APPENDIX 10.

LIST OF RAILROAD COMPANIES INCLUDED IN THE ACT OF CONGRESS APPROVED JUNE 19, 1878, ENTITLED “AN ACT TO CREATE AN AUDITOR OF RAILROAD ACCOUNTS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.”

Bonds have been loaned, and lands, right of way, depot grounds, and materials from adjacent lands have been granted by the United States to the following corporations or their predecessors, to aid in the construction of railroads "in whole or part west, north, or south of the Missouri River," namely:

The Union Pacific Railway Company is the title of the company formed by the consolidation of the Union Pacific Railroad Company, the Kansas Pacific Railway Company, and the Denver Pacific Railway and Telegraph Company, January 24, 1880, and in the above list is successor of the Union Pacific Railroad and the Kansas Pacific Railway companies only, the Denver Pacific not having received any subsidy bonds. The title of the Kansas Pacific Railway Company was formerly Union Pacific Railway Company, Eastern Division, successor to the Leavenworth, Pawnee, and Western Railroad Company.

The Central Pacific Railroad Company is the title of the company formed by consolidation of the Central Pacific Railroad Company of California, with the Western Pacific Railroad Company, June 23, 1870.

The Central Branch Union Pacific Railroad Company is the successor of the Atchison and Pike's Peak Railroad Company, the assignee of the Hannibal and Saint Joseph Railroad Company so far as relates to the Pacific Railroad acts.

Lands, right of way, depot grounds, and materials from adjacent lands have been granted by the United States to the following corporations or their predecessors, to aid in the construction of railroads "in whole or in part west, north, or south of the Missouri River," namely:

Union Pacific Railway Company:

Kansas Pacific....

Denver Pacific.

Central Pacific Railroad Company....

Burlington and Missouri River Railroad Company in Nebraska..

Southern Pacific Railroad Company.

Miles of railroad constructed an. aided as above

244. 6575

105.89

350.5475 151.81 190. 66

None. 578.61

Texas and Pacific Railway Company.

Northern Pacific Railroad Company

Atlantic and Pacific Railroad Company

Saint Louis and San Francisco Railway Company.

Oregon and California Railroad Company..

Oregon Central Railroad Company..

.Total....

560

34

91

200

50+

2,206.6275

*This 34 miles of railroad being in the Indian Territory, the company has received no lands therefor No lands have yet been certified to this company.

The Union Pacific Railway Company succeeds to the land-grant of the Kansas Pacific and Denver Pacific companies, the Denver Pacific being the assignee of the Kansas Pacific, so far as relates to the land-grant.

The Central Pacific Railroad Company, by virtue of their consolidation August 22, 1870, succeeds to the land grant of the California and Oregon Railroad Company.

The Burlington and Missouri River Railroad Company in Nebraska is assignee of the Burlington and Missouri River Railroad Company of Iowa, to which last named company the grants enumerated were made.

The name and title of the Texas Pacific Railroad Company was changed to Texas and Pacific Railway Company by act of Congress approved May 2, 1872.

By purchase of that portion of the railroad located in the State of Missouri, the Saint Louis and San Francisco Railway Company became the successor of the Atlantic and Pacific Railroad Company, so far as relates to grants in that State.

The Oregon and California Railroad Company is the successor of the Oregon Central Railroad Company of Salem, Oreg.

Lands, right of way, depot grounds, and materials from adjacent lands have been granted by the United States to the several States hereafter named, for the purpose of aiding in the construction of certain railroads in those States, in whole or in part west, north, or south of the Missouri River," and the grants have been received by the companies named, or their predecessors, as follows:

* The Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway Company has constructed 246 miles of railroad in the Indian Territory.

NOTES.

The Missouri Pacific and the Saint Louis and San Francisco Railway companies are the successors of the Southwest Branch of the Pacific Railroad Company of Missouri as to rights and conditions under the land-grant; the former from Saint Louis to Pacific and the latter from Saint Louis to Springfield, Mo.

The Saint Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway Company is successor of the Iron Mountain and Southern and the Cairo and Fulton.

The Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway Company is successor of the Union Pacific, Southern Branch.

The Kansas City, Lawrence and Southern Kansas Railroad Company is the succes

sor of the Leavenworth, Lawrence and Galveston, which company succeeded the Leavenworth, Lawrence and Fort Gibson.

The Saint Joseph and Western Railroad Company is the successor of the Saint Joseph and Denver City.

The Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad Company is successor of the Burlington and Missouri River Railroad Company of Iowa, with which it has been consolidated.

The Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad Company is successor of the Mississippi and Missouri River Railroad Company.

The Illinois Central Railroad Company is the lessee of the Dubuque and Sioux City and the Iowa Falls and Sioux City Railroads.

The Chicago and Northwestern Railway Company is the lessee of the Cedar Rapids and Missouri River and proprietor of the Winona and Saint Peter Railroads.

The Saint Paul and Sioux City and the Sioux City and Saint Paul Railroad Companies succeeded the Minnesota Valley Railroad Company, and were consolidated October 1, 1879. The Saint Paul and Sioux City Railroad Company also succeeds to the land grant of the Saint Paul, Stillwater and Taylor's Falls Railroad by virtue of consolidation.

