Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1879-11-27
ADDITIONAL MAIL FACILITIES
NEELED.

Recently petition was circulated ask
ing the Post-Oftice Department to estab
lish mail route, or rather TO establish
service OH a mail route between Bozemar
and Mammoth Springs. taking in Hayden
Chico and few other less important
points on the route. Seyera. weeks ago
We had occasion to speak Of the great in.
convenience which was being felt by the
people Of DozemaE, but especially by the
settlers on the Upper Yellowstone, on ac-
count of the failure of some mail contract
or. to us unknown. to stock the road and
carry the mails on this mail route. The
contract was supposed to have been let for
\ mail route from Bozeman, via Mammoth
Springs, to Camp Brown, in Wyoming, as
early us June last. but the contractor,
knowing, we presume, that portion CT the
route between the Mammoth Springs and
Camp Brown to be utterly impracticable
has never so much as put in an appearance.
The consequence is, the settlers along the
western portion Of the route are, and
have been for several months past, with
out mail facilities, except as the Bohemian
postmaster occasionally supplies them by
special carrier.
The upper Yellowstone country, during
the past year especially, has been growing
rapidly in importance. The mining. farm
ing and stock interests arc looking up and
the population is gradually increasing.
Considerable mining and prospecting has
been done ut Clark's Fork and at Bear and
Crevice gulches during tile past summer.
and with such encouraging results, that
next season, no doubt, more active and
permanent mining operations will be I'M
dcrtakcn and gootl-sizcd camps established
in nll OF the places named. But, aside
from any prospective needs OF the coun-
try. the present business and population
of the various and wel-established points
on the route require tri-weekly mail serv-
ice at least from Bozen,an TO the Mann
moth Springs, and in Our opinion it would
be well to extend the route through the |
Park and on, via IIenry's Lake, TO inter
sect the Utah and Northern railroad at or
near Red Rock. We are informed that
this is an entirely practicable route, even
during the winter. while of course there is
no question of its practicibility during the
summer. nor to its evident and ultimate
advantages to Southeastern Montana in
the matter of more direct and evidently
needed mai! facilities.
We are act well informed as to the dis
lance from Henry's Lake to Red Rock,
but think it cannot exceed fifty miles.
The distance from BozeInan. via Hayden
and Chico. to Mammoth Hot Springs is
about Is miles; from the Sprha.s,,s, via The
upper Geyser Basin, to llenry's Lake, it is
about 40 miles and from Hcnry's Lake
10 Red Rock, Say 80 miles, which would
make tile proposed route les miles. The
establishing Of such mail route as we
have suggested would prove Of incalcul;l-
bic benefit to the residents OF Southeast
ern Montana, as well AS to the travelling
public. Such mail route would neces-
sarily imply commodious coach line and
a well-stocked road Tor the proper accom- :.
,nodaiion OF travellers and tourists to and
from the great Wonderland Of America,
and it would also insure direct and close !
between the Northern Pacific {
and the Utah and Northern Railroads.