Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1872-10-31
FOR, PRESIDENT.
RAILROADS.

The interest being manifested nowr lii till
Territory is an evidence that the people ar
at last alive TO iiiesr true interests. Owe
four years ago, as Editor of the Montan
Democrat, then published ut Virginia City
we earnestly advocated the building of TIN
very railroad that our public sspiritcd friend
In Helena are now 70 Zealously pressing
They did nottScn see the matter il: tire sam,
Hight we did, but Ii iscause Of graduation tina
their eyes are how wide open to what wa
then, and is now, Indispensable 70 the rea
and substantial development and growth o
Montana. We can never bring into utility
our manifold resources until railroad connec
a5ss-w the Atlantic and Pacific are estab
lEshed, and we orc fortunate i.l being in po
sitien to tap the great Ts..5Sisy of the cont
rent not lar fiom its ccatr,. so that we can
either &C to San Frauci.co or New York
This road must be built. We are aware that
ITO important project was ever undertaken
but some minds would entertain doubts and
Indulge In discussions pro and con. And,
also, we hsve found men so impractieable
that if they were furnished a free pass to
heaven they would find some objection. or
difficulties to suggest before starting on 50
pleasant journey. But the road will be
Built, the grunlblcrs and sticklers to the con-
tfary notwithstanding.
No man can calculate what a wonderful
revolution the complexion of railroad will
make in business in Montana Thousands
upon thousands of emigrants will pour into
eur borders SO soon as facilities for railroad
travel are furnished for them to get here; and
this emigration will consist of men Of means
and capital. Lands now vacant and unpro-
duatiye will be cultivated, and immense
herds and bands of all kinds of stock will be
roaming over our rich praircs.
Some objectto the proposed road on ac-
count Of The money it may become necessary
for the Territory to. subscribe to build it.
aud dread the issuing OF bonds and the pay
ment Of the annual interest on them. Now,
wesyenture the assertion, that when the
road ia finished it viii pay into tic Treasury
OF Montana more money in its own taxes
tHtH the interest OH tnc UUIus
tn Fsarsr a, ilo -ef read b,,iit orory passen-
ger and freight car; all Of the rollii stock
and it's machine shops, and all Of its earn
ings in the Territory, will be subject to tax
alton as other property, aid collectable by
the Territorial officers, and paid into the
Treasury. The building OF tile road will be
that much of an atltliffon to the wealth OF
Montana. Then the money raised ON the
Bonds, together with The NON Of the COM
pvny, will be spent in;tlle, Territory, and
fully four-fifths of it will 60 into tic pockets
of our farmers aud merchants for necessary
supplies. 1t will furnish market for flour,
beef, oats, hay and other kinds OF proyis-
ions. The money expended in building the
road will i've an impetus to all descriptions
OF business. And if The road is built next
Already market for the immense surplus now
OH hand, and for which they have no de
mgnd at present. -
There still another reimbursement for the
outlay in paying interest eli bonds. Instead
OF paying twenty-five cents for sugar, forty
cents tor coffee, thirty cents poundIor larti.
hems and bacon, sixty to seventy dollars for
Il cooking stove, and large prices for turni-
ture, when railroad is completed to Mon
tana, sugar can he put down here vt sixteen
cents, coffee twenty-five cents, hams and
bacon sixteen. lard fifteen, cooking stoves
twenty-five to thirty dollars. and furniture
at less than half the price ROW paid. Then,
ia boots, shoes, dry goods, paints and oils.
there will be a similar reduction. Thus, i'm
NIL articles which are daily md necessarily
used, there will be a large reduction, and tile
immense prices now paid will no longer be
asked and required. In every point OF view,
when this whole question is examined aud
@aeliberately weighed. free from the clanlor
OF denlagogues. every honest tax payer will
sec that he will BIZ largely benefited in tile
speedy building of the proposed railroad
Added to all these suggestions, is the in
crease in the value OF all lands and property
The road will add more than doubt, to the
wealth and population vi the Territory.
Then 1t will open up TO It's sii ortlct for
any surplus we may have. The time will
come when tire cattle OF Montana will be
shipped both East and West. Frequently in
California there are scyeIe droutl.s. In 1870
and 1871, the wheat crop was almost an en-
tire failure. HID a railroad been running
from Montana to San Francisco, in those
swo years, highly rcnnncrasive prices Tor
wheat and oats could have been obtained,
and now, with the immense surplus of both
these products OH hand, ..ith comparatively
no sale, arailfoad would enable orr farmers
to ship their ,graint0 the Pacific Coast and
other points antLrceciye for it fair prices.
In addition to the shipment Of grain, the
valuable goldls.aaa silver ORES that are so
abundans III nearly every Locality in Mon
tana can be shipped at small expense. Al
ready Colorado and Utah are sending off by
raj tons Of rich ore, and are receiving in re-
turn thousands of dollars, but forlsuch facif
tiles would lie in the lodes wholly unpro-
ductiye.
AN know how expensive stage faro has
beed in Montana. 1t c0ste now $40 to come
from Corinne to Bozamail and Helena. The
rates between different doints in the Terri
tory are CORRESPONDENCE high. Whsnathe
road is finished one can go to Corinne. for at
least $25. Our citizens are fond of.trayol,
mud in this respect there will be large say