Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1887-1890, 1888-09-08
GOOD OPINIONS.

| r. E. Fisk, the veteran editor OF the
Helena Herald, gives in that journal the
impressions he received of Great Falls
during his recent stay here. Referring
to the general aspect of the town, he
says:
That Great Falls is prettily located goes
without saying. The ground-and there
is Il generous amount of it's us nature
prepared 1t, and no art or device of man
could improve on the original design.
The townsite, of most liberal proportions,
/ has simply accommodated itself to the
metes and bounds Of the lands which the
veteran Paris Gibson foresaw must fur
nish adequate room for the river metrop-
oils of the future. The town itself has
| such a vigorous start that within the year
| that marks it's rail communication with
the world outside there is talk of its mu-
of mercantile establishments in the sew
eral lines of trade that not unfavorably
compare with like houses at any other
point in Montana. Wherein does it sur
pass Helena, if at all? 1t has a broad eA-
pause Of river sweeping gracefully before
it. 1t has natural and artificial parks
| that delight the eye to look upon 1t has
heavy plank walks twelve feet in width
| thanking its main business streets. 1t has
an electric QncandescenD plant that
shines for all from every commercial COR
ner. 1t has the Park hotel, which, for
size and architectural beauty, for num-
Der and neatness Of rooms, for length
and width and elegance of dining hall,
for space of lobby and breadth Of YER
anda, for heating apparatus, for water
supply, drainage and the other convent
ences and necessities of modern cara
vansary is not surpassed, if equalled, in
the territory.
In regard to our general growth Mr..
Fisk, who is well qualified by experience
to estimate the progress Of Montana cit
les, observes: ........
Looking it over carefully, Great Falls
strikes the visitor as healthy, substantial
and prosperous. Buildings of all kinds
are being erected. Notable in the busl-
ness quarter are the iron and stone and
brick blocks erecting by Murphy, Maclay
& Co., Matt Dunn, Power & Mcknight,
Martin Maginnis and others. Residences
are multiplying, but not fast enough to
meet the demand of newcomers. With
its material growth the morals of the
community are looked after, the new
Methodist church adding a fourth to the
houses Of worship. Spanning the Mis-
souri, is an abutment bridge over which
the Manitoba and the Montana Central
trains pass to and fro daily. A second
bridge, Of the Howe truss pattern, meets
every want of the general public for
Wagoning and other purposes.
Mr. Fisk kept in view the industrial
growth of our sturdy suburbs-the smelter
and Sand Coulee. His opinion on these
is broad and liberal. He says
Three miles below the town, connected
by rail, is the great smelling plant, now
we'll advanced toward completion. The
community OF two hundred mechanics
and workingmen here may be called a
suburb of the town proper. Construction
work on several Of the buildings will oc-
cupy the autumn months and perhaps
run into the fore part of winter. A magni-
ficent mansion is that building for supt,
| Child, at a cost variously estimated at
from $4,000 to $4,000. In beauty of
architecture it will compare with any one
OF the regal houses of Helena. The office
building, presided over by Mr., Lauben-
heimer, is another structure of striking
elegance and artistic proportions.
~,la the .agp9site. aireGttii2ep, lf dfyw Ahjafs
coal mining at Sand Coulee is getting a
big start. Here a community of several
hundred has cometo stay and will remain
a permanent fixture and profitable neigh
Dor of Great Falls. The day is near that
will see long trains laden with coal steam
ing away for Helena and Butte and other
points carrying their cargoes of fuel to
market. Iron ore is in profusiou near at
hand and limestone in abundance, and
manufacturing on large scale is an as
surance of the early future. Altogether,
the outlook seems as promising for Great
Falls as its most sanguine citizens picture
to the visitor who tarries for day within
its hospitable gates.