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Show THE FINANCIAL CEASH AND UTAH RAILROADS. ' It is tolerably well known that the i ! crash among hanking hon-w :Uv.l j broker, in Washingfou ftud Xeiv , York, al!i'i-ted niori- g.'ticraliy an-.l mfyt severely men en.c;:e'i d in rail-: rail-: road cntcrprisr-s. Jay Cooke : Co., : 1 ai;d the- Northern Pa-iti.- Railway,, I have been so elo-i ly a.-.-,ociali d, lis.. t ; j the dr. wn fall of the former is a eeu.du . j stp to np. -rations on th-- i-.U-r P.;- an j indefinite p'.i'riil. T'ftf.'P i very liMie wonder that tho towns al-.n- the in-- ' of that railncd i-s-nd l-.ourly bulle- tins of the Lihuv-i in finan'.i.il cir- 1- s, ; an the tel.-yrapli informal us, fortiieir , l.Opi-d-fc-r growth and abno-t tlvir ex- . L-teiice dependel ufMn its eon-true- tion. Willi t!ie failure of Jay Coke I i Co. must come a va.-t depreciation , in the bunds of the ro;yl, and a conse- j ijucni Jiw iu uie poui iomuij b'11".) government clerks, and others who i freely placed their savings or spire cah in this well ad vcrtisetl enterprise. How will this ailect Utah railroading railroad-ing ? It may lie remembered that when tiovernor Potu, of Montana.ad-dressed Montana.ad-dressed his message to the late special session of the Legislature of that Territory, Ter-ritory, which was convened to consider con-sider the question of railroad communication commu-nication for Montana, his strong point was that tlieXortheni Pacific railroad, being built by a wealthy and powerful company, would in a short time give the Territory railroad communication with the east, and obviate what he was pleased to consider the illegality proposed in view of assisting a north and south railroad. What relation Mr. Potts occupied to the N. V. It. It. we arc not advised, lie may have been an attorney in fact, or he may have been actuated by an earnest de-aire de-aire to keep his people clear of any deviltries to which he possibly-, imagined imag-ined they might be subjechM.1 by contact con-tact with Utah. But whatever the reason he freely unburLlieuod his soul, and the Legislature of Montana, disregarding dis-regarding his message., adopted such measures as they deemed necessary in the matter. But the expectations , of Governor Potts have failed with the ! failure nf Jay Cooke &Co., and Mon-' Mon-' tana is not-likely to enjoy the desired j facilities by the X. P. II. 1?. for years. The consequence will be, that the. building of the Utah Northern rail-j road to Montana will he a necessity. Montana will demand it, and so .will Utah. The north and south railroad , must be built ;ig a matter imperative.' J Should. -the-- report prove- well grounded (hat, Tom Scott, of IYnjisyl-. vania, has also failed, lhen"i( is reasonable rea-sonable to expect that the Texas Pacific will also, be thrown twekjop years; and whether he has, or not, the crash in railroad circles will a fleet ano1 retard it. This will give impetus to the line partly built to connect St. Louis and California by wav of Den ver and Salt Lake; for that line is more dependent on mc. cantile than railroad men. And-, view it ns we ' may, it is very evident that while tlris;; financial crash is not likely to serf- j oitsly. interfere 'With airy of our 'Jerri-" torial railroad enterprises, it must and':, will expedite Salt Lake City beeom- I ing tlie great railroad, ceotfc Aviiiplu. geographical position and desttin' are' combined to make it. |