The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-01-25


with Auch restrictions ~ may seem proper, !
ana urge shat Mp. sxClnslye. franchise be
granted " ths Montana Mineral hallway
c0I1gAiy, % cAlled, Or 4ny other company
fof the reason that .suoA lSanChiess would
~ our opinion retAfd Development, and b.
bocauas Of their isplnted situstion, 10 crdst
70 prosper, must hAve the fullest eensht NJ
Cheap transportation, which " behave Will
20 soon realized II ths Way y mot barred ~
further Legislation, and = liberal, general
ri.ht q Wy bill - granted through the
"Your petitioners include many Of the
heaviest. and oldest owners Of mining prop.
srty In tho Nov World mining district, and
all unite In tho belief that tho rscominen-
dAtiona herein are for the best interests Of
tas ss ena Wyom T. 's'9 e. sh n issss: and % m n,ine
owners OF the New World mining district,
In and about Cooke City,"
just who IL behind this petition and why
the people OF Boxemnn have prepared y for
general distribution che people of Park
county would like to know.
Maj. Geo. q. Eaton, surveyor-general for
Montana, and one Of the dirsCt0rs OF tho
Montana Mineral railway, has Just returned
from Washington and reports that the bill
has been making the most favorable pro-
gross, and he Ia therefore surprised ct the
MAJ. Eaton. "imagine Cooke City TO be q
COW; now look upon Cinnabar NJ the most
feasible route for reaching that COW. Now
the Northern Pacific company IN very anx-
ious TO milk that COW, but owing TO having
its hands fully occupied elsewhere, or per
haps being unable 70 Or Indifferent 81 ,aso spo en-
COW, 1t objects strenuously 70 permitting
anybody else 10 milk tho COW. There II no
doubt that the Northern Pncthc Mouid
eventually build a road TO Cooks
City but not caring TO undertake n. wora
going to oppose any other company that
rstsnds TO build the road and milk the COW
that ID patiently awaiting its advent. From
this distance, and in view Of the fact that
the Bozeman petition has no signatnTss.
Moa ss'na 'hs n,u. sns i asil.ss f,s 70 sas
is headed if not wholly engineer
cd by one or two people Of that
place, and / believe Walter Cooper to be the
leader. Why? we'll. because he 10 inter
ested in the Rocky Fork road. He 10 anx-
think he con%scientiously believes That the
Clarke's Fork ID the most feasible Or practi-
cal route. He knows that the Soda Butte
Creek route can be equipped for the least
money and give the quickest beneficial re-
suits. All these Bozeman people want ls to
Pacific people favor II and every
don't know just what effect this
opposition will have. but / don't hardly be-
lieve ii is endorsed by a majority OF the
people Of Gallatin county. To me 1T looks
ious to TO build the road themselves; but
are not prepared to do it yet, and therefore
oppose the outsiders who are striving to de-
veiop the known rich OF the New
World district"
Judge Henry, Of Livingston, when asked
the Bozeman opposition, said he Thought
Bozeman was too meddlesome, and the peo-
pie Of Park county would not forget it. II
has been said that the Burlington and Mis-
souri, and Union Pacific companies each
contemplated building to Cooke City. but
He does not anticipate n hardship upon
the miners in the event OF one company
having a road to the mines and is confident
that the bill will pass the house, despite all
opposition if it is not too vigorously
enforced. TO Judge Henry the
little reasonable argument but he
strong lobby and defeated, in which event
the people Of Park county will not forget
Bozeman when it comes to voting on the
capitol. Previous to this opposition, Judge
| n6nfY SH1Q, Gu0 pEOAUCCu6 " bCOAAAAk ~
road were never brighter. His people do
not care whether the Montana Mineral or
any other railway company builds the
franchise, but he prefers seeing II granted
to the former company, because the bill as
amended conpels work to be commenced
its completion within q certain period;
What we Park county people want. said
| the Judge, 'is q railroad to Cooke, no
matter who builds it, and We want 1t badly.
It is yet no certainty that the Northern
Pacific will build to Castle via Livingston.
But Livingston ia destined to be the dis
tributing place for both Castle and Cooke
| city, and don't You forget it,"
| The following extract from an editorial
in the last issue of the Livingston Post I'M
| doubleday voices the sentiment OF the peo-
pie OF Park county: But the unkindest
over the range in Gallatin county. So far
as We can learn, petitions and remon-
| strances against the passage of the Mon
| tana Mineral railway bill have been for
| warded to Washington from Bozeman and
Gallatin county. We fail to see either
course pursued by the people of Bozeman
in this matter. We speak of their action
| with deep regret, for by it they ave alien
ated the kindly feelings Of Park county
/ people towards the residents of BoZeman.
Many OF u leading citizens, who have
U0I0tD1OE0 46vOtOu OAOAAoA a - RAoo0
where the future state capital should
be located, are now in condi-
ton of mind bordering on violent OPP
position to the bare mention of
such q proposition. There was no occasion
for Bozeman's% opposition to this contem-
plated road to Cooke. Her best interests
would have been subserved by favoring the
measure. Sha would have been indirectly
benefited by the road, in a material point
| of view to say the least, and IN addition
| she could have confidently counted upon
| Park county as an influential ally in her
| fight for the capital. The leading citizens
| of Bozeman should lose no time in taking
| decisive action to counterfeit the influence
| of it's misguided citizens who have signed
| circumstances against the only measure
which has the promise of relief to the pa
tient miners of Cooke. and by which this
part of Montana would reap untold advan-
tages."
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