The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1893-12-01
The WEEKLY TRIBUNE.
J ustice 10 All.

EDITOR TRIBUNE: IhrOugh yOur col
umns l would like to call the attention
Of some Of our fellow citizens, who ART
often unjust in their denunciation Of thu
large corporations in our midst, to wha'
these large corporations have done FOL
Great Falls.
When Mr.. Gibson first saw the Black
Eagle and Rainbow falls and the mag.
nificent TOWNSHIP lying in a bend Of the
Missouri river, he, like others before and
after him, realized the possibility OF Il
mighty developed water power and d
large city, but what could he or any of
the others do alone. Men with money
must be interested, IA company must be
formed.
Mr.. Gibson secured the cooperation
OF Mr.. Hill and tho Great Falls Water
Power and Townsite company was or
ganizcd. This company. by its close re
latione with the Montana Central rail
way. the SAID Coulec Coal company; by
It's ownership Of large tracts Of land in
!uXtlrosltiou 10 the Rainbow falls and
It's financial ability to build dams
enabled it 10 offer exceptional induce
ments to the Boston n Montana Conso!-
dated Copper and Silver Mining com
pany to locate their large smelter and
refinery at Great Fails. There was no
consulting or dickering with Tom, Dick
or Harry. When Tom. owning the rail
road, wouldn't pull in harmony with
Dick, who owned the land. or Harry
owning the coal fields wouldn't pull with
either, with the result that no agree
nent could be reached and the Black
Eagle falls today would be as when
Lewis and Clarke saw it and the town
site not much better. 4 consolidation
OF interests by the townsite company
made 1t possible for them to bid for the
Boston a Montana gmolter and got it.
1t needs no extenuated argument to
snow what the boston u Montana Con
solidated Copper and Silver Mining
company has done for Great Falls. No
sooner mad the word gone forth that the
Boston d Montana smeltcr would be
built here and work upon the Black
Eagle dan and smeltcr grounds begun
than our aity began to move forward
rapidly. During the Emeltcr's necessar-
lily SLOW construction it gave employ
ment to an army Of men, and since its
operation its increasing pay roll is
pouring thousands Of dollars each month
into the channels of Great Falls trade
During these hard times hundreds and
hundreds Of our fellow citizens have
God blessed this corporation. The
superior quality Of the Boston a MOnta-
ma copper has made Great Falls known
IN the markets Of the world.
la the winter Of 1889 and 1880 Mr..
Charles o. Parsons, consulting engineer
for the Boston d Montana Consolidated
Silver Mining company. obtained
IN electric light and also an electric
street railway franchise. These fran
2hises we're not obtained by him 50 as to
nave something to sell but were OBJ
'hlneu 10 be put TO use. The Boston ~
treat Falls Electric Light and Power
;1mpany and the Great Falls Street
hallway company were Incorporated.
These companies have put thousands
dollars and the best of equipment
INTO their plants and lines and are oper-
'ting them in a manner which does our {
,ity proud. !
The Boston ~ Great Falls Land com. !
1any by It's method Of building and
'elling homes on monthly instailmente I
las done much to build up Great Falls. :
n fact the large corporations which are
lcre have largely made this city what it d
6, and 1t should be the desire Of every !
itizcn to encourage thc coming in Of the |
operations. CIrIlI>. |