The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1869-08-13
Movements Of Northern Pacific
Exploring Parties.
Jay Cooks Northwestern Projects.
Corresponding Chicago Tribune.l

Correspondence Chicago Tribune.l
The President Of the Northern Pacific
Railroad and his friends had rough greet.
ing from nor -wcstcr during their first night
in camp ut st. Cloud. They were saluted
by the skirt Of a storm which was fright.
tut tornado sixty miles west, but a party,
mostly from Vermont, are presumed to bt
weather proof, and all subsequent accounts
Of their westward progress are favorable
If Mr.. Jay Cooke shall he satisfied by the
observations of these parties that IL, 800 acres
per mile through the State of Minnesota,
and -, 600 acres per mile through Dakota
Montana, Idaho and Washington Terrific.
rics.-an aggregate Of 81 GAO, 600 acres-will
constitute security for one hundred mil
lions of dollars. the readers of The 1iibunI
may make q railway journey from Chicago
to Pugct's Sound on the 4th Of July, 1876
have fancy that the Philadelphia bankc,
requires no personal assurance In the pre-
| nlankind' 10 he brought to his way of think.
ing-s cOnsumatiOn which every hour Of THU
Pacific Railroad summer hastens
The experience Of the present year. ia
which Mr. Cooke il prominent party, haa
proved that grants of land, amounting IA
10, $50 acres Of land, assure railroad from
Lake Superior to the Missippi river; while
6, 400 acres per mile II sufficient endOw.
mcnt Of further section of 80 miles from
st. Paul to Breckenridge, on the Red River
of the North. Thus, during 1870, there will
Ike 800 miles of railroad in operation from
Lake Superior to the eastern boundary Of
Dakota Territory. The practical question
remaining 10, whether q. 600 acres per mile,
in addition to the income of great CONT.
mental highway, will not justify the imine.
diate construction Of . railroad west to Pu.
gets Sound, and to Portland, Oregon.
We have lately becn favored with the Of.
firmative testimony Of the Chicago Tribune
on this point, and few intelligent minds will
dissent from the conclusion. Yet allow me
to express regret If the opportunity shall be
lost to the nation to become . party to tho
construction, the regulation and the profits
Of great trunk line from Lakes Michigan
and Superior 70 ruget's Sound. State after
State has abdicated all control Of railroads
The United States waived former security
flor advances to the Union Pacific Railroad,
and has failed to reserve any efficient check
upon its policy; and while Europe and Id.
dia have providcntially made their railways
future resource Of revenue, this country,
and England also, have neglected to secure
my subOrdinatiOn of railroad lines TO the re-
lief Of the public treasury. We gr0wl and
clamOr' over our errors and omissions In
respect to the Central Pacific line, but il mas
le too late 10 repair them by new policy
by the Inauguration Of q national system
on tho lines Of Northern and Southern Paci.
fic Railways. ......-.-..-..,..,...
Here is given resume of the British,
India and French systems of railways. that
profit may aocraS to the Government Treas.
ury and similar system IL urged In the
railroads hereafter to he built on Govern.
ment lands.l ..=,....
The Central Pacific Railroad ID beyond
the reach of similar regulations, but II ID
possible for COngrees to establish relations
to the Northern Pacific Railroad Company,
and to the Atlantic & Pacific Railroad Com
psny. which, ~ = condition or govern.
mert lid to Pacific Railroad system, will
lands now vested under former grants, and
90 resume control Of administration - 70
prevent my permanent increase Of the pub
lie debt. reclaim for the discharge Of pcepent
liabilities . considerable portion Of railway
receipts, and afford In the contingencies Of
the future, 4 conservative restraint MON
those powerful corporations organized under
State authority, which threaten 70 OVERHEAD
ow the Land. No persoual agency woula be
more appropriate Tor this purpose than The
intervention Of the 6nanci@ who aided the
government % materially during the war,
AID whose name q now 6entl6ed with The
enterprise Of . Northern Paddc Railpoed
We cannot repair To impsovidescs Of The
mast East ar thu M1aaSnafnn3 the rnilrO0d
poratjous under rival State chaftess; bat il
10 Weet & viii b ~ ,posei Of s1oiksoaa.
ship . utilize the experience Of other coun-
tTies, BY which The aaaioual cre6it iGr1l1t
made available for the cxigsncies Of Con-
stuoceton, and thes capi1ali16d for ~ beas1t
of ~ Tfe6Anfy.
49,. Wuuuss.