The Livingston enterprise. [volume] (Livingston, Mont.) 1883-1914, 1885-10-24

poor Justice that it should succeed. Gen.
Brisbin's eloquent language and telling
points were repeatedly applauded and
when he concluded he was cheered to
the echo.
HON. A. j. SELIGMAN,
member of the Montana legislative as
sembly from Lewis and Clarke and JEFF
ferson counties,a mine operator and the
scion of the rich New York banking
house of the Seligmans, was present
and was called to the platform. He said
that, without visiting the district him
self. he had obtained such information
regarding the Clarke's Fork mining re-
gion as convinced him that it was
very rich country. The ores there were
low grade in character and with min
ing man no better recommendation
could be furnished, for it was the uni
versal experience that low grade dis
trict could be most safely depended up
on for permanence, extent and uniform
value. He believed that the right of
way for this railroad was being Justly
demanded and should be as readily
granted. He believed that the develop
ment of the Cooke mines required rail-
way transportation and that the propos-
ed route for such railway was the only
feasible and practicable one. lie was
himself interested in the Wickes min
ing camp, the centre of comparatively
small district. 10 this branch OF tho
Northern Pacific had been built. The
traffic from and to the mines had paid
for the road in one year and at this
time the Wickes branch is the only
Northern Pacific branch which is pay
ing investment and is in fact a more
productive property than any portion OF
the Northern Pacific system OF equal
mileage. This instance was sufficient
to convince him that a road to COOKE
would be an immensely paying property
as well as means of development Tor
the district. He was anxious to have
the road built.
COL. d. II. BUDLONG,
Wyoming attorney for the Natlonal
Park and interested in the Clarke's Fork
mines, said that during the summer ne
had had an opportunity OF converslng
on the subject under consideration with
a number of members of both houses
of congress and with only two excep-
tions had found them, upon lnvestlga-
tion of the real facts, in favor OF grant
ing the right Of way for this railroad
Numbers of other eminent public men
freely avowed themselves to occupy the
same position. He feared that the most
bitter opposition to the project would
be encountered in our own territory
from men or communities who were
willing to put selfish Or sectional inter-
ests ahead of the great object OF devel-
oping Montana for the benefit OF all her
people. He referred briefly to the OBJ
iections raised to granting the right OF
way for the road. The claim that the
timber would be burned or otherwise
destroyed was met by the fact that no
timber grows along the route until Soda
Butte creek has been followed several
miles or nearly to the eastern border OF
the Park. The objection that this would
be repetition Of the destruction OF ag-
ricultural lands as in the Sacramento
valley is rendered absurd by the fact
that the mines to he developed are not
placer but quartz, the operation OF
which has never been known to damage
other property in the slightest degree
but on the contrary to greatly enhance
it's value He believed that railroad
would not be so detrimental to the Park
as the thickly travelled wagon road that
now follows the same route, leaving
frequent camp fires in it's course. The
other proposed routes he discussed and
as impracticable. lie
wanted the road to Cooke but cared not
whence it came so long as it came soon.
His advocacy of the Cinnabar & Cooke
route was based merely upon the fact
that it was the only hope for the con-
struction of railroad to the district.
MIR. G. L. HENDERSON,
late assistant superintendent Of the Ma
tional Park, said briefly that Cooke
needed a railway; that the memorial
read that evening had been ridden of
every Objectionable feature, and that
whatever influence he could command
should be cheerfully given to the sup
port of the movement.
On motion it was resolved that
A COMMITTEE
Of five be appointed to act for Living
ston in furthering the railway move
nent and that the chairman of the
meeting be chairman of the committee.
The committee as appointed consists of
the following gentlemee: Judge J. A.
Savage, II. T. Ceperley, j. E. Hendry.
Frank Henry, Major F. D. Pease. Ow-
ing to the fact that Judge Savage is to
be absent during the next month when
most Of the necessary work will need
to be done it is understood that he has
resigned in favor of A. L. Love of the
Bank of Livingston but will still render
such assistance as is in his power 1t
was moved and carried that the towns
Of Gardiner and Cooke be requested to
hold popular meetings and appoint COM
mittees to cooperate with those already