The Great Falls leader. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1888-1900, 1889-08-28
Manitoba Pacific | Extension.
General Thomas Talks out Loud OH
Puget Sound.
Will be Pushed to the Pacific With
out Delay.
Great Falls Will be the Central and
Distributing Point.

A few days ago General Thomas, one of
the most prominent railroad magnates of
the country and directly connected with
the eastern divisions of the St. Paul,
Minneapolis & Manitoba system, after
leaving Great Falls, went over to Tacoma !
and other points on Puget Sound to de-
termine about western terminus for the
Pacific extension of the Manitoba, which
is to be built at an early day. To re-
porter of the Tacoma Globe the general
remarked:
I'VE are here OH pleasure trip and to see
some Of these Sound ports," said the general
"You keep up such Il beating of tOm-toms out
here, that We cannot be satisfied until we come
out here and see what you have. have never
been west before--not this far. We speak Of
tout west'' when We refer to Duluth and Minne-
apolis.
II have been SO much interested In southern
roads for the last ten years that have paid little
attention to this part Of the world but since
have become interested in the South Shore and
tho Manitoba WANTED to come out here and see
where the road was going to before took too
much interest in It,"
"Will the Manitoba come to Tacoma in the near
futureP"
"Well, it will come through to the Sound at
some point, and before great while. The work
will be pushed ahead now. Mr.. Hill Is drawing
toward Spokane, and will come to the Sound us
fast as the work can be done. There will be one
great city here that will be the town. and don't
know which one that Is to be- have heard
great deal about Seattle and Fairhaven and
Townsend. They will all, suppose, make good
towns, but there is one Of them that will be the
city and all the others will be tributary Where
ever that point Is the railroads Will all center
This is u wonderfully rich country here Your
timber alone will yield an immense revenue for Il
number Of years. and then your coal and iron and
other minerals will take Its place There has
been almost us much growth, In the iron and coal
regions of Tennessee, Georgia and Alabama, as
here in these western towns, largely due to north
ern energy and northern capital. Your town is
the oleanest, busiest, most go-alead town that
have ever seen, and l like the looks Of 1t very
much. You want to go ahead here and get a
steamship lire to Asia. We Will Work with you
we are every o't as ANXIOUS us you W se' 'l'''
'nnsn, .w4 a,o ,,,d,c.,,sa NOW nv these canaa;a,
roads with their subsidized steamships, which are
, paid forby the government, and all their losse
paid by the government, uhtll 'hey are On pay
na.,rssamt.tva ns IN conorass Then viii he tn
l time to make strong effort to get the llne We
on the Atlantic, are as anxious as you are mere o
t tne faclhc' u see 'hls nne S s.al.eu a., o,.
i will, he :" said he. "1built a railroad through t
d Michigan CITY, at the head Of lake Michigan, whe
it looked as though that was to be the great city
when chicago was unnearn , o' NOV NOV .ne sn' SUI
." ca ot u,ron Ohio rhe time was whe
that was il greater place than Cleveland. The
- Aannss was city a,'d Toledo not even stol d
ping place lor ,he snpg .n"' Tears ~el'. "s m ha
GOOD H mar, many Hurons on the sound. There will ais
= be good many live little towns, but only on
great city, that will he known al over the world
Is into sight ON this side of the Cascades will it