The Chicago, Saint Paul and Minneapolis Railway Company is successor to the West Wisconsin, which derived its grant as the Tomah and Lake Superior Railroad. The Southern Minnesota Railway Company, successor to the Root River Valley and Southern Minnesota, is leased to the Chicago, Milwaukee and Saint Paul Railway Company.

The Saint Paul and Duluth Railroad Company is successor to the Lake Superior and Mississippi River, and operates the railroad of the Stillwater and Saint Paul Railroad Company under lease-the latter-named company deriving its land-grant rights as successor to the Saint Paul and Stillwater.

The Saint Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railway Company is a consolidation of the Saint Paul and Pacific, First Division; Saint Paul and Pacific, First Division, Branch Line; and Saint Paul and Pacific, Saint Vincent Extension-the grants having been originally made for the Saint Paul and Pacific Railroad.

The Western Railroad of Minnesota is leased to the Northern Pacific Railroad Company. The Western derived its grant as Saint Paul and Pacific, Brainerd Branch. The Chicago, Milwaukee and Saint Paul Railway Company is the successor of the McGregor and Missouri River in Iowa, and of the Hastings and Dakota, and Minnesota Central in Minnesota, by virtue of ownership.

The Wisconsin Central Railroad Company is successor of the Portage, Winnebago and Lake Superior.

The Vicksburg, Shreveport and Pacific Railroad Company is the successor of the Vicksburg, Shreveport and Texas.

UNION PACIFIC, CENTRAL PACIFIC, CENTRAL BRANCH UNION PACIFIC, SIOUX CITY AND PACIFIC.

[Act July 1, 1862, sec. 6, U. S. Statutes, vol. 12, page 493.]

"That said company shall, at all times, transmit dispatches over said telegraph line, and transport mails, troops, and munitions of war, supplies, and public stores upon said railroad for the Govern ment, when required to do so by any Department thereof, and that the Government shall, at all times, have the preference in the use of the same for all the purposes aforesaid [at fair and reasonable rates of compensation, not to exceed the amounts paid by private parties for the same kind of service].”

(B.)

CENTRAL PACIFIC (OREGON BRANCH); OREGON AND CALIFORNIA.

[Act July 25, 1866, sec. 5, U. S. Statutes, vol. 14, page 240.]

"That the grants aforesaid are made upon the condition that the said companies shall keep said rail. road and telegraph in repair and use, and shall at all times transport the mails upon said railroad, and transmit dispatches by said telegraph line for the Government of the United States when required so to do by any Department thereof, and that the Government shall at all times have the preference in

the use of said railroad and telegraph therefor at fair and reasonable rates of compensation, not to exceed the rates paid by private parties for the same kind of service.

"And said railroad shall be and remain a public highway for the use of the Government of the United States, free of all toll or other charges upon the transportation of the property or troops of the United States; and the same shall be transported over said road at the cost, charge, and expense of the corporations or companies owning or operating the same, when so required by the Government of the United States.'

(C.)

NORTHERN PACIFIC.

[Act July 2, 1864, U. S. Statutes, vol. 13, page 368, sec. 5.]

"That the said company shall not charge the Government higher rates than they do individuals for like transportation and telegraphic service.'

SEC. 11. page 370. "That said Northern Pacific Railroad, or any part thereof, shall be a post-route and a military road, subject to the use of the United States, for postal, military, naval, and all other Government service, and also subject to such regulations as Congress may impose restricting the charges for such Government transportation."

(D.)

ATLANTIC AND PACIFIC; SOUTHERN PACIFIC; SAINT LOUIS AND SAN FRANCISCO.

[Act July 27, 1866, U. S. Statutes, vol. 14, sec. 5, page 295.]

"That the said company shall not charge the Government higher rates than they do individuals fo like transportation and telegraphic service." SEC. 11, page 297. "That said railroad, or any part thereof, shall be a post-route and military road, subject to the use of the United States for postal, military, naval, and all other Government service, and also subject to such regulations as Congress may impose restricting the charges for such Government transportation."

(E.)

MISSOURI PACIFIC; SAINT LOUIS AND SAN FRANCISCO; HANNIBAL AND SAINT JOSEPH.

[Act June 10, 1852, U. S. Statutes, vol. 10, sec. 4, page 9.]

"And the said railroads shall be and remain public highways for the use of the Government of the United States, free from toll or other charge upon the transportation of any property or troops of the United States."

SAINT LOUIS, IRON MOUNTAIN AND SOUTHERN; MEMPHIS AND LITTLE ROCK; LITTLE ROCK AND FORT SMITH.

[Act February 9, 1853, U. S. Statutes, vol. 10, page 156.]

SEC. 4. "And the said railroad and branches shall be and remain a public highway for the use of the Government of the United States, free from toll or other charge upon the transportation of any property or troops of the United States."

CHICAGO, BURLINGTON AND QUINCY; CHICAGO, ROCK ISLAND AND PACIFIC; CEDAR RAPIDS AND MISSOURI RIVER, NOW OPERATED BY CHICAGO AND NORTHWESTERN; DUBUQUE AND SIOUX CITY, AND IOWA FALLS AND SIOUX CITY, NOW OPERATED BY ILLINOIS CENTRAL.

