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B E D R O C K DEMOCRAT,
P U B L IS H E D
EVERY
R A T E S O F A D V I R T iS lS K ii
Ikbrock democrat
W EDNESDAY,
BY
J. M. S H E P H E R D .
OFFICE IN T H E
B e d r o c k d e m o c r a t b c i l o i x ;.
T erm s
of
S u b s c r ip t io n :
VOL.
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C o r r e s p o n d e n c e from all portions of
Eastern Oregon is solicited for the D e m o c r a t .
All communications, to receive attention,
must be accompanied by a responsible name.
1 ersonal communications will be charged
as special advertisements.
KTXartr«
5.
BAKER CITY, BAKER COUNTY, OREGON, FEBRUARY 3, 1875;
IN e w D r n g S to r e .
OURELDORADO LETTER.
E l d o r a d o , J an 29th., 1875.
W .
Mo
M ’M H ìO T *
L o c a ls .
hope you m ay live long enough to learn
that honesty and fair dealing, even 111 pol­
itics. is the best policy.
B o is e C o U n t y , I d a h o , I t e m s .—W e are
remember
glad to learn that C o l. E. A. Stevenson
writing
to
you
four
or
five
years
ago
that
BAK E R CITY, OREGON,
and Eph Matthews have discovered and
this then thinly inhabited sectionjof coun­
S. M. PETTEJiGILL & CO., 10 State W o u ld respectfully inform the public that
opened a very rich quartz ledge.
Tue
try w ould, as time rolled on, become set­
he has recently received a well se­
® osf ° n, 37 Park Row, New Y ork ,
W
o
rld
,
In
speaking
of
this
ledge,
says,
we
lected and fresh Stock of
tled by farmers and niiners in the agricul­
and 701 Chestuut Street, Philadelphia, are
were
shown
one
o
f
the
richest
specimens
Drugs,
our Agents for procuring advertisements
tural and m ining districts. That time has
of quartz we have seen in m any a day.—
b e B e d r o c k D e m o c r a t , in tiie above
Chemicals,
com e. W illow Creek V alley that had on­
'eiDes, and are authorized to contract for
The
rock was taken from a ledge on Sum­
Paints, Oils,
ly four or five permanent settlers at the
advertising t our lowest rates.
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Perfumeries,
time we refer to is now located and occu­ m it F lat, owned by the Colonel , and Mr.
Patent Medicines, pied, from its confluence with the M al­ Eph M atthews, ive believe, and if ihe rich­
heur R iv e i, to within fifteen miles of its ness of the ledge may be judged of by thè
Soaps,
source, by hardy, thrifty, intelligent farm­ rock shown us, it is a fortune to the pro­
W
ines,
W e are now prepared to do all kinds of
ers and stock raisers and their families, prietors. Col. Stevenson thinks some of
JOB W OR K on short notice and at reasona­
Brandies,
who have a plenty o f fat cattle, horses putting a m ill on his ledge during the
ble rates.
Whiskies and
N. B .— All Job Work MUST BE PAID
hogs and sheep—their barn yards are also Sum m er, which we hope he will do, as his
Cordials,
FOR ON D E L IV E R Y .
filled
with im m ense stacks of superior m ine is universally spoken of as one of
For Medicinal purposes. F am ily Medi­
cines carefully prepared. Prescrip­
h ay, and their capacious cellars with a va­ the most promising in the county, and we
tions accurately compounded,
riety
o f yegetabies of the largest and most regard both of the owners in the mino as
P R O F E S S IO N A L CARDS.
at all hours of the day or
nutritious quality. Strangers are still ar­ deserving o f a fortune.”
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night. Give us a call.
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Those parties are both old pioneers of
riving and m aking locations, and in a few
L . O. STE R N S,
T. C. IIY D E ,
years every niche and corner susceptible Boise County, and we hope they have now
N o t a r y P u b l ic .
oi cultivation and for grazing purposes struck a lead from which they w ill, m ake
will be filled. The same m ay be said of their “ pile.”
