, 1880-09-17
NORTHERN PACIFIC.
n fht Edliot Of I1a t;aiedao Tribune.

ErsMAl,cH, Dak,, Sept. 0.-Tho seasons
work 0n the Nortllorl, 1'nei(ic extension il
rupitliy drawing to a close, and pOsslbly a
brief review Of what this nncll-atlycrttsctl
Company hns accomplished during two full
summers may not be ont OF rincc. II Ia not
tile purpose Of yollr correspondent to say ,ln-
kind things about the management Of this
great corporation, but merely to give THE
trmDuSE a fair and candid stntemcnto facts,
and draw few conclusions which may lc
ultimately follow. The Northern Pacific Is
National enterprise, receiving tile Md Of tho
Government, partakIng Of tilo bounty of tho
public. 1ts management is certainly Il legtl-
,nnte subject Of criticism, md The people Ut
tic West surely lluve right to lcnrn what
they cn,i Of tho manner In Which lis affairs
nr1 conducted.
Tic failurc Of ,1ay Cooke In 1873 stopped
tie work Of construction ufter the road had
been successfully built through tho then
wilderness of Northern Minnesota nl,d Da-
kDta from Duluth TO this point, distaneo
Of 600 miles, mora or less. From that tine
for six years operations OIL construction
ceased until curly in the winter OF ls7s-'7o,
when there wero movements indicating n re-
'1sy ts a e raeY 1Yy y{rae n 9 q ;'sS1s m ,Jp # ps s
announced. Operations Weru commenced in
the Dltl way, aud ill., january Of lust year,
nnlia tho llailnting 9f lnnners and the blnro
1f tru'npeis. truck was constructed ,scruss
Nlnl.ar, on the western shore of the Mis-
sultrl, called Into life mid activity, Twenty
ear-loasls OF iron md sn,A'l Pile Of ties
wero sliippch over, n1,d tllen there
pf scyenty-four, gins oyer the safe delivery
0f litter of mice! Walker, Bellows, untl /,
man l,Allled 14url TOT cannl memories down
IN Now York;. sinl9 oat froln t!le East, and
~s" Wosk eainrneed ON ii NoSs,ber @ fG ta s iabors ora
of tho mol,ntnlu ceased, mid the lll0lso Of
sixty ntllcS OF roOrly-constrl'cted rlatl-beh
WAs lmE1tldly Toy shown NJ tho result. Tho win
tsr "t '9 s,ce;eedg.i &C.; a'tl for three !nortl,s
three trains only scceet!ctt iii reaching Bis
llarck from tho Red River country. His
laarck and Mantia,', during JANUARY, FGbrN
nry, ntd Marr, llM,l they been locatet! at tho
would llnye been III closer contact with Iinll
facilities nlld the commerce. Of the world
thar they were 50Q miles northwest Of st.
Paul, ant! on the line Of this ''..great high
ysrt,senents VT M M put t, The eiimats was ss iot 10,
1t IanIt,--ths rallroal authorities were.
But Nature, with tho showers anu SUNSHINE
OF April, removed tho embargo Of the blfz-
blnetl energies Ut this great Company, ai!l
Tho contractors strtlttcd and swclled, labor
ers came III ut tic rate Of half u dozen per
tlny, md grading through the Bud Lands IRE
was commenced. All summer long tic
horns huyc been looted and the cynlbnls
clallgcd, rs though Chinese funeral was 1t,
progress, and the result at this writing Is tho
traek, WITH the probability tint the Western
terminus fur thu approaching winter will be
the l.Ittlv Missouri, III n!les west from tlI's
point, the Yellowstone Etfst good hundred
in!!ss @ a%ay n, Motana f!at Io stii begging s an!
and llnparttnIly, tic cxnct facts.
Now, let. rs lo0k, for u 1l0nlent at what
other ni,d similarly Situated! r9a!ls M h9se NJ
Spsa sssa 81 y 3 sTatsfattsnr 0
upon the energy Of sturdy settlers insteatt Of
the mllcertuin pap Of Government: First IN
the list y the ClicaEo milwaukee, \ st.
l'aul. .whiCl. las built n Dakota and Mime
a"t roadbed. 1iis Til The ccaeS @ @ S"fi%estefn W IL
Town, Minnesota, and Dakotu 140 miles. Tie
St. Paul. Minneapolis " Stanitoba, managed
by Il fllll-Krown self-u!ade n!all, has COLI
havo asked or received i single doller IL
unttc!l States; neither Of them has en-
pioyed 4 slnEl9 nlu1lber Of corrupt lobby
r,ny "wntg ta tsT sssa ers;ts II " MasrEto
linve simply risen to the dignity Of THO
situation, and worked to tovclope tho nag-
niltceMI empire drained by their several
thomnghfares. Not, TINT your correspond
CT would be understood as opposlng zig ex
| tension 0f tho magnificent grant 0f land
| Elye,. tho Northern pAeisse Railway. Through,
| the construction Of this road lit tho early
| par. of tho Inst decaaB the attention OF tho
titles Of the golden NortIlwest-frun tho
great lake to tho mountains. The sagacity
wh1ct! conceived and the energy which bG.
gnn the building Ut THIS great highway de.
ssrys lecognltlon at @ tho l!ans , ot I generous
AMI the people who have gono at their inyl'
tattoi1 to make homes IN Northern Dakota
md Montana tenlan!l,-nay, they Insist =
that the energy Displayed lii building the
with the llnmlilcenco Of the Government
thAt there shall be guild pro quo rendered
for the empire awarded them.
xsr C. Sfna 5 ind IT, s1 St % eaES o M tt
cltlsnts Of Ma1naEenent. II | should,
sDin out and perfume your columns. TIL
management for tito past two years seems tt
Let alty man who reads this ARTICLE take oc
unbiased :nan ils meets frnm Nortllern. Da
kota or Montana what his op!ni9n l. Of IL,
MY. V6e tePiy viii Open with 9 curs'
ter, when tho nMf0Uihled rnlnn
tnnt, tho Cl!leago. Milwaukee, = st
the Northern l'acIfio obtatnctl publicity
tllera WIS QUO universal cry at rejutetn
along the entire line Of roa,l. ,settlers takfn
up tho refrain OF glntlncss, alt 6lslless.,ne
of every calling joining fl tho, chorus. i
settlers along tho limo aro realty to resp0n,
with thu ancient .1naft[en petltion!ng for
l4nsbnld. "Anyhotly, good Lord, anybody !!
T1e voice Of the Heopls ,ass n2'lg the ,ino la
az The great Republic, has heen closed |
them, IL tito Interest ot Justice alMl fa!,
plly. Will THE Tribune consent to Riy
voice to this letter? BEAR BUTTE.
ENEDuNA9ING.
Hp<etds Dtspdt*A to tn Chicago 1s1bunS.
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