The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1883-09-09

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mere parenthesis, which, the grammarians
ellis us, may always be omitted without IN !
nry to the sense.
Ii is true, II were to make the very oriei-
st allusion to the manifold interesting Incl.
leuts IL were merely TO touch upon even
he many great thugs which have marked
he progress of this enterprise through all I
Is yicissitudes TO ITS final success, II were {
"a exhibit only its most notable contests !
With and trlumphs over the difficulties and '
obstacles which nature-humAn, alas as (
well as material-had put in It's way,
should transcend all limits OF time and your
pa,ience before | had got as far Ms Helena,
starting at either end. II can only run
single furrow through the wide field OF OF.
ssrvation and illustration open before us, n
| can barely mark the bright track Of proph'
ecy, faith aud works which have wrought
out me grand contamination, the demands
of the occasion, cannot but feel will be
quite satisfied.
Immediately upon the Louisiana pur-
chase in 1908, the forecast aud energy Of
Jefferson was shown in the project OF the
survey OF the vast wilderness intervening |
TO discover practical route for migration |
and traffic. Congress voted the money for an |
expedition to trace the Missouri TO its
source, 10 cross the highl ands, and 70 follow |
down the water course 10 the Pacific Ocean |
Lewis and Clark executed thistask. Start !
ing from st. Louis in May, 1901 they win.
tered fifty miles above the present town oil
bismarck, and came In sight Of the ocean
on the 9TH OF November, 1895. Commene-
ing their return In March, lSO0, they
reached St. Louis in September OF the
same year. Thus, under instructions
drawn BY the hand of Jefferson himself, tue
route now occupied by the Northern Ia.
/ n. ,aAt 10, lha aNtaUtinn ni
the people Of the United States, and has
from time to time engaged their interest,
TIL the dream, the prospect, the project
and effort have ended in the work here and
now, Hencelorth the transit from the
Mississippi to the month OF the Columbia,
and the return will be made In nine days,
for the round trip, which occupied the trst
explorers two years and hall.
The prophecy aud advocacy OF railroad
10 our Pacific coast possession, to the Col.
umbia river and to Puget's Sound, followed
close upon the first Introduction in THIS
country OF this system OF traito ana travel
} As early as 1884, when the arrival or de-
parture of railroad train had still some
thing of novelty even In Boston, village
physician in western Massachusetts, Dr
Samuel Barlow, the father OF Mr. barlow ,o
. New York, we'll known on both sides the
Atlantic as an eminert solicitor pressec
> upon The attention OF his oountrymen, II
articles showing great forecast aud sagacity
, the vast importance and the clear teasibll
4 ity OF such an enterprise as that whose com
pieton we this day celebrate
Willis GAYLORD Clark, In 1888, ia an elo
= auent exposition OF the subject IN aleadln
. magazine, asseyerated that "the reader
! now living who VIII make q rmlroad VII
! across this vast continent. Penetrate
J, F,nltAy tha uniaginnaFV. Wnlt
!, man, in 1912, started on winter journey |
q Washington across the Rocky mountain
= TO awaken the state department to I'll
le movements going on, IN British interest
- 10 ALLEVIATE from us our Oregon possession
y Under this impulse diplomatic neg0tli
20 tions were pushed and guided I'LL u
u treaty. of 1916 drew the boundary line D
"a tween the two nations, aud terminated "
ioint possession. Thus, ell the early y
~ stincts and aspirations for THIS transeonl
10 mental connection fastened themselves up,
,n this northern route. The spread oi Know
q, edge and zeal in the minds ard hearts
sil our countrymen had to do with this prole
n and no other.
81 But the acquisition OF California, the di
~ covery of its ill then hidden gold, the
Vt sorption OF people and government IN q
~ tarrible struggles between .nedom al
slavery for the occupation Of our new q
rs maiu, aud, finally, the civil war. arous
W. new motives and new arguments Mhi
UT urred irreslstlbly the transcontinental GO
", uection, but diverted the first comrllan
hu with the political. military and popular
igencies from the Northern to me sou,he
In aud Central routes Thus, once more
ng human affairs the last was made hrst' a
"N the first last
lTy cial prosperity OF the whole country llJa,
old mis- enterprise which its ebb had
70 stranded. The resumption OF specie ~
lls ments by the government in 1873, the ra
conversion of the public debt into
10 2 l.2and 3 per cent. securities, the M
'ra' reduction OF the debt itself, set ~ libe
Ira' great amounts of capital for participh
Wy i'm the active employment OF money. In
es' stupendous transactions OF the trgrsufy
nc once compelled and attracted immense
lm lm yestments in well founded enterprise
leu industry and trade IN 20
~, Try which, emerged but MT
the wears from civil war-whose 81
hces of able-boded producers cnd OF aC
cas- mulated wealth had never been oquale
n.y. appalled, It's creditors by paying It's de
fnc' and impoverished It's lenders by the rec
the tion of interest they submitted 10, u
.teu cane the payment OF the principal
luli and we'll tried confidence In the chara
oil no less than in the ability Of the spon
mu' for the ultimate outcome OF the outlhl
,, III mean OF the eminent men who have
Quoted and are conducting the AFFAIR
over this company--has formed the c0ntfoll
my the unfaiing, the Indispensable elomei
y ul that faith among men which has SUPP
you the means Tor this completed structure
lux V ,'n, NJ Willard and To you, Cove
now smith. 10 YOU, MIR. Billings, and oil
were other presidents present or absent TO
luen and all others who have felt your arms
tur' ON them ior support, this day crowns
the labors. and we, your fellow oillzens,
ing, these foreign guests, applaud your
'us1 umph. 1T,
manifold qualities In the mAnagemet
pult this enterprise which deserve illustra
reult but may insls, for a moment upon n
wen principal traits, | cannot discover
pup there has ever been engralted
sip,e, this enterprise any cons
elsus tion company 10 suck the prosperity
belonrs to the original growth. | d'
lsion, nerceiye that excessive rates, either
been terest for money or ofpayment Tor lat
eople materials Tor want OF money. have i'm
the upon the enterprise burdens dispropo
sollu ate 10 the values which It's lehentur
devc- lis stock fairly represent. ] do not
eered any lust ground for complaint In 20
niger or popular estimate that the United
stock has burdened its revenues with sui
!, the which, for the pubic interest, were u
last essary OF excessive, for from the 0eei
ialth- 10 the end the enterprise has not re'
OF ire A dollar from the public mhds. ! ~
honest lair ground for oavil at the land graf
sweat the government along the routei
proviuent or shOwingn0 adequate
TO he- ofvalue either 20 the treasury or to
lshed' taut settlerson the public domain,
"a me # We look at the government IN the
3; NO light Of private proprietor, who. WI
hralh himself incur tho expense and the Z
lrahu' opening communication between
o per peopled wilderness aud the land-sl
yauon population. we tiud the government
t can, out y dollar OF outlay, made NOR,
ol All whole ior the lands IL has parted wi
" that the enhanced selling value OF its wi'
lfeVer, main. But, when We consider that
honor ture settlers ON the company's lar
70 us well as In the reserved public lands,
out 70 contribute TO the tax.paying wealth
lasting people, and the strength aud power
- a. l.. U. !.