*
A T 'T H E
E lias Brown, who has rich quartz ledges
Burnt River V a lle y and the M alheur and
Attorneys anil Counselors At-Law,
its tributaries. School houses and a Post- In Banner District, in Boise County, has
B A K E R C IT Y , OREGON.
office have been established on W illow gone East for the purpose of procuring cap­
First door above the Express Office.
ital to build a m ill and work some of his
L . O. S t e r n s will attend the Courts of the
a d ies F an cy an d M illin e r y Creek, and pure air and water, rich soil
ledges. He is an energetic miner and de­
Fifth Judicial District, and of Idaho and
and
large
crops
insure
h
ealth
,
peace
and
Goods in Store, and Latest Styles receiv.
Washington Territories.
•
serves success.
ed by Express every Month, and for sale at plenty to the people.
Water Rights and Mining Litigation a most reasonable Prices.
James YV. Davidson, of Placerville, who
H it c h e s a n d H in e s .
S p e c ia l t y .
was
burned out there last. Sum m er has his
W
.
I
I
.
Packwood,
with
his
usual
energy
Collections promptly attended to.
and perseverance, added eleven miles hotel re-built. It is spoken o f as a more
June 18, 1873.n6y
Done to Order, and at Short Notice by
more of ditch above the original head of commodious and convenient house than
MRS. L . J. HUSTON.
the Burnt River Ditch last sum m er, for the the one burned down. M r. and Mrs. Da­
Baker City, April 1 8 ,1874.-n51m6
purpose of keeping the water up to its full vidson understand the hotel business thor­
head in the dry season, thereby insuring a oughly, and persons visiting Placerville
full ditch of water from the Spring inlet Will always find with them a pleasant
until frost closes the m ining" season. The place to stop. They give a ball to-morrow
BAKER CITY, OREGON.
IS a g e n t f o r
contract o f eleven m iles, from the termi­ evening, which we would like tp attend
IL L , P R A C T I C E IN A L L C O U R T S
nus oj the B. R. Ditch at Cottonwood creek and enjoy ourself with our old friends there
of the State.
to Discovery Gulch in the Eastern District They will have a good tim e.
Baker City, Sept. 1, 1873. nl7y.
Baker City, Dec. 1, 1872.n30tf
or A m e lia , will be finished before the
The weather in Payette was very cold
specified tim e (the first of May) and will week before last. Quite a number of cat­
afford water instead o f m u d, that has been
tle had and were dying from the effects of
use heretofore—to the enterprising miners
the cold.
MAIN STREET................................ ...B A K E R CITY.
o f that District. . The miners of Shasta Dis­
R E ID & FL E T C H E R , Prop’r.
trict, with proverbial foresight, have made
B A K E R C IT Y , OREGON.
YVe take the following news up to Janu­
preparations for the coming Spring.— ary 2oth , from the Owyhee Avalanche:
HIS HOUSE has been enlarged and re­
fitted, and is now the best Hotel on the Messrs. Lynn & Co., Campbell & Co., Daily
YVhatever the report o f the YVays and
* K ane, Stiger & Dickm an, Stover & Lons- Means Committee m ay be, there is very
Umatilla and Idaho stage route.
Stages leave this House for above and be­
way, and others will all operate the next little doubt but Congress will annul the
A tto rn e y at L a w ,
low, and also for Clark’s Creek Eldorado, season. Lynn & Co. have purchased the
contract with the Pacific Mail Company
(And Notary Public,)
Gem City and Sparta.
Reeves Ditch, and, with a great deal o f la* since it is sufficiently cleas that the subsi­
WE S T ON, OR E G O N.
Connected with the Hotel will he found a bor, put it in fine condition to receive wa"
dy was obtained by fraudulent and dishon­
Will practice in the Courts of this State and first class
ter in the Spring for the purpose o f work­ orable means.
