The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1869-10-01

oceans! 1t ID shorter overlasd; nearer China
by the usual - routes It b richer In every
maaeri.l resource. guild, silver. coal. timber,
wheat. corn. and all the cereals and producia
Of temperate climate; It hos IN Immense
superiority Of grade; It II free from the
SHOWS which obstruct the path Of the Gen.
trial Pacific; and finally It tssverses fertile
belt capable Of sussaintng continuous chain
of populous States from ocean "a ocean,
while the other bridgea, for two.thirds Of
it's distance, vaat desert
Can anything-need anything more Be
said u make evident it, immense physical
and commercial advantages over the othc'
r"u'e. All that remains IL that Man should
utilize Nature: that capital should turn IA
the account Of commercr and civilization the
resources which, the Rno<l God has lavisl'et'
along the path of tho Northern Pacific Rail
way.
The following il from " Cartoons" cor.
respondcncc 1T the Boston J"svnnl, dated
Lake Winning. Minnesota
TnE GRAND PORTAGE OF the CENrUWIEA
II mskcs my pulse throb with quicker
heat to think that over this beautiful region
will I've the grnndest portage Of the age
the greatest carrying place of the coming
centuries
Count me an enthusiast. II you will. but
while our l'orsea are stacking their Thirst In
the waters of the lake. throw single glance
over the country. Here VIC are on the cast
crn border of the great wheat field Of the
continent We have eecn helds that this
vcar will yield forty bushels to The acre.
Thirty is an average crop. Travel north.
west row Que thousand miles far as from
Boston I" Chicago-and you will find all the
way a soil and climate suitc'l tn the cultiva-
ton If this cereal. Spread out your map.
look ut the Red River. the Assinil'oin. the
Saskatchewan: see how they meandcs
through vast prairie; a mild climate above.
an cxhans:lcss coal field beneath the sOii
think that the Northern Pacific Railroad.
som 10 I've constructed. is to he the highway
between this unoccup!ed field and Lake gu.
perior; think Of the waves of Immigration
setting westward like the tides ACROSS tho
Atlantic: Of the millions which will people
tina, region in the future; think that this line
Of railway will l'c the highway to the East
Am I n;shty in the prediction that through
Minnesota Is to he the grand carrying place:
THE SHORTEST LINE.
And that is not all This will be tho
shortes, line of communication between the
Atlantic and the Pacific. The Union and
Ccn,nal Pacific roads are constructed; they
arc accomplished facts. We know how long
they arc, what attitudes they attain, wha,
sort Of a country they pass through, what
difficulties have been overcome in their con.
struct,cn, what is encountered in their ope.
ration.
The construction Of that line has made
Chicago the great distributing point Of the
West, and no effort on the part of any othc,
city will suffice to wrench from her the pres.
tigc and power she has already attained.
Chicago expects, and with reason. to receive
her. teas direct from Ja:,an and China; but
when tic Northern Pacific Rail:osi IL com.
pletet she will have 400 miles less If land car.
rage from tho Pacific, by the Northern line
to Pngct's Sound, than by the Union to San
Francisco.
Tie ships that sail from Shanel,se TO San
Francisco sail on the great circle which car
RIGS them to the latitude of Pu9et's Sound,
thence they make soutl.ing to their destined
mint. That is the shortest route The con.
vexity of the earth makes Chicago. in fact.
900 miles nearer Shanghac by Puget's Sound
! than by San Francisco.
Nor ia this ALL The Union and Central
lines cross a series Of mountain summits
The Union. at the Black Hills, is 6. go fee,
aiNve the sea. The Central. at D.'nneI
Lake. is more than 1000 feet above Sacra
mento. The general level. for more than
one tl.ousand miles is At an altitude of fou'
thousand feet.
Not % the line Of the Northern Pacific.
It has one elevation only at about 5, 600 feet
another If 1000 These ase the only sum
than these of the Union and Central.
PROSPECTS or TUE ExTERPRIsE.
The Northern Pacific will he built; It will
have ita own field. and will serve the coun'
try M no other line ever can. i will lie the
| short line between the lakes and the Pacific;
will travcrse country capable Of sustaining
dense population. predict that the peo'
pie If the country will Ink upon the enter
prise with favor The men who are engaged
in it asked Congress to guaranty the interest
| on its hOndE the request Vas refused. Il
was dishcariening. But they had faith IN
their enterprise. They had studied the ques
tinn; they saw that there was IN empire in
the Northwest. awaiting only the construc
ton of railway to insure it, speedy devcl
opment They have come out here 70 be
hold it with their own eyes. and have seer
Il; they can with emphasis use the same han
guaze that thu Queen Of the Snuth employ
ed when she beheld the ivory thrOne and th.
golden furniture, accumulated riches Of Sol
Om,n: THE half has not heen tOld me"
| The Northern Pacific Railroad will h
built. and IN time will becnme the grea
t.,,ml roaN nf H4,n Nomainnmt FIR TN. f9A1lnUy