The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1874-02-26
"p1AY1NG RAILROAD ON EN-"

Hinder the above caption the Kalama Beaco"
aching in the interest and employment OF tht
great North Pacific swindle, delivers itself o
creatdeal of very stupid and senseless bosf
about Col Chapman and the P. d. q >. l.
railroad. The Kalama man must know very
well that the route from the Dalles to sail
Lake is not difficult one to build road over
that the necessity for road over that route Is
greater than at present exists for the North
Pacific or any other projected or pretended
line of railroad; that the road would be shorter
by 600 miles, if extended to the town OF Seat
tle than the North Pacific read would be built
to the same point-there still being l 400 miles
of road to build to reach that or any other
point on the Sound by the North Pacific route
and that the p. ID. e. S. l.. railroad would &C
commodate about as large portion OF the
people of Washington Territory as the North
Pacific myth would do, if there was any prob
ability of its ever being built He also knows
that if the facts were reversed, if there were
400 miles of road to build to reach the Sound
800 by the North Pacific route, the cost OF the
former would not be greater than by the latter,
unless, indeed, the North Pacific were built
down the Columbia river in which case the
cost and the route from the Dalles to the Sound
would be the same, and the accommodation to
the people Of Washington the same. How alb
surd then are the rawlings OF the lunatic OF the
Beacon against Col Chapman. and the T. ID.
& S. L. railroad Still more ridiculous is
his pontless fling at the little settlements and
villages OF Walla Walla valley, Boise. as far
east as Corinne,"-we quote bis rather inele
CANT expression-not to mention the unpardon-
abeness Of a Washington Territory editor at
tempting to slur the most enterprising, pros
porous aad progressive portion of his Terrific
ry. For the better information of the Beacon.
We will give the popua,ion-in fgures-of the
counties through which Col Chapman's propos-
ed road is to pass, aud whose people would be
largely benefited and convenienced By IT, The
las, census credits Washington Territory with
oniy o39o5 inhabitants OF these, 5 800, near
" one-lourth of the whole. are given To Walla
Wala county. The counties Of Eastern Ore
gon and of Southern Idaho, through which the
road will pass. and whose people will be direct
~ benefited By il. are Wasco. with popula-
ton Of 2,509. Grant 2,25l. Umaiilla 2.9l6. Un-
ion 2552. Baker 2.-0i, in Oregon: and Ada
, COS, Boise , So. Owyhce. l.7l3. aud Oneida
| Ga. in Idaho Territory; population greater
than that of " ashington Territory. aud but
few hundreds less If Ne subtract from our fig
ures the population Of Walla Walla county.
liI. since the las, census Was taken. II large
section OF Utah Territory has been added to
Oneida county. giving that population oi 5000.
So. If we omit WaIla Walla county from our
figures. and place the population of Oneida AT
what i; actually is. we still have in the counties
named, larger population than all OF Wash
ington Territory. including Walla Walla coun.
~. What then becomes of the Bedcon's lit
tie settlements and villages. in Walla Walla
valley. Boise. as far cas-. az Corinne p
As regards Col. Chapmao's collecting or
trying 10 collect any money from grecnhorns
or anybody else, along the rouit of his railroad.
to make preliminary surveys. or for any other
purpose. We think the editor of the Beacon
drew OH his Imagination Tor that item entirely.
"a we never heard of any such transaction IN.
iii we read it in the Beacon. and can find no
one in this county who ever did When he. or
any other man attempts anything of the kind,
our people will, we predict. be found as hard
to be imposed on as the Beacon man and his
followers, who are destined to grow wrinkled
and gray with waiting and watching for the
arrival of the North Pacific road, aud then to
die without witnessing the realization of their |
lifelong dream. The difference between the |
p. d. & s. l. railroad and the North Pacific |
concern, about which the Beacon is So inter-
estedly soctous. is, that the former will be an
accomplished fact in FIVE years. while the latter
IS already an exploded swindle
II Col Chapman has collected any money
from the "poor, deluded Webfeet," to make
preliminary surveys, why, he and the Webfeet
must settle that; it is no concern of ours. But
We seriously doubt whether he has done So
We stopped in Wcbfoot" about twelve years
when we were on our way to this country, and
people; and we confess that we might have
lied without suspiconing their stupidity, had
Az not had the good fortune IN raad ahont IL in