Washington Territ ny.
ing their Rattlesnake and Rich Creek
A New Orleans special says that the
PE CIA L ATTENTION PAID TO LAND
ground. Over the h ill, in Rye V a lle y , the fight between YVrri. YVoeks and Geo. Pearis
Business, and Collections.
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Liquors, Wines and Cigars of the best stamps are crushing the rock of Green’s
was one of the fiercest death struggles
quality. Phelan’s Improved Billiard Tables
Discovery, without assuming the robe of ever witnessed. After a passage of words
all in good order.
J O S E P H H.
our sayings (you will remember) has come YVepks snapped a pistol at his opponent
o------ 0
to
pass.
three tim es, and then dealt.him a terrible
• N. B .— Those indebted to either the Hotel
R o litic n t.
blow on the head. Both clinched and it
or Saloon are requested to appear at the
AND
W e have been reading in the Eastern pa­ was impossible to separate them .
Captain’s office and settle.
no5v3tf.
Pearis
pers an account o f the high-handed pro­ drew a knife and several times severed the
ceeding at New Orleans, authorized by the arteries of the arms of YVeelcs who fell on
W ill attend to Conveyancing and making
autocrat of all the United States , an,d car: the floor, but rising again pressed on Pea­
ABSTRACTS OF T IT L E .
C LEM EN T & SIC O R D , Proprietors, ried into effect by his armed vassals. H a s ris, and again received the knife in his
Baker City, Sept. 11,1872.
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the successful villian who assumes to pre­ side. YVhile lying prostrate on the floor
side over the destinies of the most power­ he made several attempts to rise, but was
rp h e S*roj*rietors respectfully ful and intelligent naiion on the earth, be­ each time stabbed by tlie murderer who
A inform the Public that they have pur­ come so hardened by vice and its associa­ afterwards surrendered to the police.
N O T A R I
P U B L IC
chased the Baker City Hotel, and have fitted tions that he has not either the fear of God
During an attempt on Sunday night to
AND
itup as a First C lass Hotel, where they will be or m an in his nature or before his eyes,?— eject a disorderly crowd from St. John’s
found at all times ready to attend to the Has he not trampled the Constitution of colored chnrch, Silas Edwards, the dea­
D E P U T Y U . S. M A R SH A L .
wants of the
theUnitecl States under his feet and scat­ con, was dangerously shot, and two oth­
Office with John Brattain, Three Doors
H u n g ry an d W eary,
tered its fragments to the four winds o f ers severely shot.
South of B e d r o c k D e m c r a t office,
on side of the Street.
In a manner that will give satisfaction.
Heaven , thereby endorsing Tappan Garri­
The Tribune’s Washington special says
that Irwin is the guest of Don Piatt, and
Baker City, Sept. 3, 1873.nl7m4
The Table will be supplied with the best the son <t Co.’s declaration that is a league
with hell and a covenant with death? The this gives peculiar significance to an arti­
MARKET W IL L AFFORD.
Shah of Persia m ay take a back seat, and
cle in the YVashington Capitol yesterday
Give us a call, and then you can judge of he o f gleaming scimetar and glaring eyes, in which.Piatt asserts that he can point
our ability and capacity to please our custo­ may feel jealous o f his rival, Ulysses the out to the Committee of YVays and Means
mers.
M . A . Queen’s U niversity, \ Canada,
First, and order up another retinue for de­ 52 members of Congress who each got OloO-
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CLEM ENT & SICORD.
M . D. Trinity U n iv e rsity ,/
1851.
capitation. Alfonso m ay well come over of the Pacific Mail corruption fund ^ and
P h y s ic ia n , S u r g e o n , A c .
the seas and take lessons from the m on­ that three of them are members o f the
arch of all the American people. W e can “Ways and Means Committee.
O f f ic e and Residence, at A. II. Browns
only remember one Individual in the
Rome made great demonstration on the
former residence, nearly opposite the 13ecl-
cA o
whole w orld’s history that will bear a com ­ arrival o f Garibaldi at that city yesterday
rock Democrat Office.
parison or parallel with Grant for an utter to attend the Parliament to-day of which
Baker City, Oregon, Nov. 10, 1874.-y
disregard of the people and their welfare. he is a member.
