The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1870-01-28
DEER LODGE CITY, FRIDAY, JAN. 81.
NORTHERN PACIFIC ROAD.

NORTHERN PACIFIC ROAD.
Cntil the Garfield corps 0f observation
started on its survey last summer. the pro.
ject Of the Northern Pacific Road was re.
sarded By many 40 little more than q suppo.
sition-.s grand impractical theory, two
thousand miles long, froscn the entire
length and thawless - the polar gateways
That survey. and facts ascertaine.l, demon.
strated differently. For time. the subject
attracted much attention from the press; the
people along .hc line wee buoyant will,
hope, and confidently anticipated the initia.
ton of measures insuring the carly con.
structi0n Of the entire road. But, although
the reports. SO far as made public, were fa.
vor,.blc, and Jay Cooke was sufficiently in.
tercsted 10 pay postage on large edition Of
them, Mr.. Wilkcson's pen did not spread on
the ample pages of the Tribune the expected
"cries Of mastery articles. tue grand mort.
gage OF lands was not made to the popular.
izcrs Of the National Loan, and the fog set.
tied heavily over tho Northern line. True,
great enterprises REQUIRE time, consideration
and much labor. True. one hundred miles
on the eastern end, necessary to hold the
land franchise. haze been begun; but the
interior Territories, remote from reliable
waters or rail communication, have not been
disposed to possess themselves with patience
that shall endure tho approach of the loco.
motive along the 10th parallel at the rite of
100 miles year. The apples Of promise
seemed ashes in fruition. There was gricv.
Gus suspense in the silence Of the parties
that not even possible strategic approach
on the Government wants rendered endura-
he. The Northern Road seemed to have
broken loose from tho ccrtaintics and driftcd
away again among the possibilities. But
rcccut adyiccs indicate that not even the
suddenly frightened pursc.stvings Of Uncle
Sam, (after the successful foray Of tho Gen.
trail roads, has prevented favorable repre-
sensations OF the Exploring Party or the fa.
vorable action Of Messrs. Garfield and
Cooke A dispatch from St. Paul, Mime.
sofa. January %, rca Is:
The I'ress says that wealthy Amsterdam
" capitalists who arc now building the St.
" Paul and Pacific railroad, have offered to
/" build the Northern Pacific from Red river
" to tho Missouri. The acceptance of this
proposition uhc terms Of which are of a
Every liberal charactcr) would place Min.
"nesota in railroad communication with
- Montana at least three years SCORER than
under any other policy"
This shows that foreign capitalists regard
favorab!y the eastern end Of the line. But
Montana il interested in q railroad within
lcs borders - we'll Is without, and the fol.
lowing from the New York Tribune of Jan.
18th, not only gives tho key TO tho Amstcr.
banners proposal, but announces the clos.
ing of the iuportsnt contract. and the insti.
tuition OF Immediate, working operations
along the entire line
Negotiations between tic Northern Pa.
" rife Railroad company and Mcssrs. Jsy
" Cooke & CO. have been concluded Ivy .
contract, in which these bankers secure
large interest in the franchise of the Road
" and undertake its fiscal agency. Survey
ing parties will be put in the field this
winter, to determine fundamentally the
" best and shortest route between Lake Su-
"perior and Puget Sound. These surveys
I" on three different portions of the route,
performed in drifting SHOWS and frost,
will be severe and costly, but tho coutr~c-
4" tors Of the Road are impatient to make
" beginning, and in easncs, to prosecute the
enterprise certainly without delay, and, if
possible, without intermission. On the
"reporls Of the surveying parties, tho line
" OF tho Road will be located, and the con.
4" s,ruction Of its eastern division forthwith
" commenced, while contracts to make tho
Road in Minnesota will bc advertised to
" IL: next spring"
Nr. Canfc!d's efforts have been success.
Sul. lie has secured the cooperation of the
great Bankers, through practical cxplora.
ton of the route by their confidential engi.
nccrs and agents. The delays are ended;
tho enterprise is on fair footing. and the
vexing question Of routes, will, during tho
summer, be determined The knights of
the transit will have right honest welcome
TO tho valleys of Montana. ~ they trace the
grtlle way Of civilization. and stake tho
avenue over which shall roll the traffic of
both hcmisphcrcs. -., -"
THE ASSESSOR OFlNTERNAL
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