Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1879-08-14
JUST WHAT THE COURlER HAS
BE.;S lKOPIES YING FOR NEAR.
LIZ THREE YEARS.

Something will have to be done in or,le
to retarl the extension OF the Utah ant
Northern Railroad. or, in ali probability
it will reach Helena or soulc other impor
ilil lo"'D in the Territory before the meet
Ing of !!e next Legislature. Even the Hell
rnt H.rsH virtually admits this ;nucl, in
III 1oll,";ng. which, We clip from its col
s.niiS Of the 9Th inst:
Tie Utah Northern Railway is progress
sing IL the rate Of about one nile per day
The track is nos laid twelve miles nOrtI
at tanns. and iy the first Of September il
is expected The road will he completed as
tar ~ tie r'nyun just below Pleasant val
Icy. to which place the present terminus
MI 10 r'iro,r'!. TarIor cars. bra new.
"t.i Inventors refining chairs. and other
81 .,.r'D,rpt. .tH.i 10 the Union Paci.i...
..j'.. ty,il .ttlacnt . Tie regular passen-
e. trains al nrs run daily from Ogden
/" Cai:,;ss. distance OF PAS miles. The.
read will h@ pushed on % miles north Of
Pleasant valley by tie 1911, of October.
Which, vii be the terminus during the wiz
ter. 1'hc net earnings Of the Utah North
rrn during the past three months, We learn
have been nearly $25O.C0O.'
II i; really amusing to notice how our
Helena and Butte contemporaries are al
ready more than tacitly acknowledging
that they were badly mistaken on the ex-
cmpiion question. True. it is almost too
soon TO forget the reiterated argument that
'.lIe Utah and Northern will not be built
into Montana unless subsidy or exem,
ton bill shall be first passed." but we can
forgive it all upon seeing such evidences OF
returning reason as the above, and the TO-
lowing from the daily Miner of the 9Th
inst:
.'nstead OF folio" ing the example Of TN
fortunately isolated communities. whose
one sickly interest demanded railroad com
muniration at any price. no matter how
r'inous the subsidy. and for whose freight
transportation there was no competition
between contendng lines-instead of to-
lowing this example aud saldling our Ter
ritory with Subsidy debts. let us first see
WHIST we can 10 by Offering our immense
freight transportation as Il prize 10 be won
by Tie line making the greatest exertion
to secure il. BY properly employing the
happy advantages Of our situation we may !
hc able to force the railroads to come TO us |
for their own Sakes. instead of paying item !
To come for nars.
x X 4 Y
IF we keep or Territory and our conn
ties re" from debt: ii We make il known
thai Montana is the one Territory. or State.
ltt ~ hopc soon 10 be able to term it. in /
which taxes are and will continue to be \
light. the n-ilo"ing OF population will /
soon cai!s" oar Territory To be grid-iron.Ad |
through every one OF its principal valleys |
with lie iroi, rail-
Ii is IN encouraging sign Of the times
when we can record two pretty clear con-
versions from the exemption failacy in a
single day. Now. let the Independent for
sake the error Of its exemption way, and
thr Mem No,fh- Vest Its new-f,nr ied mar
row gauge thoughts. and labor for the real
interests OF the Territory. and they will be
surprised TO see how soon we shall have all
the railroads. that are necessary, without
ii:her subsidy or exemption