JOSEPH MAN All DAS, Proprietor,
YVe are told in Roman History that one of
The Senate Committee on Railroads have
the Rom an Emperors, Nero by nam e, or­ determined to kill all the subsidy bills
B A K E R CITY", OREGON.
dered his subjects to be thrown into a vast except Tom Scott’s, and that Is not. acted
rg jM IE P R O P B I E T O B M A S B o u g L t amphitheatre filled with wild beasts, so upon, but will be to-day or to-morrow. Its
B A K E R CITY, OREGON.
JL the Hotel Restaurant, next door.to that they m ight be torn lim b from lim b, adoption is regarded as impossible.
O f f ic e —In the new Building im m ediate­ the Post Office, formerly kept by Sieord &
In Tennessee the Senatorial contest has
and he witnessed the spectacle to gratify
W
h itcom b, and has fitted the same up in
ly South of the W estern Hotel.
the best style as a Hotel, on the French his morbid passion, a u d it further adds narrowed down apparently to a struggle
Restaurant Style. He is prepared to tic-, that Nero amused h im self on the violin between Johnson and Bates.
No choice
M ED ICA L E X A M I N E R
commodate the Public, and is determined w hin the Imperial City was in flames.— as yet.
F o r the New Y o rk Life Insurance Co­ to give entire satisfaction.
On Saturday the Republican Senatorial
nisi f
The House is open from live o’clock in Nero, were he living, would be a fit asso­
the morning until twelve at night, during ciate and boon'companion for Grant. HuW caucus on Louisiana affairs was broke up.
which tim e customers will be supplied long will the people subm it to the rule or The subject will come up in the Senate on
j.
A tw o o d , M
. D
. with
the best of everything to be had in
ruin party with their headquarters at a reso.lut.ipn to adm it Pinehback as Sena­
(Graduate of the College of Physicians and the
W a sh in g to n , the once proud Capitol of tor.
.Burgeons New York and of the Medical De­
tlie nation? How long will the people
Some Senators are in favor of settling
partment oi the Willamette University,)
Baker City, July 4 , 1874.-n9tf
permit the chief of that party to occupy the Louisiana question by remanding the
P H Y S IC IA N A N D SU R G E O N ,
the W h ite H o u se,a n d issue his disgrace­ State to a Territorial condition.
A n effort is b e in g made to order an. in­
ful and shameful edicts therefrom, one'e
Terms cash, or no patronage solicited.
the abode of gentlem en, statesmen and vestigation o f the Contract and Finance
Office one door north ol City Drug Store.
patriots, the pride o f the nation, aqd the Company by tliree commissioners to be
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b a k e r c it y , O r e g o n .
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admiration o f the civilized world?
W e appointed by the Secretary of the Treasu­
T > e sp cetfiilly I n fo r m Die C if- shall see.
ry.
STATES RIG H TS.
J A j izens of Baker City and County, and
Pettit, a leading Republican of the M in­
the Public generally, that they have pur­
nesota Legislature, accuses Senator R a m ­
Dryden
M
cClintock,
Esq.,
formerly
chased the
Sheriff o f Boise county, has received the sey of an attempt to bribe members, and
appointm ent of Under Sheriff, under Sam on this account Pettit bolts the caucus.
Stewart. This is a good appointment; Mr.
B A K E R C IT Y , OREGON.
Formerly kept by John Eppinger, and that McClintock is a very worthy gentlem an, This m ay defeat Ram sey and elect Davis.
Paddock, Senator elect in Nebraska, was
Designs and Specifications Furnished.
they are prepared to furnish customers with but his democracy is so modern in its ori­
gin, and of so m ild a type withal that we once Governor of YVyoming Territory, and
the
best of
Estimates Made. Terms Liberal.
hope our war-like friend of the B e d r o c k
D e m o c r a t will make a note of his prom o­ is a relative o f Gen. Sherman.
