Connecticut western news., 1892-12-29
4 LETTER FROM MONTANA.

Editor of Ne,Ds
 DEAR SRI am rather ashamed to write to you of nothing but Great Falls, but I might write every day and yet have something new to say about it. In fact "the half has never been told" and the plain truth is that if told you the whole truth you would think I was stretching it good deal. I have found out that it is generally best to cut things down about one-half from their real size when in conversation with Eastern CTS and even then they are a little in- clined to doubt.
 Since my last letter there have been 6 good many new enterprises started here that are of great importance to the town and, what is more. they are of the greatest importance to the sur rounding country, as they will give an impetus to farming. The first is big brewery that will take all the barley that the farmers will raise. The next is new fouring mill, built by the Washburn-Crosby Co.,, of Minneapolis. with capacity of 500 barrels per diem, and with 100. 900 bushel elevator in connection with it. They also intend to put up mill for st.meal manufac- ture iD the near future. These build- ings are all to be of stone from quarries near town, and besides adding to the monthly pay-rolls they will be architec- turally great addition. ...-t Those are two of our latest acquisi- tions, and now will tell you of some things that we need here and that will pay the right kind of parties to put in. The biggest thing for which there is an opening is a plant to reduce the iron ores that we have here in abundance, and of excellent quality. There is good coking coal within twelve miles, plenty of Limestone and cheap water power, l and no iron works nearer than Duluth In connection with that 8 foundry for cast iron pipe, etc. would be a good thing.
 This is the greatest primary wool market in the United States. to day. and there are 10, GOO, 900 lbs. of wool annu- ally tributary to this point that can cas- fly be concentrated here if there were an inducement like 6 securing plant here. There are now about 4,O0O, 900 lbs. shipped from here without taking into account the 10000, 900 lbs. I just mentioned. All this would be sent here to be secured if some one would take advantage of the clear water and cheap power here and establish plant of that kind. With a securing plant the next thing | would be mills to manufacture the wool into cloth. blankets, etc. Here again the cheap power comes into account and also the cheap wool and the fact that such mills would be near market which is now supplied from a distance of many hundreds. if not thousands, of miles There will be such plants here before long. and the ones to get here first will have things their own way.
 We need a factory to turn out boots and shoes f,r these mining camps and for the farmers, heavy wear.
 Montana is the biggest produce of copper in the Union and a great deal of it is smelted and refined here in Great Falls, which gives the raw material for brass. Here also the cheap power comes in again for manufacturing.
 For any or all of these industries there would be special inducements made in the shape of furnishing power, sites. etc. and think it would pay any one who knows about any of the above mentioned industries or desires to start up any business of their nature to in- qnire into the particulars more thor ohghly and see for himself what the advantages really are.
 | Yours truly
 | s. B. ROBBINS,
 Great Falls, Mont Nov. 28. 1892.