The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-05-04

boutooo G0at 0n6 gwen 70 mOuCAn6 place
ern states and territories. In no other Dor
ton of the United States is there a more
profitable field for investment than Montana
presents, and Park county with it's noun
tains of coal, gold, silver and lead and
marble marble sandstone, limestone. oil
farming lands and bonntifuIt water a
opportunities to realize 40 and SO per cent
on Investments, or in mining from 100 to
3OO per cent; to the farmer unparalleled
opportunities to grow rich in the cultiva-
ton OF the rich loamy soil Of the many
the Yellowstone, and market for the sale
OF his produce; to the stockmen, the cattle
and sheep business offers rich rewards; to
the miners and mechanics and laborers
plenty OF employment at good wages. To
the investor no mistake can be made in
The Inducements held out to the capitalist
can be readily seen, as there is no more
favored location in the state for the Judi
cious placing of capital in city with such
varied and substantial resources and posi-
bilities for the future. That Livingston
assured, 1t is annually visited by many
thousands of tourists, as it is the
gateway to the national park; when
the news shall be received of the
granting of a right of way to
the wonderful Cooke City mining region,
boom. It will witness the influx and distri-
button of capital and the doubling of popu-
lation in six months. And the branch road
to Castle will also be constructed. This is
about IS miles to the north, and the ores of
that district will meet the ores of the New
VALID district, there to be mixed together
and reduced to the precious metals they
contain in the frey smelter furnaces. Liv-
ingston is on the brink of that prosperity
which must be hers, and even now its pros
perity is second to none in Montana.
At Livingston there is located to-day the
shops between Brainerd, Mimi, and Port
land, on the Northern Pacific. Strenuous
efforts were made by other Montana cities
to secure these shops, but on account of it's
location, being equi-distant from the
points named, this place was selected.
the western terminus of the prairie divisions,
and the eastern terminus of the mountain
divisions. The Northern Pacific shops have
-beensan, important factor in the growth and
development of Livingston and have been
of permanent and lasting benefit. They
furnish employment for nearly 200 men and
are complete in every detail. During the
last fiscal year ffty-two locomotives were
overhauled and repaired. besides hundreds
of cars and cabooses, aud the work is con-
stantly increasing, with the number of men
empigSysd Increasing ,,, proportionatey. I'll The
co.,. all Of which goes through the
business channels of Livingston. The
machine shop is .12Ox2O2II5::feet car
shops 67x152 feet; round-house IA stalls;
there is also an engine house, boiler-house,
blacksmith shop 42x312 feet, car shops, in
spector's Office, pump and sand house, oil
house, capacity Is ,3O4 gallons, lumber sheds,
platform, iron and coal house, turn-table,
chimney 1l5 feet high, two large coal bunk
ers and two water tanks. A careful esti-
mate of the value of these buildings and
plant is $4,000. In addition to the car
shops the Northern Pacific has built at Liv-
ingston the finest passenger depot and of
fee building between St. Paul and Helena.
1t is large two story brick structure.
The freight business of railroad at any
given point gives good idea of the stand
ing of any community and Livingston takes
fifth place in rank in the cities of Montana,
Butte, Helena, Anaconda, Missoula and
Livingston being in the order named. The
following figures are furnished by Freight
Agent Merriman at that point:
During the last fiscal year there were re-
ceiyed total of 921 carloads of freight
while the shipments amounted to 1857, or
total of 1858 carloads handled at that
point. The receipts included 298 cars of
lumber, So of brick, 81 of beer. hay %,
sheep 30, sugar ID, Il salt, 10 wire. 81 flour.
~ can ROOu6, 81 OaGs, 81 cars OF horses,
wagons and agricultural implements, IA
furniture. II oil, IA machinery. The ship
ments included the following carloads.
representative of the resources Of Livings-
ton: Bullion II, brick IA, coke $40, cattle
1Ol, coal 444, hides IL, hay So, horses 80,
hogs 2, iron l, lumber 342. lime 33, sheep
121, sand 81, wool 20. Big Timber, !
short distance from Livingston, is large
cattle and sheep shipping point.
The total receipts for the past year were
"a. 458, ia pounds, representing SIZE. IA
in earnings. There were forwarded during
that time 81, Sc, $40 pounds, or $40, 225 16
in earnings. The total freight handled
was SO, 1884 pounds, showing the total
earnings to be $685., 683.3O.
Agent Merriman says that to show how
Livingston has progressed during the past
six months it is only necessary to give
comparative statement of the business of
that period compared with the cor
responding period of last year, which is
very hatterinR and is as follows:
MoNTH--1sss. BusINEssI MoNTH-1889. BUSINESS
November. ....... 81 saS November. $35 22S
December. 1855 December. S3217
1884. 1890.
January. ...... 12,275I January ..... 1O684
February. $3.50 February 25472
March. ........... 1852 March. ....... 2528O
Anril 16 4S6 nril tn 9th II aQ7