The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1926-12-02
BREAKING DOWN THE BAR
RIERS

RIERS
In its issue of last Sunday TIL
Great Falls Tribune comments OF
the impending development il
the way of railroad, highwey an,
bridge construction in eastern
Montana, in the following editor
fial:
ga week or 50 ago, the town
of Circle in McCone county hac
small chance of securing railway
facilities for some years to come.
at now becomes apparent that
Circle may have to dodge or it
will be on the map as a real rail
road center in a few days.
'It is thereby clearly illustrated
that great railway systems can
change their intensions overnight
as well as any other line of bust
ness. Conditions change. A
field suddenly becomes inviting to
the railways, either through I'M
looked for competition or a new
prospective production. Besides,
when a competitor starts for a
territory which is likely to devel-
cp in the near future, there is
at once introduced on element
which railway directors take note
of, and they act just like other
business men under similar cir
cumst&nces.
"The important point, how
ever, is that we are apparently
now up to the time when the last
great undeveloped area in this
state is to have transportation.
1t is a gratifying feature of the
situation that the Great Northern
system has decided to build at
least another important link in
the New Rockford cutoff, on the
way to Lewistown. A few months
ago, the Great Northern was in
clined to announce a policy of ex-
tension dependent upon natural
development. 1t has now decid-
ed to take the initiative. 1t is.
looking ahead. The decision that
it will build as far as Circle to
take care of the 1927 crop, is a
most gratifying announcement to
all of this section of Montana
which has been looking forward
to the opening up of the involved
territory fog the last ten years.
at will do much toward bring
ing the people Of Montana into
closer business and more friendly
relations when transportation
barriers are removed by the open
ing UP Of such territory as the
great expense Of Eastern-Centra
Montana. and the breaking down
ofother h~indrances which stand
in the way Of rapid transporta-
ton.
"It is easy to enumerate many
Of the barriers that should be re-
moved.
It viii take large sums Of
money to build needed bridges,
adequate railway extensions, and
highways across the main range
of the Rocky Mountains.
"There is apparent I'm insistent
demand for north and south high
ways in central and eastern Mon
tana. These Hhoroughfares must
be provided in some adequate
way.
at will take q million dollars
at least to supply the necessary
gcross the Missouri river.
And this is distinctly a north
Montana problem at the present
When the Missouri river
is properly spanned with bridges
thousands of miles of travel will
be saved.
"Then look at the Rocky Noun
tain h~indrance to communications
There will hardly be IN eastern
and a western Montana when tn
Peltor-G'acie road is finished
through Roosevelt Pass west Of
this is supplemented by another
adequate thoroughfare from
Great Falls to Missouls through
Lewis and Clark pass. The lat
ter Improvement will probably
follow on as a forestry develop
enterprise coincident with
he completion Of the Belton-Gla
Ter highway at the north. Be-
ides. there is need of on all year
cad probably over Mcdonald ;
sgs west Of Helena. '
"The average person at this d
me can hardly measure how The .
VI parts of the state viii be made h
ii ra GREAT and united com a
orv-eal4b when the principal