The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1883-08-29

up anOtnef. On comes tne cOkuHlH, al
close behind appears the first locomotiv
from the west shore. Cheers ring on
ON he:aiffrem . thousand Threats wei
0ming the from horse which had com
q 900 miles by sea and 800 miles by lane
as the amulet was cast by the venetian
to wed the Adriatic, so comes it to we
the Atlantic and Pacific. A few moment
u intemef excitement and the flag j
reached from the west, and chorus o
cheers 60 up which makes the welkil
ring, but they stop not here, but Ia!
track until the last rail from the west j
laid. The locomotive moves up, trium
phantly and peals forth prolonged ana
deafening whistle, which is answered b,
. wailing one from the east. Castin,
your eye in that direction you see tn
forces under w. 0. Winston emerging
from cut a half mile awav. Steadily
they advance, and in half an hour they
are up and the last rail is dropped to the
ground. The faithful "Old Mig" gaily
decorated with flags and blue ribbons
and bearing upon each side a card upon
which is the following inscription: "My
name is Mig and Ihave hauled the iron
car $50 miles," is there to witness iii in
deed his emotions were in the least
stirred) the grandest event in the history
of Montana. A few moments delay in
cutting rails the desired length and the
0ccident and Orient have joined hands
over this great trancontinental route. II
is accomplished. The long deferred
dream and hope has become a reality.
May we humbly hope that no shifting
sands Of fortune may yet pluck it from
the grasp of those who have conceived
and carried forward to completion this
great enterprise. That Bulls and Bears
may not get their hands upon it's throat
and pluck the profits which may arise
from the lordly men who infused the
breath of life into the corporation. They
cannot reap the honors. The formal
opening and driving Of the golden spike
has yet to come, and while we would not
detract one iota from its significance and
it is but the. romance. The
forces east and west spend few mo-
ments in congratulations and hand
shakings and then separate. The east
side men propose and give with will,
three cheers for the west side men, and
in return three cheers are given for the
east side men, and all unite in rousing
nl,na. -sssA---.~.s -7xuS. hui. MAR
lin Maginnis is then called forward, and
IN an elegant speech pays glowing tri-
3nteto the energy and labor which has
accomplished such great results. We
you'd like to give his speech in full, but
ost our notes. He alluded to scrap of
history, however, oftwo important events
n the history of Montana, which fur
fishes a wonderful coincidence-on
nay appropriately be termed the birth,
nd the other the era of new life.
'wenty-one years ago party under the
Of S. T. Hansen (now presi-
lent Of the First National Bank Of Hell
MAJ came from the east and another
leaded by Bud Meadow from the west,
net near the identical point of union at
he Stuart cabin, then the only one be-
ween Fort Benton (save an Indian trad
ng post and Fort Owen, and the first
lace where gold was found in Montana,
nd the first ground broke, which has
ed to the building up and developing the
ichest and destined to be the most po-
'ulous of territories. Just think of it,
he boy born that day has attained his
majority. The blushing innocence of
outh has ripened into manhood. The
nfant Montana has grown to the stature
f manhood, and now aspires to set up
nsiness for ITSELF The press Of the ter
tory were represented by Hugh Nc
luaid and Guy X. Piatt, of the L,sdepen-
mt, Capt. Bob Fisk, of the Herald, D. J.
ARMSTRONG, of the Missoulian, and your
of the CHRONICLE. We |
ave not space to enumerate the gentle
ZEN guests, but gallantry compels us to
i've the names ofthe ladies who graced /
he occasion. Mrs. Col. w. F. Sanders,
[rs. Judge Sage of Cincinnati, and Mrs.
apt. Rockwell, of Fort Lincoln, Dakota.
he husband of the latter, Capt. Rock
ell, of the ordinance department, will
the Willard party to fire the
lutes on September 8th, when the gold
! spike is to be driven. In conclusion
e will say, that it may 60 down as
nong the Chronicles" that the union
rails was effected at about 3 o'clock,
ugust 22nd, 1883, and as another coin
dence the issue of the WEEKLY CHRoN-
LIE fell on that day. The return ride was
ade without any incident worthy of
'te, the party arriving at Helena about
o'clock p. m. More anon.
S. W. L.