The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1873-10-18

The indics'i'ns are that the n nth crn
Pacific ca. will this winter =, Def re Con
vrs'ss for guarantee 1t the interest an i's
h"nda. Secretary Wilkes''n II the medium
through which this project IL communicated
10 the Country. and in numerous interviews
since the SUSPENSION II jay Cooke + 60
he has frankly and repeatedly, expressed
belief In the duty Of the Government to
render that cid, and the purpose Of the
Company tn AK 1t. The duty Of the Gov.
ernmen, to 10 this, consists in the necessity
oi the road a national military highway
running for 100 miles parallel with and
near the British possessions. Not only is II
requisite rs prudential enterprise in view
Of the Canadian line projected north Of the
boundary. bot the saving 10 the Govern
mcnt in tho Gust If transportation OF troops
and supplies TO the Indian country on the
Upper Missouri and Yellowstone will bc
nually required. Over all this rises the
fact that the completion Of the road will
settle the Indian question on this frontier
and relieve the government Of the enormous
expense Of maintaining many Of these
strong frontier posts, and feeding ten or
twenty thousand savsges over costly trans.
y,riaiinn routes. These are the arguments
that will bc used It will I've sh~wn that no
enterprise Of like magnitude and like M.
iiora! importance has ever been undertaken
and completed Ivy apriv"te Company. and
The conversion If = portion If the land
grant not available to the Company until
the road Is built, and hence of no material
assistance in procuring moneys for its c'n
s'ructh"n- will probably be offered to the
Government in consideration Of the guar
antcc
While every jntellgen. person and Mems
her of Congress will realize the value and
r,al necessity Of the road a. national
highway. for the purposes stated, il is
doubtful il the Company alone. especially
since the failure Of Jay CuUkc & Co. can
control influence enough to secure the Is
sistancc asked. The subsidy decade has
wsncd. The country has had all it will
endure of IL. The East is full of prejudice
against the Union Pacific for defrxuding
the Government. The people South Of the
latitude Of the Ohio either hayc NJ interest
in the Northern line Or are intensely hostile
u il as rivn! route, and that potential clc-
ment of the North. West. the Grangers, arc
making a too general war IN railroad cor
rorations to encourage the hope they will
relax IN favor even OF the Northern line.
II. therefore, a. stated by Mr. Wilkeson. the
Northern Pacific Company will ask and
relics upon the Government guarantee Of
interest; If such guarantee is necessary to
render the bonds marketable, ard If the sale
Of bonds is the only reliance of tho Company
10 secure moneys for the prosecution Of
work next SEASON, VIC are vitality interested
in the reception the proposition will meet in
Con grcss
A. Al ins'ercnden. effort it is not promis
ing. However the Gmngcrs have not yet
broken the railroad power in Congress. and
there src other enterprises which 81, hougl,
rivals cannot succeed without the fiucn ces
of the N.r,hcrn Pacific. and, combining
with II. may obtain what they require. 1t
wss stated last winter that the Southern
and Northern Pacific C"mpanys were viii
ling I" relinquish their land gr"nts il the
Government would guarantee interest on
their bonds. We believe this was true If
the Southern Pa ific. rs il has 400 miles of
line. at the very outset, in An Indian rrscr
walton in which, i! acquires No lands and
can establish to towns or traffic. Il is M
almost insurin0unisblc deadL,cx II il
reasonable u suppose the two companies
will now make . j'int appeal for mutual
aid Of that character and the combined
influences are likely strong enough. it their
concessions are reasonable, 10 secure it. As
Secretary Wilk.son in,imates plainly next
years prog css depends materially on the
result. Montana will lo,'k anxiOusly for a
favorable reception" If the proposition by
Congress.