The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1872-11-09

Some weeks since, to pave the way 70
suggesting subsidy 10 North and Soutl
railroad BY conveying the impression it wa
the only way We could hope to procure .
rsilroad for several years, certain Montans
papers stated that the N. r. r R. Company
did not intend 70 push their road rapidly a.
ter reaching the Missouri river, that it wa,
not to their interest to do 20. that their fl.
nances would not enable them to do ~, and
that, in short, it would IN five or six years
at least before We would have railroad com.
municstion by that road. Tue first result,
Of this was to greatly discourage our people
the result hoped for by tbose papers Wal
that II would lead them n heavily subsi-
die North and S"uih rad Not bciiev
Ing any Ut the statements, We addressed n
note To Samuel WiIkes"n, Esq, Secretary
Of the Company, asking him ii the Company
had fr'm any cause changed its original pol.
Icy Of pushing the road energctically till
the entire line WAS completed. believing II
It he'd not the subsidising of North and
eooth rad with view to getting earlier
nilroad communication. vas throwing 60
much money away, q the n. p. r. r.
would probably he built o. SOON rs the Nor,l,
and South possibly could he and the latter
will inevitably be built to connect with the
N. P. r. r, subsidy or M subsidy. In re.
sponsc We have the following, through the
courtesy Of General Nettlcton, Trustees
Agent Of the Company. and one Of the
''souls" 81 the enterprise, who in the absence
Of Mr.. Wilkeson kindly answered the ,nqui.
~. II covers oil the inquiry made, and is
% cffectual answer to the statement that
any unnecessary delay is contemplated. We
take the liberty to publish it cutirc
TRUsrEEs' OFFrrE.
NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD,
PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 2Gth 1872
DEAR SIR: Your letter of Sept 3Oth, adj
dressed 10 Secretary Wilkeson has been wan.
dsring sb"ut for some time rs Mr.. W. has
been for more than . month on the Pacific
Coast, and has finally reached my desk. l
ap authorized by the principal promoters
of the Northern Pacific Railroad to say in
response 10 your inquiry that there has not
been, even in contemplation, the slightest
change of programme IN regard TO the con.
structi0n of the road across the Continent.
When tho work of building was begun
three years ago 1t gas with the full deter.
mination to push the work with rs much
promptncss and rapidity as might he con
sistent with wise economy and sound Il
nsncial management. In this determination
there has not been the slightest faltcring,
or shadow.of change. The Company has
never assumed to fix date when the road
would reach the settled portions Of Mon
tana: Neither does 1t assume to do so now.
But the fact that about j20 miles of the
main line has been constructed within little
more than twenty -four months from the
date of putting the first spade in the ground,
ought to be sufficient guarantee that there
will he no unnecessary delay in pushing the
road through Montan
LUG SoAVsVS eOsSCy Jues SOupSSsSu AsoAA
the Missouri River TO tho Mouth of Powder
River In Montana has resulted In the definite
location of % excellent line through . belt
Of indntsely superior in character to any,
thing that had been expected or hoped by
the Company.
A work Of this magnitude 10 not to be nc
oomplished in month or year, aud the
people OF Montana fully understood this
fact when the Northern Pacific Railroad
was 6rst proposed; but - t. the in,imati"n
Of unnecessary or unsntic'psted delay in the
construction there 10 absolutely no iounda
ton for Il.
Trusting that the citizens Of your Tcrritry
will ''possess their souls with patience" and
cordially co.opersse with the pron"tors Of
the Rad in the great work of securing its
early completion, ] am
Very truly yotrs,
A. B. NErCLETON.
Trustees. Agent
To IA. n. HlLLs.