Baker City, Nov. 17, 1874.
n28y
tion , since he volunteered last Fall to be­
Edm unds of Y7ermont has introduced a
Either night or day, with or without drivers, come god-father to that wing o f the tim e- bill in the Senate to authorize the Supreme
honored.
at the very lowest rates. First class Saddle
The-above we take from the Idaho City Court to decide contested elections for
Horses on hand. Horses boarded and the
World
o f Jail. 23rd. W e fully agree with President and Vice President.
best
of
care
bestowed.
We
keep
nothing
but
Importer and Dealer In
Boutwell wants a law o f Congress to en­
the best of Stock and Buggies.
the W orld when it states that the appoint­
Our stable is at the upper end of Main m ent of Dryde McClintock as Under Sher­ able a join t committee o f both Houses to
say who shall and who shall not act as at­
Street, Baker City, Oregon.
iff is a good one. W e have been acquaint­
Come and see us, Everybody, and we will
torneys before committees.
ed with Dryde for the part thirteen years,
N E W SP A P E R S,
do our best to please you.
A n earthquake shock was felt in Sacra­
and
know
him
to
be
a
just,
true
and
up^
KILBURN & PERKINS.
mento at 4 o ’clock yesterday morning ¡also
FRANKLIN BOOK-STOKE AND SANTA CLAUS’_
right business m an, well qualified to fill
February 10, 1874.-n40tf
at Oroville, D avisville, Taylorville and
Headquarters, Eire-proof
the position to which Sam Stewart, the
Greenville, in Plumas county. A t the two
worthy Sheriff o f Boise County, has shown
Brick Building, 105 Front street, Portland,
last places it was severe and lasted twenty
his. good sense by appointing him to fill.
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Oregon.
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seconds.
M cClintock is and always has been Dem o­
The Sacramento Union of January 21st,
cratic in his actions and tendencies. H e is
says:.
consistent in all his acts and political re­
YVe understand that the whole city of
Having completed their New Stable,
lations, and is too honest to affiliate h im ­
have now the finest and best regulated self with any corrupt set o f politicians, Marysville is flooded, the waters having
c
e a v e r
broken in at 7 P. M ., January 19th. Con­
who, for the sake o f the spoils, are willing
L i v e r y S ta b le
siderable loss o f life has ensued, including
Informs the Public that he is prepared to do
to sell their principles. The editor o f the
three children in one house. Some of the
til kind of work in the Undertaking Business
W orld would do well to take a few lessons
stores in Marysville have fallen down,and
on short notice and at rasonable prices.
from such m en as McClintock, and live up the loss of property generally is extensive,
Baker City, Oct. 1 , 1873.n21tf .
Where
they
will
carry
on
the
Livery
Busi­
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to their honest teachings, and then he
In Sutter county, Y uba City is under wa­
ness in all its branches.
would not be the dishonest and vacillating
Q Sewing M achines— A ilrover
ter, and the flood was within six inch as qf
H & Baker, and a Florence, both new and
politician that he has heretofore and is
STOCK BOUGHT AND SOLD,
the Feather river bridge. The Parks levee
the very bestA-for sale. For particulars, en­
now showing him self to be.
Sutton, we
Baker
City,
Nov,
13,
1872.
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quire at this office.
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Corner of Main Street and V a lley Avenue,
JOB
MILLINERY AND FANCY HOODS,
S te rn s & H y d e ,
N E W
STO R E,
L
D r e s s M a k in g
Attorney-at-Law,
Mrs. K. C. Shepherd
Grover & Balter’s Sewing M in e s.
W
Jf M. S H E P H E R D ,
"W e s t e r n . H o t e l .
-A _ tto r n e y -a t -E a w ,
S. V. KNOX,
T
S A L O P N !
S
SHINN,
N o ta ry P u b lic
C on veyan cer,
HAIL HOAD HOUSE.
E. W. REYNOLDS,
Baker City, Oregon.
