Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1875-02-19
"A RAILROAD.
MOutana's First Great Need.
Some Candid, Wholesome Words
for Our PeoI1e
WHAT GENERAL JOHN GIBDcs mas 70 "a


WHAT GENERAL JOHN GIBUcy mas 70 GAY
To THE CITIZENS OF MONTANA:
The cheek given to the building OF tn
Northern Pacific Railroad is proving. ~
will continue 10 prove, great drawbsc
10 the material developme' 10 this TER
tory. Your great want is cheap and rspi'
Communication with the outside world =
A railroad is the only me ms IF furnishing
h,s There Can be n" question that j.
| ne the Northern Pacific will reach til
Territory. AMI give } ou outlets TO the ca
and west. In the meantime your gres
mineral d,posi $ must remain co'npara
lively undevelope1. and your cattle AMI
,gricultnr j products without a market
T. every citizen of Montana could b
satisfied hat by expanding one or two
per cent of the value Of his present prop
.rty yearly for tn" next five years. h.
property would be worth double what il
'is nnw. there are very few Uhere o"gh
o be none) who would be unwilling Il
make the expenditure.
The rapid development If the mater,a
interests Of the Great West immc lately
following the construction Of the Cni""
u Ceniral Pacific rir"a'is is patent T.
all. The completion If this great 'hrO 'yl
'inc was At once followed Nv The co's'ruc
,iOn of brsr ch lines. running down int"
NeI ada, Colorado and Utah. by which
II st wonderful impetus vas given I" tie
development IF tiDse sections, and tn
y iuc IF all kinds Of property immensely
increased. This incr ase in value is still
going on. in spite Of the financal frouhl's
nf the country, and the iro arms IT rail
road, increasing in length very wear. are
reaching ont for new mineral AN agricul
tural fields to bring within the scope Of
capital and iator. Population. wealth
and prosperity are pouring III along 'hes''
lines; new mines are opening; new fields
being brought under cultivation. and II" "
sources Of wealth continually developing
Your TcrriiOry-"nc Of the richest ut
the western cOuniry-ls rs yet without
these branci, arm, Of commerce and
Your vast cattle iterls r.
main without a ma, ket. except t"r'ugh
The long and uncertain channel of 'hc
Missouri, available for only \ few We K
ftle year Your great mineral 'ep">it>,
- yet inadequ 'tcly pro'pccicd. remain IN
developed for thu wa. 4 Of che ,p labor and
on the ground. Much Of tn
IRE, not rich enough for shipment to dis
tant points. would be remunerst'vc y
worked on the spot, and the most Va uah!y
deposits can Only be discovered, az in th~
Ease Of Nevada. by more extensive exp'or-
,lions, which Easy communication will,
be outside world is sure TO produce. fou
ave With. your borders the mos valua
lie medicinal -prings. near Helena. ne
Deer Lodge, aad on Smith river, which
n the cure of diseases approach the mi
'scul,us, and will in time. when railroads
nd The requisite accomnlo !afi"ns permit
&c the resort Of the afflic I'd from all part
# the world When the invaii,'s Of the
world afflicted With rheumati Ism. neuralgia
md other diseases, discover that they can
'o,ne here com or,ab.y. and during the,
lot months of summer sleep 10 the cool
tights Of your Il licirus climate. and then
epart free from pain, is there any .!oub'
hat your b., springs will vie with hos
n less favored climate Of Arkansas.
Immediately on your southern border
,ou have q great National Park filled with
rand scenery, magnificent g-ysers. and
medicinal springs. which will, when means
f communication allow, attract visitors
rom all parts OF the worll.
WitH al these advantages can You At
ord much longer to be without speed.
means of communication with the outside
rorld.
You. want a railroad. and want it bal
Y. One dollar invested now viii! give YOU
WI when the railroad is compile ed. and
ncreasc almost indefinitely the YEA til and
Increase prosperity Of the Territory. Y"
property today. at a moderate estimate.
. worth ten millions Of dOiIars. Three
cr cent of this paid in the wav of inter-
81 on bonds would in two years ensure
ou railroad connection with the Union
'acitic. aud judging merely by thu in
ances which have ut late years occurred
lrccly under orr eyes IN U,ah. Nevada
nd Co orsdo. il is safe to predict tEa' in
i've years from this time your properly
siIl be- worth at least twice a. mach as u
! new. with an Increasing advance t.s
he future If you wait. thus increased
prosperity will wait also
4 temporary sol 'urner among y"u. ]
ave ha. ample clp 'r'uniiy Of becoming
cqnain'e,i with he great resources Of th.
ountry and 70 firm some estimate Of Tvs
wealth. and knowing from
the rrsnlts flowing from ID.
, ,ening If communication in Regions 10
more highly favored than this. iesi 4"
SIC yon reap the same advantages which
feel sur. viii follow the same steps
JOHN GIBBON.
February 14'h. 1875.