The daily enterprise. [volume] (Livingston, Mont.) 1883-1884, 1884-06-16

Railway.
At "a meeting of the miners organ
ization of the New World mining dis
trict. held pursuant to the call of tn
president at Cooke, Montana, on tn
10th day of June, 1884, President A
Wills in the chair, G.. I'll. Eaton, sec
retary, present. The roll-call Of mem
bership was responded to by 289.
On motion of S. b. Wyman. thu
president appointed committed tt
prepare resolutions to be forwarded
to the United States senate relative tc
the Cinnabar & Clark's Fork railroad
bill now pending in the senate, with
instructions to report to the meeting
after "a hours, when the meeting ad.
journed for one day.
Wednesday, June 1lth, at clock
p. m., meeting called to order by the
president, and the committee sub
United the following resolutions which
were unanimously adopted, to-wit:
WHEREAS, In the discussions on
the floor of the United States senate
upon the Cinnabar & Clark Fork
railroad bill now pending in the SEN
ate, statements were made by honor
able senators opposing the bill, and
some by those favoring its passage,
which discover to us dn entire mis-
conception of facts, both regarding
the object of the projectors of the
proposed road and of the character of
tile country to be traversed by the
road us also that surrounding this
mining carop and district, and of the
wants and necessities of the popula-
tiou of the district. And
WHEREAS, A residence of over Is
years in the district by large portion
of our membership has given us an
opportunity to become familiar with
the country for "a radius of 200 miles
from this camp, and the possibilities
of building roads therein. And
WHEREAS, The route and only
route by which u railroad will or can
be built to this camp is by the one
proposed in the bill pending; evil
1enced by the fact that all the supplies
Of the district and the only communi-
cation with the outside world has been
and now is, up the Yellowstone river,
East Fork and Soda Butte, passing
nearly so miles through the National
Park; and This grc3t th h)roughfars with
is constant teams and horsemen. all
lrmed, is fast disposlng of the game
N the Park. And
WHEREAS, Clark s Fork is rendered
practically impossible for road of
my character by reason of a precipi-
Gus canyon distance of al out twenty
niles below Cooke; ard the trail by
Boulder canyon cannot be travelled by
,ack animals over three months in Il
ear and is not used. and locomotive
Without train could not run mp any
.rade that could be built. And the
Union Pacific could not reach us
Without building over 400 miles
through an unproductive country and,
Ike the Utah & Northern, must pass
through all the geyser basins. north
asst the Mammoth hot Springs to the
louth of Gardiner river on the north
me of the Park to the very point
There the proposed Cinnabar road en-
ers the Park, and three miles from
he terminus of the Park branch road.
nd from thence pass over the very
quite asked for in the bill now pend
lg. And
WHEREAS. The freight rates from
innabar to Cooke IS to cents per
Dund) are SO high as to render ship
lent of the product of the mines by |
;lgons impossible. and our mines {
ust remained undeveloped without a {
Iilroad. And
WHEREAS, The proposed road would
1T pass more than 45 miles along the
,rthern side of the Park and not over a
ght miles from the northern boun d
Try line at any point, and passing ,
it at the northeast corner, running i
] the way through a deep gorge t
here no tourist in the Park would /
er see the smoke of the locomotive /
lless his interest or curiosity would /