Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1878-06-27
YELLOWSTONE NAVIGATION.

). day last. We learn several items of interes
: connected with that country.
The steamer Yellowstone after lischarg
inga portion of her cargo at Sherman
I. proceeded on her way up the river on til,
c 9TH inst. with one hundred and fifty tons
OF freight tor BOZeman merchants. The
n steamer made good heauway ard expert
cnced bat little difficulty until reaching the
|, vicinity of Pcnpcy's Pillar. when she
. met with 4 fearful rise Of nearly four feet
of water. and while cndeavoring to stem
, the current. her rudder was carried away.
This accident. together with the fact that
her boilers had been previously somewhat
injured determined Capt Lamme to drop
his boat back about eight miles below
Pompey's Pillar. at which place he dis
charged the entire cargo and returned to
Bismarck for repairs and a second trip.
The place where the freight was unload
ed. although not by any means considered
the head of navigation. is an excellent
landing, easy of access for freight trains
and by the regular schedule of distances is
but one hundred and cighty-fire miles
from Bozeman.
This brings Bozeman. virtually. as near
the head of navigation as Helena is to-day.
! for while the distance in the former may
be somewhat greater. the roads being so
! much better the rates for land transpOrt;l-
lion Will be no higher than ordinarily
from Benton to Helena. We are informed
that transportation from Pompcy's Pillar
tn RnZon,an nGSi1y- SncuJaI n ctc
per pound and that the most of the freight
will be delivered to our merchants in from
ten days to two weeks from the time ii |
is loaded into the wagons.
THUS the Yellowstone route can no Ion
ger be considered problemetical. and there
can certainly be no question OF its super
ior advantages to Eastern Montana over
any or all other routes. in the matter OF
dollars and cents in the way Of quick and
cheap transportation. Its advantages to
Bozeman and Eastern Montana over the
Missouri and Fort Benton route is a saw
ing of several hundred miles of river navi-
CATION and ri least one cent per pound on
land transportation-thrc cents per pound
being the usual freight rates from Benton
TO BoZenlan.
1t is the opinion OF Mr.. Cooper. howcv-
er. as well rs many other practical and eX- +
pcrcnccd men, that hereafter the Yellow
stone viii be successfully navigated much !
higher up than the point reached by the +
steamer Yellowstone this season.
Without detracting in the least from the
determination and energy OF DIR. Lamme,
who is Justly entitled to all praise and the ~
aSting gratitude Of every resident of
Eastern Montana for his untiring zeal and
perseverance, we can but re- a.
cGrt that he was unable to get his boat up :,
S high as he anticipated. Still. to look at !,
he matter in any light. and for a pioneer u
entEre. it can but be considered very y
ucccssful one-the Yellowstone having II
ucceeled in landing her freight within h.
hirty miles of where she intended. and l..
there she would have landed if but for an =,
ccident which could not have been avoid I,
4. ~
Her trip must not only be very crafty u,
r. and satisfactory to Dr. Lamme. but
ne whose benefits and advantages to Fest -,
n Montana can hardly be over-cstimatcd. ~
has opened the way and practically de- 10
onstrated the navi@ablity of another II,
itlral thoroughfare into the very heart of -, ~,
e Territory. The steamer Yellowstone -,
Is pioneered the way for other, and es- ~, W.
'cally light draft boa.s. who. taking ad- 49,
ntage of her experience and profitin9 by nv
c difficulties she encountered. will find
smooth sailing and but ia
tie difficulty in landing their cargoes -
thin hundred miles of the Eastern me-
Dpolis of Montana.
We could well afford to trot ont our ~
oster on this important event. but out of 20! ~"
spect to the feelings and well being of ~
7 Fort Benton contemporary we forbear 100
incessant predictions in regard to the w. ~
,.,I, anc
he'd facts that the shock might prove too :
lch for his contracted views, and thus
,dncc premature explosion. Having wv.
disposition whatever to disturb the nv
lilibrium of the editor of the Record, we
Il charitably suggest that he may find a ~
ndertul sedativc in his editorial of JAN u.,.
y 18th last. headed the 1.-The Yellow
ne Sham in which occurs the follow c c
remarkable passage: to-.
Still. some of the Territorial Journals :,
pirate about the navigable qualities of Dan
clloWstone, river which we feel SAFE, y
will not permit a steaner to con
IS fifty miles above its mouth during any IRE,
ton of the coming ficighting season: e
1t must be admitted that all our pre- :,
lions regarding this much talked of but Gu
lly insignificant stream have invariably nav
ne to pass
low, we don't take much stock in pre- A G
ions, especially such unreasonable and
lsll predictions as the foregoing. yet we B.
uld not be much in advance of the opin- is BIZ
of some of our shrewdest business gen,
should we make the prediction that tere
hin two years we shall be laying down and
ds in Helena via the Yellowstone route. able
as this. perhaps. would be an extreme rior
aDcorous dose for our Benton contem- III
airy TO swallow. we will not insist upon Ferr
present. although we are firm in the Cap
viction that in all human probability it no s
become an established fact. the !
M, - : = has
York. at meeting held on the 18th. .omt
upon record the expression of their ,,,n,,
ere respect for the private virtue and Nv,