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Show SA FRASCISfCO. The Kuu t-'i-aiK-i-tro h amber of t om i tree l.udurM' ibe ten trul 1'ui-tlJi- Kailroad I'rojet t Ban Francisco, 2'J. A meeting of the chamber of commerce was held I to-day fur the consideration of the i project of petitioning congress lor expending ex-pending the route of me 'southern I Pacific railroad to im-t the Texas (Pacific beyond the Colorado river. J By invitation, Leiand Sianlurd ad-' ad-' dreeer-d the meeting. He said iu j clleet that the road would be com-I com-I pleted in half tlio time if two companies com-panies had the right to construct it. lt would givt San Francisco control of the buajne.vi of Arizona if the ro-u3 was cori-tructuJ by California capital. capi-tal. No advantage would be gained by the construction of compelling line, but tiiere is an advantage by having the roads run by distinct companies com-panies to meet half way. A line ,-oin the east to Colorado river would draw much trade eastward. These views wero given slriet'y in the inter-Cfct inter-Cfct of Caliiornia and paramount to those of the Southern P.te.nV company. com-pany. Resolutions were then adopted that in coumdcraiion of the lact that the routes by tiie isthmus of Panama and Cape Horn secure permanent competition compe-tition guaranteeing low rates of freight he'ween the Atlantic and Pacific, and believing that interior competition could be beat secured by iflerent railroad companies building and owning own-ing from tho extreiur-s lo the centre, as in the case of the Central and Union Pacific, tin r.Moie the president ot tne cnumber liu directed lo request senators and representatives iu congress con-gress to fuvot the extension aud construction con-struction by the Southern Pacific company ol the hue east of Colorado river to tue junction with the Texas Pacific and Atlantic and Pacific roads upon terms equally favorable with such roads until the junction is made. Morgan, another of the poll tax forgers, was to-day convicted of felony. |