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ASTORIA, OREGON:
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MA1 '
TUESDAY.
ISSUED EVERY MOKNTNG.
(Monday excepted)
J. F. HA1.1OBAN & COMPANY,
PUBLISUET13 AND PltOFKIKTOKd,
AHTORIAN CUILOING, - - CASSJiTKECT
Terms of 8nJw;rlitIon.
Served by Carrier, per week 13cts.
Sent by MaII. per mouth GQcta.
one year ... 7.oo
Free of postage to subvrilK'rs.
1ST" Advertisements inserted by the e:ir at
the rate of $2 per quare per month. Tran
sient advertising fifty cents per square, each
insertion.
FROM Ol'B NOTE BOOK.
The Canby life crew were paid oft and
discharged tor the season last Thursday.
Miss It. L. Allen, formerly of Upper
Astoria in teaching school in Tempe,
Arizona.
The Olice S. SouUiard cleared for
Queenstown yesterday with $49,372 worth
of whMt.
Homer Hathaway, of the Arm of E. D.
Curtis & Co., is in the city to make his
permanent residence here.
'In the police court yesterday Messrs.
"SulIiTan, Wilson and Burke were
charged $5 each for drunkenness.
The Ladles' Aid society of tho Presby
terian church will meet to-day at the
house of Mrs. D. K, Warren at 2 p. st.
Mr. O. F. McCormao, for several yeari
a practicing attorney in Portland, has
secured rooms in the Odd Fellows1 build
ing. His office number is 5. Mr. Mc
Oormao will practice in any court in the
state.
Her. Mr. McLafferty announced from
hiB pulpit last Sunday evening that he
had called a meeting of the members of
the Baptist church tor to-morrow even
ing, when he would present his resigna
tion as pastor.
'Robert Hector was the only one saved
of the four occupants of the boat that
capsized abreast of Holladry's last Sat
urday. Mrs. Wynds, the wifo of one of
the drowned men went down to the Sea
side yesterday to search for her husband's
body. .
The first of a series of wsciables to b
given by Occidental Council No. 5, Order
of Chosen Friends, at Pythian hall last
evening, and was a success. The pro
ceeds of the refreshment tabl03 nro in
tended for tho sick fund and mako a
handsome contribution to that worthy
benefit.
Olaf Furre, captain of one of the Paci
fio Union Packing company's bo3ls, was
drowned last Sunday afternoon, off Scar
borough head. His boat puller went for-
ward to fix the sail and looking back saw
Furre going oyerboard, all efforts to save
him being unsuccessful. He was a na
tive of Namson, Norway, and was 33
years of age.
"A dispatch from tho Cape at 6:30 last
Tening stated that two boats were
swamped near the wreck of the Great
Bip'ublic yesterday afternoon and two
men drowned. One of the boats be
longed to Cook, the names of the men
were not talegraphsd. To tho efforts of
Capt. Al Harris, of the life twrripj1 tho
rescued men owe their lives.
George's speeoh is presented in full this
morning. The honorable gentleman's
own words condemn him. A good many
in this section learn with regret thut
Oregon's representative is not to be de
pended on when it comes to a question
between the corporations and the people.
His speoious reasoning may defeat the
forfeiture of the grant but he can not
blind the people of Clatsop county to his
motives.
The Clatsop Hoad.
From 8.D. Adair, who has been busily
engaged in surveying and looking up a
feasible route for the proposed road from
hire to Clatsop, it is learned that a good
line for tho road is found to bo from
Smith's point west of south to tide-land
near Lewis & Clarke's, a distance of one
mid a half miles. It is calculated that
this can be built for $13,465, that amount
being considered ample for a bridge .-oad
' thirty feet wide, securely built for that
r distance. Prom tliot point to Power's
Point, over the tide land, three-fourths oi
a rnjle, by way of a road sixteen feet
' wide, is calculated to cost $4,350; from
' there the road would extend a mile and a
half to a junction with the county road
at Adair's Landing, .which, it is
' considered, could ' be put in A 1
condition for $2,500, thus mak-
ing $30,000 the estimate of cost of
- construction of the entire road. From
Adair's landing the line projected could
fover the Skipanon where bridged, and
county road to the seaside, a distance
one and a half miles or a total dis
tance from Smith's point to the Seaside
of about five miles.
