Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1897-12-11
VARIOUS MATTERS OF INTEREST,"
Guarding Against Yellow Fever. sale
of the Union Pacific. Etc.

The recent prevalence of the yellow few
er in a number of cities and towns
throughout the south has resulted In
much disturbance of commerce and dem
onstratcd the necessity OF such amend
ments to our quarantine laws as will
make the regulations of the national
The secretary of the treasury, in that
portion of his report relating to the OPP
Grafton of the marine hospital service
calls attention to the defects in the pres
ent quarantine laws, and recommends
amendments thereto which will give the
treasury department the requisite author
ity to prevent the invasion of cpl
demic diseases from foreign countries
and in times of emergency like that OF
the past summer. will add to the efhcien-
cy of the sanitary measures for the pro
lection of the people and at the same
time prevent unnecessary restrictions OF
commerce. / concur in his recommends
in In further effort to prevent the inva-
sion of the United States by yellow fever,
the importance of discovering the exact
cause of the disease, which up to the
present time has been undetermined, mas
been obvious, and to this end a system
attic ARCHAEOLOGICAL investigation should
be made. l therefore recommend that
congress authorize the appointment OF
a commission by the president to con
sist of four expert hacterologistS, one TO
be selected from the medical officers OF
the marine hospital service, one to be
appointed from civil life, one TO be de-
tailed from the medical officers Of the
army and one from the medical officers
of the navy.
Union Pacific Sale.
The Union Pacific railway, main line,
was sold under the decree of the United
States court for the district of Nebraska
on the first and second Of November, tins
year. The amount due the government
consisted of the principal of the subsidy
bonds, $27, 236,5l2 and the accrued interest
debtedness SIS, AS, 223 10. The bid at the
sale covered the first mortgage lien and
the entire mortgage claim Of the Unite9,
States Qess INTEREST,". 4
The sale of the subsidized portion q
the Kansas Pacific line, upon Nhichge
government holds second morhCc
lien, has been postponed at the in 1897 :
of the government to December IN pa,
The debt Of this division of the ITnmber
citic railroad TO the government subsidy
u, 1897, was the principal I'd and ac- ,
bonds, $500, COO and the uKing a total
crued interest, $G,626 690.33. mis- road was
of Sl2, 500, G9033 The sale oferober 4 but.
originally advertised for J Tho most puh-
for the purpose of secur{s postponed IN
- T I} 81 ''IS VEN, second advertise
ment of the sale waEn 'a,,rt the unset
,DiS ne ,E'cir5 Vi the Kansas PACING
p niiIi oi me sac sac ,vcI nment the sum Of
81 200 GOO over al, prior liens. co5iS ana
t tili, ~ no mat the government will
~, 1n dlf - "<hibitors. His Inquiries de-
recaiIa ol1 ~ claim Of nearly $l3,0COoOo'
-, trnmcnt VIII bid.
nh oa,,Inment has no Information as
- ne 5If there will be other bidders OF
epotb',3 BID than the maximum amount
pnrnin lated The question then presented
is ub ther the government snail. uhueI
the g.thority given 1t by the act OF MarGn
90 IA purchase or redeem the road in
the event that bid is not made by prl-
We parties covering the entire govern
rent claim. ,,..,
TO qualify the government to biz n the
sales will require Il deposit of S9U,UU as
In the government cause, $oOO'-
100, and in each of the first mortgage
causes, 100000, and in the latter the de-
post must be in cash. payments at the
sale are as follows Upon the acceptance
of the bid d sum which with the amount
already deposited, shall equal - per cent
OF the bid, the balance in inStallmentS 81
% per cent, 80. 40 and 80 days after the
tiOn Of the sale.
The lien on the Kansas Pacific, prior to
that of the government, on the 18TH OF
July, 1897, principal and interest, amount
ed to 81, 42i 0Ss. II. The goVernmen Mt there
fore, should it become the highest bidder,
will have 10 pay the amount OF the hrst
mortgage den. | believe that. under the
act Of 1881, 1t has the authority to do this
and In the absence of any action by con-
gIess l shall direct the secretary OF the
treasury to make the necessary deposit,
as required by the courts decree 10 quar-
ify as a bidder, and to bid at the sale a
sum which will at least equal the prlnclpal
of the debt due to the goVernn ent, but [
suggest in order TO remove an Gontroo
yersy, that an amendment of the law De
passed explicitly giving sucn
powers and approprating. m general
terms, whatever sum is suthcient there
for
In so important a matter as the gov
eminent becoming the probable owner OF
railroad property. which IT perforce must
conduct and operate, feel constrained
TO lay before congress these facts for its
and action before the con-
summation of the sale.