Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1879-03-20
EXTENSION OF THE UTAH AND
NORTHERN.
Put This Rnd That Together and Make
the Most OF il.
OMAHA. NEB.. March 9. 1879.

n OMAHA. NEB.. March 9. 1879.
". +. Freight agent Zabr1sky, Helena
4 -Hontana:
am cratifiel to be able To inform yet
that the Superintendent Of the Utah Hno
Northern has just returned from New
York with instructions to p,lsl, the ROAD
forward over the divide as rapidly us pos
sibie. Therefore we will most likely be
able TO deliver fall shipments at some
point in the Red Rock valley. 1t appears
that the reorganization OF the T.. =. Board
has transferred new life into the L. & n.
j. +. SHELBY.
Assistant Ge:l1 Ticket Ag't L. =. X. r.
Il will give you my word the road will
not advance beyond Snake River if the bill
does not pasS.-H. p. Shelly, in letter to
hyn'ond Bros. and others. February IS.
1879.
Il know Montana is a good country. and
| if you rclinquish the project WIFI build
the road myself, jay GouM to his fc!!ou-
directors, t'co years ago.
"Thc parties who proposed to invest in
building to Montana all refused TO do SO
after the failure of the exemption bill. Tie
extension Must now proceed slowly. as
we are without outside aid.-,Jay Gould. IN
a tcieg,am to s. T. Hause,.. Narh G. 1879.
If this scheme exemption goes by de-
fault. twelve months will not have passed
uhtil lis enemies will be ready to vote hun
drcd> of thousands of dollars to secure a
railroad. We advocate the exemption \
because OF IFS economy. and be- I:
cause Of our firm belief that if this fails !
we will sooner or later pay tar dcarer for
the whistle Weckiy HeraiR, FEB. Is.
I'VE have for several weeks been in pos
session of facts which indicated the truth
Of statements made by Union Pacific rep
rescn'ativcs that the Utah and Northern
would not he built into Montana without
4 document has Just arrived
Which confirms these statements beyond
all question if any of our citi-
zens or representatives still believe the
road will come without Montana adm
The form OF exemption or otherwise
hey will have occasion to be badly disap-
pointed in the near future. Veekiy Herald
FEB. 80, 1879.
1--WE believe the result OF Yesterdays
'ote delays for years the entrance of a rail- ,
Dad within our borders and increases the :
'ost Of finally securing Il road. ''-Da;lv
Herald, Feb. Fl.
The threat TO build the Utah Northern
further. than Sand V,1 Il, T. Z
Considered as mere buacombe. 1t comes
rom :. IL. ii. Clark. President of the
DAD. ana a man noted tor a fine sense OF
onor. never departed from in hi, business '
All who are in the least t
cqlanted with him agree that his dis d
atcl means jast what it says: that he II
you'd not stoop to the sheet-iron thunder i.
f bogus instructions TO his subordinate
'atte Miner, FEB. Is. a
The rejection Of the advances made by {
ne Union Pacific Company is the most u
'icidal folly Legislature or people ever II
ommltted. y Montana has made n
mstake-or. al least. all MOntani.ns. save Ct
hose who do not want a railroad on any a
DndIti0a or under any circumstances al
apt. Mills. IN Aew North Hest. Feb. rs, q
So n
irrespective of any inducements offered II
y this or any other Legislative act. ", G.
,niidently believe that more than A0 e
lilies of the Ctal, and Northern Railroad
i'll be built within Montana during the
ext two years. and that at least 100 miles
road will be constructed by the North :,
n Pacific Railroad Company within the Al
erritory during the same period. The "
speclive companies are pushing forward n;
ese enterprises on purely business prin- in
plies. They have counted the cost and q,
the present important and pros N
ctively increasing business of the Terri h,
~, and on these estimates they have I'M fl,
'ubtedly figured their gross and net earn he
gs for several years in the future, and no nv
riiier aid or induccnlent will. in our ra
Union. change the result or hasten the n
mpletien OF either road to the business do
ntres of Montana. '-4rant Courier. Feb. TN
1879. g.,