"' There is now 16,800 subscribed, and
. orork 'could be. begun so as to complete
the road this season, a very desirable con
. summation.
THE LITEST NEWS.
The Blue mountains in Pennsylvania
- are on fire.
The Chinese bill passed the house by
an overwhelming majority last Satur-
"day.
The river and harbor bill appropriates
'12,000,000. The Pacific coast is badly
left.
The ocean steamship State of Florida
has 'been wrecked on the Atlantic; sup
posed to be caused by the explosion of
dynamite on board.
Clem Phillips, J. O'Dell and D.J.Jur
don were drowned in on attempt to run
. the Book Island rapids in Clarke's fork
of the Columbia last Saturday.
STATE AKD TEBBITOBIAL SENS.
Yellow fever is depopulating Havana.
'One inch of snow in southorn Oregon.
April earnings o'f tho N. P. R. R. Co.
were $1,438,000.
Eastern Oregon is quito jubilant over
the wheat prospeet.
Washington Territory expects 30,000
-immigrants this season.
' The Helicon will tako 1,000,000 feet
of lumber from Taooma to the sound.
At Kalama, last Saturday, A. Leonard
" was found guilty of the murder of Al.
Patton.
t Gel. French suoceods Wm. Govorneur
.. Morris, deceased, as collector of customs
. at Sitka.
'Politicians now figure that in tho. Re
. -Mbliosn National convention Elaine' will
have 840 votes on first ballot, 72 less than
aeeesssry to nominate.
The Canadian department of marine
has ordered the purchase of a Newfound
land whaler, with which to explore Hud
. can's bav. and establish the nraoticabili-
, ty of a short steamship line to Europe for
sorinwesiera gram.
The earnings of tho O. R. and N. com-
' ptsT for March are: Gross earnings
$5s,4DO, a decrease as compared with
the corresponding month of last year of
516,067; net earnings $130,640, decrease
' $66,700. From July 1 gross earnings
have been $4,156,800, an increase over the
"eerreBponding previous period of $336,-
300: net earnings since July $1,837,900;
decrease $43,820.
Get a meal at the Model Dining Sa
loon, three doors south of Odd Fellows
- building, and see how you like tho
' atyle.
SitualioH Wanted
SrkglrlXo do housework. Apply at
the old sihooJwttse. '
Ui,Ai,SlI!lllil,fdrT Wpflfc,J"i
iuo company.
1 -Not one of this class oi honest, indus -
inous, nara-worfcins bona lido settlers is
, protected by this bill. I shall propose an
amendment that .will protect ithem. As 1
i b?"" R? thoy hav3 no privity of title
vr.itx tho company -whatever,
rayson. Yk ill the gentleman yield for
l uiio uiuvr quesuuil.
George. Ortainly.
Payson, Does the gentleman assert
that there are no persons who as scttl'-rs
have purchased land from the railroad
company in quantities of ono hundred
and sixty acres each?
George. I do not know for oertaiu.
Probably there maybe a number of per
sons who arc ntso settlors who have pur
chased one hundred and sixt acres each.
Payson Was the gentleman present
when ex-Scnalor Mitchell argued this
qnestion before the committee?
George. I was a portion of the time.
Parson. Does thecentleuiun know ex-
Senator Mitchell made the statement
i that there were hundreds, not to say
thousands, of settlers along the Willam
ette and Columbia river valley who had
purchased land in quantities of one hun
dred and sixty acres each and who should
be protected?
George. Ihave no recollection of such
nn astonishing statement as that.
Payson. Will the gentleman say. as
a representative from the State or Ore
gon, thathe believe? that It is not true?
George. I do not think there Is any
thing like that number of such settlers.
JNow, I say we ought to ux a limit or
one hundred and sixty acres, or oimcj
other number at a rate. Instead of
confirming unlimited sales of land to
any and every body. 1 have an amend
ment which I ptopose to submit in or
der to iwnect the bin m tiiu particular.