[Act May 15, 1856, U. S. Statutes, vol. 11, page 10.]

SEC. 3. "And the said railroads shall be and remain public highways for the use of the Government of the United States, free from toll or other charge upon the transportation of any property or troops of the United States."

VICKSBURG, SHREVEPORT AND PACIFIC.

[Act June 3, 1856, U. S. Statutes, vol. 11, page 19.]

SEC. 3. "And the said railroads shall be and remain a public highway for the use of the Government of the United States, free from toll or other charge, upon the transportation of any property or troops of the United States."

CHICAGO, SAINT PAUL, MINNEAPOLIS AND OMAHA.

[Act June 3, 1856, U. S. Statutes, vol. 11, page 20.]

SEC. 3. "And the said railroads shall be and remain public highways for the use of the Government of the United States, free from toll or other charge upon the transportation of property or troops of the United States."

WINONA AND SAINT PETER, NOW OPERATED BY THE CHICAGO AND NORTHWESTERN; SAINT PAUL, MINNEAPOLIS AND MANITOBA; WESTERN OF MINNESOTA, OPERATED BY THE NORTHERN PACIFIC; CHICAGO, SAINT PAUL, MINNEAPOLIS AND OMAHA; CHICAGO, MILWAUKEE AND SAINT PAUL.

[Act March 3, 1857, U. S. Statutes, vol. 11, page 196.]

SEC. 3. "And the said railroads and branches shall be and remain public highways for the use of the Government of the United States, free from toll or other charge upon the transportation of any property or troops of the United States."

WISCONSIN CENTRAL; SAINT PAUL AND DULUTH.

[Act May 5, 1864, U. S. Statutes, vol. 13, page 65.]

SEC. 5. "And the said railroad shall be and remain a public highway for the use of the Government of the United States, free from all toll or other charge, for the transportation of any property or troops of the United States."

CHICAGO, SAINT PAUL, MINNEAPOLIS AND OMAHA; CHICAGO, MILWAUKEE AND SAINT PAUL.

[Act May 12, 1864, U. S. Statutes, vol. 13, page 73.]

SEC. 3. "And the said railroads shall be, and remain, public highways for the use of the Government of the United States, free of all toll or other charges upon the transportation of any property or troops of the United States."

(F.)

ATCHISON, TOPEKA AND SANTA FE; KANSAS CITY, LAWRENCE AND SOUTHERN; MISSOURI, KANSAS AND

TEXAS.

[Act March 3, 1863, U. S. Statutes, vol. 12, page 773.]

SEC. 3. "And the said railroads and branches shall be and remain public highways, for the use of the Government of the United States, free from all toll or other charge upon the transportation of any property or troops of the United States."

(G.)

CAIRO AND FULTON, NOW OPERATED BY THE SAINT LOUIS, IRON MOUNTAIN AND SOUTHERN; LITTLE ROCK AND FORT БМІТН; МЕMPHIS AND LITTLE ROCск.

[Act July 28, 1866, U. S. Statutes, vol. 14, page 338.]

SEC. 1. "That all property and troops of the United States shall at all times be transported over said railroad and branches at the cost, charge, and expense of the company or corporation owning or oper ating said road and branches respectively, when so required by the Government of the United States."

(H.)

MISSOURI, KANSAS AND TEXAS,

[Act July 1, 1864, U. S. Statutes, vol. 13, page 340.]

SEC. 1. "That said railroad shall be a public highway and [shall transport troops and munitions of war of the United States free of charge."

(I.)

MISSOURI, KANSAS AND TEXAS.

[Act July 26, 1866, U. S. Statutes, vol. 14, page 290.

SEC. 3. "That said company, after the construction of its road, shall keep it in repair and in use, and shall at all times transport troops, munitions of war, supplies, and public stores upon its road for the Government of the United States, free from all cost or charge therefor to the Government, when re quired to do so by any Department thereof."

(K.)

SAINT JOSEPH AND WESTERN, NOW OPERATED BY THE UNION PACIFIC.

[Act July 23, 1866, U. S. Statutes, vol. 14, page 211.]

SEC. 3. "That said company, after the construction of its road, shall keep it in repair and use, and shall at all times be in readiness to transport troops, munitions of war, supplies and public stores upon its roads for the Government when required to do so by any Department thereof, the Government at all times having the preference in the use of the road for all purposes aforesaid at fair and reasonable rates of compensation, not exceeding that paid by private individuals or the average rate paid for like serv ices on other roads."

(L.)

HASTINGS AND DAKOTA AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA, NOW OPERATED BY THE CHICAGO, MILWAUKEE AND SAINT PAUL.

[Act July 4, 1866. U. S. Statutes, vol. 14. page 88.]

SEC. 3. "And the said railroad[s] shall be and remain public highways for the use of the Government of the United States, free of all toll or other charges upon the transportation of any property or troops of the United States, and the same shall at all times be transportod at the cost, charge, and expense in all respects of the company or corporation, or their successors or assigns, having or receiving the benefit of the land grants herein made."