| Show A pittsburgh RAILROAD IN UTAH THE tiie rumors AND THE FACT THE LITTLE cottonwood railroad nill rill NAMES NAMUS OF yire ATOM ayom FAMILIAR NAMES IN stran STR ae conjunction 0 N por for some time past vague rumors llave lia iia ve been floating about the city connecting tile names of soule some of our more prominent politicians state arid and national with a great railroad scheme in utah A ge gentleman n who was war waa a year or so ago at tile the forefront of elty city poli politics altic has lia it has been asserted been making frequent e trips to and through till tile mormon mornion territory in order to set et up the project and that the ring here lias juts heartily entered into it the recent intense philanthropic interest our friend and representative general negley has ha exhibited in the tile moral monal and material condition of utah lias has caused his name to be talked of or in connection with tiie tile affair his recent visit to the tile president with delegates clagett and merritt to impress in upon him win the debloi deplorable attile condition to which utah has lias been reduce reduced dby by mormon ruie rule and the feces necessity ity for prompt and stern interference n ter ference by the united states lias has been malevolently ascribed not so much to a virtuous indignation aill against 1 l t poly polygamy garny arid and false faise religion as to 0 a desire to further this tilis pittsburgh and one or two other schemes to develop ly the territory tory nay kay so far hath rumor gon gone that as n u intimated intimated the tile other day there are those in our midst alio who have been unkind enough to intimate that tile tiie whole anti mormon crusade which seems now to be organ organizing az n and of which the tile proclamation beg yesterday berday may be considered the tile formal declaration has been gotten up simply to aid our pittsburgh and other speculators in utah railroad lail road bonds and land grabbing schemes with a view to ascertain exactly aliat was in these rumors the tile ilea lea der has lias been at some pains to ascertain the facts which are now avith out comment comm ext eat laid before its readers it appears that though both the tile american and the tile associated press and indeed the tile special washington ats nave bave strangely angely str sti ignored the matter or shall w we e be driven to say it have havo h tco ave been induced to overlook it that general genera I 1 negley has been quite prominent in lal lai urging i ng utah railroad and mining bills before con congress I 1 ress I 1 we have before us three gylat that lie has lias especially championed as being necessary for the developing of utah and the rescue of the tiie gentiles from the tile blighting grasp grap of mormon monopoly the tile finst first was WIM presented presen ted as oll long iong oil ago as april isy 18 1871 but ilung hung fire me apparently until recently it is a bill incorporating the great salt lake and arid colorado river nall bail railway ay company and gives all the franchise right r lilt of way etc ete usually given to pacific railroads while it provides that it shall not interfere with the franchises of the utah southern railroad a corporation created by Brig brigham baill youngs legislature lefi legislature slature it provides also that clothing hing herein contained shall shail be construed as recognizing izing or de denying the tile authority of the thle legislature of ilie rile the territory of utah to create railroad corporations in other words that is to be left an open question to be settled by the tiie united states or force of arms it I 1 is said that it was wms while this tills bill was pending its second reading that gen negley negle yand sand and mr clagett had llad their fai fat famous lious ilous interview with tile the president den deu it in which tile they conati constrained aill alii tile tilo president to admit that the tile m ease case w of utah was a sad wd ease casc the second bill which liichi mr negley is represented as is eil ell championing is is 0 tile bill to incorporate the UN utah trail railroad mining and arid land company which li lias ilas Ls been beeri read t twice ice taid raid is now in the tile hands handa of the committee an minei minel and mining finhill 0 ischie it is chiefly fly remarkable for tiie tile tremendous sweep of the tile franchises it proposes to give its object is to ito develop the resources of the territory 0 utah and to that end it is to be espowe im powered red to build roads M railroads telegraphs tavie to open mines erect smelling sm smelting elting eiting ting works manufacturing establishments etc in utah or almost any anywhere where else the credit Mo biller bilier privileges are nothing bothin 9 to what this company lias bas it is not likely however that this tin s bill will pass the third and by far the most interesting bill in this series aries was introduced by mr xe les ies ley december ag 16 1872 was read twice tw lee iee and referred to the tile committee on oil the tiie pacific railroad of this the following isan is an abstract A bill EILI TO incorporate THE LITTLE cottonwood RAILROAD RAI nal LEOAn COMPANY be it enacted d by kv the se senate tate and I 1 house I 1 ouse of 0 3 of the united states of A