The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1854-03-16
We would In all candor en-

can have no contro'' We would in all candor en-
quire il there il any man who actually believes that
any railroad connecting with the Mississippi and the
great Lakes, can be monopoly in these days. Is
the Great Father Of Waters 10 be removed or rem.
dered useless1 We believe the freight to or fom
Minnesota and will be transported by water
by Railroad, line another, from point
on the Lakes or the Mississippi, from another,
as the price Of transportation shall govern While
other roads connect the Lakes with the Mississippi,
and the Mississippi and Lakes continue navigabe,
we fear monopoly from any road, that will be
hurtheusome 10 the PROFESSIONALLY while another
road may be built parallel to, and within two hundred
feet Of. this road, its entire length But beyond all
this claim that section nine contains clause
which unques,onably authorizes the Legislature to
limit the duration of the charter, that is certainly
sufficient control for any Legislature to hold over any
company of the character Of this Railroad Company.
The NORTHERN ROUTE TO THE PAciFIc.---
We have as yet nothing from the official report OF
Gov. Stevens but form an idea Of what ii will
he. from the letters he and others Of his party have
written, and from the descriptions the Governor has
I
Territory gather that the report will be entire y
| favorable.
In a speech to the people assembled 10 welcome
him, a, Olympia, in Washington Territory, Gov.
Stevens says
"It is my pleasant duty to be able to report the
complete OF the exploration, and that rail-
road emnentiy practicable from the head Of
CATION on the Mississippi 10 your magnificent Sound
/ El.a xpirr i,us, .t Ia e
tory, and has developed at least two passes in each
1t the three mountain ranges-the Rocky Mountains
the Bitter Root Mountains, and the Cascade Noun
ia'ns. Good routes connect these passes; small
expense will open excellent roads, and the country Is
well watered aud abounds in grass. The mountain.
abound IN granite and marble, and covered ith
a iuxuriant forest growth"
In regard the future Of Washington TERRITORY
the Governor speaks in the highest terms. We selec
the following:
81 have now seen much Of our Territory, and an
convinced that II Is to play no secondary part in tn
future progress of country. Its position ths
Northern Pacific is august, and makes it the grea
outpost Of the Western coast lis fisheries Of cod We
IL DC developed, and fisheries OF salmon, will be
nursery Of the heaven Of lis future commerce; its
sources IN lumber inexhaustble. Much OF tn
soit oil The Territory both sides OF the Cascades
rich, and well adapted 10 cultivation. l can speal
adysedy of the beautiful 81. Marys valley jus, ives
OF the Rocky Mountains, and stretching across III
whole breadth OF the Territory; Of the plan fit
miles wide, bordering on the south bank of the Spo
hane river to Colve of the valley extending from
the SPOKANE river to Colviile; of the Cuur often
prairie of SIX hundred square miles, and the Walah
WalIah valley. The Nez Perces country is sad b
rich, well as the country bordering on the Yakim
river.
Ours is the great roadsead, where the vessels en-
gagged in the commerce, and the protection Of IN
commerce OF the world, can ride at anchor. Thu
great roadsrad is on the route of Asaiic commerce
aud with the known practicabiiity Of the raihoa
route thence to the ST. Lawrence valley and the Up
per Mississippi, IL must become great emporium q
trade"