ain. Michigsn. and the northern New England
States II It was abolished:
Secretary WINDOW. at the time Of bis death.
way Investments. and President Harrison, in
his last annual message to Congress-. recon-
nn4 rsi%ass from S Snass and ies
mate foreign competition.
1 The .s Ss r.s Tss b tss IN lss
has n e %'f Of Hallway
miles. Il viii no doubt ss:orS the TaDito6e
and Northwestsrn. nov IN bankruptcy. 25O
safe to. estimate that Il will have by 1000 at
least 1000 miles Of railway. II we do not
abolish the bonding system at an early day.
roadbed. rolling stock, station houses. freight
houses. grain elevators. hotels. telegraph
lakes Of, Canada. and. upon the Atlantic and
Pacific. 10 placed at the very low rate OF 5000
%s sd Ra ns E:E Nsw
nile IN ISL Il dee not oIsr.ts telegraph
sSs or snaSs Tss. u
exem ptlcn Itn perpetuity f. worth for $4,000
100 years sf20OOOO 900. - '''
Secondly. The Canadian Pacific was also
transferred by the Government to the
belt was entitled 10 ali o. odd n S tss sse
lions within twenty Ave miles OF either side Of
the railway. but II sufficient land, fairly at Tor
) ad the right to select them along its branch
Inca. AS the Canadian Pa:inc Hallway Com
men, Of Canada. il may have it's lands trans
!erred at pleasure. so as TO prolonR the period
f |. exception from taxation uDon them. and
line and branches in the fertile belt was not
Il w. :ne Worth pcss s. tS.
enormous area 1t was exempt from taxes even
police protection. 4 four cents per 'p acre the
exemption was worth q to0, 100 annually. or.
or twenty years: s2s oo0 GOO ,ao,
he fertile belt, and that the IS oOO. 100 acres
Ian Pseifc railway Company for 'f is main
h. ssO@PsGy SIZE 900 600 Or s. per acre il
sest Of Winnipeg. with the exception OF Bran
Ion !. n and Portage Il Prairie y owned By the
wsnty years free from taxation.
Lands In Dakota Of no better quality than
old IN ISL e SO Sss asra fA r. issi ths
company sold 60OO0OO acres OF land to the |
northwest Land Com pany Tor Slo,OOOOOl
1t was supposed that the profits OF the land |
company would be so great that the applica-
ions for Its shares would be dou bis the am mt
issued but alas British connection aud the |
monopoly OF railway uIldlng and the exemp-
ion granted the Canadian Pacific drove In |
ending settlers from them. |
Thirdly: The company also received a prac-
ical monopoly OF railway building from
AXE NippisinR to the Pacific. No line could |
. built for twenty years within fifteen miles |
I the American boundary The Canadian |
'annc Grand Trunk. aud Intercolonial rail- |
rays were declared TO be railways for the gen |
raj good OF the Dominion. Power was denied |
provincial Legislature TO charter q railway |
Ihich intersected q railway declared By the |
Governor In council to be for the general good |
Z Canada Whether or not the Dominion Gov |
rnmsnt had the power TO enact this law. no |
ON pany with only provincial charter could |
6tain capital 70 construct its proposed line.
migrants settling in the Northwest upon
lnds belonging to tho Canadian Pacific Rail
Tay Com pAny are paid the same bonus as II |
hey settled upon Government lands. The
an AdiAn Pacific Railway Company may place
mes OF steamers upon the Red River naViga-
10 for 300 miles: the Assiniboin0 for 400
lilies. the Saskatchewan for 300 miles Lakes
LanitobA. Winnipeg. and WinnipaRosis. each
w miles long: construct whATyes ana hAr-
ors upon them. erect grain elevators and
-eiRht and passenger depots upon them. and
peTAts them as feeders 10 its railway and not