Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-08-30
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Many change fra. in time, and Is y
er,disubls not 70 b . Bourton. Inc
..An Who nsithsr learn NOR forRss may
b GOOD braks., bot they never get up
IN life. They always move on The same
plane. Il II smasinR and withai In
ssrustive TO compare the u'tsrances OF
sems prominsnt msn 90 the Northern
Pacific Railway sntsrprise. uasds tseivs
ysass ago, With those Of to day. of the
most prominent those Of kofos HATCH
Esa., Wall street maGnsss and ssnsf-
allv dobbsd ''Uneis Rofus." are notice
abIs. In 1871 when the first prospect
uses Of the grand transcsutinentai road
we're Issued much sport was made Vi
tbs psotsse By monsysd men not inter
estsd n tbs schsms, and s0oog this
numbsr "Uncie Rufus" was leader.
Hare 4 vhas ~ said Ct that time about
~ great psojsstsd railway:
Ths buainsu Of the road Will b
larger, psshaps, during it, CONSTRUCTION
than after compilation, % AL the ma
tsriah necessary TO the building Of ths
unandahsd portions will have q b
trannuorted over those seseious Ut tbe
line slssady laid and equipped. and
thens alone viii yield an Immense reve-
nos, este those familiar With The
copetructiou Of tbs other Racfno roads
shis peeds no demoustyation.) After ~
cosnpletjon the tssinc will consist q
aoyernmsnt supplies, mails. females,
and other military stores; OF tho local
easrying trade Of tbs present. populoua
0tatss bordsTing on ths North Pole OF
the bulk of the business now done
by the steamers plying on the
waters Of the 6usx Canal, Nov North
-. Dismal Swamp, DutgA Gap. and
oeher streams adjacent and tributary TO
the road, and Of the entire trade OF tbs
PiaQap Indians, consisting chiefly OF
bear's oil. hAre's oil and .ther products
OF tbs sotl. All the great through bosi-
ness from the Atlantic 70 the Pacific
coast 4 bound 10 pass over this line, BE-
cause Il will be the shortest that csn b.
built, free from grades, curves, stop
ming places. and other ohstructions it,
entire length, and, - before stated.
doWn hill both ways. Strange - it
may seem. = yaOe Of people, numbered
b miIIjons, and supposed 70 b de-
seeudau0s OF the original Aztsos, have
reoently bean discovered In this Eden"
Of America, and thoty carrying trade
will ppssdily constitute bu1necs Rreas-
q and far moro probable than vas
ever dreamed Of BY Hf. vanderviid, sis
Portion Msto, Mr.. Schuyler Of James
Junior Fisk. Ihs road unitss the Tom
B,gbes River with the source Of the
NiIs. and will. By lateral branch, zap
ping the boston. Hartford and Enc.
secure the trsds Of this dead Loeb" 70
Alaska. A. . line b 600 miles shorter
from its eastern n IT, western terminus
than Il u vies versa. and brings New
Yogk aad Liverpool Loo miles nearer
together than they ever we're before o.
viii b. again (vfds map and circulars OF
Northsra Pssino Railroadl: bfaneh
lines, OF ,sfooloss." will b built from the
main trunk, sastvaEd. westward, north
ward, and "oo0'-s0u'-west BY south
ward" stopping at I'D the important
points on both hsmisphefes going and
returning. % - 70 drain the entire
kuoWn world, and render vslueless all
The ether railroads on the face OF the
alebs.
Hines thse time changes have soosr-
~. "Uncls Rufus" has acquired ''in-
tsetsisr on the line, and 10 trying 70
mAks SONS money in the Yellowstone,
md b loud In his praises Of the road,
~ sountsy and IL resources. Speak
ine Of the recent unsooosasfui onslausht
o. ths bsass In Wall street. on Northern
PssiAs and other Willard stocks. this
vhilom Eidiculsr Of those enterprises
gsows loud In praiss thereof. - follows:
Vanderbilt and Gould have got to the
end a their bubble blowing, and the
New YogA Central 10 the greatest bubble
q them I'll. The Willard stocks have
suResed With the rest. but they will not
b depreesed for any great length OF
time. The reason that am Q boil on
Nssahsss Pacific stock u because IL has
land back Of IL. I tell yeu that 42,W0,-
o00 asrss Of land n this country u
worth somsthinQ. Some Of Il u bad
land aad some of IL ID good. but u IL
avoeaGos q an aere shsrs II enough Of
~ make Nosthsrn Pacific stock pretty
coed. Il Won't b long before the
Northern Pacific stook Will b. - good
- Illinois Central. and u will continue
- high, for e has land bask Of Il.
Al Of which proves that tho wissst
men ere liable 10 BE- mistaken in prog
nosis and that nsw converts are aensr-
ally more enthusiastic even than old