Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1873-05-16
THE GREAT NORTHWEST.
A New Map II the Northern P.oias Fsi cad

New Map 81 the Northern P.cias Fsi cad
The map prepared by the Northern Pacific
| Raiiro dCompany, exhibiting the topogra-
plica features and mineral resources of ths
Great Northwest through which the rail-
road passes. has just been finished, and Is owf
on exhibition at the Office OF the Company,
| NO % Fifth ave. 1t is AZ feet In breadth by
| 10 feet in height, is accurately executed inf
| colors. and is probably the largest map ever
made. represents, OH scale Of four miles
to the inch, the country to the west of the
Sa,llt Ste. Marie and north of the 4lss paral-
ieit The extent of country exhibited is $3.50
miles IN length, NTH an average width OF 1886
miles. or an area of 655, 200 square miles. By
suitable markings the presence and locality
OF the deposits OF gold, silver, copper, iron,,.
and local, as..well as of timbered land, arg
shown. The ranges of table land and of
mountain ridges are exhibited by shadings,
and the situation and extent of the plains and
watersourscs are thus made clear. The lar
ger raylnes and canyons are also suitably
shaded. The..map was prepared under the
supcivisio of W. Minor Roberts, Cnief En-.
gineer of the Northern Pacific Railroad,
from surveys made by the Company's Engi-
flecrs and by the United States Exploring
Expeditions, aud was executed in FIVE weeks
by Anthony Jones with six assistants. Tho
map is also to be. exhibited st The Worlds
Fair at Vienna, to which the Company will
also send specimens of fruit, grain, and other
productions of the tract of land through
which the Rad passes 1t hopes in this way
to attract the attention Or the better classes
of farmers and husbandmen of tile cont ent,'
more particularly of Germany, and to tempt
emigrants to turn their faces toward the vast
tract OF land, rich in mineral and agricultu-
raj resources, -eedet to the Company by the
Emitted States. There are $4,000 acres to eacl.
mile OF track. The road is to extend from
Dulutl. at the head of Lake Superior, to
Portland, Oregon, aid Puget Sound, a dis
tance of 1900 miles. There will be shorter
route, by branch line crossing the Cascade
range, and making the distance 1900 miles.
The distances along tie line are thus distri-
Duted:
Duluth to Rcd River. $50 miles.
hed River to the Missouri. 200 "a
Mlssori River to the Yellowstone. -. ...a50 -
Yellowstone River to Helena, NJ. T., =. 400 .
Lake Superior to Helena. ............,lI l. 100 mflcs
Helena to Lake Pen d'Oreifle ..... $50
Lake Pen d'Orellle to crossing of Co.
lumbia River. .................... 2l0 90
Colunbia River to kalama. a.............. 250 -
Kalama to Puget Sound. ...... 80
Duluth to Puget Sound Observation-Disclosures GOO miles
The road traycrses Minnesota and the Ter
ritories of Dakota, Montana, Idaho and
Washington, as well as portion of the State
OF Oregon. In May the road will be COM
pleted to the Missouri River, distance OF $50
miles, and trains will run regularly the entire
distance. AT the western end trains run from"
Kaama to within fifteen miles of Puget
Sound, and 40 more miles will be finished
this year. A1ttIiese facts are well shown in
the map, which, aside from its magnitude,
will command attention from the fact of its
being the most complete and accurate map
extant OF the great Northwest. 1t will be-
sent to Vienna in few days, where photo
graphs OF it will be made. Very many people
called at the Office of the Company yester-
day, and expressed themselves as highly
pleased with the map, both in its design and
execution. The Company invites "al who
feel an interest IN the vast region represented
by it or in the railroad development OF the
West'' to call and examine it.-Neto York
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