Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1873-11-07


er or director eff the Northern Pacific
Railroad Company, nor any one in
their interest, so far as known.
But to the report itself. Any one
who will read it carefully will find that
it is on the whole q most favorable re-
port for this great enterprise, and that
if it establishes anything, it establish
eS:
/. That the estimated cost Of the
construction of the road is entirely
reasonable, and that the Chief Engi-
neer of the Company is a we'll tried
man Of a reputation for honesty, expe-
rience and capacity beyond question.
2. That the lands are sufficient to
redeem the entire issue Of bonds at 10
per cent. premium, and leaving a
handsome surplus Of these at the min
imum price, at which Mr.. Pass esti-
mates them, and that, as compared
with existing land grant roads, the
amount of sales may exceed by three
or four times the issue of bonds. That
is the second point he admits.
3. That the region of country thro'
which the Northern Pacific railroad is
building is one of the most fertile on
the continent, and is in every respect
suitable for colonization.
These three admissions establish, in
the opinion of Mr.. Haas, the Berlin
Commissioner, the value of the North.
ern Pacific railroad beyond q. contro.
versy. His objections to the enterprise
may be stated thus: That owing to the
sparseness of the population and the
sloWness OF emigration along the line
of the road for a period of years moi
definitely stated, the earnings Of the
road would not be sufficient to protect
/ the interest on the bonds. These OBJ
,jections have been advanced to every
land grant road that has been built il
this country, not only by foreigners
but by our own people, who might bt
supposed to know better. And yet, il
the face of these fears and apprehen
sions, the business of all these roads
is rapidly developing, the propert,
greatly enhanced in value, and the in
terest on their bonds protected in ey
cry case. There is no good reason t.
suppose that the Northern Pacific i
going to be an exception to similal
land grant roads. On the contrary
the Northern Pacific railroad has ia
greater elements of undevelopet
wealth and resources than the Illinois
/ Central road had in the earlier stage
OF its existence.
i [ presume that Mr.. Foltz and MI
i Dentex, associate commissioners witt
Mr.. Haas, also prepared reports Whicl
may receive publication at this june
ture. / have not seen either of thes
reports, nor do know, even by rumol
their character; but | have no belle
that they contain statements agains
the practicability of the Northern Pa
cific railroad enterprise, and reasona
BILE promise Of abundant success fo
heundertakingw completed whicl
cannot be refuted with testimony the
all unprecedented men shall feel to b
sufficient. GEO. w. CASS,
4 President of the Northern Pacifi
i Railroad Company.
Office of the Northern Pacific RailWa
GamnanF ssentefep her q prl lf7a ,,,ruKt
had been sentenced to the Penitentis
/ y at o'ig sing for four years, youn
"alWorth, the paTricide, wrote to til
Keeper OF the Tombs, .Please inforr
Ned Stokes that we are going to ge
up first-rate reception for him in thi
| glorious institution as soon as he put
on the uniform and gets his hair Gu
III the fashion" This man WalWort]
was committed to the penitentiary TO
one of the most heinous crimes know
to the laW-the deliberate murder O
his father. His sentence, which shoult
have been death, was Modified on &C
count of youth and supposed heredit
airy insanity. During his trial he ex
hibited the most depraved feelings
and this note in regard to Stokes i.
characteristic of the man. It wouls
nave been better for humanity If Wal
worn and Stokes had both hung from
the gibbet.
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