The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1870-12-02
THE ABANDONED ROUTE.

THE ABANDONED ROUTE.
], IL M ,onprr question Or matter Of doubt thA
the North Pacific kahOad mutt abandon their jmAgi
nary route th oIgh the moth part 1t Montana. ldahf
and Warrington. md adopt ss'e running fuffhe'
moth. Though biaish Columbia ~ the Cthss m.,r.
na,ural and feasible Of through the valley Ut Tux
Snake iiiver il herOsntr. IN fas4, matter Ut aston
s.n.ct the subject II investigated how any com
l"y Of sensible men should eve, :onts!atS o''.a
question ss ms ever " have born asked o. u wnctns
there were natural obstacles to everc"me but thu
" road war ,soposed. Ad.sd to that, Philip Rits rude
over 1t on mule aud said WIS good route. and nc
further question ~as askcd.-IdGAO 6ta1esaHas, No
r.ml.r IAN.
There Is most refreshing GOODNESS in the
shove. In fat, there Is an air Of positive.
ncss about it quite bracing. No perplexing
possibilities disturb the Ssatesman. The
subjunctivc is banishcd as unworthy and a
mode adopted al once absolute, annihilativc
md incxorablc rs the Draconian cdicts or a
philippe of George Francis Train. We
scarcely feel that privilege is conceded US
10 rise in place, ION the route through tho
north part Of Montana'') and addressing the
Dictator Of Boisytown US dcferentially ~
the Al,orf Switzcrs were require to un.
cover 10 Gcsslcr's ducal hat, express hope
that his friends will have him safely and
~peedily conveyed to Lunaiic Asylum
Consider the denc'aizIng effect such state.
mcnis will have on the N. p. r. r. ca. II
will shake their confidence in Garfield, Rob
crts. johnson, Moorhcal and Wilkes0n,
who last summer travelled over the north
route" referred 10 and reported that in oil
favorable circumstances il far exceeded
their expectations IL will bring discredit
upon Col. Dc Lacy, who surveyed the more
natural and feasible route" to Boise this
summer, and thinks that hy building tres
tie bridge two hundred miles long down
the Salmon river That il would bc ssplcndid
route for artists, hunters. and tourists. 1t
will make tho company skcptical Ut .instru-
mental surveys which demonstrate that the
main range Of The I.ocky Mountains can be
crossed on the ''north Montana route" at M
attitude Of only $50 fec: above the sea,
without cut or tunnel. 1t will do discrcdit
10 tn Meteorological records showing that
there is less snowfall on this than on the
central route. 1t may awaken suspicious rs
"a the existence of the Yellowstone, Calls
tin. jefferson, Deer Lodge, Hell Gate aud
Missoula Valley system which connects on
that route from the extreme cast to tic ex-
IRENE west Of Montana. II might lead to
Il revision Of the theory that the distance
around the Garth on the 47,h degree 10 less
than on the equator, and thereby knock the
calculations Of engineers and navigators
into two Or three cooked hats. And it
might SC, Military Investigating Commit.
tee to work to ascertain il the U. s. Explo.
,atic"s and Surveys made by Army officers
while jefferson Davis, was Secretary Of
War. and which reported this most favors.
tic Of the five routes surveyed between
British Columbia and New Mexico, were
not diabolical frauds, and the officers vii.
lainously subsidized by the plegsn Indians
10 procure them. |y... .7
"slns:Dic men were Ied 10 ';.contelni,latc
building the road" and. strange a it may
appear. all subsequent evidence has verified
the representations. II tho Ssatesmoa, how
ever. cannot have tho road through Boise
it must 81 through British Columbia. -
THAT was had dog IN tho manger," aud
j. lily spoken of Ivy historisns) The char
Ter line is not imp'acticsble. 1t il through
~ region Of unsurpassed mineral. timber and
"rris "ltural resources. 1t j. far cNough
north of the central route 10 have IN, Inn: |
'ncnsc tributary local trade, and near
enough the British liuc to he 4 most i'm.
Inrtant military advantage In case Of war,
while II is the shortest route north OF the
Gulf Of California lesween the Atlantic
and Pacific tide waters. With these tYiflinr
exceptions, perhaps the grca: Boise route
would he the better route. and the compsny
might bc induced 10 have their charter mo.
we'd down 10 the Scrpen,ine stream, where
INC Rrs's''"ppcr s'sl'siste.h on eagc brush.
where alkali aboundcth, to the trcclcss
wastes and The nrc.scancd crsgs on the
verge at northern Utah. 5.'.' .''~7 LIZ