The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1868-07-05
What Brigham Young Says of the Pacific
Railroad.

The Mormon prophet puts good face upon the |
invasion of Utah by the Pacific Railroad. In |
speech delivered in the Ten . O Ike "itV
"If / were the whole community and were to |
give my voice, and if had the Ssptsl 70 employ
the men 10 build it, and had it all my own way,
would say we will have the railroad from the Az.
lantic to the Pacific oceans. They nave got TINS
road already started. There is one from the east
going west, and one from the west gong east, anu
they say they aye going to meet
"If / could dfect the route they should take,
should have it down through Echo and weber
canons, and from there through the lower part OF
Salt Lake city, and then pass the south sloe oI
the lake to the Humboldt.
''Whether it is the province Of this community
to dictate in this affair will be better UNDERSTOOD
when the track is laid. We are willing to DO our
share of the work, provided we get wen Pa.;E ISr
mort and endeavor to shape their resolutions as
near as possible with the wishes OF TINS commu-
nity. Whether l have hit the mark or not do
not know. | know what my wishes are, anu
understand what would be for our benent IN Dullu-
ing this railroad. We have undertaken to do a
certain section as far the grading concerned
Whether we shall have the pleasure OF hearing
| the whistle, and the snorting OF the IRON morse
with every train of cars that passes from the west
| TO the east, do not know. Still would IKE 10
hear the whistle and the putting OF the iron horse
every evening and through the night, In the morn
| ing and through the day. If the company wDlcn
first arrive should deem, It to their advantage 10
leave US out in the cold, we will not be SO lar on
but we can have branch line for the advantage
81 believe that some have the idea that where:
ever the line goes there will be large cities built
on its track and that at the junction OF the two
| roads there must be a great deal OF money ex
ueuded for material and labor in erecting large
machine shops. Whether they meet IN thus city,
| at the mouth Of Weber, at the Humboldt wells,
on the desert south of the lake, or in the noun
tains north of the lake, has yet TO be told. am
certain of one thing and that is that the eastern
| company is determined to meet the western COM
| many as far west as possible, and that the west
ern company is determined to meet the eastern
company as far east as possible, but wnetner tne
junction will be in our city or In the vicinity ad'
| lacent do not know. n. +.
raonires capital to build them. What kind Of cap
itai? Gold silver, lawns, calicoes, broad cloths
fine bonnets and fine hats! Not bit OF 1t; Dp
the capital and the only capital required to oullC
cities is bone and sinew, and wherever me isDor
ing men set their feet in these mountains and say
| I'VE will have q city, there city Will grow
The lsboring men are the ones VINO @L ou ~ 1a
| cities. Who owns them when ouhts why 1noSS
, | TO whom God pleases to give them. .
! | awe have city here, and we built TINS CITY
| without money. came here without money AM
have not the least idea that there were nVe nun
! 6red dollars in this community when we 4 am jay
here and commenced to build this city. Until IN
a gold was found in California, and the Battalllo
: boys began to bring it here. we had no none
h amongst US that know Of. When we leIt NauVo1
| we left naked and barefO0ted. we lett OuE pr
! perty. and with the old broken. down horses an
e | cows, and broken wagons that we could PICK ~
4 we commenced our journey into the WILDERNESS
Y | If there was money in the camp, didn't know
9 with the exception of what had in my possession
A. What had, was given to me by Bishop Hunte
o We left Nsuvoo before he did, and before IeaVin
\ he handed nae three or four hundred dollars, sna
II bought little corn, -four, and little necessal
g. for the camp with it. But this was sOpn 9;
v hausted and when we left the missouri river
~ not know that there was any money IN ,he Oaun
,r | When we reached here we commenced maSiL
" | Rdobes. We had brought few pit saws anu
n | drew logs out of the mountains, and Win one m
be | at the top and another below the log, we ~
b, | verted them into lumber. By ana Dy We Stee.
a | mills to saw our logs into iumoer' anu sneu ~
be commenced putting it together Tor our uoors 81
at windows, to lay our floors, and 10 make our ue
de steads and chairs. and all this Without ceh1
Ie- money. This is the way we commenced W Wi
sr. up our city.
Of "a When we have plenty of laboring men who
On willing TO work we can build cities without none
m and nv feelings are, with regard 70 all ihe lhha
~. tants Of the earth, that no man should ever II
,er himself above doing that which ought 70 De DOL
nj n is ADVANTAGEOUS to classify labor. You m
az Mace one man ia this position and another IN tn
III | according 10 their ability and talents. But VII
ma | lumber is 10 he made out of timber the man "
1er saws. INV hands cannot handle logs snd board
de is not worthy to inhshit the house W9en u IS ou
ess This is nv understanding on this supJeeL EVt
.ck man should labor, and each one 81 tnst tor WI
,ss, he ia the best capacitated'"