Great Falls tribune., 1889-12-07
STREET RAILROAD,
FRANCHISE GRANTED FOR AN EIEC.
TRIO SYSTEM.
The Plant, Cars and General Euuipment
Will be the Best that Money can
Provide-Remarks by c. @.
Parsons

Early IN 1890, Great Falls will be pro
vided with street car system of grea
excellence. twill be operated by cleo
tricity and will be equipped in the bes
manner. 1t will traverse the principa
streets and avenues and will extend tt
the Black Eagle falls, thereby providing
quick communication between the Bos
ton & Montana smelter and refinery a
the west side Of the river. The electric
wires will be overhead the track, thereby
precludlng all risk of accidents such as
arise from wires which are laid near the
surface.
1t may be seen by the report appended
OF the explanatory remarks which Mr.
Charles 0. Parsons of the Boston Il Mon
tana Consolidated Copper and Silver
Mining Co. made before the Great Falls
city council that the enterprise will be
carried out by directors of that great cor
poration, the grant to Francis H. Will
iams OF Boston being made to comply
with legal requirements.
The franchise granted by the city pro-
vldes for extensions at the instance Of the
city council. 1t follows that all parts of
the city and suburbs are ensured liberal
treatment. The townsite and neighbor-
hood are admirably adapted for street
railroads which will enable people to
have comfortable homes apart from the
business centres and manufacturing dis
tricts of the city.
Mr.. Parsons said--Francis H.Williams,
about whom you inquire is leading
Boston physician who is an enthusiast on
electricity and is well known in Boston.
"His heirs, representatives or assigns"
are the gentlemen who will expend
million dollars, within the next year and
a half in this town. The Boston g. Mon
tana company cannot run railways; Its
business is limited to working mines and
operating smelters. But its leading di-
rectors can engage in other enterprises.
Regarding electric railways, l would
say that some are in operation, but the
G" Sa6% wis bkFerul4Syt prefpafeu III B6stoh
where there has been much experience
in street car lines and where people may
travel 28 miles in one direction over con-
Meeting street railroads. In this enter
prise our people mean to do the right |
hing. They have dropped in here $780,,
)0L within the last two weeks and might |!
'ay have myself invested as much as
my one in the room.
The proposed railroad can hardly be
out through for less than 100000. We |
'ould build and equip one for $50,0OO
With what are known in the east as bob |
all cars-cars that have no conductors. |
But we do not want such. We want to
place here street railrord system that I
We will all be proud of.
The Townsite company wanted us to
carry out this work in trst-class man !!
Ter. They asked me the best way to do
10. The failures of electric railroads |
nave been many. In Richmond the cleo
;ric railroad was total failure In Bos-
on $15O,00O have been expended on ex-
oeriments. Our people accordingly de
,ided to put in here an electric railroad
Of the best kind or to put in none at all.
The Townsite company are bound to give
is water power at the other side by the |
first of September next year. 1t may be
l month later at this side. We would at
)nce avail ourselves of this power in run
ming electric railroads. We would use
steam dummies only temporarily. The
l50 bridge carpenters who will be EN-
ployed at the dam and other works will |
want to go up town as quickly as they
can when work is over We all want, in
fact, big plant that will make tie town
howl.