, 1884-04-26
TO STRIKE OIL.
The Latest Sti.ame of Gould and
Vanderbilt.
A Proposal to Combine With The
Cheyenne Road
And Thus Tap the O~IeaginOus
Wealth Of the West.

\ LEADER rep r.Ir succeeded Yesterday
in getting at thetsie iRwardncss qia little
matter which has -~rareely been breathed
above 4 viii a,er except among
some of the high rdflroad
magnates and ofhci,ds 2rhematter briefly
stated is simply TINS: Messs Nanderbilt
and Gould, as sort Of an enterprise of
their own, OF perhaps more correctly
stated OF certain other parties with these
" gentlemen for hackers, h,Hestruck a
rich thing in the Ill regions in the north
ern portion of Carbon County. and obey
propose 10 have machjnery and all Of the
various paraphemalia of a full hcdged
oil camp in there and in working order in
a very short time They have valuable
interests
IN rHEsE OIL IELDs
and have lately had a representative ON
the ground, one who stands very near 10
the throne, being a relative by marriage
10 both of these1wcll known financial kings
and who is authorized TO speak f1r them
They see uow tne opportunity to Kill
two birds with one stone and perhaps
more than that Number The construc
ton of a railroad TO that point would at
once make these oil fields among the
richest in America and untold fortunes
would be made by the owners of oil pos
sessions and claims in chat regiom. Then
again on the other hand. il Il railroad
were to be built to that point>it,would be
i line of road that for importance and
rank. considered from 4 financial stand
point second 10 none in the cunhtry. 1t
would NOT only be- the natural and only
outlet for the vast cod region. hut pass
ing. az it would. through q country rich
in grazing facilities aud aud also in mines,
and that being the case IL construction
could not well he anything but a paying
Investment even IT there wa, nothing else
10 consider. But when there are W
strings 10 the bow the arrow can he sent a
good deal farther than when there is bat
one, While Could and Vanderbilt are not
personally participants. in themovemcnts
thar are being made in reference to these
oil regions and this road. Yet thel have as
Il matter of fact, and as an enterprise of
their own. aud in great part disconnected
with any other interests undertaken 10 see
so far as capital is needed. that both the
building Of this proposed. as we'll as the
,lnN,l,t,u,.at .I tho. ...,1 E.lI. 60.
plished Their special agent was under
stood to say lately, while on a visit 10 The
coal regions. THAT Sl6.6uU. 900. If neces-
sary, could and would be used for the
purposes indicated. 1t Is pretty well
known and demonstrated, as any one will
discover by CHANGING at the map, that it is
almost wholly out of the question TO find
y fEAsABLE OUTLET a
To this oil region except down through
the Northern portion of Albany county
to Fort Fetterman, and thence to the
vicinity of Fort Laramie. What these
gentlemen now want is To effect some ar
rHngement with the Cheyenne, Black
Hills 4 Montana by which the speedy
construction of this road for a huu-
dred miles north of Cheyenne and then
to connect their road with il in such a
way a. would be advantageous 10 both
parties. 1t is trusted that IN the further
ancc of this object money will not be
wanting if the home company should
comc to some understanding with them.
and financial aid is Necessary TO
effect that which ali have in
view, namely the speedy construction
Of the Cheyenne road That this arrange
ment will be made there Is noW but little
reason to doubt indeed, il may perhaps
be considered a fixed fact. it needs but
a single glance over the field to see what
an advantage this would be To Cheyenne
and what wealth it would bring 10 the
city and the importance Cheyenne would
thereby at once assume in the commercial
world. This special agent who has been
looking this matter up has now gone Fast
but before he wen felt himself ~justifedm
saying that the object for which be came
here and the end which he hsd in view
had been virtually accomplished
In regards to these oil regions it is not
necessary To say anything That they
are rich and equal 90 those wen in Penn
s%ylvania is conceded by nearly everybody,
Mt ) Harper who has Just returned
from 4 trip to that region, says hal East
ern men from all parts Of the country are
constantly going in there to see what the
prospects arr and it l. conceded on all
sides and by these visitors that nothing is
lacking to make this one Of the richest oil
regions in the world but railroad facii
ties,
IN Electric shock.
About midnight last night -uHr uf the