america in congress assen bled that william frew charles lockhart james park junior junion richard 0 gray G my robert IV mackey macket russell errett marka mark marr W watson fred af magee al heus 8 williams robert IL IT bell robert b H chisholm alexander Nin lick ilek thos IV davis P edwin connor john C caldwell a id charles L stevenson johnd scully sc ully nily benjamin W Mor morgan gran thomas SL N marshall and such euch others as may become associated soc roc socia rocia ted with them their successors and asa assigns igns are hereby lierly constituted a body corporate and politic by the name mame style and title of the little cottonwood railroad company and ana the baid bald corporation Is hereby authorized zed to construct furnish maintain and enjoys continuous railroad of single or double track irack with necessary c switches witches and a the territory of utah between the following termini namely Xe beginning ginning at or ne near r sandy station on the thie line of the tile utah southern railroad thence by way of granite city and Tanners tannersville ville by the most practicable route to alta city lu in little cottonwood canyon together with the rl hight right ht to build a branch brana road to ing big cottonwood Cotton and also the right to build collateral lines of railroad not exceeding twenty miles in length from the mainline said company shall have the right to take any timber that may be necessary for the purpose of building their railway from the government lands sec see 2 that the principal omec office of said company shall be in the city eity of pittsburg pa see sec 3 that the capital stock of said company shall consist of ten thousand shares of fifty dollars each with power to increase the said capital stock bya by a vote of the stockholders convened for that purpose ora majority of them to such an amount as in their lher opinion may beneces bernece sary to carry out the tr true ue in intent tent and meaning of thiis this ac act t and the said company may borrow money to an amount not exceeding one half the amount of their capital stock and may issue their bonds with interest not exceeding ten per per annum sec see 4 t that the said company shall have the right to carry freight and passengers over their said road and branches and establish such tariff of charges not exceeding fifty cents per ton per mile for ts and twenty nive five cents per ton per mile for tor freights westward and find un ten cents per mile for passengers either way as they may provide in their bylaws by laws lays sec 5 that the said company in locating in building and operating the said road and nj its branches shall have and are hereby invested wit with hait halt ail all the powers privileges and franchises granted and contained in the ther third section of an act of congress entitled I 1 an act gran ting lands to aid in the construction of a railroad and telegraph line from the central pacific railroad in california to portland in oregon approved july twenty fifth anno domini flah elah eighteen teen hundred and sixty sixty gix six and the third section of an act entitled an act to aid in the construction of a railroad and telegraph line from the Misso missouri url uri river ilver to the pacific ocean approved july first anno auno domini ihleen hundred and sixty two approved july second eighteen hundred and sixty four sec see 6 that in lieu hen of taxes to the government ern ment and as consideration for the franchises granted by this act said com peny shall forever her ber hereafter earler earter carr carry y the jhc malls of the government over their said road and branches free the tile above bill scarcely confirms on its face at least the minors that thai have been set afloat regarding it 11 if there be a snake in t it I 1 la A in I 1 in the fifth section giving it lt privileges not enumerated but which whir 1 were gna gra granted nt in previous acts of legislation thi tha those ose acts provide among other thin things weare informed that from five live to ten sections of land shall be given to tile the ro road ltd lid on oil elther cither side of its track tile story that this bill was meant ant to oust a mormon ii railroad company which had already graded tills this very route under tinder a territorial charter and take like possession of their property under a united states authorization we could teace trace to nore no reliable foundation if it is so it does not appear the theo mormon delegate GO eg agate me in it congress mr hooper certainly did not object to it on oil any ally such ground in a recent speech ho he seems only to have objected li because causell it was a papon paper com company pany alm aim aiming g luo ito not t to build a railroad but only to obtain land grants rants nants and issue bon uon bonds ANlie whether ther then rt it bo true that the Pittsburg liers in this corporation mean lueana a ii railroad or ran an operation in land and bond bondt course can only be conjectured but it I 1 is a pity that if they really mean business their philanthropic project should be so hostilely received by the verv very very people whom it is lq designed toben to benefit eit cit we shall shail have more to say my about this matter when we ourselves get more light on oli it pittsburgh leader 1 feb eb 15 |
