The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1872-12-28

Il NEW NOHtdeW WEI
confidence ID her own tlessisy bsllss consscs.
Ing road IN Salt Lake city. Twice annually l
had visited Salt Lake; bed seen their lack
Of entssps,ss, whsa tass,ps veat 1n shestss
tickets. I've ase coming . that here), there
was no market for anything; bills werc paid
In onions and taabaEk for tea and calico.
Recently visited Salt Lake again. l saw
800 tons Of ore at Ogden in Salt Lake still
more. At the depot were street cars. !
stood amazed at the streets crowded with
busy people, at the palstial residences GOV.
ering the once sage brush bills, new build-
ings everywhere. now market house replsc.
Ing the old, new hotels and business blocks,
Thrift and money visible everywhere, and
down town looked In bewildercd asionish.
incnt on the once magnificent buildings Of
Godbe and Jennings now overshadowed in
architecture by their numerous neighbors.
One mine had just sold for $780, 600 and
another for $500. 900, and al sung the one
sweet song of progressive enterprise and
thrift. And yet Mountainous there tell me
that all Utah has not such mines o. Madison,
Beaverhead, Jefferson, Lewis and Clark or
Deer Lodge counties. Before railroads these
mines of Utah would haye sold for . song.
But railroads have brought her $50, 00O. 900
capital anil go, 0O0, 600 have been invested
within year. ssw and heard these things
in ainazcucnt and realized for the first time
what allied Montana.
was amazed had not seen it before,
and am not quite sure nm us good rs .
Mormon. Two things asc essential psints
in the event Of IN extnoGdinary session.
First, Whatever amount Of money VIC give
shall bc conditional upon the completion of
the road before We pay one dollar. I won't
take anybody's word for it. The railroad
we must have. Second, 1t shall not be an
indefinite offer as 10 time or project Or per.
sons: am not In favor OF Governor Orr's
plan by way Of the river. A North and
South broad gauge will cost $22, 900. 900; .
narrow gauge 81, 900, 600. Is it not better
then to give rs subsidy what we would
usclessy pay in transportation in two years
to secure this road, and pay 10 Montana
Company II you will build this road In
two years We will give you two million dol
lars. From one and One>half to two mill.
ion dollars will BE- expended IN this Terrific.
~ In building the road. II Utah got ten
,ni1l;ouc frrai Un co,;saI Mroe.c. ,,,;ll .,.,t
thirty millions, and We are hut giving those
who build the road opportunity to make
onc.tcnth ut one per cent. on what they
bring us. This project has been assai'ed ns
airing" and ''clique" scheme bent on plum
der. will not say these cries ure always
untrue, but they are always the dermier re-.
sort when all other things fail I regard
them in this instance Is unjus, to those who
aud that it is unfair To thus as.
sail them. In the the very nature of the
case II csnno. bc such. for If they ask too
much let some other Company build it for
lcss. 1t is very easy to dissrust legi sla,ors
and cry thought" but the people will not
endure such things and it Your legislators
sell you out, insu-rcct ard destroy Ahcn,,
(rhe speaker here explained, Ut length, that
he had no personal Interest io the schesaSs !,
and descanted again on tho gloomy condi- J,
ton Of the Territory. ~. -
Utah is now hu,illng four mors
roads by enforced tithing work, ",
the people here sisod agl,ast q giving
their notes payable in thirty Year,. The
speaker then gave "Reminiscences of Colo.
RADIO, and stated that though her resources
were poor compared 70 Montana, she had
now five completed railroads, was building
four more, does not owe dollar and has
CSC. 900 10 the treasury, while Denver had
added more to Ter size than that Ut Deer
Lodge and Bozemsn. II IN extra session
and the building of railroad would bring
go, 600, 600 70 Deer Lodge, would it not
cOmpen safe the cost. Property will appre.
ciste when the first pick il struck on Snake
River, mines will sell 1t enormous figures,
agricultural products snd beef will sell 1t
paying prices, and all industries be revivified
with new life, ~ capital is assured. It
l'as no assurances to-day, and IS values dc.
cline It tells woefully upon the people.
They take narrower views; industries grow
smaller. ambitions s,oop to that which Is low
and coarse and mean, and losing confidence
day BY day, the result will be absolute pusil
We ARE hasteniny 70 that nevis
table end. Since I returned it has been
reported I favored $4,000, 900 subsidy. I
was amazed, cOuld not believe those who
said it meant 10 speak uLtruth, and on look.
ing over the Helena papers, whose reports
were not made geographically whereby
speakers language il sometimes miscom.
strucd, he hud not found that to justify the
statement but much to excuse 1t. He had
said the San Franciscans had come down
from six to five millions, was encouraged to
believe they would take four millions; told
them we could not give it, and asked for
passes home. Am opposed ut any price to
making Montana tributary to San Francis.
CO. We arc poor and getting poorcr. and ]
favor the narrow gauge. II Mountainous
will subscribe stick, and get subsidy q
two and half millions from tho counties
aud otherwise We can lave such road in
tw' years. don't believe anybody can do
il Tor lcss. sf''1 '..-z ~ss'
A gentleman from London. visiting Hclc.
M last summer. was amazed u the people Of
Montana. When he was told about cum
municating with California to build the road,
he said: ''Do il yourselves; il will co,n.
mand more confidence than IL built by Stan.
ford Or Jay Gould" Anybody who can get
tho money Il . railroad man. ! believe there
~ ~ hundred men here y competent to
build the road . Leland Stanford, aud am
In favor of home company. believing Mon.
tana could better give One-l.slf more to y
home company than 10 John Yonng's Co.
with its trains cunning up one week and
trying To get back the next, but will cast
my vote for John Young II he will build
the road for the least money, for while l
would prefer my own road, . legislator
will consider MI propositions with judicial
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