The tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1890-1890, 1890-03-26
ASSURED GROWTH.
VARIOUS AND STRONG OPINIONS TO
THAT EFFECT.
Coal, Water Power, Railroads., Minerals,
Agriculture, Manufactures, All
Unite to Guarantee the Rap
i'd Development of
Great Falls.

A TRIBUNE reporter addressed the
question, "why will Great Falls grow
rapidly?' to a number of our citizens to-
day, and below we submit some of the
u~nanswerable replies:
PARIS GIBsoN-Great Falls will grow
rapidly because it has the material, more
than any other inland city of the west, to
give employment to men. No othertown
in the United States has as large and
available water power as Great Falls,
with extensive fields of excellent coal ad-
jacent to it, and all surrounded by ranges
of mountains containing gold, silver, iron
and lead ores. No unprecedented man,
familiar with Great Falls and its sur
%roundings, can resist the conclusion that
it is located in the midst of unusual re-
sources for maintaining large industries.
The men who are establishing themselves
at Great Falls are largely from the man
ufacturlng districts of the east, and
through them u special advantages are
being constantly advertised where it will
do the most good. The impression enter
invariably is, that our coal and water
power will make a great city here.
Through the agency of electricity We are
evidently on the eve of far greater, devel-
opments from water power than could
have been dreamed Of a few years ago.
st. Paul and Minneapolis are preparing
to transmit for miles the power of the
Mississippi at the Meeker island rapids,
and great results are looked for. But
how insignificant is that power compared
with any of the four falls of the Missouri,
controlled by the Great Falls Water
Power company. Through the agency of
electricity the enormous power of these
falls can be applied for miles around, in
various industries, from the weaving of
delicate fabrics to the operation of the
heaviest machinery. There is hardly a
limit to the results that may be achieved
at Great Falls by water power,
electricity and cheap coal. The large en-
terprises already established at this place
show clearly that its advantages are ap-
preciated, and that capital and labor will
concentrate here rapidly and on a scale
of great magnitude. Minneapolis is al.
ready a large manufacturing city, more
so by its superior advantages for the en-
ployment of capital and labor. Great
Falls and Spokane Falls will each grow
rapidly, for the same reasons, and will
become in a few years large inland cities.
In my opinion, however, Great Falls will
in time give employment to more men
than either Minneapolis or Spokane Falls,
because of its cheaper fuel, more extern
sive water power and greater mineral re-
III. U. C~howen-It seems to me that
is a combination of all the forces of
backed by the most favored cir
cumstances so far as man controls them,
to make Great Falls grow rapidly. There
is hardly a natural resource lacking,
and to name them would be to gothrough
the entire catalogue. The great
mineral wealth of the Belt mountains
will help to enrich and populate this city
to that end will play a more promi-
len part than one might suppose at first
Great Falls will be the smelling
supply point for the many prosper
JUS camps that will spring up in the ad-
accent mountains, and will grow with
heir growth. These mining camps will
lave transportation facilities in = short =.
line, and that marks the era of their
apid development. Great Falls will keep
,ace with every step forward they take.
While our coal, water power, railroads,
&C., are important factors in the growth
f this city, the $4,000 people within our
orders 3years hence will ascrioe much CT /
heir prosperity and the remarkable pro- /
ress made to the mines and miners of the
'elt mountains.
CHAs. M. WEBsTER-Why will Great 7
all grow rapidly? Give me your pencil
minute and l will show you II pyramid
reasons: