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Show , THE UTAH NORTHERN RAIL-! RAIL-! ROAD. Moses Thatcher, the general superintendent super-intendent of the Utah Northern railroad, rail-road, recently delivered an address be-1 be-1 fore tho Idaho legislature, in which ' he gave many facts in regard to the coat of constructing the narrow-gaugo roads, the length of the present road and what the company propose to do during the year 1875. The road is eighty miles in length, exclusive of the Corinnc branch of four miles, and the iron has been purchased and all arrangements ar-rangements made to secure the completion com-pletion of eighty miles moro during tho coming summer, which will extend ex-tend the road to Fort Hall, on Snake river. Five thousand dollars, cash, per mile, willgrade, tie and bridge a threo foot road. Ol course the iron and rolling stock, which will cost SSjOOO per milB, will have to be added to this Bum. These etatements are made by a person who knows whereof where-of he speaks, and are doubtless correct. cor-rect. ThiB estimate waa made upon such a road as that from Corinne to Sinako river. Tho heavy grades across the mountains to Montana would of course cost more, but the entire cost would probably notexceed 16,000 per mile. We trust there will be a company com-pany organized in Montana to build a road to connect with the Utah Northern North-ern at Snake river or some other point, as we believe that the means to build it could be secured. If individual indi-vidual subscriptions to the amount of one million dollars were subscribed, the Utah Northern would feel justified in pushing their road to the territory, and we doubt not if they were encouraged en-couraged they would complete it to this territory in two years. The necessity ne-cessity for speedy communication from Montana to the marts of the world are apparent to all, and from present indications the Utah Northern North-ern or the Portland, Dalles and Salt Lake railroad are the only ones that we can look to for a speedy consummation consum-mation of our wiahen. Our people must dosomething for themselves, and convince capitalists that we need a road and are willing to assist in constructing con-structing one. If Montanians do not take the initiative in the matter it will be many years before they will be greeted by the sight of the iron horse, but a united eflort on our part will soon place us in a position where capitalists will take hold of tho work and push it to completion at an eariv day, Helena Daily Independent. |