Year: 1868

Gently babbe of the necessity Of reaching these sano
ponts by crcuitous involving thousands OF miles
OF new road through an unexpored regioni 30 lar do
the intermediate country is concerned chicago auou -
New.York already penetrating Minnesota WIN oauS'
for her own sake: and the Upper Missouri aud Yellow
stone Rivers give very comfortable access "
Dakota and Montana Up the valleys of these rivers s
Louis and Chicago, aided by their respective allies VIII
soon be pushing lines in sedefense. To aid In develop
ing these Territories the Government does not heeu 10
expend dollar Of money; grants OF land may DC Juici
ously made and the value Of the remainder be thus III
creased


In time. we man need Northwest Pacific Railroad;
not 10 connect Lake superior and Puget Sound, but to


nite the Mississippi Valley with Alaska. This Will DC
after the annexation of British America aDOut which
there is no hurry and will seek, by proximateiy oo"
ing the isotherma line. TO open up the Naeys OIL to
Red River, the Assinboin, the AthapnsEa' ana tho
Kwikpak and connect NewYork Bay with Behring sea.
But as we are not quite prepared for this enterprise
will dismiss it.


few words about the "military necessity" OF these
roads The argument for Government aid to build roads
for the transportation Of Indian troops ana supplies
proves anything proves too much; We must nave ono
built TO every Fort and provide in this way for an u


tied transportation Of soldiers horses arms
stores whisky aud Indian goods, and traders But IL is
beyond belief that present infamous Indian system
can much ger continue this monster OF civil admins
traton must soon yield TO enlightened public opinion
Every man familiar with the west ana Wlth
Washington knows that our Indian dlhculles are
all unnecessary; il is not the Indian tribes that
we should make upon, but the Indian rODDers tha9
swarm about all the agencies and haunt all departments
of the Government at Washington IL half-dozen more
Pacific Railroads would enable us to extermnate these
enemies we could afford the outlay. Perhaps the re-
moval OF the Indian Bureau from the Interior Depart
ment TO the WAR Office will substantially cleanse
M as army officers are credited with an esprit du corps
which dsnclnes them TO vulgar stealing But that III
dian reform is at hand, am sure because Ano"
the modes are not difficult, and the people demand IT,
We shall then cease to of the necessity for more
roads on account Of the Indians.


In short there are good for any more present
endowmens in the shape Of money or bonds at least W
Pacific railroads. One pioneer line was an Imperative
national necessity, and the Government did wisely III GU
couraging private capital in its immediate CONSTRUCTION
Here we should stop at least pause and walt for re-
suits Let us see what fruit the experiment VIII yled
This pioneer line will be finished in about year, and we
can gather from history plentiful harvest OF facts
These may be such that capital will be so encouraged as
to undertake the other ventures without any
guaranty from the Government further than
a portion of the wild lands made marketable
by the building OF the walls. Or it may be for we are
yet groping the miss Of theory-that such grave de-
feos Of plan and execution will be revealed as shall make
ia thankful that we went no faster. Leading daly
ionrnal OF this eityTe PoS-amOst predicts disaster 10
the road on account Of poor constructions and one OF he
editors Of another journaThe Word-over his own sg
nature declares that a singlerack road like this TH De
unable to do more business han Keep eDth repdr!-
thus comforting benefit either the public or the
Government. The statement is startling; but,
in view OF the sad experience confessed by
our Erie Road it may prove not to be fan
cful. Should this gloomy anticipation prove
prophetic Congress may find itself compelled yielding
TO the fearful opportunities Of the starving bondhoders
and to its own necessities for transportation to advance
money again to build second track laid with steel rails
in which event pretty penny will have been saved by
not having admitted more than such costly elephant
into Its stable Against all such probabilities. the door
should at once be closed and barred in the spirit OF an
editorial read in THE TRIBUNE about year ago; let
Ms keep It locked for at least five years, while we watch
for results and till we are certain that continue
to pay the interest at least our present public debt


Netc- York, June 22 1868. M W.