Nebraska Newspapers

    THE OMAHA DAILY BJ'IUU.TUJESDAY ' , APBIL 15 , 1890.
UNION PACIFIC AND THE WEST ,
Qovcnimont Director Spalding. Thinks
Their Eolations are Cordial.
LONG REPORT TO BEORETARY NOBLE.
Tlm Company's Hrniicli Systcni Do-
IVnilctl Homo Interesting Stn-
tlstlcH Tlio jrarvclons
Orowtli of the West.
Mr , Jcsso Spnlding , Kovcmmcnt director of
the Union Puctllc railway , has addressed the
following rc | > ort to 'tho scciutary of llio In
terior :
Hon. John W. Nohlo , Sccrotarv of the In
terior -Sir : I take pleasure In presenting this
Htatcmcnt of my personal observations , niul
the opinions formed thereon , as thu result of
u trip over the Union I'aclllc system of railways -
ways made lust fall In the capacity of a gov
ernment director.
I do not think It going too far to say nt the
very outset that the people of this country as
n whole Imvo but a very narrow conception of
the magnitude , the progress or the possibili
ties of tlmt section of the republic known in n
vague and Indelinlto way as the far west. It
Is dlfllcult oven for those whoso business con
nections and interests have compelled them to
watch with moro care than others the
growth of this great empire to realize
tlmt such n marvelous change could
have taken place within u quarter of n cen
tury Twenty.llvo years ago , or at the close
of the rebellion , u man might walk from
Oniahn , St. Joseph or Kansas City Into the
pathless wilderness In half a day. Now a Hy
ing express train will not carry him beyond
the bounds of civilization in thirty-six hours.
When ground was bioken for the Union
1'acillc railroad the population of Nebraska
was less than 100,000. The census ot 18110
will show tlmt there arc nearly 1,50(1,000 ( In
habitants in this state. It has gained In
wealth proportionately. Your after year its
fringe of pioneer settlements has crept stead
ily toward the west until It touched at some
l > oints the frontier of Wyoming. Its soil 1ms
proved to IKS productive In Uio highest degree.
Its agricultural resources nro practi
cally unlimited. It Is n country
In which everything that a reason
able nun needs on earth may bo raised with
case and with profit to the cultivator. Hut
It Is safe to say that two-thirds nf the great
Btato now thickly populated would still bo a
desert waste had not the locomotive taken
the pluco of a mule or ox team and the pony
express.
Uecuuso I urn n western member of the
Kovornmeut state board of directors I paid
special attention to all I saw mid heard in
Nebraska. I heard that there was a hostile
feeling In that state against the Union 1'aclllu
company and I wanted to know if this wcro
trim and if Into the cause of It.
The prevalent idea throughout the country ,
and I do not except that part of It where I ro-
Htde , is that the Union Pacific railroad begins
at Omaha and ends at San Francisco. Some
pcoplo of moro than ordinary infornmtlon
understand that its eastern terminus is at
Connci1 Uluffs , and bellovo that its west'-m
terminus Is at Ogdcn. Among all classes
there is a very erroneous impression regard
ing thu length of thu line , its branches , the
territory it covers anil the business it does ,
and nine out of every ten persons you come in
contact with will perhaps ho surprised to
learn tlmt the so-called subsidised or bond-
assisted portion of the road the present stum
- which stretches from Council -Bluffs to
Ogduu , is buta part of the Union I'auillc sys
tem
TIII : uvio.v I'tomo STSTKU.
The main line from Council UlnlTs , la. , or
rather Omaha , Nob. , to Ogdcn , Utah , and a
portion of the Kansas division from Kansas
City. Mo. , to the : tt > lth mlle post , weio aided
by the United States with bonds mid lands
nml tire subject to the requirements of the
law with respect to paying annually a per-
ccntiigo of the not earnings to the govcin-
inent. The Union Pacific railway company ,
successor to the Union Pneillo railroad
company , the Kansas Pacilio i-ailwny
company and the Central branch , or Denver
division , of thu Union 1'acillc railroad com
pany was formed January -I , IbSO , and by
consolidation embraced lSJl.Ui ! : miles of road.
It also controls and operates nineteen brunch
lines : iUll.r > 0 miles in length , making an ag
gregate of I.O.VJ.iri miles in the system.
The subsidy bonds issued to aid in the con
struction of the original Pacillc roads , amount
to mr > : ) ' , tr > l ! . ' , the Union Pacific having re
ceived $ JT , ltjlt ( ! ! and the Kansas division
till ! ( : iHX , ( ) . The United States up to the close
of the last fiscal year hud paid in interest
thereon $4:1,1111,107.8' : ' . There had been ro-
pald by the company in transportation services
mid cash payments , as shown by the books of
the treasury department , the sum of M > , Wl-
lii ! ! ! ( , whleh made its liabilities to the gov
ernment Juno ; t ( ) , lhVJ , amount to Jol.-iJ'.l- '
71)3. ) 15. The Interest paid by the government
in excess of nil credits amounted to f 170- ; !
iJM ) , 1 1.
During the lust fiscal year (1,711 ( tons of
steel rails wcro laid at a cost of Silll.iWS.Tli ,
and i73S..Vit ) cross ties at an cost ot fllU-
OliS.tll. There wore consumed ( ir fil'-J tons of
coal at an average cost of $1 78 per ton , and
1M4S75 cords of wood at an average cost of
W " . "i per cord.
Tlio rolling slock consists ofIS7 locomo
tives and u total of 115 cars In the passenger
department , all of which am equipped with
'U'esllngliouso brakes mid Miller platforms.
There uro 10,034 , cars in the freight depart
ment.
On Juno f > 0 , 1SSO , the company had disposed
of llli0 : ; , Ul.a > acres of land , the total cash
receipts from all hides amounting to S.'lla'5-
ii'Jl ' yu. There remained outstanding on nu-
couut of time sales thu sum of SH.lKll.tiTlU I ,
The average price per new from all wiles was
$ , ' .51 for thu Union division , W.7S for the
Kansas division and &l.'Jti for the Denver di
vision
From the Inst report of the commissioner
nf railroads I learn among other things that
the system and Its appurtenances wcro care
fully Inspected by the engineer In August of
lust year and found tohuvobecn "maintained
in their usual excellent condition. " The rov-
nnuos of the company for the llscal year endIng -
Ing Juno IIO. IfcS'J , amounted to $ > > 070,8l5 ! ) ,
the OMHMidituros $ .MirS4S..r : > li , showing u
deficit of fOr.O-'y.iH. This dcllclt , however , is
npparent , not real , new construction costing
* $ im,0M.U7imil ! now equipment WilKvl7.l5. : )
The oiH'iiitlng expenses and taxes ulono
nnuAmtcd to $1 lti50,7tU.U : , the balance of the
revenue being consumed In the payment of
Interest on nun tgago homlt. and other dohts ,
xlnklng fund requirements. United States
requirements , premiums on bonds redeemed ,
etc.
Nim\sKv : : AND IT.KIGIIT IUTKS.
From thc.so statistics may bo termed an in
telligent understanding of the magnitude of
thu capital , the lutorc-sts and the responsi
bilities : Involved In the operation and man
agement of the Union Pucitlo uystciu of rail
ways .
1 found pcoplo In Nebraska who nro possess
ed with the Idea that the Union 1'acltlo was
constructed and should bo operated mainly In
deference to the wishes of that section ami
\\lio net mill v believed that their state should
bo consulted by the mumiKors before any Im
provements were made , innovations prosecu
ted , or extensions pushed forward. In the
minds of such people the question whether
the roud had done uioru for the stuto tlum the
stale had done moro for the mul never seem
ed to ariso. Hut those who tuKu an unreas
oning , and. to my mind , t\ mast unjust view
of the conduct of the Union Parlllo are ex
ceptions to the rulo. Among the most ad
vanced thinkers of Nebraska a different feel
ing oxUU and different opinions ptvvtdl. Thuy
point out with Just ami pardonable pridu the
wonderful strides which the young state/ has
nuule since the Union Pacltlo railway was
constructed , and particularly dm Ing the past
Jlvo years , or BUICO the present wise and
I'fllclcnt nmutigoiuout has had control of the
roud They call , \ our attention to thq beauti
ful , bustling and wealthy city of Omalni with
its iiio.cu ) inhabitants , to the handsome and
pro n save | tttuto capital , Lincoln , with its
u,0oo. ) tot ) rand Island with Its 15,000 , to
Ueatricovith Its U',000 , to Fremont with Us
10,000 , to IlustinKs with Its 111,000 , und tu a
hundred thriving town * and cities ulonjj the
Uucd of tho-umlu stem und Its branches , the
crowth of nil of which Is directly duo to the
facilities for the receipt , distribution and
.shipment of commodities and manufactures
afforded by the Union Puclllc system.
