Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1887-1890, 1888-08-11
RAPID PROGRESS.
INTERVIEW WITH MIR
PARIS GIBSON.
he Great Benefits Which the Belt Noun
tain Branch win Confer---The
Copper OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
for the City, A.a-@


Secial interest to our readers.
1--WE have received the good railroad
ws," said the reporter, "and would be
81 ID to have you lmpart any further
rmation you may have on the sub
f"
ii There is probably little more to add
~ What has already been published" was
reply. "You are aware that Colonel
badwater and his chief engineer are
Nv in the field making general recon
issance and Immediately following this
3 engineers will be put in the field,
st as soon as the corps can be organized.
be work of grading and afterwards Of
hck laying will begin at the earliest
facticable day and the road will be fin
bed to point near the Belt mountains.
lat is all there is Of it and don't think
could ask anything better"
Have you any idea what the route will
E?' &%=
None whatever, except what may
Fmise from considerable knowledge
THE country. / should think the road
build strike Belt creek below Castner's,
\ at Blacks ranch, and then follow up
BIT creek to the mouth Of Otter creek,
|ence up Otter to the forks and then up
e north fork Of that creek, which will
Ike them quite near to the Barker and
Eolf creek districts, where they can get
a short time all the ore they can haul.
lit this is only guess. Colonel Broad
hter can tell you more about it when he
BURNS"
F'What good results will follow the
Hiding Of this branch?"
E'Well, they could barely be chronicled
10 page Of the Tribune. It means a
Nv and prosperous era for this region.
hese great mineral camps that have
Eactically lain dormant for years, wait
y cheap transportation, will develop
&pidly and instead Of few hundred
Sople, as now, there will soon be thous-
IDS in the Belt mountains, where many
{psperons mining towns and cities are
ftain to spring up. There is no ques-
IN about the richness Of the mines and
N vast extent Of the mineral field and
~ building of this branch in connection
I'll the great reduction works at Great
lls means the greatest possible pros
rity for Barker, Neihart, Wolf creek and
Der camps IN the Belt mountains. But
good effects will not end there. The
o}e of Northern Montana will be in a
rresponding degree benefited, and
seat Falls, with its smelters and as the
athral supply point for the mountains
ad the entire country tapped by the
pad will reap immense benefits. No other
6gle enterprise could benefit this town
Emuch, and you will see the good re-
Hts very soon"
lis there much inquiry regarding Great
ells in st. Paul and Minneapolis"
sYes, great deal. l do not believe
N other new town in the country is SO.
hch talked Of there or stands so well in
h estimation Of the general public. Tt
ems to be the prevailing opinion that
Feat Falls is bound to be an important
6siness and industrial CENTER"
s'What did you learn in regard to the
Hation Of the Boston and Montsna
helter?"
1.-THE matter was not fully decided
hen I left st. Paul, but, from Informs
on cleaned, I do not believe there is
~ Doubt about its location at Great
bills. Work on the immense plant is to
egin this fall and I think we will hear
Imething definite on the subject before
Ing."
1. How about the passenger train service
the Manitoba q
I'll was given to understand that it would
ION be put on. It is not likely that they
fll run regular passenger trains, with
lners and sleepers, before the Butte tun-
el is completed, but dining cars may be
klt on even sooner"
E'Did you learn anything about the de-
pts for Great Falls?"
Eyes; I made particular inquiries on
he subject and learned that the freight
epot is now being framed at St. Cloud
I'D will be shipped here in a short time.
will be large and commodious struc-
hre. The passenger depot will be built
little later and it will be one Of the fin
BIT on the line this side Of st. Paul."
SIS there anything else that you would
Ike to say to the Tribune readers, Mr..
Iibson?"
"Just one thing, and that is of much
@portance to our town. We have made
necessary arrangements for putting in
complete system Of water works and it
proposed to begin right away and COM
llete them before winter. In this matter
{ in all others affecting the welfare of
2reat Falls, had the great influence Of
Col. Broadwater, and can now say to you
hat the water works are an assured fact.
We submitted plans and specifications of
he proposed works to Mr.. Hill and they
net with his approval. The details of the
work will be determined in a few days"
Having been quite successful in elicit
ng the information desired, the reporter
closed his book and made way for others,
Who were seeking audiences with Mr..
Gibson.
lay CUTTING NEAR FORT SHAW