Excerpt from The Lands Granted to and Withdrawn for the Benefit of the Southern Pacific Railroad Company of California We have confidence that what we submit in the following pages will receive the careful consideration of yourself and the Honorable Secretary of the Interior. You have recognized the great importance to our com pany of any action of your Office that might disturb the status of the lands that have been withdrawn for our bene fit. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.