Railroad Subsidies

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Title

Railroad Subsidies

Subject

Railroads

Description

The editor of the Vancouver Register republishes this editorial from The Oregonian without comment. Settlers in the Pacific Northwest had been eager for railroad service since their arrival, and President Abraham Lincoln's chartering of the Northern Pacific Railroad suggested that the transcontinental railroad - and all the feeders that would take advantage of it - were on the horizon.

The tone of this editorial is one of frustration, indicating that “influential journals have created a public opinion on the subject which Congressmen have not the courage to face.” The suggestion is that subsidies to railroads have been productive of corruption.

Abstract

The editor republishes this editorial arguing that the omnibus railroad bill is stuck in a Congressional committee and may not be passed because of the notoriety that would be attached to any advocate for the bill, suspected of corruption..

Creator

Unknown

Source

The Vancouver Register

Publisher

Vancouver, Washington

Date Issued

1869-03-27

Contributor

This is a reprint from the Oregonian.

Medium

Web

Type

article

Bibliographic Citation

Vol. 4, No. 24

Spatial Coverage

Washington Territory

Temporal Coverage

1869

Provenance

Washington Secretary of State History Database

URL

http://www.sos.wa.gov/history/newspapers.aspx

Start Page

2

End Page

2

Geolocation