National Republican., 1884-06-26
4 MONTANA FNrrr,pnlsE.
The Railroad which is to be Built Across
Corner Of Yellowstone Park,

! J. l.. Buman, OF Saratoga, is registered ut
| the Arlington, 4 REPUBLICAN reporter who
saw the name remembered the major as u
| prominent builder of western railways, und
! proceeded To- ascertain the object of his pres.
! out visit 10 Washington.
The major said thut just now he was inter.
c.tcd In a little rold from Clumabnr, in Mon
tauu, 90 the CluTks Fork mining district, just
east utthc Yellowstone pnrs, aud came down
| here tu get congress to give him the necessary
authority 10 cross a little corner Of the park.
! The proposed road, he explained, Is 10 run II
lIdHuurc OC liuy.twn miles from Cinnabar.
! .ulnl i- t9c present terminus Of The Living
] SION brunch Of the Northern Pacific, to Clark $
] luIE, thirty-fyc miles of which must follow
! ihr cyuuc ui the East Fork Of the Yellowstone
! Q, soda Butte, through tho present parli boun-
There arcuow, b" he said. "about 3, 600 people
! iu ilis mining district, which is II very rich
! u1gmd MI products, Ms we'll ms all supplies
| u.d machinery must he packed on mules
| along the very route proposed for our road ut
! Hn expense of Guud cents pound, That
! gNI"n'v IS so great that II almost iorbids the
| Development of the mines and We wUut to
] help them, as wen rs make Il business for
] MI'. selves. or course we want and expect to
/ lnnhr money, but by earning II, The trouble
/ ,hui We must 20 through part of the Vel.
/ 'M.iunr Park and somehow people here have
J 81 lIlo 'iiuuHc idea that we are trying To en-
. .l1ch ul the park tu vet u grip on the luud
/ Why, Gud blc,s me, there isn't foot of land
! DO ilt Part of toe pnrk We 80 through that
] wouldn't make u man poor 10 own II, even for
] lluiHr Tor there Is hardly Il foot of grazing
] .rHuud. Tho geographical formation of that
] '"riiul ls surhthut the only way 10 gain access,
/ rNr1t un Wiug, tu Cllrks Fork district is
| ululg lhu waterway wuWill follow. The rond,
/ wirr leaving 1iunHlur whlchgis the point
/ NhrU PARK tourists take stage TO
,,,' ,g he ,,.,. .I,.clloy,,'onG,, wonders, runs
MOST un tuo new boundary line proposed by
I senator Vest iu his hlll drawn mp after he cx.
] Wuuul the muttrr 50 thoroughly last year
/ While ou iis hunting and aud sighlinr-Scuing
/ gir. Win Plcs'ugnt Arthur. So, YOU see, we
] don't want anything Of the government cN-
] cent chance tp vu whore there Is mineral
/ wealth lp hc developed and added to the cir.
] tuIH'lug wealth of the world. We are public
/ u'u"nrtnr' ldCsiruu- ola chance to mako lit
] t' money! aud are not amer public laudS. The
] IhDlt Wr want 10 20, Hs told You, Is across the
] ,\lwuu northeastern corner Of the great Ncl
! lnW.,uuc Park, aud directly in the opposite di
] nrlluil nom the natural wonders that wisely
] made thr national legislature preserve this in
/ luri t.r the world 10 see, BESIDES the mines,
/ th"iu is HuUthur reason why this route should
! hr opened up. Eastward of the park aud
! suNlhWurd, IN northern Wyoming there Is u
! large district where the best grazing land in
! The world is found, that extends over the area
! nl about "IUw square miles, or 1--WE times as
] murh Us the whole of Massachusetts. If our
/ mad I, built that vast district will be opened
! Tor settlement
] w lANN'' u fllUFltl IlltF Itt NOltuIll ltlWS
. 1ui cnpitnl of 81 10000 and arc n separate,
/ INDEPENDENT corporation. WeRrc not a branch
| of tllr Northern Pacific or amy other corpora
/ ton, aud what We want Is not u gift of any.
| lhluW but a chance To 20 tO work and earn
/ money which T. the right of American clti-
f .,us, and If they give Us the authority we can
/ have the road built before the next snowfall
/ for we've got all the money we want and will
! begin work Within ten days It's all con
! iuuudcd nonsense to talk of this being an eli
] 'rrng wedge tO build more lines in the park
| aud 81 distgurc il aud drive oil the game
! Why, there isn't II set of men in the world
| outside of luuntic aSylums that
4 would put cent in railways there,
\ even for sightseeing The season
! is only three mouths long, and there would
! absolutely be nothing To do the other nine
! months. As 10 driving Off game, uur road
] would really ail In is preservation, because
/ most of the route will he along the canon sides,
/ inaccessible to game, while now trains Of sixty
| To- seventy wagons pass along the longer trail
! daily, with large number of men aud travel
/ lrrS accompanying them, and they kill game
| lur food, aud every one who has been ON the
| lruntirr knows that the presence of men
! irighlcns away game more than the passage of
/ trains. Why, I'll tell you, the army engineer
! ulhccr for the park has asked for an appropria-
]. tiOi of $50 900 Ia build u good wagon rOnd along
. oar very route To benefit the miners Of the dis
trict. Tho engineers all declare that this is the
Il only possible why to gain access TO the district
| ana wish they would pass our bill and let us
| sct 1T work, for our money Is lying idle while