The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1891-06-27
SENATOR GIBSON's VIEWS.
Great Falls in Good Favor East. Exceed
ingIy Bright Prospects for This City.

Great Falls in Good Favor East.-Exceed-
insly Bright Prospects for This City.
CSenator Paris Gibson although under
the charge of a physician, during his So
journ in the east, was not at any time
forgetful of Great Falls and he is likely
to have something of interest to say at
the meeting of the Board Of Trade this
afternoon. He spent some time in New
York, Boston, Chicago, st. Paul and
Minneapolis, and at each of these places
found that much interest is manifested
in this young and vigorous city.
1T is surprising said Mr.. Gibson, "to
note the interest taken in Great Falls in
those great cities. Wherever | went !
found people anxious to gain information
about this city, and those who have in
vestmcnts here or have at some time
visited the city invariably expressed the
utmost confidence in the future of the
town. This thing was 50 general that /
came to the natural conclusion that the
people of New York. Boston, and other
eastern cities have a better opinion of
Great Falls than her own citizens. OF
all the places / visited l would say Bos-
ton is first in regard for the Cataract
city. AS you know, there is already a
great deal of Boston capital invested
here, and if / read the indications
Alright a beginning IN that direction has
hardly been made. / had an excellent
opportunity of forming an opinion or
this subject, and car say to you that
many influential citizens of Boston are
taking a lively interest in Great Falls;
and the same is true, while perhaps not
in as great a degree, in all the financial
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If such a thing is possible, Mr.. Gibson
is more enthusiastic than ever over the
PROSPECTS of Great Fails. lie learned at
the Boston Office of the b. & NJ. company
that work on the smelter here is to be
pushed with all possible rapidity. He
gives the highest Importance to the fact
that the Boston IL Montana is to build a
mammoth refinery and thinks the time
is near at hand when all the copper of
Montana will be refined at this place,
where power without limit can be secur-
ed at a minimum of cost. Electricity is
the great factor in this process and at NJ
place in the world can it be generated
I. cheaper than here. Without speaking
by authority he expressed the belief that
the Anaconda refinery would be located
at Great Falls. AS to the Butte Il Bos-
ton. he said that company will certainly
, build their,new smelter at this place. II
there is "a marked improvement in the
copper market they may begin opera
! tons this season and assuredly work on
this great plant will be under way next
t spring.
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"While the prospects for these and
other great enterprises are very encour
a aging" said the senator, 1--WE should moi
| lose sight of small things. Great Falls
/, is to be a manufacturing as well as
! smelling city and no efforts should b,
I spared to induce manufacturers to 10
; cate with us. Greater opportunities are
presented to them here than in any othet
! city of the northwest and We SHOULD
keep this fact before the public. Thu
Board of Trade and our citizens gener
G ally should be alive to the Importance o
D., this matter"