Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1873-08-22


IFrom tn. waila walla Stat .snan. Aug. at.l
Judge Isice, Vice PRECEDENT OF ,hs. North
rac,iic Railroad ,ctsmpany.. in company viii.
s. G. Reed. ESQ.,. OF Portland. arrived Al
,Walla .Nalla early in Hls week and spent ann1tt \
co,ll,'es spt days IN locking around our valley
!.i ttfis section pf conn'rs.5 IL. pursuance ol
our vocation ,as \ np"it.r. wr, interview etl
.u.' se, Rice. aud + ind, him emineiltly social
and I ank in tire expression pf his views. As
matter of course. lie, did not disclose. he
secrets OF his Company, but We learhed from
him very many facts ,t,t,t viii interest our
r,atlrrs. The company will soon complete
the construction III their road TO. Tas.oind
after, which they will, immedialrly turn llnil
a,teHtiop to the division cpnnectirg the Col
,,mlIia with the Pen sd'On'illr Lake, This
sectioatof 225 miles they txpeet totco,nplete
before ihe .close OF the season OF 1864. Fnr
the .,prrsent. and possibly several Years e
,rone. The Company will lise the Columba
River a. q. E of the links h4 llirir cham loi
.comm,lni alton. and Tie Pen d iOreille Lake
asi another. In this way they u i'll be able u
complete the through line in i brief period,
and at = cost vastly. less than would be re;
qnired 10 build I'M all-rail line. fo.inake the
Columbia River equal 10: the reqiirement< al
acontlne,iat lils.. it wall lbe NECESSARY To- ask
Congress 70 make approximations tor the pur-
posi-. Of ren,osing. HE distractions at tile. Gas
aadessand DaIk.s.. ssIt il known that the G'.y-
-rrl,l..,,t has already expended large sums in
l,.a,,ii out ihe Willamette al:il op ming up
tliat coinljaiativrly insignificant streaim,sd
cnln,.ffcce isifc ii Tie world. Let ii, appeal
br niatlt. to Congrrss tb ii seal the ',Grct,
River of me West. and tile rrsnonse canHDt
~. .otIisrwi@r than favobrarI,'. Heretofore IN.
fiit,,cs have been AT work adv. rsc TO tie i'm.
pfovcihcrt If ti,is great national Highway
ab,it year Y year tlrse i'flti.,ccs grow lrss
a,id new thai The great Inferior basin is being
rapidly settled up hy \ thrifty anil liidnstr-
o,is popnlatidn. d free and ,intrainu,rl.d out
let TO tlic. se i, inst BE had, il matters IL Il,
what cost. I'll. measure WIt.i, it comes l;r.
ior- Congress Wil n,nt only be backed bv the
people of Uregui, All Washington Territory
but it will have the support AMI Influence ol
tIle great corporation that is now opeiiin d
), cond channel pf .cDinmn.,ication across tile
continent. an brought f,rward nnder these
auspicr the success 81 the mrasure, is assttred
Jnags Rice is ssanc,iine that great coinnief.
cial city viii b.. built upon lthe waters u Pm.
get .Snnlsl. and to Ills city the Whole OF the
oliimbia River basin. will be tributary. To
facilitate communication Between the great
gram pr d,lciilg country east OF the moun.
tains and the future commercial emporium 0l
the Northwest coast, is part Q; the work laid
out Tor the North Pacific Railroad 'omps' y,
and this undertaking will Be steadily pressed
Until the means sif communication are fully
up 10 the requirement.. Of trade anil travel.
We give but an imperfect sntiins OF Judge
Rice's remarks. bur even freln this imperfect
sketch our readers will see that the plans and
purposes of the Company embrace objects in
which on our people are greatly Interested. and
the iul iruitton of which will bring prosper.
ify to in their fraiil.