Now, Mr. .Speaker, m order that 1 may
not be misunderstood or misrepresented
in this matter, 1 will aain state that if
this house .wll amend this bill o a to
forfeit the unearned part of the grant
merely, affording a lcionable protec
tion to settlors or actual individual
purchasers along tin line, I shall record
my vote in its favor, and therefore I
shall at the proper time submit amend
ments for consideration with a view of
thus perfecting the bill. As it stands it
surely needs amendment. Aside from
the objectionable featiue- 1 refer to, It
will, it passed, do what no one desires,
not even the most anient forfeiture ad
vocate, and I shall propoe an amend
ment to remedy thai glaring defect also.
The bill not only p opoes to be unjust
to the original company by forfeiting
all of its earned lands of f rty-&cven and
one-half mile-, reaching from Portland
to McMinnville, but it is grossly negli-J
gent and careless in the clause propos
ing to confirm any and all lands that
have been conveyed by the original
company. It says that in case any of
the la ids to which the original com
pany (the Oregon Central) or it, .suc
cessor would have been entitled had the
road been constructed fully to Astoria
have been .sold by either the Oregon
Central or its successor prior to Janu
ary 1. 1SS4, the patty or person fo pur
chasing shall have tho right to the lands
so purchased, and upon proof of pur
chase and by paying anv balance due
the company to tin United States,
patents shaH'issue to such parties. Did
you ever see anything more loose
br outrageous? Every acre of this land,
earned and unearned, has been sold by
the Oregon Central and paid for. It was
first .-old to the Oregon and California
railroad company a fact well known
by the committee and the Oregon and
California, as its successor, has sold
the whole bv inortgago conveyance. In
the Inconsiderate haste to unjustly for
feit earned lands a bill is proposed
which on its face carelessly confirms
the whole grant without the building of
another foot of the road.
A pretty mess this is I A bill tearing
up a constructed read, forfeiting its
right of way and earned lands along
the constructed line, and then rontirui
ing all unearned lands without building
another mile; a bill attempting lo for
feit what it ought not to forfeit, and
confirming what it ought not to confirm;
a bill foifeLing all title on the part ot
tho Oregon Central and confirming ev
erything earned and unearned to its as
signs or to the assigns of the Oregon
and California' Instead of loosoning
the hold of the corporation upon the
lands, It binds the whole grant in chains
beyond all remedy. I know il was not
intentional on the part of the honorable
committee to have the lang .age so loose
and subject to such an eltect, but that
does not alter the tact that it is, and that
a most fatal mistake has been made.
I undertake to say that tho amend
ment at the close of till? bill does what
no member of the committee ever in
tendvd t do and what r.o rainber nf
this house will ever support. Now I
appeal to this house to pause before it is
too late, before It enacts this hasty and
inconsiderate bill into a law. Let us
take this bill up and carefully consider
it and amend il and make it just, free it
from careless and fatal mistakes, and
make it at leasts fairorcMnre bill and
not a bill confirming the title.
lloiman. Will he gentleman allow
me a question ?
George. Certainly.
Ilolman. The gentleman has called
attention to the third section of the or
iginal act, which provides that the com
pany, as each twenty miles of the road
aie accepted, shall be entitled to patents
tor the lauds on either side of the track.
Now, can the gentleman from Oregon
explain for what reason the Secretary
of the Interior refused to issue those
uateuts?
George. 1 do not know whether the"
secretary of the interior has issued the
patents or refused te issue them. That
is a matter between tho company and
the secretary of the Interior, and 1 have
no knowledge of It whatever. 1 know
nothing about the private business of
the company.
Raw if the gentleman- pleases. I
should like to ask him a questien: If
that be true, that all this land was sold
prior to that time, why do you need to
object to this bill ? This simply would
be an act confirming the tine ot me pre
ent owners, nothine more or less.
