Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1875-08-10
TAR xoRrHwEsrraRsH STAGE COMPANY.


It has ever been the custom of those.
treading the humber walks Of life to look
upon the more favored IN q worldly point
of view with an envious eye. The unthink-
ing are prone to occupy the stand Of preju-
dice, & from that position they base an opin-
ion which fair inquiry would be the means
of soon changing to 9 directly opposite
and more correct one. Corporations, COM
panies, and men of individual wealth, are
always thus wrongfully judged, and un.
justly censured by men even of intelligence,
who, when pressed to state the grounds,
can show nothing but the most aimsy pre-
texts for their animosity The banker in
particular, is the object Of the shafts Of en-
Wy and malice, and without cause save only
in few exceptional cases. The money
lender comes in for greater share of abuse
than any other class who make the count
ing out of coin and bank-notes a means of
gaining competence; and yet no one is
compelled to borrow his ducats: the Dor
rover seeks the bargain, gives his security,
pockets the cash and goes off cursing the
penuriousness Of the one who has just ia
vored him. l...e
1t is yet fresh in the mind of the public
with how much bitterness the Northwes
tern stage company was assailed few
years since by a few shrewd lawyers who
took advantage of the simplicity ola young
girl and a corrupt court to replenish their
depleted purses; and how these legal gen.
tlemen, through well-plied sophistry, did
actually create for a time strong prejudice
against that company. The object in view,
however, when these lines were commenc-
ed, was to give general outline of the ex-
tent and vast operations of this company,
merely to show that it is source of wealth
to the country through which it passes.
BY reading the following facts and figures
some idea may be formed of the amount
of money paid out and put in circulation
in Idaho Territory alone by the stage com.
pany aforementioned:
Capital invested, two hundred thousand
dollars.
Length of main lines daily staging, thir-
teen hundred and thirty miles.
:. Operating expenses of main lines, one
thousand dollars per day.
, Annual consumption Of grain, three mil
lion pounds. a,...
Annual consumption Of hay, four mil
lion pounds
Annual salaries of employees, one hun
dred and fifty thousand dollars
Average annual cost of hay and grain.
one hundred and twenty thousand dollars.
There are employed to keep this line in
running order:
, One General Superintendent, one Assist
ant Superintendent, four Division Agents
= sixteen Local Agents.
Forty.five drivers, ninety stock-tenders
. four roadsmiths.,~.
Eight hundred and fifty head OF horses
$ Seventy five stages and wagons.
Fifty sleighs.
Three hundred and twenty-five sets two
8 horse harness.
y Eighty five barns and stations.
il At Boise City shops are constantly en-
=; ployed:
r Three smiths, one wagon-maker, one
h harness maker. one coach-painter.
!, At these shops none but first-class work
t. men are engaged; and they are capable OF
d turning out original work in style and fin
n ish equal to Concord stage work.
is The executive staff is composed Of the
a following named gentlemen:
e. VIM. b. Morris, General Superintendent
81 A. II. Boomer, Assistant Superintendent.
d Division Agents-J.W Lennon, A. II
sr Baker, ]. H. Barnes, J. b. Keeney.
a Aside from the regular stage. force EN-
II ployed, are the, station-keepcrs at home
stations, smiths and artisans at various
points, extra laborers, snow,helpers, road
s. repaircrs, ferryaen, &c.
,e Many citizens of the Territory have
b. grown independent in circumstances, and
some few actually rich, through the patron
~ age of the Northwestern stage company
III while all have been more or less benefited
d, by its operations. The. line affords lu-
a. crative and unchanging market tor the
ranchman, who finds ready sale at cash
lg prices for all hay and grain produced.
to Mr.. VIM B. Morris, General Superinten
!, dent, has his headquarters at Boise City
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