The avant courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1871-1872, 1871-09-27
RAILROADS.

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/. That the settlement and development OF
the great resources of Montana. as we'll as
other similarly located sections, depend upon
her facilities of transportation, and easy &C
cess to commercial centres. experience and
common reason teaches lla. That the resonr-
ces Of our mineral and agricultural lands
will to great extent lie dormant until The
great commercial lever, the railroad, comes
to our relief, we are convinced, and conse-
Equently anything looking to an curly rail
road connection Is hailed by the people Of
Montana dis a harbinger of the promised re-
lief, when our extensive quartz leads will be
opened, and our numerous fertile valleys will
be made to smile with local habitation,s and
plenteous crops of grain. That we Of the
Gallatin valley will have the Northern Pacific
running through our county ina very few
years is fixed fact, but another railroad pro-
ject is on foot by which theinterests Of Gal
latin County viii be materially advanced, and
by which other counties Of the Territory, not
80 highly favored by the Northern Pacific as
our own immediate section, will be more sig
nally benefited. We allude to the extension
Of the Utah Northern Railroad, which con-
meets with the Union Hacihc, to q point in
Montana, connecting with the Northen Paci-
fic, which would give us direct communica-
ton with SIM Francisco and the Pacific
coast.
The Montanian, Of the 21st, In the course
Of ali able article in regard to the Utah
Northern road, and its extension, says: The
line runs from Ogden, in Weber county,
through Box Elder md Cache counties to
Soda Springs. Arrangements have already
been made for the iron and rolling stock.
The road will be completed and cars will be
running to. Logan iii Cache county By the
first of December next, and it is expected
that it will be built to Soda Springs early
next season. 1t will net stop at Soda
Springs, but in connection with the branch
line Of the u. r. r. r. from Evanston,
through Rich county, will pass up to Snake
river, striking 1t at 4 point few miles above
Taylor's bridge; and on the North to tap the
Northern Pacific.
From Taylor's bridge, either one Of three
routes, all practicable, and all passing
through Madison county, offer themselves.
rhe road may follow mp Snake river some
sixty miles, to the low divide between Mad.
ison and Henry lakes, thence down the Mad.
ison to the mouth Of the Meadow creek
about sixty miles, thence across below Ster-
ing, across the Norwegian and Willow Greek
regions, and intersecting the Pacific at the
Jefferson. This route II adopted, will give
us nearly LOG miles OF railroad in Madison
county, through as fine agricultural region
as can be found Of like extent anywhere, ano
furnish i direct communication BY rail from
their very doors to the raIiehmen and miners
Of that vast area--the Madison valley ane
tributaries, and making every acre thereo
worth on an average twenty five dollars, i
also furnishes to- tile Gallatin valley an ad
difional outlet as well as q communicate
more directly with the San Francisco market
10 that u has 4 choice Of routes and the ad
vantage Of competition, The road would alsf
be pushed on across the North Pacific, duWI
the Missouri valley, through Radersbnrs.
and Oh to Helena. thus giving the same az,
yantages- that Of d direct communication
and competition TO Lewis 4 Clark, Mcagher
and Jefferson counties. y 4
Hi addition to the rich country which this
road would traverse, the immense trade i
would open, and its direct Importance 70 the
people Of the Pacific coast, the most plausa.
Bile feature looking to its early construction
il the trade IL offers 10 the business men q
san Francisco, By the construction Of this
road san Francisco would not only hold the
present large trade of Montana. but would
secure MI TINT may hereafter arise. 1he car
ryillg trade that would naturally spring from
the construction of The proposed branch
would soon pay for the road, and The extern
sive mercantile trade would add more 70 the
commercial greatness Of ssh francisco than
any other enterprise wliIcil she ltas taken
hold of.
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being despatched.