Georce. Because this bill proposes to
confirm the unearned part without re
quiring any more road to be built, lit'
sides, the first general conveyance was
to ano her corporation ami conveyed
everything, nud the renort of tho com
mittee so states; there can be no doubt
about that. 1 suppose lrotn tne language
of their report thoy never intended to
confirm what their'act confirms; I have
too much faith in the honor and integ
rity of the members of that committee.
to suppose tney ever lntenueu tne oiu
should have tits effect theso words con
voy.
Now. this can all be amended; it can
all be ncrfected by amending the bill so
as to forfeit the unearned part and pre
serve to the company the part which
thev have earned. 1 have live amend
ments which 1 have prepared and which
1 shall offer to this bill. The first amend
ment will correct the ovil of the bill for
feiting the road-bed and right of way
The second and third will prevent un
just forfeiture. The lourtn ana nun
amendments will protect actual settlers
alone that line who have not been pur
chasers from the company, but have set
tled there without any title on their
nart. oelievmg the land was forfeited.
It will limit purchasers to ono hundred
and sixty acres. That is ralr, right, and
nroner. and this house will assuredly
indorse it. Then I propose to amend
the closing part so as to remedy the de
fect of giving this unearned laud to the
company as the language of the bill pro
poses. Then the bill will simply be
ono confirming to the company the lands
they have earned and protecting tho
rights of innocent purchasers and set
tlers along the unearned part, throw
ing the rest of the unearned lands open
to the public domain. Is not that lair
and right?
I will yield with pleasure to any gen
tleman who desires to ask me a ques
tion. Kasson. I desire to ask a question
which perhaps I should havo ssked of
tlia gentleman In charge of the bill, but
not having done it I will now call the
attention of the gentleman from Oregon
to this language contained in lines 23,
24, and 25:
J rfdL Thai all unpaid purchase-money
States, through the rect itt ul public raou-
j cys.ac the proper land office.
J I suppo? from that language the land
has been 60ld on time and that aomo
1 payments for which notes and bonds
, nave been civen hove not matured, but
i win mature after tho passago of th s
j act. The first question is whether this
does not violate a clause of tho Consti
tion which prohibits impairment of ob
ligations of contracts already mode. If
theo bonds and papers are out making
promises to pay, and in no ignorance
of tho fact but simply as a question of
law between two parties, I would ask
whether it is enough to defend that on
the ground of failure of consideration,
and whether in any event the parties
owning the lands, the farmers, would
not be subjected to a good denl of ex
pensive litigation, especially in cases
where the bonds or notes have passed
into the pos&essiou of other parties, I
I should like to call the attention of i
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charge of tho bill to that fact.
George. As I said before, the affairs
of this company with thc-ir assignees
outside of matters of general notoriety
are unknown to me. The legal points
involved in the question have not been
fully disenssed by me.
I simply regard this grant, I repeat,
as I believe every lawyer on this floor
or elsewhere must, as" a grant in prats
enti, a grant made with graduated con
ditions subsequent, and the graded con
ditions having been performed, and the
grant having to that extent been in
part earned, tho lands subject to tho
unperformed conditions only are open
to the action of congress. If we under
take to go farther our action will bo,
or ought to be, void.
Taylor. Will the gcittteiuuii permit
me to ask him a question?
George. Yes, sir.
Taj-lor. If tbo govornmuiit agreed to
convoy to this railroad company a giv
en quantity of land for building a given
number ol miles of railroad, and this
company has constructed two-thirds of
the railroad, which the company could
construct for $20,000 per mile, and if
thty refusd to construct the other third
part of the road, which would cost them
$10,000 per.mile, I desire to ask whether
it would not bo oquilablo and fair to pro
rata the laud: in other words to givo
them lands pro rata for the value of the
railroad that they have built in propor
tion to the expense of its construction?
Would not that Ik fairer than to givo
them the whole or rather lo give them
two-thirds of the land for building ftvo
thirds of tho railroad, when they by
their own volition assumed only to build
that nart that thov could constru ct for
one half the monev which the other would
cost?
George. I Ihiuk tho gentlemun misun
derstands tho purport, of tho bill.
laylor. l understood you to say that
the road yet to bo built would cost "some
S40.GO0 n inilo, that it crosses two ranges
of mountains and would be nn expeneivo
lind to construct in comparison with tho
portion already built.
