The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1889-03-14

ceptlon pass. had never been here be-
fore, but had studied the country so
thoroughly that was perfectly familiar
with il. We returned to Portland and
went thence TO Walla Walla, then the
end of all things. We there equipped
ourselves with 10 horses, provisions, etc +,
for the trip to Helena. and started east
ward on tue Goth of June. We arrived
at Lake Pend d'Oreille, to find the Mary
Moody the only boat upon it dismantled.
We put the engine together, and were
carried TO the other end of it. We went
through three different passes. Mr..
Roberts was writing continually, and !
had to keep enthusing the party all the
way and pointing out how difficulties
which they saw might be overcome.
The company afterward fixed upon the
most fficult of the three passPs-tbe
Mulan. Howevar, that was necessary
IN order to keep ahead of the Union Pa
cific at Helena. PREDICT now, how
ever, that before ten years through
freight will be carried over a line
through Deer Lodge or Pipe Sem Pass,
going from Garrison to GalIetin Valley
and B zeman.
Just think of il u In country where
this season %, ,000, 900 bushels of wheat
were raised this year there was not
solitary white man, not one west of Red
River. There were three men living
where Spokane Falls now stands when
we went through and crossed at Smed-
Iey's bridge. But to return. The reports
made by the party were all right and
had the desired fleet, and construction
began and continued uninterruptedly
until Cookies failure as is known. In
1871 agLin visited Puget Sound and On
this occasion purchased for the company
$500 acres of the present town site OF
the terminus as well as other lands. Al
that time also IN company with Il. 5.
Smith | located Kalama as the point
furthest up the Columbia where deep
water vessels could come loaded with
railroad iron.
Again in 1872 pioted a msj ri y OF
the BOARD of directors to The sound and
over its length and breadth. On that
trip urged the board TO again relterate
by resolution that the road must come
to Puget Sound across the mountains.
argued that there could be no doubt
about the road coming here some time,
sooner or later; that the great traffic OF
the Orient would not be content to brave
the Columbia River bar forever in order
to reach the Northern Pacific; it would
have to come to Puget Sound. That be-
ing the case l urged that they have the
credit of the pioneer work, or at least
foresight, and again adopt resolution
expressing that determination so tfa',
though they might not live to see it,
none could say that they had not so in
tended, But they would not do it then,
They said that il would hurt them in
Portland, there was no need OF doing
that. Some of them feared that the
mountains were not to be overcome buI
| predicted that trains would be running
over them before 1890. This | always
maintained. And here we see it two
years ahead of that time. When we re-
turned / negotiated the purchase of the
Oregon Railway and Navigation steam
ers. / handed over to Messrs. Aims
worth and Thompson, who came on tc
New York in response to telegram
81, 500, 900 for two thirds of the stock oi
that company. After the panic, how
ever, that stock became scattered again
Several of the directors objected to thai
purchase, declaring that the company
was making money, loaned, and tha
they had increas ed from two to 20 boats
Am surprised, you say, at the growth
of Tacoma Not at all. l expected it
1t would have grown far beyond wha
1t is but for the panic. But have al
ways predicted the ultimate supremacy
of Duluth or Superior in that uppe
country-it is very unfortunate that thu
State line runs between them. trieC
to have a county got over into one o.
the other State to overcome the dificul
ty. | will report to this end of the lint
| believe that Tacoma will out ship no
only Portland but San Francisco; tina
it is destined to become the great city o
the Pacific coast. II cannot be other
wise in face of the facts-in face o
geography"
II have another prediction to make,
continued Mr.. Garfield. There Wi
come a time, believe, when Louisburg
in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia in the IA
Northeast, with the prettiest harbo OF
the Atlantic coast, only four days from
Liverpool, will be great shipping point
and that the tea of China bound TO
London will go into the cars at Tacom'
and not leave it until put on board agar
at that port. 1t is a deserted Frencl
town now, one of three walled town
that were built in this country. 1t wa
destroyed while at war. But all this i
in the future, have seen enough, per
haps, for one man, though l am still IL
business at 66 years of age, and thougl
have seen Chicago grow from 1000
and now see Tacoma in hot pursuit.
have never left my early home at Bur
lington. l am here on private business
will 20 down the sound to visit m
cousin, Eugene Garfield, at Whatcom
and returnEast in few days, "-Tdcomd
Washington T. Daily Journal.