Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1887-1890, 1888-02-18
Low RATES ASSURED.
The Montana Central and Manitoba tn
Run Fast Trains in Early Spring.

The Montana Central and Manitoba to
Run Fast Trains in Early Spring.
The Montana Central is preparing
actively for the spring traffic and in con
nection with the Manitoba will run fast
passenger trains daily between st. Paul.
Great Falls and Helena, in April. In
one or two months later these splendid
trains, which are to have s%leeping ard
dining cars, will be u to Butte.
General Manager Shelby gives some
solid facts regarding the Montana Central
IN a prospectus which he is about t. pub
lish. Regarding the route, it SAYS:
"This line trayerses a vast plain from
st. Paul to the gateway of the mountains.
a distance of 1,100 miles, thence through
a series of five tunnels to Helena, forming
a through line of practically a water level
the entire distance. From Helena to
Butte 1t passes the main range of the
Rockles with a series of five more tun-
neis, forming the shortest line between
Butte, st. Paul, Chicago and other east
ern, southeastern and northeastern
points. This portion of the line will be
laid with 75-pound steel rails and 1900
ties to the mile, and will be comn1eted
about June 1, 1885"
This good showing for the route is fol-
lowed by reference to the purpose of he
road to aid the development of Montana:
with new equipment, light grades and
easy curves, the heaviest steel rails. and
the most substantial road bed in the west.
we may justly claim superiority over ali
competing lines; with these natural ad-
vantages for cheap transportation. pos
sessed by no other line. We can and will
aid IN the development of the mineral
and other resources of Montana. in a
manner hitherto unknown in the history
or the territory, having already made a
reduction in merchandise rates from the
east from 10 to 90 per cent"
Merchants will appreciate the following
statement relative to the Montana Central
as a Montana railroad in fact as we'll as in
name:
"The Montana Central is a home insti-
tuition, built by Montana men and largely
by Montana capital, with a local manage
ment which has full power to decide
promptly all questions relating to traffic,
thus avoiding the delay which must nee
follow when such matters are
referred to parties in the east; while its
earnings will be largely expended in the
In future extensions of its sys-
tenn. Hence we respectfully solicit, and
believe we merit the support of the peo-
pie n shippers of Montana. All claims
loss, damages or overcharge are
promptly settled on the spot"
In enumerating the merits of the Mon
ana Central as a scenic route, colonel
speaks with just pride of the
three magnificent canyons" on the Mis-
'our1 "Where the great commissions of
nature have formed the primitive rocks
nto the most fantastic shapes, with pro-
portions Of such immensely as to be at
W inspiring and beyond the power
It language to describe, equaling in
grandeur, if not in area, the finest seen
Try On the continent" The general man
ger also says:
This is the safest and most delightful
QUITE for the traveller to take from Mon
ana to b e east. 1t has no equal owing
D the absence OF danger from the steep
high and dangerous t~restles, or
harp curves along preeipitous noun
an sides, which exist on other lines.
70 other line of railway in Montana can
ford Its patrons the same comforts, con-
e%nieaces, safety and economy of time to
e had on this road"
ooloHel cielpy also makes a good point
hen he says:
"The Montana Central Railway Com
any is keeping pace with the demand for
heap and quick transportation. and in
rider to preserve, as far as possible, the
nIformly light grades of its connection,
as tunneled through the mountains in
cad of climbing over them.a
Great Falls may point with pride-ro
GROW a phrase from politicians-to the
ositlon she holds as the northern termi-
Us OF the great route S 0 well described
the above extracts. When this route
acomes widely known, it will be Gus
mary for passengers to stop over here
see this growing city, the cataracts of
le Missouri, and the great industrial
orks OF the Montana Smelling Com
any