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Show HA1L.KOAD FK..cmsK- One of the worst Tenures co:inv oi with the graining of railroad franchises by congress, is that such grams are often made to parties who seek them only to soli. In this manner the 00:1-strucuon 00:1-strucuon of a Southern Paeilic railroad has been debye 1. Fiaujhises iW the right of w.y upon the southern route, inehulirv' donations of land, were made, to several urierurv.'oMs and irresponsi- b!e compmies whn njvr dreamed ol Otistrn.'' ::i : a r a ). an ! r.;!- w.rifed' tlie pr'vi'ee ac.-oa:p.ihk"l i'y a hud1 and tfiiar.mtfc en 1 v.v nenr, to levy . b'ack mail ou a:iy co-npa-jy actually i able and wiKiiK t ' huiM the road, by c-iojpeiimi; them to purchase their ; franchises, l lie same pIiev is b-Aag j attempted with reference to railways centering in this city. While the I'tah , Southern railroad i- K-inc built by t priva;c eompany, as fast as it is possi-1 b!e looVuin rails to hc track, and i-already completed and nrm'ng lor t distance of tweaty miUs, and will be completed a further distance of forty, miles before uext September, uuder t Territorial charter, and without aeeat's , value of ;'vi:ance from national. Sute, cnunty or municipal authority, an at- , tempi is being made to ebartcrapurely ;. speculative company with franchise ; to build a road over the same route. J J This is goiug to the opposite extreme . of the endowment policy, and endeav-1 1 oring to blockade a private enterprise by fortifying with a speculative Iran-j chic a black-mailing corporation. Iu- itead of giving to the company en-j gayed in building the road, as has been done in every other simitar instance, ' assistance by a grant of land, the at-1 tempt is made to embarrass them with a conjfieting negotiable franchise. We hope and b.'lKVe that congress will defeat de-feat this attempt to hinder the construction con-struction of the l K. H. K. 10 tlie ( lulorad'j river. |