These pcoplo understand perfectly well
that the Union I'aclllo ns originally con
structed cou'd ' not ha'o existed M nn inde
pendent line in the face of the tremendous
competition , which would bo brought to bear
upon It , unless It hud pursued the policy of
extension so wisely carried out by Its present
management. They know that the trucks of
the line between Omiilui mid Ogdcn would
have rusted from disuse If none but through
trafllu was handled by the company. To in
sure the very existence of the road It was
necessary that branches bo constructed to
tap the rich Holds lying to the south , north
and northwest of the main stem.
I found In Nebraska , as elsewhere , that
while them was more or less complaint on
the part of shlpi > crsreparillnR freight charges ,
thev were In no wise different from the com
plaints wo hear In other parts of the country
respecting the rates charged by other railroad
eorjio rations.
That lilies nro higher InNobr.is'.rathan they
are In Iowa or Illinois is not to bo wondered
tit in view of the fact that the freight business
done in Illinois und Iowa Is so much greater
us to make It possible for tins companies to
carry It cheaper. Hut I heard no complaint
of unjust discrimination , of partiality or of
unfairness , and the Nebraska shlp | > ers nml
merchants , as n rule , so fur as I could learn ,
freely confess that the Union Pacilio is at
present conducted wisely und for the best In
terests of nil concerned.
It is not my purpose to enter Into a dis
cussion of the freight rate question. That
subject has been , and Is now seemingly re
ceiving all the attention that can bo bestowed
upon.
I only know from what I have scon that
the management of the Union Pacific Is doIng -
Ing everything in its power at present to
build up , encourage , conciliate and accommo
date local trafllcIt cannot undertake to
haul f Iviglit at a loss , however , without im
pairing the cfllclcncy of the road and endan
gering the llfo and property committed to its
care. There is not wanting evidence on all
sides going to show that its policy , though
criticised by n few , meets with the general
approval of Its patrons.
1IIIANCII LINUS AND I:1TBX : 1OX .
As to the much discussed question of
branch lines and extensions perhaps 1 might
i-s well say bore that among the people of
Nebraska there Is moro cnuso for congratula
tion than complaint on that score. Had the
company contented itself with the main line
and the branches and feeders originally con
structed -those to Lincoln , Denver and Salt
flake City -tho towns mid cities of Nebraska
that nro now growing and prospering would
In all probability Imvu a different story to
tell. The Increase In business which
these extensions and brunches have
brought about has made it possible for the
company to improve thu main line and the
older branches year alter year until the road
beds , the tics mid the rails , us well as the
rolling stock for freight nml passenger ser
vice , will compaiu favorably today with the
equipment of any wtlroad in the country.
Anil while tlm facilities of the p'-oplo of Ne
braska , travelers anil shippers alike , have
been increased and Improved , It has been
made possible also for thu company to cheapen
them until now , though perhaps not so low
its in many of the older and moro thickly
settled states , wheic the volume of business
is much greater , passenger mid ficightrates
in Nebraska will compare favorably with
the tariff which prevails generally through
out the west. In this connection I most
heartily concur witli the conclusions reached
by a majority of the senate committee
which has recently reported thu results of its
Imiuirv Into thu condition of the Pacilio rail
roads. I beliuvo with them that the policy of
building or acquiring branch lines was wise
und that "the main line lius acquired an im
mense ail vantage from the branches. " I also
concur in the statement that "the improve
ments have been for several year * past greater
on the main line than on the branches , some
of them very Important and extensive , like
thu splendid shops now In piogress of erec
tion at Cheyenne , the line station there Just
completed und thu station and hotel at
Ogdcn. "
It is not generally understood , but it is
nevertheless u fnct that the mileage of the
branches e\cccds the mileage of the main
road and the almost unanimous voice of all
witnesses examined by the United States
Pacillc railway commission declares that the
branch roads "add largely to theeurningpowur
of the Union Pacific railway. Many ot them
go so far as to assert that without these feed
ers the Union Pacific would be bankrupted in
a fuw years. " Were not this subject already
thoroughly ventilated , and were not the al
legations that thu main line has suffered , or
has been neglected because of the const ruc
tion of the branches proved to bo without
foundation in tact there would bo some ex-
cnso for going into u moro detailed discussion
of the question.
I can only mid hero the words contained in
the annual report of the board of government
directors in HH5 , witli refeienco to this ques
tion , and with my endorsement , that , "like
all oilier great railroads of the west the
Uuion Pacitic must in future look almost en
tirely to the development of its local busi
ness' for its principal revenue. It must oc
cupy and develop promptly the territory na
turally tributary to its trunk line or see this
taken possession of by rival lines and bu left
without business enough tosuppoit its inulu
steins. "
IAin CIVILIZATION'S FOUNDATION" .
While the credit of building up the great
west belongs as much to thu fearless porso-
verunco of the curly settlers , to the indomita
ble pluck of American citizens who sought to
better their condition in u now country and
lo the restless energy of our capitalists , who
were quick to HCO und take hold of thu enter
prises which became necessary in every seU
tlcment , as it does to the railroads , and while
all the great lines of the west should bo
granted an equal shuro of praise , it is a pal-
pablu fact that for yuius before any of the
great competing lines that have siuco forged
their wuv mile by mile Into the states and
territories boyoud the Missouri had en
tered upon the work of western ex
tension , the Union Pacific was laying the
foundation of civilisation along Its lines. It
was the Union Pacific tlmt led thu way. On
thu east , Council Bluffs , witli its HS.OOO in
habitants. Sioux City with its -10,000 , St.
Joseph with its 1)5,001) ) , Leuvcnworth with Its
U5XW ( , Kansas City with its 185,000 und To-
poku with its fiO.IHH ) , all owe their early sus
tenance and growth to the lniKtus | which
was felt by the entire west uhoii the Union
Paclllo railroad was completed. And Denver
with its 123,1)00 ) , Suit Luke City with its
fiO.WK ) , Cheyenne with its 10,000 , Lendvillo
with its 15,000 and the innumerable towns
and cllie , ' > which dot the eastern slope of the
Korkles , with popnlatloiui ranging from l.tKHi
to 8,000 , would cither iiov T Imvo been heard
of or liavo lungiitshcd.or died In their infancy
were it not for the Inlkiunco which this grout
commercial artery wielded In forming the
communities and holding thorn together.
It is no exaggeration , but rather a mild
statement of Jaet to say , that the develop
ment of the west , to whleh the Union Paeillo
railway largely contributed , made the terri
tory bovoud the Missouri in thoejes of all the
other great western lines now competing for
Its trade a land worth lighting for.
rv < irtf Noiiiiwi ; : rriis' vi.i.uxcn.
I found shipper * along the main line und
branches very much elatcil over the alliance
recently entered into between the Union Pa
cific und the Chicago .t Northwestern fall-
way managements , whereby they are afforded
the advantage of traiisptutlng their ship
ments on through trains much moro
expcdltlou ly , conveniently and cheaply than
formerly.
The conslgnorcuu nowshlpacar load direct
to tno Chicago market without being sub- |
Jccled to the delays and annoyances of side
tracking. This arrangement of Itself has
made numerous friends for the management
of the Union Pacific among the pcoplo cf thu
wast.
The growth of the whole country from the
Missouri river to the IloeMes is .surprising.
Ono sees nothing but signs of life and uvi-
demvs of progress on all sides. Tlio smallest
hamlets tire Imhneil with the saino spirit that
chtmieterUes the larger towns and cities.
The pcoplo nro everywhere enterprising , en
ergetic and Industrious. Improvements , In
novations and inventions that the cnst has
not yet had time to adopt , to make or to titll-
Uo , uro to bo found in full operation In these
new communities ,
Small towns In the far west have a Iwtter
system of street railways and street illumina
tion than the great cities of the oust.
