Great Falls weekly tribune., 1895-10-11

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The good people of Butte, Anaconda,
Boise and San Francisco are considerably
exercised over the Incorporation OF a
railroad that is to be built from Butte
to the coast via Boise. No one in any of
the cities named which are to be the
most benefited by it seems to know any.
thing in regard to the enterprise and it
is certain that no Montana man has been
let into the secret or invited to subscribe
to the stock. The guessers are, however,
at work, some insisting that the scheme
is backed by j. J. Hill, others that it is a
Burlington deal and still others that the
Butte, Anaconda and Pacific is behind
the move. The articles of incorporation
have been filed at Cheyenne, Wyoming,
and the directors are eastern and Denver
men. At the head of the list is New
York banker, Moritz Lippman, and he
has told the Chicago Tribune that the
road will be a 60 and that S3O,OOO,OOO of
the stock has been subscribed and as
good as paid in, and that all that is
needed to complete the enterprise will be
Forthcoming. This is all right SO far as it
goes, but what the road is for, is the
question. Upon this point the Anacon-
da Standard has the following, which is
an expression Of opinion by prominent
railroad man:
IF that road is going to be built be-
lieve the % is behind the scheme !
will predict that in less than one year
the c., B. u q. road will be running into
Butte over It's own roadbed. The North
ern Pacific, which is haDd'ing the 90
freight from Billings west, is treating
that business shalnefuly, and the 90
people will not stand foolehness. The
traffic arrangement is supposed to have
been based on an agreement that the
Burlington line would not extend it's
| road beyond Billings for two years, and
in the meantime the Northern Pacific
was to handle its Montana and north
western business. The Northern Pacific
is giving the 90 the worst of it, or at
least that is the general impression, and
the compact is liable to be broken. The
'Q' is surveyed into Butte and will ex-
perience but little difficulty in getting
into that city. The laws of the state are
very favorable to railroads, allowing
them to even run over the rails of road
in operation, if necessary, to get through
a mountain pass.
when the Burlington reaches Butte,
nothing but a Pacific coast terminus
will satisfy its demand for business. and
the road will go either northwest to the
Sound country or southwest to San
Francisco via Boise. If such be the plan
the Montana, Idaho g. California road
may be built soon, but if it is an indie
pendent enterprise it is too early to give
an opinion as to the result Should the
Burlington build to Butte undoubtedly
it would be given privileges over the b.,
A. q p. such as are now enjoyed by the
Great Northern"
The above is interesting to the people
of Great Falls, for it is hardly possible
that if the Burlington builds west it will
avoid this city. AS an Intermediate
point we can furnish it greater amount
OF traffic than any Montana city outside
Of Butte. Per contra the Chicago Trib-
une has had an interview on the subject
with the general manager of the Bur!ing-
ton and here is what he says: but
wien General Manager Merrill of the
Burlington was seen he did not take that
lively interest in the matter which was to
be expected from a high official of COM
pany whose road was to be go immensely
benefited by the new enterprise. In
fact, he was much more concerned about
the continuance of the rain which wae
fal' ling outside, and which, if general
would do great good to his corporation
"Never heard of the scheme" no said
to reporter for the Tribune, land do
not see where there is any opening for it,
The burlington knows nothing about it,"
Mr. Merrill may have told tho truth to
the Tribune reporte bat one hing il
certain, il the proposed road is to bp
built it will not have it's eastern terminus
at Butte; on the contrary, it will be an
extension Of one of the tranecontnental
lines and all the indications point to the
Burlington rs the line.
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