Great Falls tribune., 1889-10-09
ANOTHER RAILROAD.
GREAT FALLS AND CANADA RAIL.
ROAD COMPANY INCORPORATED
IL viii Run a Railroad From Here tc
Tie Canadian Lit e-Another Rail.
rond Will Connect 1t with the
Canadian Pacific

As may be seen by the legal ADVERTISE
ment in another column, the Great Falls
and Canada railway has been duly in
| corporated here and that, IN accordance
with law, the books will be opened for
subscriptions. This is only formality,
Tor the company has at it's command all
the money needed to build and equip the
road.
The company is formed to build rail
way from the Canadian border to Great
Falls. The road will be built from the
Canadian line at point west of the
Sweet Grass hills mining region in Cho-
teau county. 1t will cross the Marias
and come thence to Great Falls by the
most feasible route. The incorporators
are Donald Grant, Donald w. Grant,
Alexander F. Kinsnan, Samuel Grant
and William A. Barr
Donald Grant is the well known rail
road builder who constructed the Mon
tana extension of the Manitoba railroad
from Minot to Great Falls and has also
carried out other large railroad enter
prises. He is now here constructing
with T. Foley, the Minnesota contractor,
the railroad which will connect Great
Falls with the Belt mountains mining
region.
WORK WILL START SOON.
The Great Falls and Canadian railway
company will at once get out ties for the
roadbed and will proceed with its con-
struction without any needless delay.
THE PURPOSE OF THE ROAD.
This important road is to form part of
a railroad from Lethbridge, Canada, to
Great Falls. The railroad is intended to
provide an outlet for the coal mires in
the vicinity of Lethbridge which produce
coal of excellent quality. From Great
Falls this coal will be distributed to
places reached by the Montana Central,
Northern Pacific and Manitoba railroads.
2. IMPORTANT CONNECTIONS.
As Lethbridge is connected by rail
road 40 miles long, with the Canadian
Pacific the new railroad will place Men
tana in connection with the Canadian
Pacific system, thus providing I'LL ad-
ditional route both to the Canadian coast
and the populous regions of Lower Cana
fla, New England and the Atlantic sea-
board.
MONTANA MINES A LEADING FACTOR.
The magnitude OF the mining interests
of Montana IS the primary incentive to
the building of this railroad. 1t is ex
pected that the smelling works and re-
iineries that will be established to reduce
the product OF such mines will consume
immense quantities of the Canadian coal
The capital Of the company is $2,000,000
in shares Of 800 each.
MORE ABOUT TIE ROUTE.
The route Of the Great Falls and Ca
INDIAN railway is described in greater
detail in the act of incorporation filed
here. That document says, in effect, that
the termin of the railroad are located
within the counties Of Choteau and Cas-
cade. The general route is to be as fol-
lows: 1t will commence at point on
the Canadian line about ten miles west of
the west butte of the Sweet Grass hills,
and run thence in southerly direction
to the Marias river, which it will cross at
or near Ford Conrad. The road will
proceed thence into and up the valley of
the Dry Fork branch Of that river, about
ID miles, thence by the most feasible and
direct route to Great Falls.