B < Street em's drawn by horses , In the m'.nds
of western iicople , bcloug to the remote past.
It is a slow town Indeed that has not got Its *
cable or electric railway , or that dejicnds upon
gas as a street Illuminator.
iYhllo there has been un unhealthy Intiu-
lion In the prleo of roul ontuto In many of
those fbvvns , mv observation was that most
of them had pissed bufcly through the
dangerous si > cciiluttvo period of their exist
ence and uro now growing steadily and
,
But few of the towns which have attracted
attention by reason of their sudden , rapid or
mushroom growth during the past twenty
years have disappointed twwo who cost their
lots with them. They nro nearly all well sit
uated , and in my opinion are destined to con
tinue growing In population and wealth for
rrmnyyears to come. Manufactories of all
kinds are everywhere welcomed and encour
aged , morally und substantially. Mining In
seine sections Is only yet in its infancy. In
dustries of all kinds llnd n constantly grow
ing market. The agricultural districts nro
expanding month by month. There Is
nothing apparently to check the tide of pros
perity , livery now farm house that goes
up , every new village that appears upon the
broad prairies , every now manufactory that
Is nput Into operation , every now Industry
that Is inaugurated along the line of , or trib
utary to the Union Pacific system , contrib
utes towards swelling the volume of its busi
ness and increasing its annual revenues.
TUB covir.vNi'fl ouTsiun vnsruuns.
In addition to the railroads in which the
Union Puclllo railway company has u propri
etary interest it has investments in oilier
companies and projiertlcs , whloh in ono way
or another form necessary parts of links of a
.system that hits been compelled , by i-cason of
tiio newness of the country In which its oper
ations are carried on , or because ot the
uncertainty of obtaining supplies or ac
commodations from the outside , to blaze
its own way in all directions. Among these
might be mentioned the IJozcmnn coal com
pany , the Council IMtilTs street railway com
pany , the Occidental anil Oriental steamship
company , the 1'aclllc express company , thu
St. Joseph terminal railroad company , the St.
Joseph Union i depot company , the bt , Louis *
and Mississippi transportation company , the
soda deposits and sodu works near Lurainlc.
the Union coal company , the Union depot mid
railroad company of Denver , the Union depot
and railroad company of Kansas City , the
the Union elevator compunyof Council UfulTs ,
nml the Union elevator company of Omaha.
The company has been severely criticised for
going Into these "outside combines , " but the
fact is that in its own Interest it has been
compelled to do this and n great many other
things which a railroad company operating
In an eastern state would not llnd it either
necessary or even advisable to do. Outsldo
capital takes care of many auxiliaries , of
street car accommodations , of steamship
transportation , of coal mining , etc. , in the
cust , but the Union Pacific railway
company found tlmt in order to create and
encourage business along Its lines and at Its
terminals and to afford its patrons necessary
facilities foi- transfer It must provide the
conveniences Itself.
The company has gone into the business of
coal mining very extensively. It has been
driven to do so In order to obtain fuel for Its
locomotives , and that it was enabled In ISb'J '
to obtain n supply of coal at an average cost
per ton of $1.7 * Is duo to this fact. Besides
these ill which it has an interest it owns and
operates mines at Carbon , Hoclc Springs ,
Almy and Grass Creek. Wliile crossing the
gieat plains on the eastern ascent of the
Kockics the question occurs to the traveler ,
"Wliero does fuel enough como from to feed
the locomotives ! " In the very heart of the
desert , almost , nature has furnished an an
swer to this question. The Hock Creek coal
mines are situated at a point having the samu
name 023 miles west of Omaha and nt an ele
vation of 0,701 feet. An Idea of their value to
the company may bo obtained when It is
learned that the output of these mines in 1SSO
was UtVt/JlKI tons.
wixmntiT'i. ctTii'.s OK TIII : wnsr.
I would like to speak In a fitting manner ot
thu gieat cities that have arisen on tlm Mis-
sonil river and between that sttcum and the
Kooky mountains , lint 1 fear llmt such a thing
could not bu done In the space or the tlnlo at
my disposal , Thu majority of the pcoplo of
thu United States , even among those vvho lu-
sldo In Ihe so-called west , have no adequate
Idea of the advancement which tlic o places
have attained In vtcultli and population. It Is
illlllcnlt for one who has notscun thu Missouri
rlvercllies and those further to the west
iMonx IMly. Oniahn , Council IllulTs , f-t. Joseph ,
Atchlson , Ijcuvcnttorth. Kansas City , TopoKa.
Salt Lake ( . 'lly and Denver- appreciate
their Impot lance , as His for one who has vlslled
them for the Hist tlmu to dlsgulsu his uslon-
ishinont or restrain his enthusiasm , They are
cities that huvu attained such a growth that It
would be Impossible logo Into statistics In ic-
latlon to them in u report of this character.
Denver , as the youngest and furthest west ,
naturally excites thu greatest Intuiest and
wondur. lleiu Is a city which , unless I am
greatly misled bv appealunees , or my judg
ment Is at fault , Isdcstliicd lo a gieat fuluic.
Hplendldlv located , handsomely , even ule-
gantly built , the nutuial dlstiluntlm ; dcnot
for an expanse of territory In alca equal to
thatcovuied by the ( ioimnn cmplie and ciipu-
l > Io of supporting millions or people , piaelle-
nlly without competition or ilvals , Denver
must , in my opinion , continue to grow until it
roaches the dimensions of a gieat motionolis.
I Is people me ot that tinu and unmlstui\ablu
westoin type whose energy and coinage never
glvo out. lls ttade is limnciu-o at picsuiilund
criming at an Inconceivable rate annually.
Novvomlei I ha I every one of thovicsti'i-nlriinK
lines have either leached out their blanches
or extensions tocaplnru a share of thu tialllo
which Denver and Ihcsurioundlngtownshuvo
looll'oror uio aiming In that dliuutlon. Iluiu
thu t'nloii I'aclllo has magnificent tcimlnal
facilities , and enjoys a palionago that more
than jiisllllus alt lls c\pcmllluics In Its clforts
to meet the demands of this growing and pios-
peions population.
Suit l.al.eUlly , t'tah , Is another ofatho phe
nomena of llio wusl , and thu lucent municipal
election ut that point gives the strongest uvl-
dunce that could bo deslicd ot the decided
dilftof Immigration In that dhoctlon. Thu
chief town of Utah can no longer with truth
orjustjco bu called a Mot mon city. A civil
povvci has practically been wicslcd fiom the
hands of Uio followers of Itilghnm Young.
Polygamy. If practiced at all , must hcruuftci-
1)0 practiced in secict. The result of thoover-
tlnow of the Mormon clement will bu thu rapid
gum Hi In population and wealth , not only of
Sail Lal > o L'lly bulof thu entire leirltory of
Utah a luiillory as ileli In mineral and agil-
cultuial icsoiiieos as any that bus jot at
tracted Ihe people of Ihe older states. I'lom
Its magnificent and eligible location , the
fertility of the valley of which ll Is the distri
buting point , ami lls almost midway position
between the two oceans , thuro is no question
In my mind lint , tliat Sail Lake City Is bound
to thrive and liocomo a very Important center.
Utah In the couiso of a fuw years
will bu admitted into the union. Shu
aliuudyelulmsby icason of hergiowtb , thoat-
teatloii of congicss wllh that und In view ,
Thu Union I'aolllo railway company will dc-
rlvo nucalculablc hem-lit fiom thu growth ol
this now stalu and thu constinctlon of
branches whloh will punetiuto her. rich val-
luys and glvu access to her mines will doubt
less become an Imperative necessity In the
near fiilnie ,
Wonderful as nro the changes In the coun
try east of the UocUy mountains they aiu
still less muivelous than these which have
taken place In the I'aclllo noithwest. 1 say
thu I'aelllc northwest , for by Hitch a geograph
ical distinction must that far olT section of
country which has leecnlly given the now
state of Washington to the union bo distin
guished hereafter from the northwest so
familiar lo our people ut the picseiit day.
IIKVOM ) Till' ll.VtKllU.Ni : OV UAIITII.
