Democratic Sentinel, Volume 14, Number 9, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 March 1890 — PACIFIC RAILROAD DEBT. [ARTICLE]

PACIFIC RAILROAD DEBT.

Differences of Opinion as to How to Treat 1 the Subject. Washington dispatch: The House committee on Pacific railroads is still considering the question as to whether it should reitfirt a single bill for a settlement of the indebtedness of the Union Pacific and Central Pacific railroads (as was done by the Senate committee) or separate bills. There is a marked difference of opinion, and the discussion did not result in an agreement. The published statement that the Secretary of the Treasury lias invested moneys to the credit of the companies in their first mortgage bonds was also discussed and a resolution adopted asking for information on the subject from the department.