Ueorge, I no gentleman quite misun
derstood me. I said I thought Mr. Vil
lard's estimates were from about S30-
000 to $50,000 per mile. It crosses two
elevations of hills or mountains, it is
true, but tho3' are rather low. The other
portion of tho road was also a difficult
portion of the road to construct, although
not quite so much so. Rut my proposi
tion is simply to lot the laud alono which
they have oarntd along tho completed
part of tho road and allow tho unearned
lands to go as desired by the people
there.
Hiscock. Mav Insk the gentleman a
question? Do I understand thegentle
man from Oregon to hold that tho land
on the line from Forest Grove to Astoria
is substantially undisposed of except to
this ono company?
George. I do not wish to be so under
stood. There aro purchasers from tho
company along the line, and there aro
actual settlors, who believed it was for
feited to the government and have no
privity of title from the company.
Hiscock. Does tho gentleman from
Oregon know the amount of land covered
by the contract made by the original
parties to this grant and tho Oregon and
California compans?
George. Oh, that includes the whole
grant; that includes all franchises and
everything.
Hiscock. Do you know the terms of
the contract which is saved by this re
port? George. 1 do not, sir; it simply trans
ferred the whole line, and is recognized
by the-ruport of .lib committee in this
case.
Hiscock. The validity of that transfer
is recognized?
George. Yes, sir.
Hiscock. In other words, the rights of
the grantees are recognized.
" George. Yes, sir.
Payson. 1 hope the gentleman will
answer for himself, uud not the commit
tee, upon that point.
Hisscca. Does the gentleman from
Illinois claim that tho rights of the
grautees are not reserved by the bill?
Payson. I do. That is preoisery what
I claim. I will when I tako the- floor
again, I think, show that to tho satisfac
tion of tho gentleman from New York.
Holman. May I ask tho gentleman a
question?
George. Yes, sir.
Holman. Will tho gentloman stato if
he has ascertained tho reason why the
patents were not issued upon the forty
sevou miles of road which were built
within the terms of the law and within
the meaning of the third section of that
act? 1 wish to know how it happens
that the secretary of the Interior did not
authorize the issuing of the patents for
tho amount of land alleged to have been
earned; and I wish to ask my friend if
this does not ariso under the last section
of this act, which is substantially in
werds: That the foregoing grant is upon
condition that the said company shall
complete a section of twenty miles of
said railroad or telegraph within two
years and the entire line within six years?
Is not this interpretation placed upon
that, that inasmuch as no patents were
issued under the third soction of the act
the whole period of time had expired; the
secretary holding that under the provi
sions of this last section tho contract be
tween the corporation and the govern
ment was invalidated, and having failed,
he declined to issue any patents?
George. In the first nlaco. I did not
state that tho stcretary of the interior
had over refused to issuo a patent. I do
not know whether this is the case. I sup
pose, if such is the caso, that it was for
some other reason, becauso thissamo lan
guage is employed in a number of other
grants where the patents have been is
sued regularly to tho companies for lands
along tue lino where th6y havo completed
tho road.
Holman. Rut have any patents ever
Deenissnea to mis company tor theso
lands?
George. Let me ask tho gentleman,
do 5'ou understand or do you know as a
matter of fact whether the secretary of
the Interior has ever refused to patent
an acre oi mis iaua along trio lorty-sov
en iuiu uuc-ium nines .
Holman. I have understood ho has
declined to issue a patent,
George. But you do not know it from
your own knowledge?
Holman. No, sir; not from niv own
knowledge.
George. I would like to ask the gen
tleman from Illinois if he knows as a
matter of tact that the secretary of tho
Interior has refused to Issue pafents for
this land?
Payson. 1 am told by the chief clerk
of the railroad division In the office of
commissioner general of tho general
land office that they havo refused to is
sue patents on application made for the
reason that this road was not completed
within the time, and the additional rea
son that the matter was pending before
congress. .Mr. Smith, the chief clerk of
the railroad division, of the general
land office, is my authority for that
statement.
George. When was thU refusalumde ?
