The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1891-04-18
THE BRIDGE QUESTION,
Every Taxpayer in Cascade County should
Vote for the Fifteenth Street Bridge on
April 2B and Own without Costing
"a Nickle An Elegant Iron
Wagon Bridge Free to
Everybody.
Read the Following Proposition of Gregg
and Barbour Carefully Then
show II to Your

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show II to Your Neighbor.
70 THE HONORABLE BOARD OF COUNTY CoM-
nIssIosERs OF THE COUNTY OF CASCADE, STATE
Whereas. Your honorable board has this day
passed 9 resolution to submit TO 2 vote Of
the question az to whether the bonds of said
county in the sum Of thirty-hve thousand dol
lars 1885, 600 shall be issued for the purpose OF
constructing, OF aiding in the construction OF a
certain bridge across the Missouri river at or
near the point of Intersection of an extension
north of Fifteenth street in the city of Great
Falls. with said river, we. the undersigned. make
the following proposition to your honorable
Provided. A good and substantial free wagon
bridge shall be built and completed over and
across the said Missouri river at the point above
specified, on or before the first day of January.
Provided. Yunr honorable board shall grant to
the Undersigned "A franchise for the term OF
twenty years to cross said bridg. with a standard
gauge electric motor, horse or cable street car
track and to operate a line OF street cars there
upon, with such style Of rail as not to ,obstrnct
wagon, traffic across said bridge; said franchise
not to be- exclusive.
As a consideration for the building of said
bridge and the granting OF the said franchise
above referred to, we hereby agree to convey to
the said county Of Cascade. by good and sutfi-
cient warranty deed, free and clear from AL in
cumbrances and liens, lots in the city OF North
Great Falls, in said county and stat. to an ag-
gregate amount in value equal to the cost OF the
construction of said bridge.
The valuation Of said lots to be based upon
the printed price, list the eof heretofore issued
bearing date the 9Th day of February. A. ID. 1890.
Said lots to be selected by three persons; one
Of said persons to be cho"en by your honorable
board, one by the Undersigned, and tn two to
choose the third persou.
Said lots TO be selected from the lots held by
the undersigned, Ashburn X. Barbour as trustee;
AZ the date of said selection. The number of
corner lots selected in each block TO be IN the
same proportion to the number OF inside lots
selected In said block. AZ the number of corner
l.t. ! lao - N snl1rtnI nra tn the nnmbpr OF corner
lots so held by said trustee in said block. The
number Of lots selected on summit avenue, TO
bear the same proportion to the, whole number
To be- selected. as tie number of lots so AZ afore-
said held by said trustee on SAID avenue bears Ia
the whole number of lots 30 held by said trustee;
The intention being to select from each KIND
of lots such "A proportion of the whole number
to be selected. as the number Of such KIND so as
aforesaid held by said trustee bears to the whole
Said lots to be distributed throughout the en-
tire plat of North Great Falls in AZ nearly an
e~qnitahl" ratio AS is possible. -, H..
Dated at Great Falls, Montana, this 18th day
A. X. BARBOUR. Trustee.
j. O. GREtiG.
The above named gentlemen are the
owners of property III the vicinity Of
Great Falls to the value of several hun
dred thousand dollars. and are perfectly
responsible and able to carry out the
above proposition to the letter.
In connection herewith we beg leave
to state that Immediately upon the com
plction of said bridge. said lots SO offered
will he enhanced one hundicd per- cent.
ia raiUe. thereby making the aggregate
value of the lots decided to equal or cX-
coed trice the cost IF said bridge. which
lots can readily be sold from time ia
time To cuncei the bOHiS as they mature
witLout Ierying u tar upon the property
$500, e T,,.n,l, ,.t,nt,. md haNrn rn.
maining enough lots to pay for the cree
ton of another bridge below Black Eagle
falls. when the city shall have extended
to that point. The erection of "a great
dam across the river at Black Eagle falls
and the beginning of the construction OF
. a great smelling and refining plant on
/. the north side of the river, and the
selection of the sites for other plants
equally as extensive on the south side
and the probabilities of many otheI
great manufactures rapidly locating OF
=. the two sides of the Missouri between
! the Black Eagle Falls and the Rainbow
falls. has created an immpdidtc dendH,
! for greater Jociiities for direct com
munication for wagons and carriages be
tween the two sides of the river, midWa,
between the present city and the grca'
manufacturing district at the falls. which
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