Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1885-1890, 1886-04-24
a Correspondents Views.

Editor TRIBUNE:
| am surprised that a journal as respec
table as the River Press, should prac
tlcally endorse tie so-called Great FALL
improvement Company circular.
No one in this part of Montana knows
better than the oditor of the River Press
that most of the representations made by
this company in their pamphlet are not
only misleading but untrue. lie knows
very we'll, that the design of the promo.
tiers OF this scheme, is to float an enter
prise having DO merits under the efforts
and reputation of the Great Falls Town
site company, of which j. j. Hill is the
leading member. He knows that the
proposed town" at the Big falls, can be
no rival of the "already established city"
OF Great Falls. He states 'the water pow
er is all that is claimed for it, and reduc-
ton works could be put here, as we'll as
at the other place" The editor of the
River Press in making this statement,
either willfully misrepresents the matter,
or else he knows nothing about it. It is
practically impossible to build a railroad
down the bluffs to the water power at the
lower falls which is enough to condemn
it for manufacturing, and the develop
ment OF the water power at either side Of
the river, would be just about as easy as
the Development OF til. water power at
Niagara Falls. If any one doubts my
statement let him go there, and examine
the lower falls for himself and then look
at the townsite and water power privil-
eyes of the Great Falls Townsite compa-
ny. The attempt to adopt the name of
Great Falls by the Chandler company,
was evidently fer the purpose of mislead-
ing eastern investors and will stamp that
company as first-class shysters. The name
OF Great Falls was adopted by the Hill
Townsite company, three years ago, and
they recorded their plat in September
1884.
Now comes the "Great Falls Improve
ment company" with the declaration that
they will pat a townsite and am it
Great Falls City and although this com
pany have not title to an acre of land (that
township being unsurveyed as yeti they are
offering to sell their stock in New York
city and the east and as an inducement
for people to invest, they offer to donate
lots in & town that has never been plated,
and on land that as yet, is unsurveyed.
The Great Falls Townsite company will
undoubtedly be glad to sec az many i'm
provements as possible inaugurated by the
lower falls company. but they cannot fail
to look upon the methods adopted by that
company as diserputable. The most of the
men who are officers and directorsin it, are
entirely ignorant of the situation, ana
would not knowingly lend their name to
such methods.
There can be no excuse however, for
the River Press to stamp its endorsement
upon a pamphlet, the contents OF which
are VIGOROUSLY incorrect and false. Iun-
derstand the Great Falls Townsite com
pany are almost daily in receipt of COM
munications from people in the east who
arc pelng completely m1siea By Tae pro
posed adoption of Great Falls City by the
Chandler company. 1t is evident tina IN
adopting the name of a neirhboring town
the Chandler company are attempting to
sell a bogus article for the genuine.
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