The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1894-07-27
BELT AND ARLINGTON.
A Correspondent Of the Tribune Visits
the Coal Metropolis Of the
Belt Valley.
He Gives HIS Ideas MS He Found the
Road from Great Falls 10
the Judith Basin.

by the | tram on the morning OF
July l3. Passing through the fertile
valley Of Sand coulee and over the grassy
benches of Red Coulee, and down into
Belt creek, I arrived at the great indus
trial center Of Belt creek.
A full account of the improvements on
the Cashier Coal IL Coke company's land
has already appeared in the columns Of
the tribune. Enough to say-tbat the
improvements are still going on, the
switches are all full Of loaded coal cars,
and the output now exceeds GOO tons
per diem. or course this employs a
large number Of men, and the result is q
number OF improvements in the valley
which two years ago would have been
thought an impossibility.
Among these may be mentioned the
Cashier Belt TOWNSHIP, and William Ken
nedy's addition, which, together with
the Anaconda Belt TOWNSHIP, :makes
what might be said, and what was pre-
dicted in the TRIBUNE q month ago, one
town OF Belt and Armlngton.
On contract a new county road is now
being built on the west side Of Belt from
the Anaconda mines to Arlington, and
the work is being we'll done. The old
Cashier grade, with it's steep pitches, is
no longer used, the road up Cashier
coulee on the new county road being
followed, and it may be said that this is
the most perfect road yet made out Of
Belt creek.
Arrived at Arlington l found a geat
business center. On the switches was
counted thirty coal cars all being loaded
at once from the various coal mines. Not
only that-the various roads centering
here were lined with wool teams arriving
from the Judith and Musselshell basins.
The wool warehouse vas practically
full and cars we're being loaded all the
time. l should judge the amount Of
wool in the warehouse would exceed
100000 pounds.
While in Arlington l visited the Of
fee Of the Belt Valley Times, published
by Sheridan a. Worthington. ! was sur
prised to see such a neat and campact
chapel as these gentlemen have. IL l
do not mistake myself these newspaper
men are going to make their mark In the
future, not only in the newspaper bust
ness, but also job printing, which will
be largely required in the future Of this
great coal industrial center. Some idea
Of the great daily railroad movement Of
this section may be had when l state
that sometimes two engines are required
to take the trains on the bench.
The new brick yard Of Goss & Shields
below Arlington, have completed and
burned their first kiln; the result is a
success, and the operations in future
will be on a considerably larger scale.
DR.. +. Q. Lawyer has been appointed
justice OF the peace, vice p. j. Shields,
resigned.
A large number of contracts have
beer let for new buildings, q notice Of
which I will give in my next letter.
Judge Mcqueen is very busy these
days; be is one Of the stalwart old-timers
Of this section.
The Arlington Mercantile company
are at their usual stand, and are one Of
the solid institutions Of this part OF the
country.
At this point it would be good to say
something about the new mail contrac-
tors from Great Falls to the Judith
basin, Messrs. Hildebrand, Mears IL Co.
give the public faster time and better
cot NbCC tuou ouy uoiiC OuSLdCLOio hOIOCD-
fore. They have new coaches, splendid
stock, and are shortening the drives for
one team. They have established
stations at the springs at the head of
Red coulee, also at Cora and Geyser.
The result il seen in the fast time made,
three teams being now used where only
there was two before.
Arrived at Cora Creek, at the hotel
kept by Cresop & Descombes, l found
Mr.. j. Moule Of Careless creek in the
Musselshell basin, who drove his large
herd Of sheep to Cora Creek for the pur-
pose Of shearing. His huge flock Of
sheep eeemed to be in the best OF condi-
ton, and the sheds, ~corrals, etc together
with the unequalled feed in this section,
and also the proximity to the railroad,
predicates q renewal Of Mr.. Moule's visit
to this section next year.
From here l proceeded toward the
Judith basin, where ! will correspond
with you OF some very important mat
ters, not only TO the people Of this
section, but the public at large.