Nobody who has traveled over the exten
sions of thu Union I'aclllo InloUiegon and
Washington can ( all to see that Ihu munugu-
incnlof the company has acted wisely and for
llio best InteiestH of all parties , thu United
Hlalcsgoveinmunt Included , concerned In thu
vvetfaiu of thu roud. These responslblo for Its
conduct could not huvo permitted the gieat
advantages lo bo derived from connection
with this vast mid tnollllc tuirllorytn escape
It or to buuaptuied by eomnutltlvu lines be
fore their very eyes. The I'aolllo noithwust
has been offering and now ollets nil tfio In
ducements to rnllioad lines with custom con
nections that Ihooldor northwest has buhl out
for so many years , und we uru onthouvuof u
greut stinu'Klo with them for precedence , for
ll Is mil dllilcult to.M-o that the Northern I'a
clllc and Ihu I'nlon I'aellle will not bu penult-
led to monopolUu thu 1'ugut Sound business
veiy long
Tliosn Chicago toads that have stretched
their feeders to Mexico , southern California ,
iioilhein Callfoinla , to Denver , to Salt l.aUu
City , lo I'argo. to Union , to Helena and be
yond w 111 not bu contented until they have
pierced thu mountain lungoof the noilhwcsl
and established terminal stations onthul'u-
elllo coast. Tlicru will hu Ik scramble for the
business which Is bound to bu the outgionlh
of thu rapid development of Oregon and Wash
ington , u'lillo as yet unconnected by Its own
lines with the 1'ugut Sound country , llio L'nlon '
1'aclllu has madu tupld strides In that direc
tion , and Its arrangements with thu Northern
I'.iclllc , though unsatisfactory , unablcs It to
curry passengers und freight to Tacoma and
Sealtlu.
Thu western terminus of the I'nlon I'aclllo Is
at picsonl al I'ottland , Oio. , wlillu Ihu com
pany has no llnu fiom 1'orllund west to the
I'uelllu coast or north to the sound , It bus. In
nddlllon to Its airaxumuntn with thu Not them
I'uclllc. a lluuof ocean vessels which ply be
tween I'oitland und Taconui. Seattle. I'ort
Townsend , Victoria and other lliiTlsh Colum
bian points. This llnu of steamers , turnover ,
docs no passcngur business , and Its capacity
for cairyliii ; fielght Is , of course , limited to
t ho ordinary facilities whloh ship tianuporta-
tlon furnishes as compuied with rail transpor-
tlon.
, The beautiful city of Portland , Ore. , Is situ
ated nn the Wllllametto river near Us conllu-
enco with the Columbia. It la lit the head of
nuvhtiitlnii ( tir ocean vessels an both streams ,
and Its location Is at u point where thu walcis
of the entire I'aclllo northwest couvcrgo and
dischuitic. H Is stated as u fact that over )
ntivam which tlowa Into the I'olurnhlu
ilver basin and into the great
basin of western Oregon , with vury few
exceptions , pusses Portland on Its way to thu
1'aelilc , and UM > that fiom every producllvtt
district In Oregon , Washington und Idaho .
there Is a level ixiuti * ' to I'oitland To thu '
south the country U traversed by two grcnt
runju'sof mountains ; on the east IK thu coast
range , extending from California to the Colum-
bin , with nn rlcvatl'm uf nlHint four thousand
feet , and about se Venn -live miles to the cast *
ward of tlil Is tliPUiiiMirntctl t'ascndu lanue ,
wlthiinclevatlonof gbiul | eight t'lotiKimd feet ,
Itoiweon these ralis6s U a valley In extent
about double the sue < < ! ; Massachusetts. ovcry
foot , of which uliaost.U susceptible to Ullage
and fertile \\1 \ any foil In the country.
The Union , the bonthorn and the Northern
I'aclllo lines have terminal * hero. The I'liton
1'nclllo enters rottlnmr over the OreRon Hall
way and Navigation Iljie , making u through
connection with Iht'Piist. In addition to Its
itcsent ' railroad facilities It Is the center of
.he . interior water line eomiminlcatlon.and It
Is estlnmtcil that the steamboat tonmiKo
( Independent of ooitiui craft ) whloh dnlly
uaH es any clvcn point below and near Port
land , Is In the nulithltdrhood of TPJ.COO tons ,
The steamboat trallloCMibrnces routes on the
Columbia , WllllnmettV' , I.uwls , I'owlltz , Clato-
knlntiu nml YamhIH rUers , making a system
of river trnniporlallpn. reaching both eastern
and western Orcaon \VasliJngton. .
Portland 1 < the scrond scapott on the I'a
clllo coast , It Is claimed tu bo the third rich
est city In the world In proportion to Us popu
lation. Thu tldoof Inanimation did not begin
to How toward thu city until J i. but It has In-
cicascd rapidly since then , and the present
population IB estimated alTU.UOO. The annual
jobbing and wholesale trade of the city has
grow n from * , W,000WX ) In ISNI to about fstioo,000
In ISM ) , and thu capital employed In the trade
Is estimated at S < , tKX,0X ) ( ) . Tim four banks
of Portland hum a capital of IK-UW.UX ) . with
surplus and undivided mollts , and standing
dcH | > slts which bring their available resources
up tof.UOOO.OOO. The lumber Industry Is per
haps thu most Intpoi taut , the annual output
of loits bulng about l.W.UUO.OOO feet. Its timber
fields cover nn area of 23,000 sqiuuu miles.
Shipments ot lumber are now madoto the
east , oven Chicago belli" numbered among the
customers of this remarkable city. Since IMO ,
the valno of the manufactures hassleadlly In
creased from * . " ,4 17,50) ) to about * l. > ,0Xt)00. ( ) ) and
the number of hands employed In mills and
.factories from 2,751 to over ( i.OUO. The ttaus-
actlons In real estate have been enormous of
Into years. The city Is well built and cnlovs
all the social nd vantages that a place of Its
sl/o demands. Tlm peoplu nro pushing , enter
prising and Industrious. Poverty [ s almost
unknown. 1'oitlatid Lsfar from having reached
Its growth. It , will bo nminustlonably a gieat
city , oven before the oloso of the prosunt cent
ury.
CITIKR os rmir.T SOUND.
The principal cities of the I'tigot Pound
country aio at present Seattle , Tacoina , and
I'ort Townsend. The present population of
Tacoma Is about a.OOO. It Is a city which has
giuwn up rapidly , and has been much favored
by the Interest taken In Us welfare by the
ISortlHsrn I'aclllo company. During thu last
two years Its growth has been almost unpre
cedented. Us manufacturing anil commer
cial Intel esls huvu kept pace with the In-
crcasu of imputation. During 188U the leal
estate transactions alone amounted to tl4.t > 00-
000. Dnilng the samu year 1'JOO buildings wuro
elected 'at a total cobt of about fo.000,000.
Among thuso liulldlngs aie a largo number of
substantial business blocks , Lumber Is
ono of the foiemost of thu city's Industilus ,
Thu combined capacity of all the mills at
Tacoma Is ustlmatod at about l.OOD.UOO feut per
day , and thu total cut of the mills for the year
amounted to about 2j,000bW ( eel. Wheat
valued at about 8lOOflUUO was shipped last
year. The rapid pace at which building Is be
ing carried on Is evidenced by thu faut that
there uio sixteen brick yards In thn city ,
which aio said lo Imvu inanufactnictl during
l&M ) , ; c.,000OUU luluk , Thcic Is now In conrso of
construction thirteen miles of clcutrlc btieet
railway. Thuro Is ascoic of prospcions manu
factories In ttio way ot foundries , machine
shops , planing mills , etc. The city Is well sup
plied with large and excellently constructed
hotels.
The Union 1'aclflc company operates , lines of
freight ami passenger steamers , some of which
aru equal to any In thu country , be
tween Tacoma and Scuttle , Taeoma
and Victoria , Tacoma and I'ort
Townscml , and Tacoina and Olympla. The
water front at Tacoma Is eatlicly In the bunds
of the Northern 1'aclllc companv and the
Union Tactile company Is compelled to u ± > o
their wharf ,
Seattle Is the lanjnst city In the state of
Washington. Its growth and population and
Its business development have been evtiaoidl-
uary. 1'roin a population of : i,500 In ISbO It had
giowu to a city of " 0,000 In l&iS , und its popula
tion at the pi esent tlmu ts not luss than 40,000.
