Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1885-06-11
pR1slpnNr ADAMS ON RBcI-
IRoCITY nHTWHDW RAIL
ROADS AND THE EHoPL3.

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ROADS AND THE EHoPL4.
Mr. Chn Francis Adams of the Union
Pacific was in Portland the other day, iio
company with senator Sherman, and with
Lin was rendered . welcome by the bust.
,ss men Of Portland. Mr. Adams made
. speech to the public, commencing very
highly Senator Sherman and bis connec-
sioa with the government and bis general
public life. He then spoke Of his own
business u railroad man and gave the
results Of his observations Of railroading
and it, benefits to the people and the
nsthods By which railroading can be
practically beneficial both 70 the com
-panies and the people who are engaged
in il. He then spoke Of Lis connection
with the Union Pacific railway system,
IN which hs claimed Oregon had great
iatsfest. He said that he wished ''once
for III % asure the people that the pres
cut policy Of the Union Pacific Railroad
Company il essentially an unambitious
oaa Il is meditatiDg nose Of those
great railroad surprises-the stretching
out Of iron bands 70 the west, to the
north and 70 the south, which are 20
coy to conceive. 70 dangerous 70 execute
and - irrssistably attractive to the lima.
ginative railroad mind. On the contra
., ths policy Of the present management
y 70 endeavor In 70 far a It can to fol-
lcw The example and live upon the pre-
ssph Of that celebrated parsonage COM
monty supposed to have once resided in
Kentucky, who actually made fortune
b nisdisg his own buainem. The I'm
in Psci1c il At this time steadily en-
aged IN misding IL own business. We
- trying to fdl6ll our engagements to
~ nAlioaal government; We are trying
= liss h peace with our neighbon; We
- trying to dsvelops our local resources
and deal fairly and literally BY the COM
nuaities W serve; We are trying to get
en- ahiin il order 70 pay our debts asd
sarn our living; these are oil very com
mon plaes every things. yet th,se are tho
things which, now to the exclusion Of al
pleasant drsams Of bonanza development
engage the attention Of those who handle
thu afain Of tt Union Pacific. Hence
I ~ that the company is trying 70
make IL fortuse By minding its own bus
inesA The Union Pacific today i abso-
latsly and wholly divorced from the stock
market. Il i not operated with an eye
. what y goingon IN Wall street, wheth.
q sock i up o. down. Or whether bull
q bsar has the Advahtags. The thing
~ hooked 70 i, the volume Of business
that b done anil the results Of that bust
- y i shown in our regular monthly
rsturns which ~ known 70 the public y
soon y they are known TO VI" He then
declared that the company was IN no wise
sagagsd il politics; that Il nattersd MOI
what party ~ in power, Or who was
govssnos Or president, . long . the bus
iass Of the country prospered, for he
knew that The prosperity Of the country
nsant IL prosperity Of railroads that
! were bassd spsa truly business princi-
phi that ~ proapssiAy Of the country
Vim s. AaAd n hand with that railway
syutsn vAisA says the community and
sanlss long y separated from Il, or Be-
hsstils b i. 6ays b il i not our OBJ
~ = ~ Usioa Pacific i now manage
y ssk % build up Portland, Omaha,
Oglaa = Kansas City, il policy i 70
leays thoss eilia 10 build thsnsslvs up,
fslly believing thatif len . their own
dsyiem uad9 The working Of an even
Aeallsd jsties u transportation could,
r. 49, b secured they win build
tAulym y more eiSeetually than un.
6eay ssti1dal stimulus, and il this
Astssa Aaalshy growth, the railroad that
49, tham faithfully win rsceive It's
- aAd s1lkeisnt reward. Hs thon
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