The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1880-02-20
INQUIRIES ANSWERED.
Editor New North. West

1. - The road will he built to point
where the l. abe of the Territory can %
controlled" Please explain what you
mean by tliat.
Q Deer Lodge had its opportunity |
last summer and rejected it," How, when
and where did Deer Lodge reject an oppor-
tunity?
3. What "unitsd effort is necessary oy |
Deer Lodge and Lewis and Clarke counties
10 procure the line over the route proJecteo
last summer?
A.. Who is going to divide the county
and when are they going to start III o" '''o
job?
By giving us a little light on these points
you will greatly obhge NUMBER oi Se"
soribers.
PIONEER, NJ. 7.
l. When the railroad is completed to
point where it. can deliver freIghts LOT Ine
Territory cheaper than they can be trans
ported by any other means, tneh IL WIN
" control" the carrying trad" OF the Terri
tory. With the terminus where IL was last
wear the wagon banl to Butte, heiena ana
Bozeman was so great that merchants III
manv instances could ship their goods
from Chicago aud st. Louis to their places
of business cheaper by river and wagon
than by rail aud wagon. Such might
even be the case now. But with the
Utah ard Northern extended TO Jefferson
valley the wagon haul will be so shortened
up to the principal towns that the railroad
can give lower rates than the steamers aud
deliver goods every week in the year. 1t
will thus be able to, and will, "controi !"
the trade. 1t must be remembered rail-
road company is q great, permanent corpo-
ration. II is operated to make money, and
must be operated continuously whether it
pays or not. A part of its plan is to drive
off opposition. A river is free to all and
cannot be made monopoly. Whenever
railroad reaches point where it can sue
cessfully compete with another means oil
transit, 1t forces fight and the lougest
purse wins. For instance A dozen mer-
chants are doing business in Heleua. The
railroad company offers TO deliver mer
chants their goods at the same rate as the
river. A, B, G and D prefer the river and
ship that way. The railroad company
says to L we will give you a specia. rate q
one cent pound less than the steamer
can carry their freight for and deliver vol
goods every day IN the year. e is tn u
given an advantage, and A, b, and
r are compelled the next season to ship b
, rail or fight an unequal fight. The steam
i ers cannot do this, and thus the railroa
t "controls trade.
= 2. Deer Lodge had its opportunity las
n summer in the railroad bill which was xii
- ed by the action of Messrs. Robinson an
Bcardman Of this county, That bill es
empted the road from taxation for teri
of years, provided it was built on a roui
r near Butte and Deer Lodge to Helena an
:. completed to Deer Lodge in 1880 aud
Helena by September /, 1891. II the roa
-. was not completed as specified there woul
= be no exemption if it was 80 complete
the right TO tax it was waived for term
years. Mr.. S. T. Hauser, who had been
communication with Messrs. Gould, Ollie
and Clark, stated the company would a
= cept the terms of the bill. THUS De
- Lodge had its opportunity and rejected
: 3. The Lewis aud Clarke delegates
- the Legislature united with the majority
~ the Deer Lodge delegation in favor of d
. bill and route as proposed. The same III
- son of effort at the Twelfth Session mig
yet accomplish the result that was frustr
ted at the Extra Session.
J: A. A division of the county has be-
~ agitated by some residents Of Butte {
10 several months. The proposition is to {
10 tablish county making Butte the coun
r seat. To make anything like fair sIz
n couu;y II would d----. e,----1r--- s-n-si
Id e -. valley and perhaps porto
Do of Beaverhead, Madison and LETTERS
10 counties. We do not know what propt
oi ton of public sentiment is in favor of
Il even In Butte. The occasion alleged is I
u inconvenience and expense of acbiug
ID county seat at Deer Lodge. Had the ra
u road bill passed and the road been built
Nc required under it, those causes Of eompla
u would have been obviated. If the cour
is divided it will be done at n session of !
s sSS Legislature, aud those 10 favor of it v
goo "start in on it " in making up the Leg
100 lative delegations at the coming election
syS We hope that in the above we have Gil
100 minated =" to some extent certain expr
g7o sions used in paragraph last week, a
which appear to have had varying c.
a. structions paced on them in "the Cou
VI at Pioneer. We might elaborate on eli
~ point, but trust what we have said furni
''o es the desired information.