The Great Falls leader. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1888-1900, 1889-03-10
The Industrial City Of Northern
Montana!
GREAT FALLS CITY.

Wada Waa p5SWkfi4h 10 The Americancontinsntif +
not n On the globe, is the Queen City Of the
she Is within ten miles of the most ex-
tenslve Coal fields and Iron district in the
West, beyond and almost contiguous tn
which are exhaustless mines Of Gold
Silver, Copper and Lead.
she ls In the very heart of a vast Aer1-
cultural and Grazing country Of uneu1si-
ed fertility and capacity.
she IS destined by her natural resour-
&C. ces and geographical position to become
me leading Manufacturing City between
minneapolis and the Pacific, as we'll ~
the Railroad Center of Montans.
She Is already the terminus Of thra.
Railroads, the St Paul, Minneapolis and
Manitoba, the Montana Central and the
sand Coulee Coal Fields Branch,
She has population of nearly 1000
enterprising and intelligent Americans
and is growing rapidly.
She made *l,OOO,OOO worth of i'm,
provements In the year 1883, though only
two years old.
she Is possessed Of one Of the most
healthy, delightful climates on the earth.
the mean winter temperature being about
the same as Southern Ohio or illinois.
and the summer nights being rendered
cool and bracing by gentle mountain
breeZes.
Sne has the most magnificent Iron
bridge across the Upper Missouri, costing
$4,000.
She has magnificent Railway Bridge
spanning the broad, sparkling Missouri
and connecting the East aud West divis-
ions OF the City, the former the busi-
ness and residential, and the latter the loca-
ton OF the railway machine shops, round
house, car works and other extensive ter,
minal establishments.
She has the largest FIGURING Mills tn
Montana.
She has Daily Mail connection. over the
Montana Central, the Scenic Route of the
Northwest, with Helena, the temporary
Capital OF Montana; also with Butte, the
greatest Mining camp on earth, Anaconda,
the Mountain home Of the Monster Cop.
per Smelters of America, Portland. San
Francisco aud Pekin, China,
She has three solid Banking tnstitutions,
She is the County Seat Of the newly
organized County IT Cascade, which a.
ready ranks As the fourth in wealth and
population in Montana.
She has one of the most elegant. COM
modious and comfortable school Houses
in the Northwest.
She has in operation the extensive
Reduction Works Of the Montana Smelt-
ing Company which, when om2leted, will
be the largest on the continent, employ
Ing 1000 men and reducing 1000 tons Of
ore per day.
She has Coal Meaaares Of sufficient ex-
tent to supply the whole Northwest with
the Cheapest and Best Bituminous Coal
on the Continent.
She has facilities for providing tho
necessaries of life--Flour, Meat and Vep-
etables cheaper than elsewhere on the
Continent,
She has unrivaled advantages for Rail-
way transportation and connections with
the markets and business eenters of the
East and West.
She is the natural Centre aud Distribut-
ing Point between the headwaters of
Lake Navigation OH the East and the
Ocean Harbors of Puget Sound on the
West.
She ia Also the natural Centre and Dis
tributing Point between the Canadian.
Pacific on the North and Union Pacific On
the South.
She is destined in the near future to
become u leading Centre for the Manufae,
lture Of Iron and Steel.