Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1887-1890, 1888-04-18
THE CATARACT CITY.

"IOW Go you IKE our city, MajOH?
swell, I had read and Heard a good
deal about Great Falls, but I find that I
underestimuted your growth and pros
poets. You have here the framework of
a young Chicago, for you have immense
water power, and plenty of coal, iron and
limestone. Near by for 30 OF do miles is
nothing in these days 1 see YOU have
also vast deposits of silver and gold ores.
which will supply raw materials for the
great smelter which observe you are
building. In addition to this you have
around you -watered, fertile coun-
try, which contains millions of acres that
have never known plowshare. Great
Falls has made Il splendid start, and is
now closely linked with Dakota by the
trunk line from Fargo to this city Why.
my FRIEND" continued Major Edwards
with emphasis, ''you hold the four aces,
and unless some one comes along with a
straight flush, which, to judge from nv
limited experience, is very unlikely, you
will get away with the j. p"
"You think well Of our railroad inter
ests, no doubt, Major?" said the recorder,
putting leading question.
"Decidedly. In addition to her great
ualuIul advantages, NreaL rails enlOyS
the good will Of the ablest tinancier and
greatest railroad king Of the age, James
j. Hill, as well as that of his Montana
prototype, Colonel G. A. Broadwater, who
we regard as almost one of ourselves in
Dakota
"This support" continued Major Ed
some farmers in the Red River valley
criticise Mr.. Hill, the impartial
observer of events, must nd
admit that owing to his genius, ability
and energy the great upper Red River
valley is gridironed with network of
railroads, which brings the markets of
the world to the door of almost every
producer and enables our farmers to hold
their own against the keenest competi-
tiOn in foreign markets."
"sPRoUTING ALL OVER"
"What are the latest Manitoba develop
ments in your quarter?'
"The Hill system is sprouting all over.
The Manitoba, as we call it for short, has
three extensions heading for the Missouri
river, and beyond. 1t is building a road |
of its own into West Superior and Duluth. |
But, best OF all, in order to secure proper
handling and cheap transit, for the wheat
of Dakota, Mr.. Hill, with his characters
tic energy and ability, born of genius, has
resolved to place at Duluth a fleet of large
steel steamers, to carry the wheat across
the great lakes to Buffalo, when it will be
sent to the seaboard by the Erie canal.
By this masterstroke he controls a route
from the heart of Montana and the broad
PLAINS of Dakota to the Atlantic seaboard,
him to carry freight independ-
emily OF all steamboat pools and combi-
nations"
"In this great work." added Major Ed
wards, she is aided by able men. Mr..
Hill is good Judge of men, and appreci-
ates ability. In Mr.. Marvel, the general
he has a careful, conservative,
ong- headed lieutenant, who is Il thorough
master of railroad management. Mr..
Ives is also an able member of the staff.
could see by the push, enterprise and
20 of the people here that they are of the
ype which Mr.. Hill likes to have around
lin, and entrusts with the development ]
If his large enterprises. He believes in
'oung men and encourages them"