The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1892-09-10
Great Falls is Today the Most Prom.
Using and Prosperous of Mon
tana Cities.
And Its Claims for the Seat of State
Government Should BE-
Recognized.
Its Varied Natural Advantages
Which no Other Montana City
Possesses.

There are in this city this morning
hundreds who have not before visited
the metropolis of northern Montana and
the most important manufacturing CEN
ter Of the Treasure state. To these Wis.
itors information concerning the city, it's
surroundings, and u cannot fail
to be of interest. Great Falls is in the
race for the state capital and has more
really good reasons for urging its loca-
ton here than any other city of Mon
tana. To attempt a description of them
all is beyond the limit of a newspaper
article, but the TRIBUNE will endeavor
to place before it readers a few of the
more important of its advantages.
Great Falls is situated within the Chi
nook belt. at the foothills of the Rocky
mountains, at an altitude Of 1900 feet.
1t is connected by railroad with Helena.
ninety-fve miles distant, and is 1914
miles west of st. Paul. The Sand Cou-
lee branch extends fifteen miles to the
coal mines, where LOO tons daily are
extracted. The Belt Mountain division
| extends to Barker, sixty-five miles dis.
tant, and there are branches on both
sides of the river to the smelter, fac.
tories, and falls. Surveys for the Chi.
cage, Burlington and Quincy and the
Castle e. White Sulphur Springs roads
are completed.
Its water power is unsurpassed. The
Missouri river drops 5l2 feet in ten
miles over five perpendicular falls and
, many cascades. The Black Eagle falls
have been improved at a cost of S21J,0Ot
and have been largely reserved for ex.
listing industries and those under con.
struction. Rainbow falls will next be
improved for large refining and smelling
plants.
The Sand Coulee coal fields. twelve
miles south of the city, are shipping
LOO tons daily. 1t is the only coal useo
for 700 miles on the Great Northern
The Belt and other fields are now being
opened.
Among existing industries are the con
centrating and smelling planto Of the Bos
ton ~ Montana Copper company. Opera
tons were begun in May last, and worl
on the electrolytic plant is about com
pletcd. The ore receipts will soon aver
age 1000 tons daily; coal. limestone. tiuX,
etc, 80 tons daily.
The general repair shops of the Great
Northern. Montana Central and theil
branches are located here the only
locomotive repair shop On the line west
of st. Paul.
Montana Smelling company's lead anG
silver smelling works have been erected
at a cost of S3O0,0oO
The saw mill Of the Butte n Montana
Commercial company has Il capacity Of
$4,000 feet daily, Its product is genera.
building lumber, railroad ties and min.
ing timbers for Butte for return freight
on ore cars. There are several smaller
saw and finishing mills. and IA foundry
and machine shop.
The plant Of the Electric Light and
Power company is operated by water
power. Its equipment consists of 3.OOL
incandcscent and 200 arc lights.
The street railway has nine miles OF
first class electric o and equipment
in operation. with ample service To al
parts OF the city.
The Cataract tlouI mill is also operated
by water power and has d capacity OF
s~evcnty-tive barrels daily. Waters tioul
mill and elevator has ii capacity of 3W.
barrels per day.
The Great Falls brewery. the Great
Falls Quarry company, brick yards. limo
kilns and several other industries ar,
being prosecuted in the city. Great Fails
has four national and two private banks
-Four bridges; three telegraph lines: telc,
phone service; daily and weekly news,
papers. school. churches. secret and be
nevolent societies. hospitals and every
thing which goes to make Il metropolitan
city.
The river front has been reserved for Il
park and is beautifully laid out. Thou
sands Of trees have been planted along
lis streets which are Of a uniform width
of eighty feet.
Its advantages are cqualcd 10y 10 city
IN Montana or the northwest. Tourists
are attracted by the magnificent scene. v.
invallds by the climate. young people by
the social advantages and numerous