Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1887-1890, 1888-05-09
GROWING GREATNESS
NOTEWOnTxkN OPINIONS EXPRESSED
M fSBsERvANT VISITOR.
Mr.. Good 8lt4Einds Much to Admire In the
Cata Ay-He Speaks of the
II fJinS KRST asad of the General
# "A eS3 Outlook.

SsStg Outlook.
AJl INV gauoH win, Of the Salt Lake Tribune
gives IA AMI Journal the following note
of N visit which hs made TO this cit.
~ about a month ago. ~
After skirting the 9so1sEyr1 on its west
ern bank number mil ts4ss, the railwa.
crosses the Dearborn, and few mile
further spans Sun river, and then form'
junction ith the Manitoba opposite the
=, town 1T GrsSf Falls. A bridge across the
friver permits our train to run into town
I and We s0oI and ourselves at the Park
hotel, built after the style of summer
resort house with modern Improvements.
The town il a. new and has been so wide
" " advertised that an impartial mention of
it is not out of place in this letter. The
Missouri III bSnt 200 feet wide here, its
course bein9 Sarly north above town, but
swings arp( Mellow and runs nearly due
east. This makes pretty location, since
q To the sOuth and west there is a backing
Nof mounts II while all east for thous-
and milegHS open, undulating prairie.
Like al on the edge Of plains and
mount ln1 e atmosphere must be pure
since III III NJ time tie become stagnant.
The Towne!t company appear to own all
the land 81 x4ch side of the river for
miles around and have staked out enough
blocks fol aammoth population. The
town has pxsS 900 people, with many
business h1lises, and a good class Of
brick houses but the majority Of build
ings are wooden structures. Town lots
2 rate high. Business lots are 5Ox15O feet,
and range price from $4,000 to $4,000
each, according to location.
Just bSIo the springs is the location
Of the elnS tiers and refining works to be
erected. 6r. Eilers, of Pueblo, is at the |
head ~ this enterprise. The company
propose u construct and operate the lar
gest works in America. Teams were en-
gagged ing preparing the ground for the
first part Of the plant As the location is
four miles from town and the railway,
the Montana Central company is build
ingla branch TO the works. Water power
car be obtained by canal from Black
Eagle Falls. One mile further down the
river Is Rainbow Falls, extending in an
elongated s. across the river. When seen
BY the writer ne falls presented the beau
tiful appearance of silvery net or lace
work being drawn downward. The
depth 8of water was just right for the
most pleasing effects. The descent is
about 20 feet ~ Which so feet is one fall.
lighting on asshelf and then splashing off
and down I'M feet more. The townsite
e company has prepared suitable stairs so
that Visitors can easily see the falls from
many Joints above and below.
dlx miles further down stream is the
Mlarsat Falls %of the Missouri" where \
there is plunge Of 80 feet but there is
lAg4e beauty in Rainbow than in the l
nter falls. Sun River valley is a 100 /
miles long; Dearborn valley skirts the \
@0untains and is good farming district. /
The valleys have much trade that Great
Falls IA we'll located to catch. Off south
east ~ miles, are the Sand Coulee coal
1elds, very extensive and now tapped by 1
! branch of the Montana Central and the 3
mines promise TO supply Montana with Il
most of its coal y y
Neihart il a good silver-lead district, II
!nly ~ miles away and beyond Sand
and the road is going there. In A
WQ or three imonths the Montana Central
Vill have its main line extended to Butte
nd8 Anaconda, tapping the mines and +
meters to get ore and market coal y
here is q probability of some of the big
0pper mines Of Butte sending ores to
areat Fails for reduction. With cheap
cheap fuel, and small freight rates
Aeyssls no reason why an immense smell
MI AaA refining plant cannot make.
S3s& NY cess at Sc favorable a point as the
1154n on the Missouri near the Falls. r
0ntana Central has light grades, an
ent road which was constructed at Mi
~ than any road running in Mon II
=. II can be cheaply operated. Is
l. " can be said of the Manitoba. -
My, so well and favorably known y y
Lake, is general manager of the IS
Central, and naturally enough 50
l0nging desire to extend his - -
nv Lake City. When it gets in 81
will place the Manitoba nearer F
City than any of the roads AZ AZ
hither, and it may soon rush in. acc
Mat company built two hun inf
more road than it would take
heir line from Butte to Salt
Pre- is SO much rivalry now for ,
railway construction that new y
pm completed when undertake
companies as are seeking =.
Aa Montana.
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