The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-01-25
BOHEMIAN vs. LIVINGSTON
The Former Invites the Enmlty Of
the Latter on ! Railway
Project
The Cooke City Railway Via Liv.
ingston Opposed by
Resolution.

Ny
Resolution.
The Passage Of ths Montana Mineral Rail.
way DilI Almost Assured, nut
Boxcmsn lntsrTerss.
Bohemian and Livingston are at outs.
Heretofore they have pulled together with
a unity that Was commendable. hut now .
feeling Of unfriendliness has sprung up
and the breach promises to widen into an
unfathomable chasm. The cause for this
10 that tho Garden city has interfersd with
Park county in its efforts to secure a rail-
road to Cooke City, via Soda Butte creek
from Cinnabar, which would be an extern
SOL OF the Park branch now owned BY the
Northern Pacific. For several years the
people Of Park county have used strenuous
efforts to secure for the great New World
mining district a railroad, which must in
evitAbly penetrate that known rich mining
region. In . measure their efforts have
been partly successful. The bill which they
advocate is one introduced in the United
States senate granting . franchise to the
Montana Mineral Railway company. Sem
atOr Vest for a long time was the most con
~spicuous In his opposition to granting q
franchise 70 any railway that proposed
entering the park BE 1t said right here,
that the Montana Mineral railway il not
the Northern Pacific railway. and the latter
company appears in the Legislative horizon
as the most conspicuous opponent to the
measure. Senator Vests opposition was
c1cra1 her ~ - Skor1oNfootS3 oAnnknpa hv1k
for different reasons. Among those not
acquainted with the geography and to-
Biography Of the country, the impression
prevailed land still does in a measure) that
any railroad that might enter the National
park would first build q bridge over Old
would probably fill up some Of the wonder
full lakes in it's efforts to secure q road-bed;
others thought it would drive all the game
out of the park and forever destroy il as
the great American Wonderland. The Mon
tana Mineral Railway company asked only
through the extreme northern portion Of
the county, following the national water
way along Soda Butte creek. It 10 we'll
known to all Montanians that this por-
ton of the park is seldom il ever
travelled by tourists; in fact none Of the
miles of il, and it is exactly similar to many
portions of Park county. Should a railroad
BE- allowed to pass along this route nobody
would ever notice any diminuition in the
attractiveness OF the park. There are many
sections Of the parklthat are wholly. uninter-
and the country along Soda Butte creek
might be placed in this class.
This matter ut a franchise for entering
the park has received a great deal of atten-
tion in congress during the past few years.
II is doubtless true that every citizen Of
h%~Nknpo ~rpHlI 0vNNna0 nVInvR3n0 N0f1ponI de-
to enter the park through its entirety-and
this is not asked for. The discussion on
the proposed railway franchise eliminated,
finally, In extending the boundaries Of the
park, east and south. Any extension fur
thor north would not suit the
in particular as that would
embrace = rich expanse of mountainous
territory valuable for it's mineral deposits.
The New World district which surrounds
Cooke city for many miles is the objective
point for every citizen of Park county. AZ
tana Mineral railway finally passed the
senate last term with amendments that
contemplate the enlargement of the park
reserve, and the striking out of the clause
that would give an exclusive franchise to
any corporation.
The citizens of Park county agreed to
any substitute or provision. Their sole
object was to have a railroad built to Cooke
city, NO matter who did the work. Event
unlly the bill No. 491 reached the house and
passed into the hands of the public lands
committee. Lobbyists for the bill from
the measure would be favorably
sailing. Further on the bill
was favorably reported with amendments
and it was placed on the calendar. It 10
about SEVENTEEN on the list and the people
0f Dcrl> oou~<,y horo onkort0iuo6 %ho rn,0~&
confident hopes that 1t would pass that
body by at least forty majority. The fu-
ture prosperity of Park county was in q
word, determined. and the mine owners of
Cooke City, who include a large portion of
the population of Livingston, felt no more
question of time now when Livingston
would secure the prize, n consequent
prosperity, both financial and commercial.
But. 10! and behold. Now comes Boze-
man and aroused the universal contempt of
Park county. No matter where the road
If it were to derive n bene-
fit, it surely would CONF rom
the building Of the extension via Livings-
Ion Yet, Bozeman advocates it's construc-
sion via. the Clarke's fork route, many
miles from Gallatin county. Not only has
and by resolution of its citizens, but it is
stated on good authority that they have
sent to each representative in Washington
copies of the sub-joined resolution which
appeared in the last issue of the Bozeman
Avant Courier.
NORMAN, Mont, Dec. 4, 1890.
"To the Hon. r. G. Power. W. F. Sanders,
and Thos. H. Carter:
'Gentlemen-Haying carefully examined
senate bill 491; report No. l ,4b4, which passed
the senate Feb. 81. 1890, entitled IAN not to
amend sections 2,475 of the revised statutes,
setting apart a certain tract of land lying
near the headwaters of the Yellowstone
river as a public park which provides for
the extension and enlargement OF said park.
rs follows: beginning at q point on the 45tii
parallel of north latitude where sale parallel
is intersected by the western boundary OF
the territory of Wyoming, thence due east
to it's point of intersection with the meridian
of 10 degrees west longitude, thu nee due
south to the parallel of forty-four degrees
and fifty minutes; hence due east along
said parallel to the meridian of 100 fAgrees
and twenty minutes west longitude; ia ence
due south along said meridian to the 44th
parallel of north longitude; thence due
west along said parallel to the point of in
tersection with the west boundary of the ter
r,tory of Wyoming: thence due north along
said boundary line to the place of begiA-
ning.' We. your petitioners, nave no OBJ :
~jections to urge against the cutting of OF
the small strip on the west and north, in
fact believe that this change should be
mado 40 that the liuaa of fba mark NAV Con.