, 1873-10-08

To obtain net profit Of \ Bilnar amount REQUIRES
o3cln data Tint tie net profits of tic American rail-
xaya are equal to IS por cent Of tho groHs incoe os
i, Whether tho completed Northorn Pacific Railway
VII bs sS o 70 ao e0nnt 1nn On trats has viii yield =, i-
inquiry into tho stao Of tho population and Its iudus-
trial and commercial rolations and It Will bo Important
esn Pacific Railway upon which at tho outset tho line
ustei in the 9tatos ii sinneaota Dafo,a MSntans
Idaho, and Oregon, and In Washington Territory.
IheHe have according to tho Census Of 1870:
Arta in square miles. Inhabitants
Minnesota. ea............. ........ 83,5al AJ5,5I1
u1oko!a. ......................H7t490 490 1A,191
31aaa 9iontana' '............1t3770 2o,5aA
ts. tuAto. to.....'..'....'.'..... 80,o31 4,09a
Shssaa %s*SnSton Territory g 81 81 g s} s21 3
op"son ot wne IL t,,:S s yeap aSo
they nad population Of only 2soooo Accord
within pcraod Of ten ycara, but this incruaao
belongs for Tho moat part to tho Slate Of Minnesota
to a e tnet 10 %s
an increase Of 2a3 persons. There is hardly any
room tos d do@It thu. parsons scattered
Pacific Railway, will be able 10 insure trulc hat
will produce IN annual income Of SO, 600 900.
Of the Northern Pacific Railway will not deny truth
Of this assertion aud they aro only able to hold out
incroaso Of population IN the ad]acont s dstrIcsa
conaoq9entup tho completion Of the line, aud
Willing aa ain to acknowledge, respecting America
the well approved fact tat contrary 10 what wo sec ID
cultivated md wc.porated ref regipns e rllways n SS IL
America have hitherto drawn culture aul population
attcr thom into uneultivated regions, and thereby
drawn nh Income to themselves, yet tho deductions
from thcae facta must always be mado With certain
reserve We must not forget TINT though growth Of
III cestain, is not sufficiently rapid to covor hiniy ii,
hAbted regions Within fow years with numerous and
e4 pSoSd or 9a @ s
such settlements.
the population Of tho uncd Sates in 1s7o md isGo,
that ~ hat Seennial neriod tue population increased
worry considerable IN ITSELF but not Of worry great I'm
porsanco compared with the proportional increase Of
M sn We hear IN MINI that The railways n
from 81 ,:8o miles to s3,4vo miles, Even tho most
favorable ratio Of incrcaae Of THO population during
80 per cont would e1tened ovor tho whoo region of
tic Northern Pacific Railway, during anoler tea
sse Of 'ns19 sew York s apsaa
s il. By ns %sy, o Sa ss ue not nor s M At as
out Of the net profits tho interest the capnl invest
Cd IN TIE enterprise, th'nk mn, according to my
OF couEao IN ncroase Of population beyond tho per-
0cEElGfHt
Cd e1crtiona und efforts 10 direct Immigration toward
the hitherto neglected States Of Dakota idano Oregon,
1s ss 3 : s4sgas , sg % s@s st nit nit
q immigration bag hitherto 1oved notof!oasiy .nd
ss'ssa 9SSssa%sF' Sses ?ns
still carry ther arbarons rasines, viii not snc-
coed until after years Of struggle and perseverance.
aff fhA 3n41T H..
10, years rayerscd e length aud breadth of Europe,
been provided with railways. 70 rcly confidently
and strongly upon the excrttons md efforts In favor
81 s to eues d with ss s IT,
tralo for tho Northcrn Pacific Railway from the imo
10. II thus, according to my conviction. tho proa.
poets for advantageous local srac tile Northern
do mt exist. sile through traffic will hardly offer
any better cliunccs.. This Notthorn Pacific Railway,
ono terminus et which is su9te at Duluth on Lake
Will hardly be abo to reckon through tratletn tho
Of series Of years, fur 1t ruatcs solely
any basis for such tra'c. Puget Sound, fayor1Ily
4 naay be situated for slipping has, for tho ttma
ens pSnS ezeept i D' few omorye % eooriss a
yct. insignificant, aud sore Important saw-
mills, which procure their raw material BY water,
but nbroad, requiring sps to export their product
while Duluth, i town Of about 4,uoo inhabitants, is
stu IN embryo 10 hAt 1t Ia hard to toll what traffic it
81 TTo tsinc tGro,,o train an tor II oroc,s thu
~. naasan Ai ,a ,n'ongI t1"ac IT, 10 nr anoeta tno
't ~. tu H. ~ ', hi1, 9t tts e VI NA'ca
@ .rti"os nG W % ~ ~ III, I'll CONSISTS Of
t ditM",,, ~ ,, @ NnIh' ,a m u''y w a..raeieu
wl u'.eIuy 81 tas Sort9orn faG'uo lsoaa, hecanae,
~ ~ tna olie .n, - uai uo pssc AsG ps9ssaeu ZOE IL
tno enAr.ct t ~ M!.,u ~ FGuuGo tno 0ls'
~ tee M atnn 1B ~ % ~ tsotn ,uVo n1les on
tns HAln nuo ~ Il! ~ ic8 ~ tne pthnch lhe, tue
taa!anca ~ tao eAist."8 m tacluo 4Ao IL aoont
eaua! u tnaL W tAo Hot!no'h racine, Wn'ch
oHGth ~ su"f!en'nH W. ~! " tao Jousney ~ lahtlt
nn uScase, " ne @ @ ~ M rea"
t@ous @ uet"ec gM a ~ @ g.. c.nso n'iu a1n fran-
csco aro 10 CLOSELY sloa sas to a. t9 agency
o. tne sn 1s M Sonee1nca Ill tnis COIL
Ao, y, ,eo san nnt"'s aii it:S " s.uSnt .., ~.
-. hteT IT, NV e1vus''1v, .iosn & @ rS%"s aekiloWi-
euBo tnne tle ~ so'.esH t"ce isau "a' eonla ~ toI
sousns ~ ~ u sI4 H. ,ns & ar @
consBamea'ts 10 sGpp!s Tue military lofts w1in nrovi.
4ay uomrahy, tn9 prouucss o. tae nhcH ot Montaua.
Idaho and washington. insiEhfticant at preseut-1
must incle 70 tho opni1n that alter tho completion
Or the sne nna ho simultaneous cessation OF paying
interest OUT o. TUG carital, longer or shorter
pafiod o. tsine WIZ N1erVene ~ uhf!ng which
tho WORKING os tho ROAD Will not =, nralltce
tue required income to pny ~ norest Of 7o yer cont
on tlo eapatal insesea alter aeustins ,le MorklnR
expenses Az tho lneana Provided ~ the statutory
regulations, OF which shni sreak further IN, by
~hch supplies arc to bo falsea III SaAes Weh ho re9t,
Jar 1ncntno does not Hlico to y THO Interest," will fatl
TO nsford remedy, III shall en!eayor to prove.
aaVe no hesltation IN sayng t!at tue obGaoha IN
aortukcn by thy promotora oi tho cnElisS lesteeag