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Show UNION PAClrlO IIAII.IllialP. Halletaelary riaanrlal Outninieof Ilia line- eromenl! Aetloaa In llallrnait Mwllrre. In my tail annual inenac I ntatad! "llie Union lSiolflo railroad, tnakt line, waa a,ird under the decree of Ilia United Mate for the iWalrtct of Me-breaka. Me-breaka. thi tint al aecond of November Novem-ber of thla year " The anvnunt due the government none eltd vf th principal of th eubildy lndi, IrlJM.tll, and the accrued In-tercet In-tercet thereon. lit.Ht.UI 07. making Ihe total Indtbtidneea IM.Itl.xXlll The lad at tht late covered the Drat mortgage lien and the entire mortgage claim of the government, principal and Imer- il. T)x left tha Kanaia I'uUla cae un-cunoluded, un-cunoluded, lly derrea of the court In that caie an uprel price fur the property wai fixed at a rum which would Held to the government only !&-SM.OM !&-SM.OM upan It! Men The tale at the In-itanoe In-itanoe ef the government are poatpon ed co Feb. 11, 111" Ilavtni; aitiarird myaalf that tho hi-, lereat of Ui government required that an effort ahould he made to obtain a i i-ergtr eum, I directed the aeeretary of ihe Ireaaury, under the art patted March i. 1IT7, to pay out of the treae ury to tho peranna entitled to twelve Ihe earn In amivnti dm upon all prior inert oa ge ifpin the middle and eatrn dlnelnna f a1I railroad, out ,f any money In the treaaury not other-"tae other-"tae appropriated Whereupon, the ait'irney general pre". pared a petition I i preaented ta tht court ottering U r, d 'em aald prior lleoa In auoh naanner ae the court might direct, di-rect, and prav'nr that thereupon tht Untied Btalt n-iht be held to be tub-rogotad tub-rogotad to all r'icV- nf eld pri ir Hen taiTder. and lli-it r.' ur ireighl lie uppalated fo t k, p -e. anion nf tha mertaaujfed pren. " ' I 'inlnll n and iparate ithe ai n ' i the cnunt or Ajnajreae ethm dir tei Thereupon Thereup-on Ihe rorg-nln ii.mll-e agreel that- If aald p-in ,n aw a wthdrawn an.1 th Ml llo I i proc, e I nn Teh II, thay would b'd " '"'n at the le ahlali would ree' i ' the government the en lira prim ' "f ' debt. If,-M.m. If,-M.m. HHening that no better price could he ofiealn. " '" dUnoulUaaUadarv.li li thi. s ncrncnrM would labor If 't ' ild '" "i tbl purehr of the r"l a aale, In thi atraenee of any 'V ""nerreal to take charge uf ui I i imi- the road I dlmotrd that i " "" gmranly of minimum Wdwh h-'i uld ive th gov-eramrnt gov-eramrnt Ihe pr il "' '" Att'' ,n ile fhould proc-.d Itv the traneae. tlon lha auvarr "' " nJ Tnof Jl.tM.Oi-' '" andabnv th um which Die i i n 1 ""''JJ' two cvminJrt In 1 VrtmreO wit til maximum -wMah they would pay for the property. It 1 rriHfy'ox t know that th reemtt t nee . viweding agalnat the UMm IMelfl and the Xon-aa. Xon-aa. Pflo ttr; re li lint th government ha reetvd n v ii'" ubldy claim tba euan .' 'H " B rrea of tll.MC pii tt -wer lha eum ahleh fhe rrrt.l''"' rwnmlrje o-tglnally agreed n 1 II for the Joint preperty, the tover-rcnt reoivlng Ita whole ci-im ulnatnal and latereat In iTntnn raelflc an I th prlnclptl of tt i eM on the Uinta lHllc railroad I OOMinBBION An'OlNTRD Ptepe had been taken M fnrcloe tho revernmant'i Hen tepon ' e Cenrrul Ia ctflo Ilaflroad compjany. but before action ac-tion waa commenced, rvwarreaa paed t act. approved July 7, 1WI, craatlng a oommttalon conielatln; of the aaore-tary aaore-tary of the treaatrry. Ih atbwney gen-e-al nd the eecretary of th Interior oral their mieceeacra In ctrtre with full power Uv tittle Ihe indehtednea to the government growing out of the laau nf to-ida In aid of cnmatrncMon af the Central raclfle an.1 Weetern IViclflc band aided rallreade nibl"-! w the approval ap-proval of the rreatder. No report ha et been made to me by Ihe commix-rion commix-rion thu created Whatever action li hd Imklng to a neetlement of the In-deblednee In-deblednee tn accordance wllh the act referred to, will b duly ullirrlttld U Congri. |
