The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1892-01-30
THE ROAD TO CASTLE.

THE ROAD TO CASTLE.
Castle wants the Neihart branch OF
the Great Northern extended to that
place. 1t wants an outlet for its untold
mineral wealth. 1t wants cheaper and
speedier transportation facilities than it
now enjoys. After looking over the sit
uation it finds that the extension of the
Neihart branch affords the best, the
quickest and most profitable connection
it can possibly have with the outside
world. The question of the ability of
the great mining camp to supply an
abundance of ore for shipment to and re-
DUCT n at Great Falls or at other points
does not enter into the discussion from
the fact that that point is conceded by
everyone who is acquainted with its
magnificent mineral resources. There is
no room for a division of opinion upon
this question. Castle must have hoist
ing machinery: it must have mining sup
plies: it must have an outlet for ITS ores.
and to get all these at minimum cost it
must have railroad connection with the
world. This is the Castle view Of the
situation.
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Great Falls is in a position, or will be
by the time the road can be completed.
to handle all Castle ores which that
| place cannot reduce. 1t can furnish
the camp with its mining and other sup
plies. 1t can add investors in its mining
properties and through a railroad con-.
nection.it can and will stimulate and adj
vance the business interests Of the two
places far beyond the expectations of
the most sanguine. Great Falls is quite
as much Interested in a direct railroad
connection with Castle as that place is
in any enterprise which will bring it
about. Each would be benefited and
each should spare no honorable means
to unite the two places by rail at the
earliest possible moment. This is the
Great Falls view of the situation.
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But railroads upon paper add nothing
to the taxable or prospective wealth OF
communities. There may be cities in
Montana which derive a certain degree
of aid and comfort from paper railroads.
But Great Falls is not n Of them. In
all Of its enterprises this city first
weighed, then decided. and then acted
1t has completed what it inaugurated.
1t proposes to be quite as m~ethodical in
the Castle railroad enterprise. 1t mas
weighed it as "a business proposition and
found it not wanting. 1t has decided
the road should be built. and action is
determined upon.
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AS railroads cannot be built without
money, and as the Castle road will re-
quire at least a half million to complete
it, the first thing to claim the attention
of the enterprising citizens of Great Falls
is the question of money. This is a mat
ter in which the board of trade should,
and doubtless will, interest itself. A
CERTAIN dHlOuit VI iloncy Is cSptCltu
from the business men of the city. If
all put their shoulder to the wheel the
necessary funds can be guaranteed and
the bail set moving. No business man
is so blind that he will fail to see the re-
sulting benefits of a generous outlay Of
capital in the enterprise. As a business
venture money put in a road to Castle
would prove IA paying investment if new
er Il dividend were declared. The thor
ough business maj does not require an
argument 70 impress this fact upon his
mind. The making Of one of the most
promising mining sections in the state
tributary to Great Falls would soon tell
the story of money adyantageously cE-
pended. If, however. nothing he ven
tured, nothing will be gained. This I'D
adage is quite as true when applied to
the aiding of railroad construction "a
when applied to the common. everyday
business Of life.
ABOUT the first thing "a home seeker
inquiries about after satisfying himself