The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1892-05-21
DEER LODGE, MONTANA, MAY q. 1892.
THE AVON ROUTE.
Helena Moving to Enlist Other Towns i'll
the Projected Railroad.

Helena Moving to Enlist Other Towns i'll
the Projected Railroad.
The progressive business men Of Fl Helena.
Butte and the Flathead country are de-
ternined that the project looking to the
construction Of railroad from Avon to
the Flathead shall be carried to sue
cessful issue. Helena people have recog-
nized for several years the great benefit
the construction of such a road would be
to this city, as merchants and business
men generally We're acquainted with the
resources Of the country it would tap.
They know it will add hundreds Of thou
sands of dollars annually to the output
Of Montana i'll precious minerals, in lum
Der and agricultural products. They
know also that With railroad facilities the
country it will traverse will in few
years contain thousands Of people where
it now has hundreds, and they know also
that 1t will open new market for the
merchants Of this city. The merchants
and mine owners Of Butte have anchored
to the fact that railroad from Avon to
Flathead would mean hundreds Of thou
sands Of dollars annually in the pockets
Of the citizens Of that city. The mcr
chants know that Il good share Of the
trade that would be developed would
come to them, because it would be of u
reciprocal nature. The mine owners Of
| Butte need the timber for their mines,
the quartz for their mills and smeltcrs
and the coal for fuel thut thc country to
be tapped will produce, and when they
1 purchase it they will il return favor its
producers with 4 share Of the goods they
Will require. Missoula is not particularly
ayerse to the building Of the road, only
the people Of that city feel they have Il
surer thing of the building Of the line
from ,Jocko in the near future, and they
their influence between the two projects.
f, Columbia Falls is in somewhat the same
condition, but the citizens Of kalispell
are as enthusiastic for the Avon route as
are the people of Butte and Helena
KAlisppll is NOW the division headOuar-
ters Of the Great Northern, and is for~in Z
ahead at rapid rate. 1t is working
strenuously to become the great city OF
the Flnthcad region. and its citizens
ftdllLe llal lne DullulnH Oh lle llne from
Avon will put it in u position where il
need have no fear of being outstripped
either in population Or business. Secre
tary II. j. Mock, Of the kalispell board
Of trade, writes to 4 Helena friend thai
the citizens Of his town will do all they
can 70 further the project, and adds that
il the road is built to Kalspcll it will be
able to tap the Flathead coal measures
just Is easily as will a line to Columbit
Falls. In addition Mr.. Mock says a line
to Ealispell will open up larger an(
better country for farmers than if the
terminus was placed ut some other poin1
i'll the valley. With Butte, Helena ant
kalispell actively ut work for the Avol
line, there would seem to be no reaso,
why it should not be !; fact in the neal
future.
II. NJ. Parchen is thoroughly acquainted
with the country railroad from Avon tt
the Flathcad would tap, and he says there
is no richer unopened section III Montana
either as regards timber, agricultural lano
or quartz. AS Il hunters paradise it il
unequalled. Helena Independent.