The daily enterprise. [volume] (Livingston, Mont.) 1883-1884, 1884-07-30

Mussclshell they had a scalp dance and a
big time generally.
The Oregon Railway & Navigation Lease.
Pioneer Press: Now that the North
ern Pacific has completed the preliminar
les towards securing the lease of the Or
egon Railway & Navigation company,
the ratification and other formalities will
be gone through with in few days.
President Harris will arrive at St. Paul
this week and will be joined here by
Vice President Oakes. While the former
was at Portland negotiating with the Of
ticials there the latter was attending
to the business in New York.
Assisted by telegraphic correspondence,
all details necessary to the con-
summation of such vast undertaking,
were satisfactorily accomplished. 1t is
not authoritively stated, but it is conjec-
tured that the conditions of the lease are
the same as mentioned several days ago III
the Pioneer Press. as follows: Payment
of fixed charges; 6 per cent. interest the
first year. per cent the second, and
per cent. thereafter, This is supposed t"
be the basis upon which the negotiations
were completed. The property OF the
Oregon Railway and Navigation covers
nearly seven hundred miles of railroad,
the steamship and steamboat lines, docks,
the interest in the Northern Pacific Ter
minal company, and miner properties.
Japanese who are going abroad to re-
fit their navy, visited Brooklyn Yard
few days ago. One of them said: "Ti1s
is exactly like Washington Yard. Neitlncr
one of them is worth examining. owork
is going ON at either place, and could
not find any ships at either yard that in
a naval battle of to-day would prove of
the slightest account. saw a ship over at
Brooklyn Yard named the Swatara. 1t is
a mere wooden concern, and If it had to
encounter any sort of an ironclad, never
mind how poor, it would not last five
minutes. Yet it IS one of the best ships
that have seen since have been in this
country When we left Japan on our way
to England, we did not intend to spend
any time at all in this country for We had
read such disparaging accounts OF the
American navy that we did not think it
worth our while to examine it. But when
we arrived in San Francisco we thought
that being here we might as we'll examine
your naval system. Japan has very
poor navy, but it is better than yours.
do not think it exaggersting to say ths
harbors at New York and San Francisco
are absolutely unprotected. So far as |
can see. there is is nothing i'll or out side
of New York HarDor that would prevent
first class iron clad from destroying this
city. We examined what were called the
Coast detences at San Francisco, but
couldn't find any But can truthfully
assert that | am delighted with your coun-
trv. l had heard and read much of
American progress and American civiliz-
alton. but frankly confess was not pre-
pared for anything like what have seen.
The American method of travelling, and
the comforts that one can enjoy while
doing SO are abolutely marvellous to man
who has never before been outside Of Japan.
We have scarcely any railroads or steam
boats, and those we have are way, way
behind worse than one can find in this
country. There is one advantage, though
that japan has over America and that j;
that it has no really poor people. In
New York and every other American
CITY that have been in, it is impossible
to walk more than half dozen blocks
without being stopped by some wretched
looking creatures and asked for money
enough to buy dinner or lodging.
Now, in Japan, you never see beggar on
the streets; not hecause the government
locks them up but because there really
are no absolutely poor people i'll Japan.
There is much more wealth in America
than in Japan, but there is a great deal