Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1873-12-05
NORTHERN rAClFIC RAlLl,0AB

NORTHERN EACIFIC RAILROAD
We are quite pleased to see that the
Helena papers are taking more interest
in the Northern Pacific, and are now
publishing all they can find favorable
to il. For our part, we have lost no
faith in it's going right along, and be-
ieve that work will be prosecuted
next season on both ends of it. That
road has a host of rich and influential
friends-men who mean to put it
through. The failure Of Jay Cooke &
Co. could not very seriously affect the
Company, as they only nd bonds,
and they do not come due For nearly
thirty years. True, the interest has to
be met, and we have the assurance of
the officers that it will be promptly
paid. On the first of january that in
terest has to be paid, and if that is
done, it will show that they mean to
prosecute the work. There appears to
be no let up in the plans of the Com
pany, as will be seen by correspond
ence in to-day's paper between Cannon
Bro, of Helena, NJ. T., and CIV. Mead,
General Manager, wherein they pro-
pose to give through bills of lading
for Montana freights next season. The
officers of the Northern Pacific seem
to be pursuing the even tenor of their
way, without the slightest@appearance
OF any interruption in their operations.
We are aware that this road has many
enemies and they seize upon every OPP
portunity to prejudice the public mind
against it. Since the failure of their
financial agent, various newspapers in
the interests of other schemes have
systematically misrepresented both the
road and the country through which
it is to pass. One man, writing to a
Philadelphia paper, asserted that he
had been through this country, and
that the towns Of Helena, Virginia
City, Bozeman, Deer Lodge, &C., only
existed on maps, and had no real ex-
istence. Other equally fallacious state
ments were made about the productive
ness of the country Therefore, those
who occasionally find discouraging ac-
counts OF the prospects Of the North
ern Pacific, need place no confidence
in'them, for the road will be built and
completed in reasonable time. We feel
assured that the Company intend to
reach Central Montana at the earliest
possible moment. they can, and will
use all their efforts and means to do
so, for they know when they secure
the traffic and travel of Montana, they
will have a valuable and profitable
feeder of their line, perhaps more re
munerative to them than any of the
branch lines which they have secured.
The Northern Pacific finished to une
centre of business of this Territory
will be mine Of wealth. 1t makes us. !
No question of this. Every interest |
will be promoted and new industries
will spring up and population will pour
in on us. There is no way of calcula-
ting the great benefts.that will accrue
to Montana when that road reaches
us We are indulging in no fancies
when we say this. The road is indis-
pensable to our prosperity and devel-
opment, and the sooner it gets here
the better it will be both for it and us.
IT we had the means it would be the |
best kind of an investment to aid the
road, if it would come any sooner. At |
any rate all the moral aid in our power
should be cheerfully extended to the
enterprise. Montana needs the road
and the road needs the trade and bust |
ness of Montana. Both are to be
largely benefited, and we trust that
Congress will render all the assistance
needed to put it through from Bis
marck to Tacoma. The Government
would derive immense advantage and
profit by giving it the same aid that
the Union and Central Pacific received. |
1t is due to the section through which
it passes, and will add greatly to the
of the nation. 1t is great
national highway which, when COM
pleted, will add to the wealth and
grandeur of this glorious country. 1t /
is a scheme worthy of the nations aid
and benefcence, and will swell the
Golfers of the treasury when facilities
are afforded for the transportation of
the minerals which abound all along
its route. We are sanguine in our
views in reference to the Northern Pa
ciic, yet feel satisfied that the opinions
entertained will find realization, and
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