The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1880-03-05
QUERIES AND ANSWERS.

answers 10 INV last questions; Q. Apologize
/ inc for AGAIN Iutruding on your time, 10
/ n an.st yoa T., again turn your electric
! lipst aud illuminate, as space will permit,
! the few shady places which seem still re- !
manning in the railroad question: me !
! situation is getting interesting, ana III .
| order TO arrive at a decision as 10 wnaS 10
best calculated to promote the present anu
| future welfare OF Deer LouBe couhOy' We
| desire TO know: ii
| Ia not opposition necessary TO compel
the u. 81 N. r. II. to give cheap rates ana
when the r. II. Co. forces night Is IL hoC
for the public interest TO MAINTAIN thae
opposition, to strengthen the weaker side
and TO aid, Of aid must be given)t the
shortest instead OF the longest purse. no"
do we help A. b. G. and ID. In their un-
equal fight by substituting Els freigntefs,
or exempting from taxation his means Oh
transportation? ,,u
8, When goods can be delivered by rail-
road cheaper than they can be by any other
/ route. what difference will it make TO the
shippers by that liue Except in the saving
of timel whether the terminus be at Gan-
new. Butte, Deer Lodge or Helena?
& Would the Legislature be Justihed IN
granting public aid to private property
in ann OF the towns of Montana
4. In what sense is the extension ot tne
| Ii. " N. To It's last ulbth
a. forcer?n Why need the cities OF Butte,
Helena or Virginia heed the command
% come DOWN." aud if it is necessary 10
force the railroad from Gaffney why may 1t |
not be done as we'll by aiding the opposi-
ton? NJ
, i, Would the extension Of the U. d. N. |
over the Deer Lodge route conflict with any
of the accrued rights OF the Northern
Pacific?
6. Did not Messrs. Robinson and Board
' man comply with the "reauest" OF the
. conventions that nominated and voters who
= elected them?
7, Can not some plan be devised to SUBJ
s nit the questions OF subsidy or exemption
0 to the voters at the coming election, IN
n order to learn the real sentiments OF voters
n on the subjectp
In opposition to dividing the county we
J. are "solid:" although its advocates may
= give many reasons for such an act, there is
- bat one object namely the Offices. AND
TO disinterested outsiders 1t does not seem
that Butte had struck such bonanza IN
l. her City Charter that she should desire all
te the additional expenses of a couaty govern
=, ment. W.
IA Our correspondent has the faculty OF
to putting questions. We had not expected
4. at this time to- 20 into the railroad dis
"a cussion again, but as the inquiries seem in
A. spired by an honest desire, as stated In the
N. first paragraph, and to bring out reason
- for the faith that is in us, we will endeayor,
bs although necessarily briefly, to reply.
70 /. There is no opposition, except steam
me boats, to aid The only way to aid them
n In by patronizing them. We certainly have
,.r no objection to that. But il WIS freight
me costs more per pound and takes longer t
come by river than by rail, he will no
"strengthen the weaker side " very long
ns, The steamers pay US no taxes. The stream
: TO Is not taxable. The United States govern
in ment is expending "aid +" on 1t every yea
in removing Instructions. Except for
tne few cords of firewood the steamers pay GU
Dr.! little or no money in Montana-they eve
lrai 10 to the States to winter. As Chez
rH- upon exorbitant railroad rates the river is
ing good thing for Montana. Very little NOR
her can be said for it. On the contrary, raj
DC roads expena immense sums in permanen
ads taxable property, build stations and shop
ney and employ large numbers of mechanic
ent and laborers. The trains must run dali,
business good or business bad, that
ans may 60 to neighboring town If he d.
lers sires, and perhaps expend thousands
ver- dollars in fighting through the SHOWS viii
Who his mail, while the steamboat is tied up
we charge of a Waterman at Sioux City or ,
any Louis. The river is no opposition to
ing railroad farther than holding transport
A.. 4 IL. .hru rYYe
The win do whenever a cargo will pay.
by Q. II the shippers lived at the poi
liver touched by the road, they would lay dow
no their goods for less money than those wi
aem lived five miles or more from the roa
lred Why does W. prefer having spring ne
for his home to having one mile away?
: an 8. II might be. The question is Ing
ONE niously distorted as bearing on the questi
of railroad aid and requires an approx
attn mately distorted answer to expose its fall
u in cy. If by RENTING license amount
the to SO per annum, the Investment OF
prior million dollars in taxable property could
nifty. secured In any town, the Legislature wor
Rail- not likely be considered criminally culpa
sur for renting the license. II w. will ia
TO be the statutes of Montana and look over
ated, list of property exempt from taxation,
place will find that public aid is therein grant
have by remission of taxation, to numerous 9
crate porate properties that increase the valne
now other private property in the towns VIII
loca- they are located.
road, 4. Because the live town people Ia
lroad day and generation desiie railroad conn
NINA. tion-not an hundred miles away, or tw
ty, but right in their towns. The invent
ro.as genius of the age has evolved rapid tra'
Ter and the people demand 1t. IL is writ
Salt "the soul that sinneth shall die" and |
just as true that town that sinneth
ornia, lack Of enterprise and "nip" shall
anted The Union Pacific Company wants to b
how the Utah and Northern through or !
In the Glendale and Butte-perhaps to Hell
Uni The railroad that carries all its freight
ompa- way will haye to charge excessive rate
9S,Vo lose money. Glendale and Butte W
tnan furnish more return freight than all
mated rest of the Territory combined, and rec
mere very large proportion of that coming
iit 70 IL is to the interest OF the railroad con
total ~ aev.,on and build M those ca
ates is a.. 800 ~, s;nass both wavs. If it ,
has a.r,.,n ,h.t ro aid in any form whats
cent would be granted the Utah and North
W. believe 1t would be run ora Big Hol
legate Butte. But the sentiment OF the
Side OF the Territory, rs Expressed By
I'D and majority Of It's representatives in the
gamy. islature last summer, was not by any m
errito- as intensely benighted as they desires
to believe. Virginia City was the b
ontana OF the opposition and its representa-
nption and newspaper did not want the rail
vest Of ta.aree n vras mt roinp TO ret it r