The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1871-04-14
rae KORTHERy PACIFIC RAILROAD.

From uamphle just Issued BY Jay Cooke
Go. entitled THE New NoRrawEsT and
ito Great Thoroudb fsre," We make the fol-
lowing exftacts:
IT'S SOURCES OF TRAFFIC.
: /. The Road will command the vast int.
rior trade that now supports nineteen steam
ers Of the Oregon Steam Navigation Com.
papy, which nayiga,e the lower Columbia,
the upper Columbia, Clarke Fork: the
Snake River, Lake Pen d'Oreillc. and Puget
Sound. The dimensions OF this traffic in
Oregon, Idaho, Washington and Montana,
may be judged by IT. profitaoleIness. The
Company was organized IN 1851, with =
capital Of only fi7 10 Up 70 !" nc: lsSS
struction Of steamers. railroads around the
Dslles and Cascades. xhnrves, ETC., and paid
its stockholders, besides, over million OF
dollars in gold AZ dividends.
2. Of the existing lumber trade OF Puget
Sound, westward BY sea. we have given
glimpse. The Railroad will create . pro-
p0rti0nate trade eastward. The shipments
of lumber, BY vessel from Puget Sound in
1870 equallcd 10, 900 car loads, or 800 trains
of 20 cars each. And this traffic 10 yet in
its infancy. What must it contribute to
business Of the Northern Pacific Railroad?
8. The Railroad will do most of the bust.
ness now done by steamboats, ON the upper
Missouri and Yellowstone rivers. That
business Is OF long standing and very con-
siderable amount
4. 1t will take the bulk of the large bust.
ness now done oil over the Northwest by
pack>animals and vag0n.trains. 1t will
perform the most profitable part of the mail
service of five States and Territories, and
will ultimately carry the Chinese and Japa'
uese mails
s. II will take the place of the present
wagon service in transporting supplies to
the twenty eight northern military posts
a service which now costs the Government
between six and seven million dollars yearly.
In this way alone it will save to the nation
at least three million dollars annually, or
three per cent on the entire cost of the
Road. ~ ..4
g. Where the Road crosses the Red River
of the North it taps 1900 miles of inlynd
navigation, down the Red River, through
Lake Winnipeg, aud up the Saskatchewan
to the foot hills of the Rocky Mountains.
Light draft steamers have long navigated
this route.
2. The tide If emigration. already pour.
Ing. into the country now opening to set.
Element. with the thousand needs of new
and thriving communities, will contribute
large revenue to the Road.
s. The shipment Of cattle over the North.
ern Pacific Road promises to equal that upon
the Fertile Belt are admittedly unsurpassed
in character and extent.
.. The grain>producing capacity of Min.
ncsofs 10 well known. The Northern Pacific
Road and its branches will drain two. thirds
OF the wheat lands Of Minnesota, and the
trunk line will traverse, on its way to the
Pacific, many million acres Of equally good
SOIL
10. The many navigablc rivers crossed
and recrOssed At con venicnt intervals by the
Northern Pacific Railroad, will contribute
to it . large traffic by bringing in the trade
Of the country for many miles on both
TANKS.
II. The mining interest of Montana.
Idaho and Washington. will at once fur fish
y large share of traffic To the Northern Pa.
cific Road. and. with cheap trans ortution
and the introduction Of mi roved ma
cllincry, this branch Of business will stead.
lily increase.
PROGRESS OF THE ROAD
That portion of the Road extending
through central Minnesota from the head Of
Lake Superior 245 miles to the crossing of
the Red River. Ut the eastern boundary Of
Dakota, 10 fast approaching completion A
large force Of men is engaged in finishin,
the grade, and the track is being rapidly
laid BY midsummer freight and passenger
trains will he running regularly over this
important division, connecting with the
navigable waters of the Red River and
Lake Winnipeg. A profitable business al.
ready awaits the opening Of this section of
the Road to the Red River Valley.
Within the last few months the Saint
Paul and Pacific Railroad has been purchas-
ed BY, aud practically consolidated with.
(main and branch) embraces some 800 miles
Of finished road in full operation, on which
. prosperous traffic Is already doing.
The effect of this consolidation 10 to ro>
move al hurtful rivalry, and virtually give
the Northern Pacific Railroad = double
eastern terminus-0ne arm reaching to Saint
Paul where It taps the commerce of the
Mississippi River at the head of navigation,
and connects with the Illinois and eastern
system of roads the other arm extending
TO Duluth, where it meets the commerce Of
the great Lakes and the Saint Lawrence.
In tho mean time work has begun on the
Pacific coast. A force of men is already
engaged on tho line between the Columbia
River and Puget Sound, and hereafter the
work will be prosecuted both eastward and
westward ~ rapidly - shall be consistent
with the best interests of the Read.
. ITS PROBABLE ROUTE.
After reaching the dividing ridge OF the
Rocky range, Mr.. Roberts spent some days
examining the various Passes Deer Lodge.
Bnscman's, and Cadotte's-and the ap.
proaches to each. deer Lodge Pass Is the
most southern, and has probable elevation
IT 5000 feet above the sse; Cadotte's 10 the
most northern. and has Q considerably
greater altitude; BozemanI 10 . subordi.
nate pass, east of Deer Lodge. on the same
route, and has IN elevation of $500 feet.
OF the remarkable Pass ct Deer Lodge, well
banned the Gate of the Mountains, MI. Rob-
srts says:
The whole forty miles from Dser Lodge City to the
q The Re n this route ess
,oustsies generally. little more work Win b 70
lsired ~ passing on the eeat side down Divide Creek
9 Wisdom Or Dig Hole River: but the line viii De
lSeAy favoaho . an average all the way down 70 the
le9ason Fort q ihs Missouri Piyer. Il
he Deer Lodge eu1is ftoo the fxcG that the ascsot
. Il on either side b less Eene, though In compai
WITH oth9 passes Of The oantaiaA Il 10 quite a.
'ehe being practicable without the aid u tunnel
Ritb 10 0ose costly asprssehss. 5!,
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