, 1871-06-27
Steamer oriaamme


Sound. last week, although flying one,
was Une Of deep Significance. Among her
passengers was Mr.. DeLasky, wealthy
banker, doing business in London and
Hamburg, who represents The German
bondholders in the new railroad called the
"California Pacific Eastern Extension
Rail Road" Mr.. DrLasky's visit was
for the purpose of getting a general idea
of the system of waters known as Puget
Sound, so that he may represent to the
capitalists of Europe the nature of the
enterprise in which they propose to in
vest their millions.
This road, which received charter from
the last Congress, is an extension of the
Pennsylvania Central and Union Pacific
road from Ogden to Goose Lake, between
Snake river and the Humboldt; thence
connecting with its right arm with Holla-
days road TO Portland, and extending
thence to Puget Sound, and with IFS left
arm, through Bechworth's Pass via Marys-
vile. to connect with the road leading to
all subscribed, and ten per cent. already
paid in. Mr.. Rudolfson, of San Francis
co, is President. Col. jackson, of the Val
lrio road, is Vice President, and Milton
]. Latham, Treasurer. The grand lever
and mighty moving power in this com5i-
nation, is Thomas A Scntt, President of
the Pennsylvania Central and Union Pa
ci6c roads. Many persons look upon this
combination as simply intended as a ruse,
to force the Central road into a combina>
tion with tie ULior, and have one man
agement control its entire operations.
This, however, although spec:ous aud an
argument which the friends of the North
ern Pacific Road would gladly believe, is
not in accordancr with fact. Since 1868,
it has been an object of both the Central
and Union roads, to extend branch from
Salt Lake to Puget Sound, and parties in
the interest of those roads have already
been here as early as 1868, and from the
very first, not only have the agents Uf
those roads, but the agents of Ben Holla-
day, and even Mr.. Holiday himself, an
nounced, without hesitation, that the pens
insula between Port Townsend and Port
Discovery was the objective point to
which they intended to come. The di-
rectors OF the Northern Pacific road are
well aware Of this fact-they well know
that it is no chimera, and the great prob
lem they will solve at this their present
meeting will be, whather they will build a
road from the Columbia to Port Town
send, or whether the California Pacific
shall build it. When Mr.. Roberts, Chief
Engineer of the Northern Pacific Rail-
road was here few weeks since, in con-
versation with gentleman be adverted to
the fact os the movement of the Union
and California railroads, and their inten-
ton of coming to Puget Sound, and re
marked that Judge Rice, Mr.. Canfeldr,
and Gen. SPrague, who have been in
such haste to secure lands on the eastern
side, and who have had so strong an opin-
ion of Bellingham Bay, were mistaken,
and that they would see their mistake be-
fore long.
This combination of capitalists, led
and advised by the powerful mind of Tom
Scott, of Pennsylvania, is no myth, nor do
they attempt to boodwink or deceive the
public. They declare their aim to be
Puget Sound, and their objective point
the Quimper Peninsula. A road is cer-
tain to be built here. and it matters but
little to our citizens whether it is built by
the Northern Pacific or the new combina>
tion. IF the directors of the former are
guided by the advice of the Chief Engi-
that the Port Townsend Peninsula will
be the site of the commercial metropolis of
the northwest.