The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1871-02-03
OUR NEW YORK LETTER.
tFiom the Special Correspondent NEW NoRrR-wE

This commercial metropolis is terribl
hole. Here went to work and put oil m!
surplus funds in the shape Of drafts befor
leaving Helena Is . preventative against
forced loan Ivy Road Agents, and then ha'
the tcnerity to walk the streets of Ncv
York with the remnants of said funds
amounting in the aggregate to 81. 30, green
backs Ut par,) upon my person. was walk
ing along what would have leen 1.-THE sunny
side" Of Broadway, had it not been for tn
slosh and drizzlc, and was looking up ut tn,
sings and thinking whether it would bc .
good On investment as Lewis and Clurl
county warrants at 70 cents, If were t
buyof a curbstonc brokera genuine oroide
watch and chain for twenty i've cents
when found myself nearly thrown to tic
slusl by cuplc Of individuals who had
evidently colldcd with me on purpose. In
less than five minutes my $3.50 was gone,
and that was not gone alone-for went
with ii. l had not fallen among thieves.
however, but had been brought up standing
by q couple of rs
WELL DRESSED, GENTLENANLY PERSONS
As Montana ever babe regretful goodbye
10, namely, Mcssrs. Julius Sands and 81.
IIuntlcy. During my five minutes conv.r-
sation with them learned tia, 81. purposed
spending a few days in Washington, and
that Mr. Sands headquarters were with
Messrs. Pozna:nsky Bros, No. 1873 Church
street, N. Y, from which point he keeps
Mcssrs. Sands Bros of Helena, supplied
with the latest fashions and novelties. N.
+. Langford, Esq, learned, was at tho St.
Nicholas Hotel, u statement corroborated
Ivy tue Tribune, under tho head Of ''Iistin.
guishcd arrivals" Mr.. l.. Cans, of the firm
Of Cans & Klein, Of Helena, was on visit
to Boston, but is doubtless before this time
ut his old quarters, 4: Warren street. for.
warding goods for his immense clothing
establishment. Mr. Jas. W. Whitlatch still
has his headquarters at 336 Fulton street,
Brooklyn, but hive not had the pleasure
of meeting him as yet. z. L. Sparks, Esq,
Of the Helena firm Of Sparks g. McPher.
son, was visiting tic "od folks at home"
in Rockville, Conn, at last accounts; Mrs.
Sparks was also in Rockville Mr.. l.. Gold.
berg, one of Hclcna's retired clothing mcI.
chants, has IA Broadway for his ''loafng
place." but although have called repeat.
eddy have been unable to find him. Think
he doesn't loaf much. MI. and Mrs. VIM.
A. Rumse!y arc at 200 Gates avenue, Brook
Ign; &. 4. BroaLwatcr is in Chicx 20; Mrs.
Il. W. Carpenter, Of Helena. IL stopping
with her parents at No. 952 Second avenue,
while her ''bctter half" CHATS me, you
know is auttcring between Boston, New
Haven and this city, with an eye 10 the
''main chance" and having in contcmpla.
lion the negotiation of loan by means of
which to get back To the Land of ''Hcavcn
Kissing Hills"
HAVE BEES ELEVATED"
But once siucc arriving in the East. My
friends, who arc we'll acquainted with my
propensiiics, will he glad to learn this, but
mortified to learn that said elevation" occur
rcd in one of the most public places in the
city. 1t was done by steam applied to the
propulsion Of car on a vertical railway
located in the Equitable Building, corner
of Cedar street and Broadway, where the
NORTH PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY
Have their magnificent apartments. went
in search ofitcms and was favored with the
following: Two hundred and thirty three
miles Of road are under contract in the
State of Minnesota, &c be completed by July
lSt Of this year. The road will then be
finished 10 the Red River of the North, the
extreme western boundary of the State. OF
this 233 miles, so miles, commencing ct the
Dallcs of the st. Louis river and running
west, have been ironed aud are being ira.
verscd by locomotives. Three thousand
men are at work upon tho road and there Is
TO doubt that the contract will be complet-
ed within the time specified. 1t is certain,
as Secretary ,Wilkeson inf ,rmed me, that
the road will pursue the Yellowstone route,
bu. at what point It will leave that river or
Ivy what Pass it will cross the Rocky Noun.
ta;ns is entirely undetermined. Upon this
point the Secretary was very emphatic. and
added that those who were locating land
with the idea of being upon the railroad
might be previously disappointed. Survey.
ing parties will he put in the field in the
spring of 1871 and the line of tie road will
be located through Dako:ah and the Vel.
lowstonc country during this year. In max.
ing this location the company will be in,
nucnccd solely by desire to obtain tho
shortest available route. Tie line from the
Red River to the Missouri will be put par.
TALLY under contract carly in the spring.
and 1t is the company's intention to com.
plctc tho road to the Great Bend of the
Missouri, at the earliest possible day. Once
finished to That point, frcighting to Mon.
tsns by the river route will he reduced
nearly onc-half aud steamers can make two
or three trips each season between Benton
and the railroad terminus, Il 10 my opinion
that tho road will be completed to the Great
Bend and that Montanians will commence
deriving their first benefits from the North
Pacific In about eighteen months. The
company arc exhibiting equal energy with
regard to the construction of the western |
division of the road. Engineers arc now at |