The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1892-06-25
NEWS AND GOSSIP.
Seen and Heard in the streets and in the
Corridors.

Seen and Heard in the streets and in the
Corridors.
Great Falls is almost isolated from
the other cities in Montana by the great
damage done to railroad property by the
recent floods" said a well known bust
ness man Wednesday, land | am almott
afraid we will not have rail %communica-
ton again for thirty or forty days at
least. The mining camps of Barker and
Nelhart are already suffering owing to
the lack of facilities for obtaining sup
plies and business in this city is q%uieter
IMAM usual as a result of the washouts.
We must have another railroad in here,
and it will be a welcome day for Great
Falls when the Burlington extension
reaches this city Another citizen who
recently made the trip from Helena, partly
by wagon, partly by rail. said, in referring
to the washing away of the railroad track
in the Prickly Pear canyon: ~ do not
know much about railroad construction,
put from what | saw coming through
49, >""soh 'hihh ! WouIu prefer 10
undertake the building Of the road in
the first place than to repair the dam
age The Great Northern is
making every effort to repair the damage
as soon as possible, but the condition of
the ground and the state Of the weather
renders progress very slow. General
Manager Mohler is now on the scene
viewing the remains of the track the
other side Of Craig and will probably
return TO this city today.
~
New York mar at present sojouIn-
ing in this city remarked yesterday: Il
never saw as safe places to make loans as
Montana and eastern Washington. The
farmers here have a home market fer
all they can raise at good prices. The
large towns and villages are very pros
porous on account of the great mining
interests in the northwest. More people
are engaged in mining than in all the
other industries, This is why the farm
ers OF the states | have mentioned can
not raise enough to supply the demand.
This gives them good prices for their
products, much higher than the Kansas.
Nebraska. Minnesota and the Dakota
farmers receive"
#a#
Few people realize the cost of stop
ping a train" said a well-known railroad
man yesterday. Each stop of a minute
costs the company an actual outlay of
between So and 81 besides the extra
strain on the machinery in starting up
again. Everyone has noticed the painful
effort of horses in starting a heavily
laden street car or omnibus. 1t is lust
so with machinery the stopping makes
the hardest work. not the continuous
going. That is the reason. too. why il is
injurious to a watch to let it run down"
TX
Fasts have their political significance.
as everything may, in popular govern
ments. Jefferson and the E%piscopalians
OF Virginia united in a colonial fast day
when the revolution was Matching out
under the wise brooding of the Guelph
goose, who then sat on the royal nest of
England. He succeeded in producing
the American eagle a bird having some
OF the anserine traits. however, of it's
%broOding parent. Else why should the
creature be patiently sitting on 100000
600 alleged dollars at Washington. in the
fond expectation Of raising 20 cents to
par by increasing the supply and de-
creasing the demand: