The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-09-17

tie BY way of Helena was impractlcable: ne
believed that if Helena gave the Northern
Pacific million dollars to build the road
it would not overcome the natural dlsad-
vantages. The most practicable route, ne
thought, would naturally be from Living
ston. Gen. Harris thought, however. that
the first railroad that got into Castle
would find GOO tons of ore day waiting
for it.
"There is an old saying" remarked Mr..
Stedman, that God helps those who help
themselves. This city should pay for sur
vey and then find out if the route is practi-
cable. A man who is a practical surveyor,
end who has been over the route and has
taken the heights, told me the road could
be built without tunnel. lie said that
after reaching Whites gulch the other part
Of the road would be an easy matter. be-
lieve that the money necessary for the sur
vey could be raised in four hours on the
streets of Helena
j. u. Walsh suggested that the best way
to decide on the practicabillty of the route
was by survey. He moved that COM
nittee be appointed consisting of the presi-
dent of the meeting and two others to raise
fund for the purpose of having the survey
made. His motion was adopted, and the
committee will be John Stedman, John w.
Eddy and Z. W. Cox.
The Torrey bankrupt bill matter came up
on the question of reconslderlng the action
of the board in endorsing the measure. 1t
was stated that while intending to show the
United States senate that they favored
bankrupt bill, the board had been little
hasty in endorsing the Torrey bill, which
contained some Objectionable features. A
suggestion was made that the board recon
slider its endorsement and pass q resolution
merely favoring bill. This however, it
was said would be equivalent to the board
reversing its action without knowing
hot bar bo1 fnr HninO
so. The matter was Strengthened
out by adopting motion Of
Gen. Harris referring the subject to com
mittee, who are to examine the Iorey bill
and report to the board. If the bill con-
tains anything which the board does not
care to endorse, then the matter of recon-
sidering its Endorsement can come up. The
committee in charge of the matter consists
of John s. Harris, j. D. Walsh and A. G.
johnson.
Barnard, Brown, w. E. Cox and Henry
Cannon were appointed committee owait
on the county commissioners, who are sit
ing as board of equalization, and on the
city council and look into the matter of
assessments, against which there have been
many complaints of it being too high.
letter was read from the Tacoma
Chamber of commerce, giving the action of
that body on the question of getting some
substantial Improvement in the United
ton, Oregon and Idaho. The resolutions of
the Tacoma chamber set forth that the
present division of the railway mail service,
and which the four states mentioned is in
cluded, is one of extraordinary large area,
the states and territories Of Cali
fornian, Idaho, Oregon, Washington, Ne
vada. Utah, Alaska and Arizona; that the
chief of the division resides in San Fran
cisco, which is far removed from the work
to be supervised in these four states; and
that the railway mail service is far behind
the development and existing requirements
of those states and always will be under the
present arrangement. The Washington
delegation in congress is called on to use
their efforts in establishment of another
division of the railway mail service; The
Helena Board of Trade and similar bodies
in this and other cities of the four states
are asked by the Tacoma Board of Trade to
take similar action, Secretary Walker was
instructed to request Representative Carter,
Col. w. F. Sanders and L. G. Power to see
the postofice department officials, ascertain
the facts and act on their judgment.