The disastrous lite that swept over and de
stroyed the greater portion of the young city
on Juno 1 , ISM' , will bo rcniumbcicd. The burnt
district , hois ever , lu s been iclmllt , and thu
buildings deslioyed haVe been leplacud la
many instances bystruct nrc& a giuat deal
more substantial and costly.
There are thirteen llnnks In Scuttle with an
aggregate capital of JUCOO,000. ,
The clearing house' returns since the fire
have averaged nbont il.000.000 per week , and
ono week wuio over J1WOOUO. Hero thuie atu
three cable and thice elect ! io stieot lallwuys ,
and six other lines urn. under construction.
The ical estate transiutlons of Seattle last
year amounted to ? nOlK.000. ) The gcnuial
commeiclal tiadu of that city Is a verycx -
tcnsUo one , und i am iiifoimeil that thu
fielght iccelpls over1 thu Noithern I'aclllo
lalhoad alonu last yc r uveiaged forty car
loads n day. Thu amount of business done
can bu Imagined when It Is stated thaf.T."i new
Onus wiiiu established last year The d'w
of Seattle during tlm your Issti , not Including
coal mining , lumbuiing , rallioad and shipping.
amounted to about iflo.uuu.Ooo. Tills is ono of
the luigest coal shipping points on thu I'aclllo
coast. It Is thu local headiiiaiters | of thu
Oiegon liapinvciiicnt company , which owns
and opeiatcs the Seattle and Franklin coal
mines , fiom which the annual output of coal
Is \ery heavy. The Oicgon Impiovcmenl
company operates a line ot ( steamships be
tween Seattle and Portland and Scattlo and
San rianelsco , widen aiu outraged exclusively
In thu coal cairylng trade. The annual cut of
lumber In and aiound Seattle Is also very
largu. amounting to about 2jl,000.HK ) ( ) fuel.
At Seattle , as In Tacoma , the Union I'aelfio
company Is without a water front , which ne
cessitates It ( lepcmllng upon on tsidupui tics for
wharf facilities. The company Is at , picscnt
leasing one of llio whurfs owned by tbu Oregon
Improvumunt company , over which all Its
business Is done. . Until \ery iccontly the
Northern 1'aclllu bus had no tiuck entrance
Into Seattle , but a short time since ucijulrcd
by purchusu the t'ugot Sound Miciu lull-
road , and It now has a track entrance of Its
own over that Hue , which places it In a posi
tion to alfoid the shipping community thu
licit facilities for the cariying and handling
of thiough freight and u.isscngcis. The termi
nal facilities which It has acquired by this
purchase aio very tine , bulng located In the
heaitofthu town. The present attitude of
thu peoplu of Seattle toward the Union I'aulllu
company Isery favorabluaml should it enter
upon the constinctlon of a line fiom I'oitland
to Seattle and Tacoma , which It certainly
ought to do without delay , anil which It un
doubtedly will do If the management Is not
hampered by unfriendly or unfavorable legis
lation at Washington , It Is Safe to say that a
\ury largushaieof the pi esent and all fuliiro
business of the 1'ngct bound cities would bn
turned o\ur to It.
t'oit Townsend Is located on the western
sldo of Tugut Sound and Is thu port of entiy
for thuenlliu I'ugot Sound dlstrlot. The popu
lation Is about 7,000. During the past year
the ical cstato maikut has been paitlculailv
active and tlio sales of pioperty for the Jns't
four months of the year averaged $ . ' 10,000 per
day , while the total sales for Jf 'J ' amounted to
Ki.Vio.OUD. Dm Ing thu year nioio than $ ' "u0.ouo
was expended In sticet Impiovemunlsuiid a
largo number of buildings for residence and
comincicliil purpose" weio elected at a cost of
not less than tUtoO.tWO. A custom house and
postotllco bulldlni ; Is , being elected for which
J.ttfiOO ) bus been appropriated by congress.
I'ort Townsend hits a number of manufac
tories , such as foundries , lion works , machine
shops , sawmills und Ice works. Thu 1'ugut
Sound ironworks , located at Iromlale , near
the huad of I'ort Townscml buy , Is , 1 think ,
the only concern for tlm manufacture of pig
lion In the .state of Washington. Suuiral hun
dred men aru employed In these woiks and
about rH,000 worth of Iron , it Is claimed , was
munufuctuiud dnilng Ibsu. I'ort Townsendls
In muny respects ono of the best located
towns I have visited. Thu bay Is thu finest on
thu sound and Is capable of accommodating
thousands of sea-going vessels. Tills thriving
town , strange to buy , is as yet wit bout railroad
connections , but the people are eager for thu
Union I'uulllu to cotau In , and have offeied
IIKI acit's of llnu terminal facilities ami a hiib-
sldy of 1 100,000 In cash for thu construction of
a llnuthuio v.hluh woild ) glvu them connec
tion with the east.
VAIiUI ! OF A TllANFOONTl.NK.NT.U. LISB.
Thu few facts whlclrHiavo collected In re
gard to these cities att' siilliolcnt to show the
vast amount of money capital which Is oper
ating in this section. Uioacth Ity am ) energy
of the people , and the Kjuat value lo a tians-
coiillnuntal line of I lie lapldly Increasing
freight aiulpusseimur.tralllu whlclittpioilucus.
The I'ngut sound basin umbracus a very
large plccn of connliy7 & ' ( leiidlnK south fiom
the Slialghts of .loan ( | i | I'licuand butweun the
I'aseado ' mountaliH ami thu Coast rangu. In all
neatly L'.tniOsiiiiaritmllits. The cllnmto Is moist
and warm , being fico .t inn thu excessive ex
tremes of both w Inter und summer. The pi In-
clpal products of thu L > nsln are luinbernnd
coal , but It < < ontaliii > _ iuuauious rich agricul
tural valleys , which -wilt In fntnic support a
largo population and fifrnlsh a vast amount
of business. Thu development of thu I'ligel
Sound country as a wlihlu bus been verj rapid.
In the two years .following the com
pletion of the Northern I'aclllo roud to the
sound It Is estimated that the population of
that portion of thu territory was Increased by
f-oOoO people. Thu sound bus an uxtcnxUo
foreign commerce , wheat und canned INIi being
xhlpncd to Kuropu and lumber to all points on
thu I'aelllo coast and ocean. A largo portion of
thu coal consumed In San 1'runclsco and other
California cities IH brought from 1'iigut
Sound. Ocean steamers ply icxnlaily between
Kan I'lanclsco , 1'oitland and thu larzu I'ugut
Sound cities , Thuentninces and clearances
for thu llsii | year reached a total of about ono
million tons. Thovuliiuof Impoits fiom the
sound district foi thusamu year amuilnled to
about M.UIKVIXI.
Theevtcn.she business that emanates from
thu I'ngul Sound basin now will bu quadrupled
within u decade. Certulnly It Is In the Intor-
of the I'nlon I'aeltlc railroad compaii ) and
htockholdors and creditors that It Khould
bu free in push Its extensions forward MI us to
tnp this fruitful Held.and U should he en
abled to do M > before boiau conipcllnK line or
lines have taken advantage of the Induce
ments huld out und have occupied thu Held ,
purliup to ( hic.x. . Inslon of thin eompuny
1 havenct thf tin e much : ts I haxe thu d'--
| w > sltlon , to jpcak In detail of omo thrlvlns
towns and young cities of the I'aelllc north
west which doscrvo 8p vlul mrntIon , Mich as
Dallas with Its population of (1,000 ( , I'enillelen
with ItsWXX ) . l.iitJtamle with Us iC-00. Walla
Wnlla with Itstuxjo , IVlfav with llstixxDay !
ton with Its ' . ' , .VM , and nunicnms small but
prjujilly prosperous commit nit lesof OrcRon and
\ \ n h I iiKton , nil out IIP lines of thn I'nlon I'aclllo
railroad. Hut them Nonooltv tlmt cannot tie
sliRliUst or overlooked , for It U maklnit suoh
huadway as must command attention from nil
quiulei.s within the next few years , 1 allude ,
of course , to Spokuno Falls.
sroKANt : i-.u.t.n.