Payson. 1 do not know as to the date.
George. With all due defereuce to
the gentleman from Illinois, I must
state that I do not believe the secretarv
of the interior has ever made such a re
fusal ; 1 may, however, be mistaken. I
can not believe it uniess the gentleman
states unon his own knowledge that ho
knows that it Is so. I think hehas surely
mi-underi ood Mr. Smith. However,
that is immaterial.
Payson. The chief dark of the rail
road division of that office told me what
1 lmv- stated.
George. I do not know whether th's
c impauy ever made application lor
tiie.se patents, t ininK the company
probably acted upon the theory that
mese lauas are grniuea oy tne net and
he patent is only evidence of title, and
it is not nec'S.ary for them 10 apply for
patents. A poitiin of these lands were
within another railroad grant, namelv,
the Ongon and California railroad.
This grant earned was not a very valu
able one. In addition to being an over
lapped grant, asstated.it win through
an old settled section, and much if the
lands were already taken up along th
line befoie the grant to the company.
Consequently it has not been a matter
of such great financial interest lo them.
The Indemnity limits, extending onlv
u few miles farther out being also in "a
settled portion, added but little to the
grant in value.
Heuiy, They did not apply for the
patents because they did not w ant them.
A Member. To avoid paying taxes.
Belford I desire to state that one of
the reasons that existed for the refusal
of patents to this road or any other was
the newspaper clamor that occurred in
this country last winter; and the vere
tary of the interior, with whom 1 have
been intimately acquainted for thirteen
years, desired to submit the whole sub
ject to this house; and if he has int is
su -d the patents, ir was because he de
sired to secure primarily the judgment
of this lody on that subj.-ct. On that
my filetid lrom Oregon can ieh.
George. iiiis much L do know of mv
owu personal knowledge, and I have ft
also lrom the interior Vlepartme.it, that
the first twentj miles and over were
built within the first tw.. year-, of the
grant, as required by tne act a d a-eej t
edby theint-ilir department and tl.e
President ot the United States; and 1
do ki.ow further that the oth-r twenty
seven miles weie built within the ai
years, most of it Within tne first tu.
years, and that It was passed upi.n bv
the interior department and bv the pres
ident of the United States and" accepted
every mile of it that 1 do know and
all built within the time fixed bv the
act.
Reagan. I suppose the gentleman
does not mean by that statement to be
understood assaying that the condition
of the closing seetiou of that act h :s
been compl ed with?
George. That the company Ins not
built the entire road is a matter of pub
lic no oriety that is not disputed here.
And there are a number of other roads
in the United States where thev have
not built the entiro road; and it lias nev
er been urged by any ono thnt I know
of that you should forfeit the earned
part of a grant simply becauso the com
pany had not earned the. rest of it.
Holmes. Will the gentleman from
Oregon permit me to ask him how many
acre's in the aggregate have been sold
by the company to .-eltlers which are
validated by this bill?
George. That is another part of the
private business between the company
and the settlers which 1 cannot answer,
because I do not know. Rut I can say
this : that every acre, earned or unearned
has been convoyed by the Oregon Cen
tral company to the Oregon and Califor
nia company, and this bill confirms
that conveyance.
Ilorr. If tho gentleman will permit
me, I wish to say there seems to be a
good deal of question as to the issuance
of those patents. I understood the gen
tleman from Illinois .Mr. Payson to ad
mit that whether they were issued or
not had nothing to do with the real title.
Payson. The gentleman understood
me correctly.
George. That is correct as a matter
of law.
Valentine. Have any panics jiild
taxes on theso lauds?
George. I do not. know whether they
have or not.
I shall take pleasure, Mr. Speaker, so
far as possible in answering any further
question that may be addressed to me
in regard to this matter.
Ray. I desire to ask one question, if
the gentleman pleases. Wjli you state,
the character of the couutrv through
which the road has been constructed
and the character of the count! y through
which it has not been constructed?
