Mr. POMEROY. They have no exclusive right. gMr. HENDRICKS. They have no exclusive right, the Senator says. Is Congress going to me e a grant this year, to encourage men to make investments of their money, to encourage counties to subscribe stock, to encour age men to make surveys, and then next year make a rant to a road lappiu upon it run ning in 51c same direction an swallowmg it up? congress gave that company ten years and I ask the attention of Senators to this factwithin which to construct its road from Leaven worth, by Lawrence, to the southern boundary line of Kansas. 3 years have elapsed. 2 of those years were in the midst of the war, substantially, from March, 1863, to March, 1865. Senators did not expect a‘rnilroad to be built in the midst of the war. Then there has been but one year during which this company could go on and construct the road to which you made the grant in 1863. Mr. President, the point that I desire to make is this: that when Congress makes a grant of land to a State to aid in the construction of a railroad, and the State transfers that grant to a particular company, Congress ought not to make agrant to another company which is to destro the grant 1st made. Was it the purpose of on s, when thisgrant was made, to encourage ti onstruction of an important road from eavenworth, b Lawrence, to Gal veston bay. in Texas, and thus connect the waters of the Missouri with the waters of the Gulf of Mexico? Certainly, that was the purpose, because it is plainly expressed in the act; and what a great road it will be one of the important roads of this count; an important feeder of the Pacific railroa, in which the Government is investing so much land and so much money. I ask if, for the benefit of g few co orators, we are going to make a grant to another company to come in competition during the time which we, in 1863, allowed for the construction of the main road. If Senators will give me their attention fora moment, I will show just how these roads are located. Here is Leavenworth upon the missouri river. The road to which we made a rant in 1863 is completed from that point to iawrence a distance of 35 mi es. It is completed, as I understand, by the intervention 0 the Pacific Railroad Company., By an arrangement between the 2 companies, that road is built thus far, and a survey has been commenced from Lawrence in a southern direction upon the route described in the act of 1863. That road, then, is built from Leaven worth to Lawrence, and is to run in a southern direction. That road is just 36 miles west of the Missouri State line.l Now the prop position is to start another road at Kansas City, on the Missouri river, a distance of 36 miles from Lawrence, to run in a southwestern direction until it shall intersect the road to which we made a grant 3 years ago. The effect of it will be that for a distance of 100 miles these 2 roads are to run par allel to each other, and Congress is to help to build both, their greatest distance apart at any point being 36 miles, and their average distance apart not to exceed from 15 to 18 miles.