I visited this town and wn most favorably
lmprcs cd with It. Its population at present
Is nbout VO.OOO. At the close of KSMtliad six
national banks and two savings bank * , with u
total capital ot about (1,000,000. August 4 ,
ISM ) , this place was visited by a most destruc
tive eonllauratlon which wiped out almost the
cntlio business district. Since this lire up
wards of f > 00 nuw tinlldliiRs have been c'rccted ,
at an aggregate cost of about f3.OW.OOii. Thu
real estate transactions during the lust year
average about tl.f-OO.UOO per month. During
the year IVMian avoragrtof about , twenty-live
cars of freight per day was received at
Spokane Tails , und during thn satuo year
about M.OOO pcoplo weru landed them as pus-
senders by the Northern I'aclllo mllvoad. A
cable railway about three miles In length , an
electric railway about three miles , and other
toads which will cover about twelve miles
have been either constructed or uro under
way.
Spokane Tails , not without justice , claims to
lie tin * metropolis of the territory embracing
portions of Washington. Idaho , Montana and
llrltliii : Columbia. A number ot lallroads to
thu noith. south , east and west uru ptojccted
or under way whoso termini will bu at this
point. Among these aiu thu Spokane Tails fc
Noithem , tliuSpokanu > x. 1'ulousu and the Se
attle. Ijtike Short ) > V rOaste.rn. HUtho noith-
I western teiminus of thu I'aelllc division of thu
Union I'aellle system. This makes It the ter
minus of the branch which extends from Port
land to Spnkano Tails , thiough Walla Walla
and the Walla Walla vallcva beautiful and
fertile country which will within u fuw years
yield un Immense business lo thu system. It
Is the principal city on the Noithern I'aolllo
between .Minneapolis and lluget Sound. It
Is pi utilised un extension of llio Munltoba , or
( it cat Northern lallioad. In the near tut me.
It will make conneulloii thiongh the Spokane
Tails and Northern railway wllh the Canadian
I'aelllc next summer. Itsv\uter power Is ci\tal |
to nny In thu country. This force Is now used
to opuinle the clcutilu plant of thu city , thu
waterworks , the olccti 10 railway system , thu
cable railway system ami all thu Homing und
saw mills of the place. Al this point 1 found
drains of cars loaded with Hour from Spokane's
great mills , iciuly to bo stalled direct for Chi
cago. Spokane Falls , making all duo allow
ance for the exaggerated claims tlmt nro
huanl In Its behalf. Is certain to become ono
of the foremost cities of thu northwest.
iivKi.oi'jir.NT oi1 vv.ismxtno.v.
The development of Washington promises lo
be vvldcspicad und laphl. Thulast governorof
the terrltoiy , rcfcirlng to a table picsenteil In
his icnoit for issti , says : "Tho study of this
table Is Instruct he as ulTotdlng an II lust i at Ion
of the slow growth In population prior to thu
completion of thu Tianscontlncnial llnu and
the lapld Increase thuieaftcr. " This tells the
.story In a nutshell. Two yeais after the com
pletion of llio Xoithcin 1'aelllu to 1'iiget Sound
theiu was an Incicasu In the population of thu
teirltorv of over 100,000 , urinoio than was
added dining the pit-ceding fouiteen ycais.
Thu population \\.ishliiRiou today Is not
far fiom ISTiO-Ovo , and immigrants continue to
pour In The new state , however. Is but
spurbulypopiilatedj containing as it docs un
urea ot ( I'M)11 ' ) smmru miles , It bus
seuicoly moiu than four souls to
the square mlle nt. the pu"-cnt time , lint
It will soon III ! up. Thu advantages otl'crod all
classes of people aic so numeioua that Immi
gration Is bound to go unchecked for many
years to come. Thu uxpoitallons and ship
ments of lumber , coal , salmon , wheat , bailey ,
and hops fiom this state ate constantly giow-
Ing. There Is scarcely a state or tci rltory west
of the Missouri that olTois gieater encourage
ment to Iho nuttier or Investor than the new
state of Washington.
The sturdy men who aio building up a now
empire OH the I'aelllc coast aru calling loudly
for communication , ample und cheap , with
the cast. IJvery town of considerable sl/c In
Washington Is appealing for lull road cnunic-
tion with the great world buyoml. The Union
TiiclHc has done well for thu towns and ultles
oi'Oiegon and limy aio guileful for the ullortH
It has made In their nehalf. Tosay lhat u mlle
of load lias been cnnstinctcd In that counlry
which thu good of the company did not demand
would lie to makun statement contrary to fact.
Moiu than Ibis , my observation leaches mo
that every mlle of now load constructed
by the Villon 1'acillo managcmeht In
the far northwest has been clamoicd for by
tliu people until their appeals could not be Ig
nored , Killier thu Union I'aclllo hud to glvu
them them thu connections they were In need
of and which they demanded , or In the xeiy
iiatuic of things some other company would
have stopped In and occupied the Held. Tlm
statements nt the company jirovu that their
brunches and extensions ha\u In almost every
Instance been operated wllh prolit to thoin-
solvcs , whllu lliuy have coiitilbuted lui-gely
toward Increasing the business und the
icveniicof thu parent Hue.
In my hiimblu estimation It Is Imperatively
demanded of llio management of thu Union
I'acltle that It shall push Its noithwestern ex
tensions until it lias alloided Ihe 1'ugct Sound
cities all llio facilities which they u-uulie ,
Seattle , Tacoma and I'ort Town"end will wel
come the L'nlon 1'aulllc , und extend lo It
pilvilegcs anil franchises which are now valn-
ablu but which a few jeais hencu will bu
simply priceless. Having made thuso connec
tions It will be the giuatest lallwuy svstum In
the woild , und will bo nhlo toollerthu govein-
ment niKiucsllonabloseciiilly for all It may
owe now or In the fiilnic.
OIH.IfUTtONS TO THU
I have yet to hear fiom any peison In nn-
thmity connected with the piosonl manage
ment of Hie rnlon Pacillc the sllghest Intlmii-
tlon that llio company huihoied thu hope of
hcliig icllcved fiom lls obligations to thu gov-
ciiiment. On the eontiary It seems to bo the
dustio of President Adams and his associates
tlial biich nn uirungcmcnt mav he made which
will glvu the government additional socially
for the Indehlednoss of Ihecompaiiy In u hiisf-
nessllku way , vvllliout Impulilng the property
or jeopardizing the vast Intoicsls involved In
conducling It propeily. It would nelllier ho
tlio patt of common justice nor of sound busi
ness policy to foiei ) tlio payment of Its claims
uguinst the Union I'aellic ut ma
turity. In the Ilrst pluco thu Uni
ted State's government is In no spe
cial need of icudy money , the constanlly
accumulating surplus In the licusuiy ollerlng
u piohlinn lo onrMali'smcn which seems to bo
dllllcnll of solution. In tlio next place , the
government , by the teims of scn.ito bill No ,
L'.MO , iccommcndod by Mr. Trvo's committee ,
otters with the entlie uppiot aloft ho company ,
in lion nf tbi ) Mutuloiy Hen no\v held upon
tlio road , ii moilgago which shall cover the
entlro piopeity of thu Union I'aclllo iiillwiiy.
