Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1885-1890, 1886-02-06
INCORPORATED.
The Montana Central Railroad File
Their Certificate OF III
corporation.
Tho Road in all Probability to be Com
pleted to Great Falls During
the Present Year.
Bright Prospects Ahead.

! Herald. 9th inst,
The Montana Central Railroad
company is the title of an important
corporation which today filed certif-
cate in the Office of the secretary Of the
Territory of Montana, the following
prominent citizens of Helena consti-
tuting the body corporate named
therein: Charles A Broadwater,
Charles W. Cannon, Nicholas Kessler,
William B. Raleigh and Benjamin F.
Potts.
According to the document on rec
ord the railroads which it is the pur-
pose Of said corporation to locate,
construct, operate and maintain are to
be located within the county of Lewis
and Clark, in the Territory Of Mon
tana, and are to run within the said
county of Lewis and Clarke, the gen
eral route thereof being defined as
follows: From point in said county
about one mile east of the junction Of
the Northern Pacific railroad with a
railroad extending therefrom to
Wickes, and running thence by the
way Of Helena in northerly direct
ion along the valley Of the Prickly
Pear creek and the Missouri river to
some point near the northeasterly
corner of said county, with a
branch extending from a point
at or near Helena in seuthwesterly
direction along Ten Mile creek to the
Red Mountain at or near Rimini, and
a branch extending from a point at or
near Silver City III a westerly direc-
ton along Silver creek to a point at OF
near Marysyllle.
The above outlines the document as
Of record and conveys to the reader
pretty clear idea Of the purposes Of
the corporation The capital stock
is stated at S1,O00,000
* * hIr, c. A. Broadwater,
recognized leading spirit in these en-
terprises, while at times courteous in
his intercourses with people who have
any legitimate claims upon his indul-
gence, does not on every occasion
meet the demands of news hunters
seeking items Of information concern
ing all the schemes Of a public nature
with which his tireless energy and
push Of character connect him. Re-
ticence, however, has its limits in all
things, al d it seems now that author
iatative knowledge Of pro
jects contemplating very important
internal improvements looking to the
development of some of the tremend
Gus resources thus far relatively dor
mant in Central and Northern Mon
tana. should not altogether be with
held from the general public. It has
taken time to show and convince cap
tai that no field equal to Montana re-
mains unoccupied for the profitable
expansion Of railway construction
that really outside Of the one great
trunk line which crosses the Territory
east and west, and another which fur
nishes through outlet by way Of
brach connection south, no railroads
occupy an almost illimitable domain
rich III every resource of a mighty
commonwealth. A couple of years or
more have been required to chrystal
ize enterprises invited to enter this
attractive field and supply its squire
ments in the form of brach lines of
steel laid track for the quick and
cheap conveyance of vast products of
mines and farms and ranges continu-
ally expanding and growing north of
Helena, as IN other directions. With
out many Of our people knowing it
plans have all this time been matur-
ing for these additional railway facil-
tiles, and the day is now approaching
when operation for their construction
will be actually commenced. This is
undoubtedly true if, as expected,
these projects receive from the com
munities they are intended to reach
and benefit that favorable encourage
ment that has all along been conf
dently relied upon.
Unless obstacles now unforeseen
arise, railway construction in Central
and Northern Montana will commence
and proceed from the opening Of the
present season for some years to come
Good iaen and strong are at the head
Of these grand undertakings and we
cannot doubt their consummation,
with the eountenance and cheer Of
every citizen, every miner and settler,
to beckon forward their endeavors.
It is most probable that the year
1886 will not close without railroad
connection with the great mining dis
tricts Of Red Mountain and Silver
creek, and long distance beyond
reached by the parent stem toward
the vast coal fields and mighty water