Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1885-1890, 1886-02-06
THE MONTANA CENTRAL
To be Built by Territorial Capt.
alists. Backed by James j.
Hills Money.
The Project an Important One. Mean
ing the Manitoba's Extension to the
Missouri River.
Also the Development Of the SAM
Couiee Mines and Great Falls
Water Power.
Important Enterprise.

Le IolloH IegdtuiHS Luz 4hon'al"
Central or Helena Il Great Falls Railroad
is taken from the St. Paul Globe, and is
undoubtedly correct:
Special to the Gloqe.
HELENA. Mont, Jan. 2S.-Articles~of
incorporation were filed of the Montana
Central railway. The incorporators are
G. A. Broadwater, n. kessler, G. W. Can
non, w. B. Raleigh and ex-Gov. B, f.
Potts The road will be constructed from
Helena to Red Mountain, Marysville, the
Sand Coulee coal country and Great Falls.
Operations are already commenced and
will continue uninterruptedly during
the coming summer.
There is a Deeper Significance in this
sws than appears on the surface, 1t re-
ally means that the line indicated in the
dispatch will be built at once, and, fur.
ther, that the western end will be extend
ed to Butte and the eastern end to a con-
%nection with the Manitoba system, and
still further east with a Manitob. extern
sion from some point on the north and
south line to a direct eastern conn ection
with Lake Superior at Duluth. 1t is a
fact we'll known, that j., j.. Hill is the
principal owner of the Sand Coulsst coal
mines, of the water power of the falls of
the Missouri, and 10000 acres of valuable
townsite property around the Falls. 1t is
perhaps a sequel to negotiations which
have been pending between J. j. Hill,
Dennis Ryan, C. A. Broadwater, Paris
| Gibson and others that there is al init
| mate relation between certain mineral ard
landed Interests and the stock industries
and railway development in this direc-
ton The scheme is one thai was
OUTLINED IN THE GLoBE
months since, though scarcely i'll the way
the above dispatch mentions. Last May
j.. j. IIili and Dennis Ryan, at the insti
CATION of G. A. B~roadwater of Helena,
and an old Minneapolis man, Paris Glib
son, now of Great Falls, Mont, went to
Montana. The Sand Coulse coal lands
lie adjacent to the town OF Great Falls.
and nre nf easy access. The falls consti
tute Il water power OF from three to i've
times the power of the falls OF St. Antho.
ny at Minneapolis, and much more easily
adapted to milling and manufacturing
purposes. A town site had already beer
secured by Mr.. Hill and Nr. Gibson some
two year G 0 also all the water power
frontage at the tails and along the rapids
When MIR. Hill returned his contemplat
ed extension of the Devils Lake branch
was first rumored. For some time since
it is said, this powerful syndicate ha,
been scripping large tracts of land about
the great falls, and securing valuable Goa
lands and mineral properties. 1t is claim
ed that the coal taken from the Sand Cou
lee mines will make a fine grade of coke
which would be cheaply supplied to the
smslter at Wicks through the medium Of
the Helena & Great Falls line when built
and the smelters at Butte and Anaconds
through connection at Helena with the
Northern Pacific and at Garrison with the
Utah Northern and narrow-guage brancl
of the Union Pacific. The greatest draw
back would be the breakage of bulk a
Garrison, assuming that the projected
line would be broad guage. However, thi:
might be obviated by the laying of athirt
rail on broad and narrow guages. The
bulk of the coal now used in these smell
tiers is
BROUGHT FROM PENNSYLVANIA
and costs about 1922 per ton. It could bt