Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1876-01-21
NORTHERN PACIFIC RAIL
Road.

N regard to tbe e1fension q 10 Nosshenl
Pacific Railroad.
We are informed By Nr. Hnsnbucklc.
member Of the Council. Who pFsoents Ah<l
note. shst II would bsss ssit yosr convent
isnce to have he cosiersece h the Legts-
lssive Han o. TAuedsy 0es.ng - tAast
week. q 10 O'Clock.
Tbaa tine end plscs v,l Be- pssfeeslyl
aeecesbie - =. ed ~ sbeR y Dasaeee eoI
mese 20 - 01Re1oes6.s
Especially yoss ebt sesvts,
GEO. STARK. vIoe Ptssilesk
v. NILAOR ROBB1Ta /
Chiet Engines.
The Pressdent laid before the Oouncsll
the following msmosial from Gen. GeorgeI
a..-a -a ". 1as,>es Rsbe1tsOa behass Ell
The Nostheea FAci6c 1ailsoaA Company 4
10 The O0uncsl end Houee 81 Representa-
tives Of the Lrgislstivs Assembly Of
WOntAno: l
The undess,ened respectfully represent
that they ne the agents OF " NorthesnI
Pacific Railroad Company, dsly accssdA-
led TO appear before yosr Honorable Body
Ia behalf Of sid railroad company. to con-
fer With you upon measures nesdful fof|
the extsnsloa Of ssid railroad into your
Territory, aad 70 execute any such con
|trsctt herefoe - may b mutually agreed
|upoa.
Thst the aid Northern Pacific Railroad
10 now constructed from Dula,b. On Lake
|Supenoe, % Bismasck, on the Upp'r|
Missouri, distance q about 80 miles i
and d also constructed from Tacoma. on|
Puget SQUAD. " Kalaana, On the Columbia
River. distance Of shout ~ miles. That
1.-THE aid faatern and Western divisions.
Iaggregatiag about $50 miles Of railroad.
|are successfully operated. each Of them
paying oonsidessSly moro thsn running
|expcnseA
That the said Northern Pacific Railroad
Company has lately been reorgAnlzed BY
= foreclosure q IT, mortgage. and agree
meu4s Ut parties II interest, 20 that It
stands to-day tree from bonded debt. and
with No liabilities except ! email floating
debt not exceeding halt . million Of dol
lars. secured BY collateral, and being rap
Idly eStingulshed. tn unincumbered
Ipropesty consists Of $50 miles of hfst.clese
railroad, thoroughly equipped with about
80 LOCOMOTIVES and 1900 cars, that earned
the past year more than one hundred
thousand dollars over running expenses.
and land grant now amounting 70 more
than nx millions o. sores Of land, earned
and remsin,ng unsod. The charter Of
The road also secures 70 It about = 600 ad-
Iditi0nal acres OF land for every mile Of
road hereafter constructed. Probably
There i not to day another rsilroad of any
magnitude in the country % free from
debt, or where . siths ct 20 much proper
Ity lies comparatively dormant, through
lack Of more complete development.
Your memOrla.ists farther respectfully
| represent that the interests Of your grea'
Territory sse identical With ours, and that
the extension Of the Northern Pacific
Railroad into your interior mining districts
lis the one thing absolussly essential for
Iyoar futUre development. We state our
Icaae thus stsor9ly becanse oufs b the only
|direct soate betweea the Eaes ard the
West; ne only tsenscentiaensGl line to
pass within yosr bordcss, and the only
|drst4elass road in rootemplalios. Any
land oil others Co b. but hssnchss 10 the
line nearly i've hundred miles due south
from you. 70 ~ ch which you must travel
|neasiy I've hundred miles out Of your way,
and then b. subject - . monopoly Of rates,
that has been. end oostinuee . b, COM
planned Of = exhofbitanA
We ars credibly informed. and have st.
tisttcs prepared b. Jour own q ,s~ns,
showiaG tAss ysa ~ sxpending million
10 dollars pr aanan sos tsemiag your
freight to anA from the Usion Pscidc|
Railroad. That yos1 Gsods ere freighsed|
10 yoa q 40 svesses cost Of one hundred
and twenty dollars per ton y 1ail and
tcso. and twenty cents per pound BY ex.
press. That your stage fare Averages sig
~ dollars pr passenger, cab way. Tha,
your transportation facilities. even q these
enormous Tates. ase % Inadequate to your
wants, thst you hsvs to day more rich
|ors out a the mines and lying In sacks
lon storage (moch a Il held for advances
|aa froml3 70 = pr cent. pr Eenih) than
lean b hanled away during the coming
season. White these dissbiliti. embasrass
the working Of your richest ores. they
|cnmpleseJy embargo the mining Of such
|of your second class Ores =, IN more scces-
|sible parts Of the cosntry. would b con :
|ssdesed - jncaiculstle yals~. u coo.e.
|qos' ce. ont q many Thousand gold and
|sslver veins rcoRded 10 1ous vasious coun
tiles. comparatively few are now worked
lot alI'
Our railroad. extended into the heart Of
this rich mineral region, q y within en-
easy distascs, would develop and briog
|out your dormant wealth, to u incalcula-
|ble.extest Your devseopmlotAsd growth
would Be more rapid end startling than
hes besa known in ths history Of this or|
any other country.
On The Other hand, such Q connection
With you and the consequent develop
ment Of b0sinnA would place
ons thousand miles Of our rod b..
tween this point mud the great interior
lakes. IN imsnedhis paying condition i
and secure An ea,lv cnmnac4io., -i.A a.