| Show RAILROAD 0 a connection TION WITH bon LON rayf rAlf A 2 A letter letier on d n th this Is subject written by f observer I 1 1 a L r resident esi 0 ent of logan cache cog coq co U T appears in i n the irese west deer lodge ma ath ginsb dinst from n airi which the iho I 1 fall following wing is extracted editor r new north vesi 1 1 through rough i I 1 A t the e solicitation ti 0 n ar a friend of mine familiar with yo your ur peeps and the resource resources a s of you your r territory and who hons is san sanguine alne of the great wealth wealth of the lafler latter iatter now dormant and which he say ay a can only be ba developed and ut utilized med wed through the ageno agency i pf af cheap and speedy transportation I 1 submit respectfully a bevy few items which I 1 trust may be of some interest to the readers of bf your valuably ablo journal the people of montana appear now ilow to be bea awake walso to them the importance of speed speedily i ly se securing curl curi ng for themselves connection with the states and bome some of the Terri territories tories of the union how to secure this readily and by the expenditure of the least is a question of im and as such should receive the careful consider atlin of your wl wise se fina tina financiers aided by the profound Judg j judgment merit ot 0 your statesmen for in the accomplishment sh of the end desi redlies with ut lut doubt douht the future success and iros penty of your youn territory dry abd aad ler tier people railroads when pon gon con and operated in annew new coun irles sties have always I 1 bell beli believe dvo dve r la in gret groat edoil td 6 the citizen in labor receives employment I 1 md and wealth I 1 bedore before dormant he the di direct means ens of or development or ohe che investment i orea area of capital pita J in ili our mines goes band baud in haud band with the extension oc bc railroads or other me means ans aus of cheap and speedy tran trans transi i por tation EFFECT afy I 1 A CACHE vaha jt to t t show th that f ai su sueh such c h can can ean be be 1 legitimately 1 9 j ilma tima ti ely cotin coxin counted ted upon in the d development e of new countries bernu by railroads roads f submit i a few item items with which I 1 am personally e rs on ally aily famili familial ap ip iii march manch first I 1 was daiv va t on on oia the utah northern faiq pait nhe the T he wom promoter oters sj of the enterprise were not pot ignorant of the tho m magnitude of the carrying trade of your tory and their judgment gasthen wa en and I f believe belleve is still that it is buffi cleric to make a paying business dor for a three feet gauge gauga road whenever such shall have beau completed and operated to some central polut point in your territory they had hopes of the local traffie traffic f the tho lineus line us it progressed but they had noth hoth nothing fini upon which to lo base arel a reliable lable labie cair calr cu lation for the people of or cache caebe valley had hwd then theu comparatively lit tle tie j if any dairying eatn cair ying trade trader they llad had no 0 coal fields no mines BO no lumbera ing lug in interests terest and their of imports was very veri very limited liblit ed indeed and With without but the tho means of cheap transportation they were bf T ta allow mo to suppose that the people eople of montana annually import 2 1 tons of merchandise machinery machine e acid cad cid an average cost cot for trans brotia ogden utah or from somo point on tha missouri r 1 river thu mhd col eol cost cot being eq ual beyond of loo per ton this eltis would aagre gate gato with a railroad con cof complete toils would not exceed saving baving suppose you export n ores and bullion 2000 2000 tons at fi average nosi af person A rk eany cany y ahe SA lanho nho rho fo r one oue third and save abatt f suppose you expend pia pla ben sen en gersper ann aun annum uru dru arall arail A izatt rall rail roaul could e carry earry rry the tha sd me pw seh seu gerb gers tor ohn ono one ohe third saving rheo rhee three evidently undeen stated a aa 9 to the amount or or team trammie fie fic w would ouid with rail rall railroad roid transportation as against your pre send kend end enc s mode a net gain or savin g gor of no now w neild who pays paya thae freight charges chang es 1 I answer the tha people of montana territory the consumers whether they be miners or agricultural Ja laborer boreri editor help helar to fot foot abd he bill ili iii wog ioa on the PO cost P 4 af of eveny every sheet e ar I 1 tipoti which ewh y your iague ue appears a and d u upon t every pound ot 0 material mater al used by y yeu you there is nob not a pound of anything algi used 1 d in your youn T territory t which which hasteen has been e u imported ported thib thit h it does apt abt directly bean bear lt lis its portion af tills this 1 say gay direct be because calibe I 1 lk L is diric cai 6 e adelly ed Elly dally daily low Now jow suppose your people under standing ine the situation situa tiou determine ete irmine through the legislature e gis lalum to eperu 1 aate 6 by vot yot voting I 1 i ig the issuance for r railroad subsidy purposes bf in territorial bunds bonds bea beaning bearing ring 7 per c ent cent i interest per annum or a sum of or to be paid early yearly y horn norn the pre present abbit taxes of the people nota paid annually in the pAr partially disguised form forin of ax excessive freigh freight rates jhb speculation on would simply net them if these figure figures be corree per annum As botho to the ihm payment of br the prin principal cigal elgal I 1 need only may fay that the increase se in the iha valuation atlo atio of property taxable to say nothing of the levegue revenue in that to be had frem from the road itself would id hi less than twenty years pay it three tim estover in conclusion permit me to state without any fean tear of successful contradiction that a threet feet or commonly designated gauge road when constructed ted on ordinary culinary grades has bas basaur suf huf fit lit lent capacity to carry in the same length of time all the trammie traffic that has ever evor passed pas ed over tha U P and C P ralio Bailo oads oada and much more v |
