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RAILROADS. 



In consideration that the circumstance which has 

 served as a foundation for the treaty concluded be- 

 tween the Eastern Railway Company and the Eoyal 

 Grand-ducal Company of the William-Luxembourg 

 Railways, under the dates of June 6, 1857, and Jan- 

 uary 21, 1868 ; and further, that concluded between 

 the government of the grand-duchy of Luxembourg 

 and the companies of the William-Luxembourg Rail- 

 ways and the French Eastern Railway, under the 

 date of December 5, 1888, is substantially altered, so 

 that the treaties are no longer applicable to the state 

 of affairs brought about by the stipulations contained 

 in 1 ; the German Government declares itself ready, 

 on its side, to appear for the rights and liabilities 

 arising out of these treaties for the Eastern Railway 

 Company. 



In case that the French Government should suc- 

 ceed, whether by the redemption of the concession 

 of the Eastern Railway Company, or by a special 

 agreement concerning the rights acquired by this 

 company, by virtue 01 the above-mentioned treaties, 

 it engages to surrender these rights to the German 

 Government gratuitously, within six weeks. 



In case that the surrogation mentioned should not 

 be realized, the French Government will grant con- 

 cessions to the lines belonging to the Eastern Rail- 

 way Company, and situated on French soil, only on 

 the express condition that the grantee shall not get 

 control of the lines situated in the grand-duchy of 

 Luxembourg. 



ART. II. The German Government offers two mill- 

 ion francs for the rights and the property which the 

 Eastern Railway Company possesses on that part of 

 their lines lying in Swiss territory, on the frontier 

 of Basle, if the French Government procures its con- 

 sent within a month. 



ART. III. The cession of territory near Belfort, 

 which the German Government offers in Art. I. of this 

 treaty, in exchange for the desired correction in the 

 boundary on the west of Thionville, will be increased 

 by the following villages : Rougemont, Leval, Petite- 

 Fontaine, Romagny, Felon, La Chapelle-spus-Rouge- 

 ment, Angeot, Vauthier-Mont, La Riviere, La 

 Grange, Reppe, Fontaine, Frais, Fousse-magne, 

 Cunelieres, Montreux-Chateaux, Bretagne, Charau- 

 nes-les-Grands, Charaunatte, and Suarce. 



The road from Giromagny to Remiremont, which 

 extends through Waelschbelchen (Ballon d' Alsace ) ? 

 will, in its entire extent, remain in possession of 

 France, and, as far as it lies outside of the Canton 

 Giromagny, will serve as boundary. 



Done at FRANKFORT, May 10, 1871. 



VON BISMARCK, JULES FAVRE, 



ARNIM. POUYER-QUERTIER, 



E. DE GOULARD. 



The three side-treaties ran thus: 



i. 

 The undersigned, after listening to the reading of 



the definitive treaty of peace, find the same in ac- 

 cordance with that which was agreed upon by them. 



In consequence of which, they have furnished the 

 same with their signatures. 



The three Additional Articles were specially 

 signed. It is agreed that these form an integral part 

 oi the treaty of peace. 



The undersigned Chancellor of the German Em- 

 pire has announced that he will take it upon himself 

 to communicate the treaty to the Governments of 

 Bavaria, Wiirtemberg, and Baden, and to procure 

 their accession. 



Done at FRANKFORT-ON-TIIE-MAIN, May 10, 1871. 



VON BISMARCK, JULES FAVRE, 



ARNIM. POUYER-QUERTIER, 



E. DE GOULARD, 

 ii. 



The second side-treaty contains simply the 

 exchange of the ratifications, 

 in. 



The undersigned have come to an agreement, and 

 have determined the following : 



According to Art. VII. of the definitive treaty of 

 peace between the German Empire and French Re- 

 public, on the 10th of May instant, the first payment 

 of five hundred millions shall take place within the 

 thirty days following the restoration of the authority 

 of the French Government in the city of Paris. 



The mode of the payment is stated in the same 

 Article. 



The undersigned have meanwhile agreed that, for 

 this one time, the conditions established for the pay- 

 ment shall be so modified, that one hundred and 

 twenty-five million francs in notes on the Bank of 

 France shall be taken in payment under the follow- 

 ing conditions: 



1. Forty millions shall be paid up to the 1st of June ; 

 the second forty millions up to the 8th of June, and 

 the last forty-five millions up to the 15th of June. 



2. The largest possible part of every payment shall 

 take place in bank-notes of a hundred, fifty, or 

 twenty francs ; the payments shall be rendered in 

 Strasbourg, Metz, or Muhlhausen. 



A sum of one hundred and twenty-five millions 

 on account of the second^ payment of one thousand 

 millions, as is stipulated in Art. VII. of the defini- 

 tive treaty of peace of May 10th, of this year, shall 

 be paid within the sixty days following the time 

 stipulated for the payment of the first five hundred 

 millions. This payment of one hundred and twen- 

 ty-five millions will follow in the values prescribed 

 in the above-named Article VII., in case no other 

 agreement shall have been made. 

 Issued in duplicate at FRANKFORT, May 21, 1871. 

 VON BISMARCK, 

 JULES FAVRE, 

 POUYER-QUERTIER. 



RAILROADS. The progress of the con- 

 struction of railroads in the United States was 

 comparatively slow until assistance was grant- 

 ed by Congress. This was given under the 

 form of donations of the public lands, for the 

 first time, in 1850. It conveyed six alternate 

 sections of public lands of 640 acres each (and 

 equalling 3,840 acres to the mile), to be taken 

 by the odd numbers within six miles of the line 

 of the road proposed. In case such a number 

 of sections of odd numbers of public lands could 

 not be found within six miles of such line 

 (in consequence of previous sale), then the 



grant was to be enlarged so as to apply to the 

 odd sections within fifteen miles of the line, on 

 either side, so as to make up the full amount 

 intended to be granted. Many of the grants 

 were subsequently further enlarged, so as to 

 apply to sections of odd numbers within twen- 

 ty miles of the line. The following tables, com- 

 piled chiefly at the office of the Railroad Jour- 

 nal, show the distribution of mileage and cost 

 of railroads and equipments to the several 

 geographical sections, States, and Territories 

 of the Union, and also the gross results within 

 the territorial limits of the United States : 