George. I will, with pleasure. This
wholesheet of paper holding up a sheet
on which was outlined the road in iittes
tlon will re. resent generally a tim
bered country much of it broken a.d
quite hilly. Tills constructed portion
of the road indicating- runs over the
hills back of Portland and tiirough gaps
in aud along the valley--, but the coun
try Is pretty much covered with timber
aud underbrush, and is broken, except
where there are occasional settlements
aud a small prairie.
Adams. Regarding the completion
of the road, so'far as it has been com
pleted, as a substantial part of the thing
which congress wished to have done, I
would tike to have the gentleman ex-
Iilain the commercial or other relations
etween the different points.
George I will try to. Portland Is at
the head ot ship navigation, about one
hundred aud twent miles from ti:0
ocean. Referring to the sketch
on the paper.j This sill repre
sent the ocean, this the Columbia river,
and this the Willamette valley. The
grant was proposed to aid in the con
struction of a road from Portland to-Astoria
and McMinnville, Astoria lying to
the north and McMinnville to the south.
So far as the road has been built it is a
part of the plan proposed by congress
to be carried out. When the balance of
the road I completed, then Astoria will
have the benefit of every mile of road
already built under tho uct.
Iforr. Has the gentleman anv wnvof
knowing how much per mile that por
tion of the road cost which has been
built?
George. I do not know. Probablv
not quite so mnch per mile as the un
completed portion wouiu cost.
Paj'son. 1 did not exactly understand
the last portion or the statement of the
gentleman. Will he be kind enouch to
repeat it as to tho relative difficulty of
ouiiding rnis roau ;
George 1 say that it was not as diffi
cult or expensive to imild that portion
of tho road comp eted, from Portland to
McMinnville, us it would be the portion
from Forest Grove to Astoria.
Ilorr. Do I understand the gentle
man to say that the portion which has
been constructed is the easer part to
build?
George. I suppose it is easier than
the part which has not ben constructed
but the difference I do not know.
While Vn I the unearned portion or
tho grant is not v valuable as the land
lying along the ihii-'od portion of tho
road ?
Georg. Tnat i- p.sibl true to
somo extent, but so much of the land
had been taken tin b actual settlers
along the portion oi the nud which has
been built and l tSw prior graut to the
Oregon and California company, that It
did not leave much hind for the Oregon
Central company.
I would ask how much timo have
remaining?
The Speaker. The gentleman has
five ininii es of his time remaining.
George l have promised to yield a
portion of my time to some gentleman.
Horn You had bett r reserve what
little time vou have left,
George. 1 will yield five minutes to
the gentleman from Illinni.
AvrENorx.
Th8 following in tho bill as reported, J
and Mr. George's amendments insert-
od, all of which he was allowsd to offer
by unanimous consent.
All the amonumem'i except reierence.
to lands along the completed road were
nrAo.tinallv Accented bv the committee in
charge.
Be it enacted hu the Senate and House of
Representative of the Unittd States or Amer
ica in Congress asecmbUd: lhat all lands
granted bv chapter C9, page 91. ic Statutes
at large, approted May 4, 1870, entitled "An
act granting lands to aid in the construction
of a Ktilroad ml toiegraph line from Port
land to Astoria and McMinnville In the sUte
of Oregon," and ah rihus, titles and privile
ges as 10 any of the public lauds granted or
conferred by, through or uuder said act .ex
cepting the rignt of way with necessary
laud used mop.iatlngtheroadconstiucieu)
be. anJ they aro hereby eeclared foifehed
and dete mined ; that all of said lands be re
stored to the duo ic dumam aud made sub
let to sale and settlement uuder existing
laws ot the United States, ll'rovlde-i that
tins a t .siiau nut apply to nn lanas includ
ed lu the grant afar said conteruiluous with
that p.irtiou of ilw- line of railroad and tele
grapii which was completed prior to Hay 4.
