The avant courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1871-1872, 1872-07-04
a ACCOMPLIs1xED.
The Wark NObly Hegun-First
Work on Ihe Utah, Idaho and
Montana Railroad. f951

Our grand hopes are crowned with glory.
(Carinne has this, day become the centre of /.
Railroad system which is secondt to no city OH
the American continent. Her supremacy is
secure as the mistress Of the Interior. Her
broad gauge railway, whi h YIELDS the Gem
trail and Northern Pacific lines in bonds vi
commercial Interest, has been inaugurated
under circumstances Ut once suspicious aud
fortunate. The long expected, and long
sought North aid South railroad is to-day a
| proud, and accomplished TACT Our city is
i clothed in garments of joy. as she looks for
ward into the near futale when the world 5
travel and Interests, now passing and repass-
| ing through her limits. shall have been quad
| fupied, and her municipal grandeur as the
gateway OF these gold aud silver mountains
shall be seen by the brilIiance OF her. energy.
This day, the Utah, Idaho and Montana Rail-
road has takenits place auloig the mig. ty
enterprises which have buiIded the CONNER
clal majesty Of the Republic. Scarcely had
the engrossed charter Of the company found
its way TO the Executive hand ere tile men.
who had the will aud the way to carry this
IL,
with neans to stretch the iron bands toward
the cxpectant North. They were here to-day
and 9yestet day, but to-r,lorrow the. slirill.
scream OF the locomotive will be ecloirg up
the valleys awaiting the solitude OF centuries.
and proclaming the glad stidings that the
rocky gorge and frowning canon. the broad
plain and the granite banks of stumbling tor
rents are old Natures primal survey OF this
immense undertaking. Corinne has but few
claims TO advance for lie honorsof the event.
which constitutes the subject of our writing.
be hers only, the glory of its Iinct ption. but
to all OF Utah, Idaho and Montana shall come
the rips, ,sand fruitful l.sryest They are to be
the triune benehciaries during the prosper
GUS generations to c"me, Hence We only re-
)oice IN the common good, and now proceed
to present facts 58f 88f3 sgg,sf 80
AS advertised in the Exporter of Saturday. |
the building of the Utah, Idaho and Montana
Railroad, Was began this morning. AT nine
cock Central p. Edward conner, Presi-
dent OF the Company and Jalnes Campbell.
Managing Director. arrived in town and With
N half an hour the ringing OF bells. merry
oncs ofmusic. aud gathering crowds of able
bodied men. gave shape as wellas summons to /
he tact tat1nore than ordinary business call.
% thepeop:e abroad. Stores, iactoriee, mills
ma shops We're closed. for the time, as
hougiia holiday had come, And suchit was.
'traightwav TO the surveyed location q, the
lew road these masses marched in ot,;ekstep.
'earing 1ne implements OF induatry on the
vay. Ladies'. children, ell the inhabifants I.
nlned IN th. magnificent procession and
ook upsa line toward tile proposed tertnin-
:, whlci, is about fifteen innilre.i feet west
4 the Central Pacihe station and warehouse.
M arriving there, the stubborn task of con. !
Eructing three hundred and fifty miles o,
ailr.,ad WAS begun I'M earnest. rhe enpin-
II stakes showed v here flle: grade ana Z
'ack were delnan td and there Prssi,l.ut ]
onlior, on being Introduced ~ Dennis j. Il
oofs. editor Of the Re ortsr stepping tor I
ard, and with spasle III hand said: Sin be- !
az e ct the Utah, Idaho and Montana Rail- &
'ad Company, l'I now proclaim the construc-
oil /, 81 h this road = success. q Il
This brief speech was received with loud 9
~ prolonged cheers BIZ the multitude ,a. = =
nlDlsu 70 witness the inauguration of. the :
ork, and was followed BIZ lfr. raohy, who z
stea, son authority that the company was z z
en fally prepared to carry sinte. effect The q
ork u had undertaken I'd DO, and with n,ore a
Ipesslflall flall had hitherto marked the q
ogress of any similar enterprise. Thsr. i i / e
qtsestlop ea1t that the first forty mill al g e