The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1892-01-23
How Great Falls Can Command the
Entire Trade of the Judith
Basin.
a Grand Opportunity for the Cataract
City What the Line Would
Cost.

a right WIue-aWake cl1Y, nut Tor once she
has been caught mapping, and unless her
cntcrprising citizens bestir themselves
cold on ii business proposition that inter
ests this city in no small degree. There
is a plum hanging very close TO the
ground a good sized plum at that-but
unless Great Falls wakes up to the fact
it will drop into someone clse's hand.
OThe Judith basin is one of the richest
parts of Montana. 1t is a great sheep
country, rich in mineral and in agricult-
ural resources. There are several prom
Using towns now within its limits and
sure to be others.
THE NATURAL OUTLET
from the basin is by way of Belt and
Arlington to Great Falls. 1t is nat
urally tributary to Great Falls and the
business of the basin and Of its growing
towns would come to Great Fails If the
people of this city took interest enough
in the matter to turn it this way. Thus
far. however. Great Falls he's made no
such effort and AS a result other less
favored towns have taken the matter in
band. Unless the merchants of this city
take quick action the trade of Lewis
town and the Judith basin will be flow
ing south to Billings and Livingston in
stead OF tn Great Falls.
How en- this be avoided: Well. it
has been proposed that "A telephone line
lie built from Great Falls to Lewistown.
Such a line would do much toward turn
ing this part of the basin in this dircc-
ton and holding it when a railroad con
nectiOn between the two towns becomes
an established fact. The matter has al
ready been canvasscd to some extent in
both Great Falls and Lcwistown, and
a fair amount of encouragement has
been given.
LEwISTOwN Is ANXIOUS
that the line should be built and will dc
its share towards raising the necessar,
funds. The line will not be very costly
With the view Of determining what thu
cost would be the TRIBUNE made in
quirics of J. p. Dyas, manager Of thu
Rocky Mountain Bell Telephone com
pany of this city. Mr.. Dyas said:
This question of u telephone line t.
Lcwistown has been brought to my at
tentioh once before; apout d year az"
lllnk. l nave talhe4 tlils nla''er owe
WIN people mere aiu l mao som" CORES
pchdcHce VIVID i-c"lst""h pdrtics' 70,
some reason 'h' an was a~pdilu"h''
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! vince me mat 'i!c ''Ir coulu VI "u'i
! without any u''''JuI'H' navy ENV'
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roa" approximate! IN" t"H'i' III
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? vantage gained py me s'a@
! road is that by 50 doing u break IN IL
, limo can he easily loc9trd. This liz
u vuuld he nhou1 l1J miles lone. For
j. line of this distance. with instruments
intermediate POINTS. a metallic circu
g wnnld Zoe necessary. That IS to SAY. il
stn,d Of using the round to complct
the rIrcuif we would be obliged To- pu
in a double wire. II would also be rccc.
Y sury TO use cedar ROLES. Such Il lin,
ruiiy rurippcl in the best possible ma
pcr, would cost probably $50 per mll
Prom Mann alinr could be run to &lol
y arch. and from Monarch to Ncihart an
e Barker. thus ewing Great Falls thr0ug
q telephone connection WIN a'l ''e coui
c ri + v'nriiii h hn ~ Iiginrit" IN ""rLi,
e a line of this length with the regular il
strumcnts now in use. We have recent
d made "A test between this city and Let
bridge, a distance of 2lo miles, using Il
e telegraph wires. OF course, in tc'cgraE
. lines the connections are not ui tlr b"s
yet the test was very satisfactory. Wi
good connections the line wUH,d WuJ:
Il manner perfectly satisfactory. r,
those whose business required constal
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