A. J. TlllliODO, M. A, 31. D.
HOTEL RESTAURANT
F R A
N O
E,
T . JST. B n o w » M . D .
Physician and Surgeon,
Hfc®:
HFL 3ESL 3£2
LIVERY STABLE
MESSRS, KiLBIBX & PEBK1 XS
J o h n F . C h ord,
Carpenter and Joiner,
XaiYixoX'a37" S t a b l e
Single or Double Turn-outs,
s
T
7
m c o r m ic k ,
Books, Stationary, Toys, Music AM
LIVERY STABLE
XJ n d er ta k e r .
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GRIER & KELLOGG
T
In E a s t e r n O r e g o n ,
E d it o r
D e m o c r a t : —YVe
NO. 39.
in this county, has broken,, and the whole
district is flooded.
In Tulare county the St. John’s and Ka-
weah rivers have overflowed their banks
and flooded the country around. Visalia
is partly overflowed, but no great damage
has yet been done there.
C a r s o n , Jan. 20.—The weather here this
m orning is worse than was ever rem em ­
bered by the oldest inhabitant.
A thaw
has set in , and the streets o f Carson are al­
most impassable. Torrents liks rivers are
rushing down the streets leading from the
mountains at the southwest of town, and
some of the crossings are between two or
three feet deep.
The Vico-Fresident laid before the Sen­
ate a letter from the Secretary of the Treas­
ury, in answer to a resolution of that body
in regard to the diseontinuence o f the assay
office at Boise City, Idaho, and establishing
an assay office at Portland, Oregon. He
recommends that the office at Boise City be
continued, and reports that there is no ne­
cessity lor establishing one at Portland.
Referred to the Committee on Finance.
Governor Beale, of New Jersey, was in­
augurated Jan. 19th. In his inaugural, he
says there has been too much interference
by the United States military and Federal
Marshals in the restoration, and too little
moral support of the South by the National
Government-
Thomas F. Bayard is elected United States
Senator from Delaware, Jan-, 19th.
SPEECH OF TH E HON. J . K . K E L L Y ,
On the Portland, Dalles and SaiS Lake
Railioad, delivered in the Senate Jan. 15th,
1875.
As I said the other day when I notified the
Senate that I should ask for the taking up
of this bill to-dav, I am induced to do so by
instructions from thé Legislature of the
State of Oregon. I then said, and I repeat
now, that my -colleague and myself have
been twice instructed by that body to do
what wg can to urge the passage of this bill.
I would say, further, that the territorial
Legislature of YVashington Territory have
memorialized Congress to the same effect;
that the territorial Legislature of Idaho
have done the same thing; and resolutions
to that effect were presented by me the oth­
er day.
This bill was carefully considered by the
Committee on Railroads at the last session,
and on tho 4th day of May reported favora­
bly accompanied by a report I should like
very much, if I had the time, to have read;
but I am well aware that the time of the
Senate it taken up in discussing matters
which perhaps may be deemed more im­
portant than this, although to tho people .of
the Pacific Northwest it is of much greater
importance than anything that is before
this body.
Mr. President, the State of Oregon and
the Territories of Washington and Idaho,
which are embraced in the Columbia Val­
ley, contain two hundred and sixty thous­
and square miles. To compare that with
other divisions of the United States, I will
say that in territorial extent that valley is
greater than all New England, New York,
New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Mary­
land, Ohio, and Indiana combined, greater
■than all the States I have just named; and
yet there is not any railway connection with
that vast extent of country. It is a country
rich in natural wealth; one of the best wheat­
growing countries in the world; unexcelled
for. stock raising and wool growing. It has
forests of excellent timber, mines of gold,
silver, copper, iron, and coal in great abun­
dance: and yet, with all those natural ad­
vantages, it is almost entirely unsettled, be­
cause inaccessible to those who would wil­
lingly make it a home.
:. _The census of 1870 shows that in that vast
extent of country there were not quite one
hundred and thirty thousand inhabitants,
not sufficient for a single Representative in.