In other \volds , the pi oIslons of this bill com
pel the Union. 1'aclllc i.tllwuy company to
glvo tlio United Males government , for tlio
mil-pose of seeming an indebtedness stated at
f.V.ViiAUII.n.'i , u moitgugo which covets Ihu fol
lowing iibscts of thu Company :
Subsidized roads $ fiO.OM.OOO
I'nsnbsldUcd Ki.OOU.UOO
Teimlnuls , K'in.-ab City , Omaha und
Dunvur unno.ooo
IjiiiuU Iw.lWil.fKX )
llondsof hiuncli lines LMiOU,0X ( )
Totul * liiKXliOO ; ( )
Making an Inci-c.iso of security to the. United
States ( over that held nt present ) under this
proposed adjustment of MIfHHoo. ) ( ) While thu
company's obligations to the government do
not mature until IMiT , It Is now desirable ( hut
u icadjnstmcnl .shall bo piovlilcd for by con-
gitibs , to lliu cud that thu Union I'uclllo niiiii-
ngrmcnt shall Know exactly wli rc they stiinil.
nil AT TIIK COMPANY ASKS ,
The company askant ! euen-doti of tlmo nf
payment mill u lower rate of IntorrM. In view
of the additional tec-urUy offered ntnpln llnii'
ought to lie diluted , uiul In consideration of
the work ulrciidy nccninplMicd by the com
pany antl ( lie work whleh It N > rl neec ary'to
accomplish before the system of till railroads
shall In ) complete , niul nlso In \ lew of thu fiivt
that the national treasury U In no special
need of tin Incionse of Incomu ( niul If It Mere
the bonds oirercd by thu company
would io ) rcnillly eonvertlblo Into oushi.
the Interest ought lo ho lowered , The I'lilou
riit'lilo company , uun entltoly solv ent dehtor ,
whose hnslness Is constantly InciensliiK utiit
whoso assets are moro thiin suillclcnt to meet
nny utilisation It has Ineurieil , cimie-t to the
United States ftov eminent nml asks In
n Imsliicss-liko uy thai Its ohllKutlons In' so
adjusted us to elvo It nil opportunity of wip
ing them out without nt the name. tlmu oh-
Mrncllng Its business or Impairing Its useful
ness or Its credit mid wit limit compelling It to
KO ill vert ItMrovcnno as to endanger or cijpplc
It uin niniicy-niuklii ) ; and n puhlle set vltig
cor | > orutloii. In the transaction of private
fommerelal business between a prosperous
inercliiint , for Instiinee , and : i ImnMng Insti
tution , thu ptosenliillon of u ouso analogous
to this , would looultv very llltln hacking. It
would be enough for the nunl. to Unow that
theseonrlty olleied was Mittlclcnt : that thr
business of the merchant WHS con-tanltv In
creasing ; tlmt thu necessity of trade de
manded uncntutgcmcnl of his raellllles , and
that It was foi the best Interests of thu com-
commnnlty as a whole that he .should not be
compelled loMicrlllcothc woikof u lifetime
In oulur to meet his natural obligations , who
win say that nnv wisely or imnlcnlly con-
dueted bank would lefn-e Mien a merelmnt
the extension or accommodation he nsUed for ,
or 'hat thu good of his holiness leijuliod ?
\Vlillo then1 mav on u ciumor rui-eu In some
quni ters ugulust further uvlenslon of tlmeto
the t'nlon 1'aelllo rulluuy , nml white here and
theic * > omunnreiM > nhiK people may lull , of a
forfeiture of Its ehaller , thu foieelosnreof the
government mortgage , u selnire of llspiop-
erty , etc. . It must and It undoubtedly does ,
MrlliO all culm-nilmlcil and unpiejndleed pco-
pb ) that thu I'nlon 1'aelllo svMcm til pie-cut
ulliclcntlv. economically , and honestly man
aged ; that it is iiniiy becoming a mote vnlu-
ablu properly ; that Its management ivcog-
nlfcs ami Isanxlonsto meet Us obligations to
the United States gnvcinmcnt : that thuholu
coiintiy Is benellllL'd by the o\lstoneo of the
hy > tem ; that the west and 1'aelllu noillivvcst
aiu paiticnhiily Inleiesled In picvcnllng. It
possible , any legislation of an tinfuli.unfuvor-
uble. or unfi loudly chaiueler at this time.
wlion thectllclenoy ol the sv.tern Is us closely
allied with thu eontlniianee of their pros
perity ! and that u mote just now on the
pail of congic.ss to c'ompul thu I'nlon
I'aclllo railway company to pay to thegov-
crnmunt under penalty of MM render of Its
charter , or fotceloMiioof moilgugc , would be
likely to lesult In u condition of things at oncu
disastrous to the gieut Inteiest Involved In
thu untt'i prise , iiilnous to the jirlvale shaie-
holdeis and calamitous to the count r > at large.
Tor the uiislncv. of the rnlou 1'ucllle Is of
such an extent and Involves so many millions
nf capital and M > many thousands of people
that It cannot bo trilled with safely. 1 place
my opposition to the extreme Mewsof those
who appear to be bent upon embai russlug the
piesuni management of the I'nlon I'aelllo mil-
way system upon the broad ground that I ho
# oed of thu public will not ho suliseneil by
thetluuats IheymaKo or thu course they aiu
puiMiing. The Inability of the Not them I'a-
clliu railway eomp.inv to meet its obligations
precipitated thu panicof lb l. Let not con
gress follow out a line of policy whleh will
nialcu It Impossible for thu I'nloii I'aelllo
railway company to remain solvent and
which may .shock the tlnanelaloilil In
Ib'.IT ' , It Is not alone the shareholders , thopil-
vatociedltors , tboKOvernmenl , or the nuiii-
aguisof the company who .ire likely to be ser
iously Injnicd by an attempt to foieclovc.
Thu hniidreds ot thousands of peoplu who
have. settled In the west and new noithwest ,
tributary to the lines of the Union 1'aeillc.
would feel the dlsastions icsnlt of such a
com so moiu tovc'ioly than any otheis , and It
Is moru with a view of assisting In the piovcn-
tlon of u calamity fiom befalling these pcoplo
than with thu Idea of hoist ci Ing up u wealthy
corporation that 1 have undeitnkcii the task
of mailing this question Intelligible. When I
day that the people of the west or northwest
demand that thu present management of thu
Union I'aulllu bu treated eonsldeiately and
pindently ami that a honoi.ible and iciisoiiu-
blu inoposltlim for thn icadlnstmeut of Ihoiu-
< lubtednessof thuioad to thu KO\ernmunt bu
accepted , i am stating a positive fact.
SU.MMINO Ul' Till : HATTUII ,
Thcru arc various icasons why I have not
enteied Into thu eaily hlstoiyof thu Union
I'acltle lallway. Ills familiar to eveiy Intel
ligent pci--on who has paid any attention to
thu subject. 1 hatu to deal only with thu
management of the load as 1 found It. If thu
management of thu Union I'aiJIlo road weiu
attempting In any way to lopmllato Its In
debtedness , 01 If llieioweio any disposition
manifested to avoid 01 shltk Its responsibil
ities , or even If It weie disinclined lo oiler Us
enllio assets , available or In sight , us seunr-
Ity , I should bu In faorof speedy settlement
on the government's terms e\en though It In-
voUed a scl/niu of the load. Hut thu contiaiy
Is thu fad.
This ( | nest Ion ought to be set I led by eongtess
at onciMind for nil time. Thecoinpanvshoiild
bu placed li. the position of a duhtorsolelj and
bo peimllted to managu Its own alV.ilis wlth-
outletoi hindrance fiom the go\einmenl.
" National Inteifeieni'U In Its management lias
resulted only In embarrassing situations heiu-
tofoie ; It Is bound to icsntt so beieafter. The
debt can bo ad lusted and proIslons made for
It . Iliilda1lon ( | on pieclselj thusamu pihiclples
whleli goM'in pihate 01 commeiclal tiansae-
tlons. Having placet ! Itself In the position of
a debtor and having put up Its assets as
security It should bu allowed to conduct Its
business as Its managers thought bust , with
thu view ot fleeing Itself speedily of all obli
gations. It Is plain that thepilneliial creditor
should not embai lass thu debtor when thu lat
ter is rmlcut 01 Ing to meet his obligations ,
To sum up : The Union 1'uclllu railway sys
tem Is at this tlmu not only wisely and piu-
dcntly but piolltably managed. The blanches
and extensions which havii been constinuted
and the ImpioNumehts made dining the last
five yea is have been of illiect and Incalculable
benefit to hundieilK of thousands of people In
the west and I'aelllc noithwest. as well as to
tlie business of tlm nation In gonoial. As a
property It Is certainly far moro valuable to
day than It was In 1N4. > . It cannot pay the IX.1-
IKW.OOO or so whleh It owes the govermenl , how-
ox cr , at this time , but It Isablu toollor
ity equal toKU.onO.UUOmoiu than the LM > \ em
inent holds mm for Its Indebtedness , It takes
an extension of time and u loner i a It' of Inter-
CjSt , both of which the government can alloid
to grant rather than scu tliu piopeity Inipcr-
lied , for to Imperil It would thicaten
the financial iiiin of thousands
of people who have Invested their money In
thu enl urpilso , andmoto than thai , paramount
to oveiy other conslduratien , and of vastly
nioio Iniporlanee to the nation , the probable
lmpo\ Ishment of thu hiimlivds of thousands
who havu settled upon Us II nes dm Ing iccimt
yours , and whosu Inlcicsls uio so closely
woven with the piosperUy of the toad that
lliuy cannot bu hupaiateil. The question re
solves Itself ( low n to this : \Vhatlstho best , not
so much for the Union 1'aclllc lallway com
pany as a corporation , but for I ho country at
large ? Jt seems to mo th.it thcio can bo but
onoanswei tu this let congiess dual us fall ly
with thu Union I'.iullle as a business mini
would with a eiedltorwho was willing and
ablflto pay hlsdublh If ho wuioonly penult led
to attend to his business without Intetfuiuncu
or ciub.iirassmciit , , | KSSK Si'Ai.ni.Mi ,
Government Ulicctor.
