The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1892-02-27
TO COM ERE.
The General Offices of the Montana Cen
trai-Ore shipments.

h General Offices of the Montana Cen
trai-Ore shipments.
Butte Miner, Feb. 22nd: 1t was
learned from a private source yesterday
that the Great Northern railway people
have in contemplation a move that will
be the reverse of favorably received in
Helena. As is well known, the tempo
rary capital wants every advantage 90
ing, whether in or out of sight, but once
she gets anything it is like drawing eye
teeth for the grasping metropolis to have
it taken away from her. The Great
Northern railway and its controlling
spirit does not differ from other port
tons in looking out for what will benefit
their W interest first before consider
ing the preferences of towns even greater
than Helena.
The report runs that the general offices
of the Montana Central branch of the
Great Northern are to be removed by
the first Of April to Great Falls, which
will confer on the Falls City the added
consequence of being the headquarters
of the most important branch Of
the system. The reason given for this
change is the intention said to be in
''ii''ih litt''i NN'ithhls ~ tNttll't tOu-
p~erintendent Johnsonc jurisdiction to
llavre on the main line, in which in
stance Great Fails will be a more central
location for the general offices. 1t is also
said that President Hill is largely inter
esled in Great Falls. which, if true.
would warrant him il losing no Oppor-
tumty Of comforting or the town all the
Importance and prominence in his
power. 1t requires no stretch of imag-
nation to predict hat all the influence
OF the road will be cast in its favor and
that every advantage which can be di-
verted to it by the great transcontinental
system will be bestowed on 1t.
The people there look with confidence
to the presence of the Burlington road
ut the Falls this year. and it is stated
that the site for the depot of that artery
OF commerce has already been selected
there.
The road to Castle is also an assured
fact in the future. This will be of great
consequence to the Falls city when COM
plctcd, as 1t will make tributary 10 it a
region rich IN mineral and agricultural
wealth, some regarding the Judith basin
as the garden spot of Montana. In the
event of the road to Castle being built it
is safe to predict that the Cumberland
MIN Will build a smeltcr at Great Falls
for the treatment Of its ore there.
The first shipment of ore from the
Mountain View mine to the great smeltcr
OF the Boston n Montana company at
Great Falls viii take place today and
will be steadily continued from now on.
ut present IL Is said only ii couple of cars
OF ore will be shipped daily. ! he ore viii
bc brought by team from lhcmine to the
Montana Central depot until the spur
from the main lane TO the mine is built.
1t will be much IN re expensive than il
would be 10 load on cars al d switch at
the mine, as viii, it is to be hoped, be
done in the near future. In addition TO
TINS, the company will be unable to
materially Increase the force of men at
work III the mine until the spur is built.
when, il is said. over 300 men can be uut
at work there. The Great Fails smriter
has been 20 far completed as 10 he ready
to receive ore for some time, though by
no means to the full extent OF its ulti-
mate capacity.