Congress, according to the present ratio of
representation. The reason may be asked
why it is that a country so productive, o
such extensive resources, agricultural, min.
eral, and commercial, with a genial climate,
unexcelled by any in the United States |for
its healthfulness, _should remain compari-
tivelv unhabited. I will state the reason
why this is so. The early emigrants to Ore­
gon cr oseed the plains, going in their teams
drawn by horses or oxen, from the Missouri
River to the Pacific coast, à journey of two
thousand miles, requiring six months or
more to accomplish it. That is-the way it
was peopled by the hardy pioneers who first
settled in the cofintiy. At the present time
one way of going there is by railway to Salt
Lake Valley and thence by stage-coaches or
wagons, a distance of five hundred miles,
over the intervening sage-plàins, before ¡the
principal settlements are reached. Another
way of going is by passing over ..the Union
and Central Pacific Railroads to San Fran­
cisco, and there taking the ocean steamers
to Portland, making a sea-voyage of six
hundred miles before arriving at ihe end of
the journey. The only'other way is by a
tiresome stage-coach ride from the present
terminus of tho California and Oregon Rail­
road over a lofty mountain range ’ and rug­
ged road for a distance of three hundred
miles.
The easiest way of, reaching Oregon, and
the one usually traveled, is by rail to San
Francisco, and thence by the circuitous sea-
voyage to .Portland. And yet from Salt
Lake Valley, to SanFrancisco it is quite as
far as it is to Astoria, in Oregon, and I need,
not add that a voyage on the ocean is regard,
ed with undefined dread by emigrants with
their families, who are unaccustomed to
traveling by sea. It does seem to me that
Congress ought to do something to lessen
the difficulties of reaching this great and in­
viting portion of our country. Hitherto we
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that other States-'have had to aid in the
building of railroads.
In my judgement, what is asked for in
this bill will really be more beneficial to the
Government than to the company organized
to construct this road. That company "pro»'
poses to carry the United States mails, mili­
tary and Indian supplies, and do all the
transportation the Government requires, in­
cluding the. transmission of telegraphic dis­
patches, without any limit as-to time, front
and after the period when the road shall be
completed, For all these services they ask
that the Government of the United States
shall pay the interest on the company’s bonds
at the rate of 5 per cent, on $3,000 per mils
for ten years; the whole distance, however,
not to exceed seven hundred miles, from
Salt Lake YTalley to Portland, making alto­
gether the sum of $30,000 per annum, after
the completion of tho road, ■which the Uni-
tod States will be required to pay, and this-
sum for only ten years.
For several years prior to July last tho
contractors for carrying the United States
rnai’ s from Kelton to Portland were paid
§242,000. In July, 1874, a contract was lot
to carry them from Kolton to The Dalles for
$67,900, but it happened to go to a straw-
bidder, who forfeited his contract on tha
1st of December last. The Postmaster-Gen­
eral since then entered into another con­
tract, terminating on the 30th June, 1878,.
by which tho mails will be carried from K ol­
ton to The Dalies for $134, ?00 per annum,
and I am well satisfied that this sum is quite
as low as they can be carried by the pres­
ent mode of conveyance. From The Dalies
to Poi lUnd the cost of transportation is, I
think, §10,500, making in all -$151,200 now
paid for carrying the mails over the lino of
the proposed railroad. For the transporta­
tion of military supplies, and telegraphio
and signal services, over the same line the
Government paid in 1873 the sum of $17,71*
which, no doubt is a less amount trail Will
be hereafter paid annually for the same ser­
vice. I have no data to show how much wu*
paid during the past year for transportation
ol Indian supplies and annuity goods for the
several Indian tribes on the different reser­
vations in Oregon and in Washington and
Idaho Territories, but certainly it was no
inconsiderable sum.
