The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1891-11-14
OFFICIAL
General Manager Mohler Visits Butte
Business Men-Great Northern
PrOieCty.
From the Butte Miner.

from the Butte Miner.
General Manager Mohler of the Great
Northern spent the day yesterday in town
visiting the business men and making
himself acquainted with the needs of the
shippers at this end of the great system
under his care. He has a high opinion
of the destiny in store for this city, be-
lieving that it will grow to immense pro-
portions in a very few years. His visits
were all welcomed by the merchants ev-
erywhere he went, as it is the first in
stance in their experience where the gen.
eral manager of a ans-continental road
has personally inquired into their needs
The special that brought Mr.. Mohler
here was drawn by one of the ten-wheel
HOgg engines which the Great Northern
will put on between here and Helena for
freight and to haul the ore trains to
Great Falls when the Boston and Mon
tana smelter begins operations. There
will be six in this division. The engine
Is of such weight that it was deemed adj
visable, as a precautionary measure, to
summon John Heron. civil engineer of
Helena, to st. Paul to accompany the
engine on its initial trip to test the
bridges between st. Paul and this city.
The locomotive passed them all in safety.
The ordinary locomotives can take nine
cars comfortably over the divide, but
these more powerful machines can take
% loaded cars up the grade with ease.
MIR. MOhler has arranged to extend a
great convenience to the travelling pub
liz hnrn Hn hnc rtun, fNrtnrc that fhn
dining-car service be extended to Butte.
cars will come in or the morning and
evening trains.
The management of the Great North
ern has begun the work of improve
ments on the line of the road which will
make it, when completed, n of the
most solid and substantial of the trans
continental roads. A million dollars at
least will be expended on the line be-
tween here and Great Falls alone. As
stated Oh a previous occasion in these
columns, the improvements contem-
plated involve arcbing all the tunnels
with stone and brick lining, re-
placing the t~restles that do not
span water courses with earth fills
and putting in steel bridges where a fill
is impracticable. The t~restles of the
road are reported to be perfectly safe in
their present condition and good for five
years yet, but the desire of the company
is to make the roadway a permanent one
for all time. The Wickes tunnel will be
the first to be refined. A stone wall will
be built on each side of the tunnel to be
surmounted by a brick arch. Thus
lined it will be strong enough to break
the vibration that NAV be expected from
the heavy ore trains passing through to
Great Falls. When the Wickes tunnel
is finished all the smaller tunnels will be
similarly protected, Such a thing as 9
cave-in in the tunnels of the road will
then be out of the question.
Mr.. Mohler yesterday selected a site
for the location of the round-house in
tended to replace the one burned down
which will have eleven stalls.
The general manager resumes his triI
over the road this morning and will in
spect the western extension into the
Flathead.