1-7 ij In ca-eauy ui tue lattas embraced
wtthin iliu icnmof this act. to which the
said ra.Ir.-ad company or its succesMir wouiu
have Ocen entitled had the sold road been
coilru teil a- provided In the act making
the grant and width liecunieiiniauus ltn
that portion of the line of railroad and tel
egraph due which was not completed prior
to Ma , 1S76J have been sold by either of
said companies prior to Jan.l 18Sl.to actual
3tfitIerluen.ou, or to individuals other thaa
actual settlers, in tracts not exceeding one
hundred and sixty acres to each , the party
or person so purchasing any of said land3
shall havo the right to the lands so purchased
upon making proof of the fact ot suchpur
cnase at the local land office of the district
where said laud may be located : Provided,
That ail unpaid punhase monev on such
Sdles shall De paid to the United States
through the receiver of public moneys at
the proper laud ofllco ; and upon proof as
aboe, and payment of such uupaid balance
I anv, wltkiu twelve months or the passage
of this act, patents shall Issue to the parties
entitled thereto for the land.
That in the case of all lauds forfeited to
the United States under the pronsions of
this act, alt persons who at the date of the
please of this uot, and who are otherwise
qualified, arc aetual settlers in goon faith
on any sucli lands, on making claim to the
s.une under the homestead, preemniloa.or
oifter laws w Ithln sK mouth J after fhe .same
Vtiall have been dec.atc.li rn-ded.aliallbe
entitled to a preference tluhr tu enter the
s'uiie hi accordance with the pi orisons of
mis act ana oi me nomesieaa, preemption,
or- titer laws as the casuiaj lie, from the
da:e of such actual settlement nro -nip ttlon.
nd ot case anv uc:i settler ma wt be eu-lilie-I
tu.thuse-.teror acquire such land un
iaf iht-etlithnc laws, ih-y shall be penult
.-d within one jerir aficr the itas-ag- of
iln act, to imwljasfc uot t exreed one huu
dredjand .my acres of th- same at the
price of 1 2.'. per acre : aud the secretary ol
the interior is her. by authorized and direct
ed to make Mich rules aud regulations a
will secure to said actual settlers tho benefl
of thLi": rights
Payson. I agree io el low the gentle
man from Indiana to offer an amend
ment to be considered as ponding. I
yield to him now.
Holman. I offer the amendment which
I send to the clerk's desk to bo read.
The olerk read as follews:
In lines 12 anil 13. s:rike out the words
'sale and settlement under existing laws of
the United States"' and In lieu thereof Inseit
tlw words "settlement under tho provisions
of tho homestead laws only."
Tho following is the Sonato bill, tho
first part in brackets being the original
bill introduced by Senator Slater, and
tho remaining part being the bdl as
amended and reported by Sunator Slater
from tho senate committee on public
laud?.
A bill to forfeit certain public lands
granted to the Oregon Central Rail
Company in tho stato of Oregon and
tho territory of "Washington.
lie it enacted by th Senatt and IIoum of
liepr4tnlntittx of the United Stales of
America in Conyrcsx nssenoied.lThat all
lauds which were grunted by Congress In the
year 1ST0 to the Orrgon Central Railroad
Comp tny, to aid in constructing a railroad
aud telegraph line from Portland to Astoria,
and from a suitable point of junction near
Forest Grove to the Yumhiil Hiver, near Mc
Minnville, in the state of Oregon, and whicu
have not been patented by the United States
to said couipauy under said grant, wulch
has exnircd bv limitation, are hereby de
clared forfeited to the United states and re
stored to the public domain, and this in
cludes all such lands within twenty-live
miles of the proposed line of said road,
both in Washington Territory and In Ore
gon on cltiierside thereef: and those lands
siiall hereafter be disposed of as other pub
lic lauds of the UntMd States 1 That so
much of the lauds granted by an act of Con
gnss entitled" An act granting land to aid
in the construction of a railroad and tele
graph line from Portland to Astoria and Mc
Xlinnville. lu the state of Oregon," approved
May t, 1ST0. as aro adjacent to and conter
minous with tho uncompleted portions of
said road, be, and the same are hereby de
clared to be forfeited to the United States
and restored 'o the public domain, and
made subject to disposal under the general
land laws of the United Statos as though
said grant had never been made : Provided,
That the price of the lands so forfeited aud
restored shall be the same as heretofore
fixed for the even-numbered sections within
said grant.
Steamer Dsrs for Jfay.
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