If this bill should pass 1 and tho Portland,
Dalles and Salt Lake Railroad he construct­
ed under it, and all these services would ha
performed by the company without any
payment or cost other than that paid as in­
terest upon its bonds. In addition to all
this, the mail route from Boise City to YYin-
nemueca could well be dispensed with if tha
preposed railroad wore completed, for tha
. mails could then be more speedily carried
between those points 'by railway to Kelton
and thence by the Central Pacific Railroad
to YVinnemuecathan tl.ey are now carried by
stages. The amount paid-for-their service
is $ 47 , 000 -per annum. To recapitulate what
I have already stated in detail, the Govern­
ment would pay to the Portladd, Dalles and
Balt Lake Railroad Company $280,000 annu­
ally for ten years and receive m return ser­
vices for which it is now paying §225,914.
yearly; while these services for the Govern­
ment would not be limited to ten years, but
would be performed without any limitation
as to time or amount, and with tha absolute
certainty that they would constantly in­
crease in value and importance.
It now takes nine days in winter and sev­
en in summer to transport the mails from-.
Kelton to Portland. YVitli this railroad;
completed, it could easily he done in two,
and at once it would become tho great mail-
route for the Columbia River basin, for
Alaska, and for British Columbia; and com­
merce would be greatly increased between
our own country and tho British p osses­
sions on the north.-
In addition to all this, .the public lands,
now almost valueless because inaccessible,
would speedily be settled aud occupied by
men from the Atlantic States, many of whom«
are now desiring to go there to provide
homes for themselves and their families.
Mr. President, this bill provides, tb &3
nothing shall bo paid by the United States
Government to the railroad company, and
no guarantee oi interest shall be made un­
til the road shall be completed as a first-
class road and accepted as such; that is, un­
til it shall be completed in sections of twen­
ty five miles. YVhenever and as often as a
section of twenty-five miles shall be con­
structed and accepted by commissionersap-
pointed to examine .it, then, and only in
that case, will the Secretary of the. Treasury
be authorized to indorse upon the com­
pany’s bonds a guarantee that the Govern­
ment will pay the interest on $ 8,000 permilo-
of finished road, the interest “to cease, as I
before stated, at the expiration of ten years.
The bill further provides, that this guar­
antee of interest shall not be indorsed up­
on the bonds of the company until it shall?
be made to appear that tnere are no liens of
any kind whatever upon the road. It also
provided that the services to bo rendered to
the United States by the company shall in­
here in and become a part of the corporate*
existence of the company and be alien upon
aud attach to the road and its equipments,
and be performed by the Portland, Dalle«-
and Salt Lake Railroad Company, or its as­
signees or successors, whether “such [¡trans­
fer or succession be made voluntary or by
act of the Legislature of Oregon or' by sala
under process of any court. In short, every
precaution has been taken by the Commit­
tee on Railroads to secure the .Government
againsi 2 &ny loss and against all danger.
It may be said that the financiabConditioiv
of this country is such that it would bo im­
politic to pass' this bill at tne present session
of Congress. I do not think this a proper
objection to be urged against its passage. It
would hardly be possible to construct a sect­
ion of twenty-five miles within a year from
thi.-, time, and until this is done the Gov­
ernment will be under no obligation to pay
anything as interest upon the company’s
bonds, nor indeed will it have anything 'to
ay until six months after th§ indorsement
y the Secretary of the Treasury/ It will bo
apparent, therefore, that for at least a year
and a half the United States will be requir­
ed to pay nothing. Meanwhile I hopa—in­
deed 1 have but little doubt—that the finan­
cial condition oi tho count) y and of tho.
Treasury will be restored to a condition of
comparitive prosperity, and the Govern­
ment quite aide and willing to pay the small
sum that might he due as interest upon the
company’s bonds, over and above tho
amount it will save in the transportation of
mails arid the performance of other servi­
ces Ry tha railroad company.
Mucli m oral would like to say in ^support
of this bill, but the expiration of the morn­
ing hour admonishes me that I must close
my remarks upein it, and give place to tho
orders of the 'day. I shall take occasion
hereafter when the bill is again before the
Senate, io give other reasons irv support of
it, which for. want of time J must now nm
ceesarily omit,,
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