Kor Itronclilal , AHtliiiiatlu null I'ul-
inonary CoiniliiiiitN | , "Drnwii's lironehliil
Ti-oclics" have rcmarkalilu curutivo
tles. Sold only in boxes.
Till ? ItAlMCOAO
With Vnluablo KIMIIH
liiK Nobfiiska liltios ,
Vleo I'txwlilcnt Hotrotnb , ttiMipnil M
Dickinson , ( Jcnenil Maunder McNeiil of tlm
St. Joe fi Otitiul IMuml , SuiHM-lnti'tulcnti
HiiiTaiul ] lrlnki > HiotT nf the Xcbiu.sUu nntl
Kiinsft.s divisions , ttnil L. S. Aiulci-son , s N.
Iniil to Prcsltlotit At1atn , lielil n iimforoniM
In Vlcii lix\sldent Ilolcninb'.t ollico ttt which
tlicy illscusscil several ItuiHivlittil innttora tintl
some Improvoitmnts to IH' tn.ulc tlili year
Olio iiuvstlott | iitulcr consideration wu tha
lirob.tblo outlay necessary for new sUvl ralli
to take the | ihico of old Iron onex on hniiicli
llne.s In the Missoini river tlNtrlct t'nilcr
this proposition comea the work of clmiiKiUR
the Kansas C'cntral fnnu a narrow to a broail
KiitiRunnul. This Is to be ilono lit once , < vr
sequi'iitly new iitul hcav > mils /or L'CO mile- *
of track will IM > R'qtihvd
Mr. IloIiMiiilt n'tiirni'it front the west Sat
urday night well Informed us to new work
under way , proposed extensions ninl other
linprovonicnl.s over which ho will Imvo KCI !
ornl stlporvlsluti.
In nddlllon to the Kansas ( Vutral , tlm
Montana Central , which Is also being broad-
pingctl , the union 1'acillc has ro-
ccntly iniivlniseil another line of twenty
eight miles In Utah known as the San
I'elo Vallcv iwul running between Nanhl anil
Monti.
That also Is to be broutcht up to sttindiuxl
All this requires jji-cat ( | uantlty of stool liulo-
pendent of that used In straightening , uul re
laying some eighty tulle.s or inoitx of the
Oivgon Short Line , thu bulMltip of ItVi miles
, of road from I'ortlanil lo I'nget Sound ana
pushing the Salt hake-South'.1 o.stent tuwunU
southern California.
HrokoUiit AlVosli.
The Kcneml passenger agents of trsinscon-
tluenUil lines were excited again yesterday
morning , caused by the cut mto having been
extended bcyonil all expectations.
John l'rniut > H of thuil. & M. pave notice
that his company would commence Helling
second class tickets from Omaha and Kansas
City to San I'Y.tncisco at fcKl. This is a re
ductlon of S. ' . "U'e titv forced Into making
such a rate , " cnlil he , "through posltuo
knowledge tlna .somo of our contemporaries
are now nntl have been secretly manipulating
not only by direct reductions but by the paj -
incut of exorbitant commissions. "
After promulgating this order , Mr Frances
went to the Union 1'acillc headquarters ami
consulted General Passenger Agent Loma\
Uoth were closelcd for some time. Whether
the Union 1'acillc will meet the U. & M ' ic-
duclion remains to be seen. However , there
.seems to bo tie other cottrso icft for it to par-
suo.
Tlio Onl.v Clianu" ContiMiiplatcd.
All the way from Pueblo , Colo. , comes in
formation to the cfleel tlmt the Iltirllngtoti
will discontinue VnnuiiiK Its fast througli
train by way of Omaha. J f any such changii
Is contemplated llio manairingolllclals of the
II. it M. , who arc most directly interested
know nothing about U. This story seems to
bo based on a Pubelo supposition that thetlno
from Plattsinoutlt to Lincoln by \ \ ay of Louis
ville and Cedar Creek Is so much shot Icr ami
easier that , better time can bo miulo and se\
oral bom's saved In the Chlcago-IJeiivcr trip
than under the present arrangement
"Tho people of Omaha , however , need not
be alarmed , " said ono gentleman of whom
inqniiles wcro made conrornlnK the report
" \\re aw spending too much mone.v hero In a
union depot and get too much business from
Omaha to think about abandoning our most ,
important train service. The only thing con
templated at all is a clnuiKO of time in the ar
rival and departure of the east-bound llycr.
A new hchcdulo is being prepared now which
will llx the hour of dcp.uturo at 1:30 : instead
of 8:15 : , as now. "
AVarrack'H I'rol > al > lo S
Some speculation is being indulged In as to
who will succeed P. A. Wim-aclc as ilrst as
sistant general freight agent of the Union Pa-
cilic.
cilic.Fred
Fred U. AVhltney , now stationed at Kansas
City , and Second Assistant General Freight
Agent AVood seem to bo the only men in di
rect line of promotion. Mr. Whltno.v out
ranks Wood , but is already at the head ot a
division and is probably as well , if not moro
satisfactorily , llxod than hu would bo should
he coino here. However , nothing \\ill bo
donu forsc.ver.il days. _
Snow niul Itain Storm.
General Manager Dickciison rccehcd a dis
patch yesterday informing him that u
heavy .snowstorm was then raging along the
Union Purlllu from Cheyenne to Sidney , that
the snow at Ilillsdale , half way between
these points , was ten inches and at Sidney
three indies deep ; also that from Ledge Polo
to Grand Island all trains passed thiough a
drenching rain. As the storm seemed to be
going south it will probably pass around
Omaha and strike the Missouri valley at Kan
sas City. _
Closing Up tin ; Deal ,
"W. P. AVaggener , attorney for the Missouri
Pacillc , is in town completing aiT.mgemciits
and closing up contracts for constructing tlm
new line from Plattsmouth to South Omaha.
IIo had a meeting with Cass county citl/ena
relative to their part of an agreement as to
bonds , right-of-way , etc. , found everything
satisfactory and will put matters In HU 'U
bhupo that work can ho commenced at onwj.
lOurckii.
The motto of California means , I have
found it. Only in that land of sunshine ,
where the orange , lemon , olive , llg and grape
bloom and ripen , and attain their highest
perfection in mid-winter , are the belli * and
gnm found that are u.sed in tlmt pleasing ;
remedy for all throat and lung troubles
Santa Abie , thorulerof coughs , asthma and
consumption , thu ( iooilimm Drug Co. has
be en upiMilnlvd agent for this valuable Cali
fornia remedy , and .sells it under a guarantju
at ? 1 a bottle. Three for t&Wi.
Try California Cat-r.curo , the only guaran
tee cure for catarrh. $1 , by mall , $1 10.
The inquest over the ruumiim over the
ronmiim of .lolui Kiwi the elevator hey
killon at the Murray Saturday niffht , ro-
'
Kiiltud in u verdict , 'that the death hud
resulted from the itid'H own
Headache , neuralgia , di//Iness , norvons-
ne.ss , spasms , sleeplessness , cured by Or ,
Miles' Nervine. Samples free at Kulin &
Co. 'a , Ifith and Douglas.
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that kind of goods. The only defect is that the garment did not/it the man for whom it was
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SEE WHAT YOU CAN SAVE ,
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$55 custom made suit for. . $27.50 $50 custom made overcoat. . $24.50 $13 custom made pautsfor. . $6.5u
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Open Evenings until 9 o'clock. Saturday Evenings until io o'clock.
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