The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-06-29
CITY NEWS AND GOSSIP,
Mr.. Seligman Returns from New
York and Speaks Of the Helena
and Castle Road.
Reason for the Delay in Equpping
the Steam Motor Line With
Electricity.

Electricity.
DR.. Brookes' Artesian Well-New Fire
Ordinances to be Adopted-Other
Notes of News.
MIR. A. j. Seligman returned from New
York yesterday. He was one of the COM
mittee to interview Messrs. Willard and
Cakes on the matter of securing the Castle
road for Helena. Two days before leaving
New York, Mr.. SeliRman says that he,
Judge Blake and Gov. Hauser had an in
terview with Mr.. Willard, which was just
as encouraging as the conversation had with
President Cakes. Mr.. Seligman believes
that Helena will secure the road. As TO the
subscription of the Helena citizens of
$500, coo. the only effect that had was to
show the interest the people of this city
take in the matter. Mr.. Willard remarked
that there was reguler cable attached to
one end of the money. It the Northern
Pacific proposes to construct the road, it
can easily secure all the necessary funds in
New York at a low rate of interest. 1t has
been suggested, but not by Mr.. Seligman,
that if the people of Helena
would guarantee the interest on
bonds it would be moro beneficial towards
securing the road than the subscriptions to
stock. Messrs. Willard and Cakes being
very friendly towards Helena. Mr.. Selig-
man believes will have good deal to do
towards securing the road and final re-
port is looked for at an early date.
Ell. Carter, who has just returned from
the east and later from Butte. where he
helped to incorporate railway to the Ma
tional Park, has just noticed in the dis
patches a statement to the effect that owing
to the St. Paul and Kansas City road. OF
which he is the general agent for Montana,
being the longer route between st. Paul and
Chicago, the Great Northern could not
make traffic arrangement, and had to call
ON the Burlington route. Mr.. Carter, who
is loyal to his road, objects to this and says
his road is thirty three miles shorter be-
1 tween the points named and proved 1t by
mileage table. He further stated that his
road was the first to inaugurate fast time
between Chicago and St. Saul, making the
fastest time of all roads.
Mr.. E. D. Edgerton returned from the
east yesterday. Latterly he was in st. Pau
and while there paid some attention to mat
ters connected with the steam motor line
Asked when electricity would take the place
of steam on his line, he said that the only
thing now in the way was the acceptance by
Messrs. Power and Sullivan of PROPOSE.
ton for them to pay their pro rata. All the
other shareholders are ready. Mr.. Edger-
ton states that the line in its entirety car
be equipped with electricity for $40, 600 ano
that st. Paul syndicate is willing to as
sumo all the indebtedness of the company
and take the company's bonds for 35,5Oo
If Messrs. Power and Sullivan will no
come to the front it will be only question
of q short time when the change will b.
made. The Sprague system will be intro
duced, which is said to be the best TO
climbing such grades as tho road traverses
The city council held another session las
evening to further consider the revised or
dinances. City Attorney Smith presented
new and voluminous fire ordinance o
J twenty-three typewriter pages. 1t doe
away with the building committe and pro
vides for building inspector. who shall
issue permits and report to the city council
Persons applying for permits will have It
submit plans for the proposed building ant
, give many details as to the foundation, ma
) terial to be used, etc. Provision is ais
f made for be tier fire protection.
Many people in riding out to the Broad
, water wonder what that is going on upol
, Mount Helena. There is a huge fran
8 work that looks like tower. That
where DR.. Brooke is sinking an artesial
we'll and the frame work seen is part of tn
q apparatus for holding the drill. The con
. tract calls for sinking $500 feet, and tn
t work will cost 10000. 1t is said the me
8 who are dong the work guarantee to fin
water. If this we'll proves success it vii
be a great thing for Helena. The we'll wi
} be at an elevation sufficient to reach an
t part of the city, and in the event OF
, proving a success it will be worth man
!. more thousand dollars than DR.. Brooke
Y expanding on the experiment. He deserve
great credit for his enterprise in andertal
ing such commendable task. Some veal
ago N. H. Webster and others started
sink an artesian we'll. They got down 1f
ten men who undertook the work the
: stopped, having expended $4,000.
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