The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1927-12-29
1928
IS OUTLOOK FOR
TREASURE STATE
Building Activities Planned
on Large Scale for the
Coming Year

A happy and prosperous New Yeal
is the outlook for the Treasure State
in 1928 judged by a preyiew of con-
struetion and building activities al
ready planned for the coming year,
says the state publicity division.
Total expenditures amounting to APP
proximately S35,000.000 have been an
nounced by state and federal govern
ments and by public service corpora
tions.
Federal aid road funds matched by
state money in the proportion of
56.04 to 1896 will total $4,000 to be
spent on Montana highways in 1928
on 80 projects which will include APP
proximately 200 miles of road. Includ-
ing county, city, national park and
forest service highways, total road ex-
penditures for 1923 will be about
100000.
Reclamation projects will account
for more than 100000 Of federal
moneys to be spent in the state. The
Gibson dam on the Sun River project
which is being built at a cost of
81 100000, will be completed. Drain
age work Oh the lower Yellowstone
project in Richland county will cost
100000 and will complete ten year
drainage program involving an ex-
pense Of $2,500,000. Bids will be open
ed later for other work on the project
to be completed during 1923. Money
spent on new construction and drain
age work is in addition to the regular
maintenance expenditure made an
nually by the federal government on
irrigation projects.
Senator Walsh has a bill in the
senate that calls for the expenditure
of $75O,000 for post office buildings in
Helena, Missoula, Glasgow and Havre.
A federal grain laboratory will be
established at Miles City for which
buildings will be erected next spring.
In addition to expenditures by
state and federal governments, several
million dollars will be spent by public
service corporations during 1928.
Transportation companies will spend
approximately $10,000,000. The Great
Northern in addition to the S2,000,000 !
Saco-Turner branch in the eastern
part of the state will spend 100000
in tunnel and track improvements in |
Northwestern Montana. The Northern |
Pacific during 1928 will spend S5,O00,- |
900, a large part of which will go to
Montana lines. A water softening
plant at Glendive is a part of the pro-
gram. 1t is expected that the Chicago,
& st. Paul will continue
identification of the road from Har-
owton to the coast.
The Mountain States Telephone and
Telegraph company will build two
lew lines in Montana, cost of which
Us not been definitely determined as
rat.
The Montana-D Dakota Power COM
'any will build pipe lines to convey
Natural gas from the Glendive- Baker
district to Sidney and other towns Of
he lower Yellowstone valley within
nc next two years, adding to the four
astern Montana towns already served
n that area. Work on the line bringing
'as from the Kelvin S1nburst field 10
treat Falls, was delayed by recent
forms but will. be resumed shortly |
nd is expected to be completed with I
n few months. With the completion
1 this line almost 20 per cent Of the t
tate's citizens will have the oppor-
unity Of using natural gas. \
Right to develop a power site on &
'lathead lake may be granted the (,
'ocky Mountain Power company, a
ubsidiary of the Montana Power COM
any
In the mining industry more than
lillion dollars will be spent opening
ew mines or making additions 70 i
hines and smelters already in opera. |
ION. Butte will complete the installa-
ion Of 100000 worth of machinery c
the manganese reduction plant. The
inc mill erected by the Anaconda at d
'ast Helena will be completed as will T