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ENTERPRISES AT THE FALLS1,1, Rapid Pragmas BHiur .Hade on Ihc ny Grcure-t of AlltedIIIW0HKIN6 ON THE SUSPENSION BRIDGE.,n' -Grading fin- tho B. A M. Smellerlis *Nearly Done -The GrenteMFlue in the World.I!»•**•:hr«!a r-‘lewIn:.'the*iandi I'fir Thir »ei-| i It- r ThepurlbirdruuiiThelion11 resSam Hill. Jndtr«* (Turk ami Oilier •* M®i Ureal Northern people In the !).'/*£ t’ltv. | »rnuAbout two miles northeast of tuwn^ down ihc river, ic bdng carried to cm*IDlIlTJMl , ir.iic1111 Alti lie t fl.eseeASVC. -thou.wele■a in Dnri«y.i-omytionai||H ClIII*pletlon '.be largest industrial enterprise of its kind in Hit- world. The iliuu which i'0 the Great Falls Water Puuer ,V. Townsite company is building Is larger lt;iult;!' higher than any similar structure ,»t Spokane Minnea|HilJsur in any river in the east. ,\f«*i| The Missouri river hero Hows between ) \y ih precipitous sandstone banka nearly 150 id-1 fee; high. If die projectors of the Hum ie- | could have desired a location made to *»• order they could have hud none more suitable. The solid atom* blinks uud the atone river bd make thir place unusually suitable fur building dam which will stand for many years, The couipuuy baa lal|w«n and used every advantage of the u position nod is purling in u structure on which will withstand nil -liockt-. The re- j dam is composed of twr wing* or tingles tlx' m*,be c«ntt*1 P«rb which fits us u keystone between the two unglei*. The wing on the north side, *ud much 'if the central section, ftud the south wing are already completed and only u short section in the center remains to lie fmiahed. The Missouri, con fined by the various coffer dams rushes mill fimine through the re-inaiuing opening* making the work some , what llsiigcrous.On the south side pillars of solid man j onry are built which will hold the. gate-' opening into the penstocks. These per ’ stocks an* wrought iron t.uhr-.-, nine feet in diameter and will conduct, the water to I jn. | the wheels below.CJu the nortli side of the river there will 1* rive gives/.nd an immense flume which will convey the witter to tint power house. Ihc wall-- of this flume are six feet thick and ore built id atone and cement. The ilnni will give lire water » fall of about GO feet unil will furnish power enough lor aevei-.d pi nut a a- large n the Rost on As Montana..ninehnnn::n«lv«line r'bis \Tit-uch of lif i 'ley . very in1igeTUB I'OffBIl SMKI.TKK.Gn the north tank of the riv«r in the i bliltf, Kirkendalt’.s men are excavating I u series of gigantic steps Kuch one of these steps will l«* tiie silo of a building and the buildhiva will he so arranged lim | when the ore ha* gone through a prow-s in one. It will be passed down u* the tiexl and come out lit the foot nf the hill pure metal. A workman slutcil Uint the main building would he GOO b-ei loug. This large stiucluro will In* near the edge of the bluff. From the face of me bluff the land rises to the aummitof Smelter butte. TIIK IMMENSE Pl.l'K.Along the elope of tliia butte a large .woe* way hue been excavated. In this will ha built a large double Hue. (Jn the summit of the butte a chimney will be* built that will be a land murk, visible for 75 iitiks. The hill is already the highest • land In the vicinity of the town, anil on ul •/.i. ..f ti.;_ito r_..t r.ii.i. i... top Of this a flue 170 feet itigh will be H 1 built. It it said tin* will bb 10 feet inShei?* diameter at the summit. The combined length of the llue along the hillside and the perpendicular Hue is nearly 1,700 feet — probably the longest nud largest smoke rlue in the world. 4. W. Cornellue, who has itn- contract for the entire masonry work of the smelter. bcertaluly the right man iu the right place, lie learned the business of smelter building at Swansea. Wnlfs, and afterward built erne Iters in Colorado. lln also did the masonry work on the great smelter at Auconda.THE atTftPKKSION 3RIIK.K.Til slioro piers ol tiie suspeiisitni bridge am rising rapidly anil tiie center pier ie being pushed to completion. The bridge will I** only for loot ptussenger*. but will e us line a piece 'f work us anything of the kind. The lftwtnu vk Montana company are building It for the ue of their workmen, hut it will also he a great convenience fo visitor* and thepeople of thl* city. Materials:30'•xa!sOlltthemil,.d-ayelit.le.areblfIsigero-eetan-olIntern;rgeim-are on the Houlh bank of the river for n large boarding house, which will be built to accommodate the cm ployes of tie Electric Street Railway cum pony. A vteltor ► the falls last Sunday wisely reomrked: “I go down to see the dam'every week for I never expect to *hh luiothar work of this kind in pro-.ti«r____U«BlMr.ittun aatl hlectlun Votive.The County rommiwloner* during tbeii late Kvesion made the following orih r regarding regwtmtlnn and election in Ihla district;AlJ electors resiiliog north of Sun river and north uud west of Missouri river lu township £0 001111. range 3 east and township 31 north of range 2. H and 4 cast will register at the ollico of H. 1). K-.irg-lisrdt, l)iiDu '.dlt; k,' Vn’-rsl nven .ie, and all electors residing south of Sim river and west of the All8*ourl river In township 30, north of range 3 nnd 3 east will register at tine Milwaukee houNX, tin Selt; oud avenue fouth, James Carrier, registry agent. Thuae north and west of Sun river will sow a; Noitn Hre.ut Falls; those aouth of Sun liver will vote ut the old bcIkwI homo*. Third avemm **iiili, Great Falla.By order of the hoard of county i-uin-miaaonow. How ah p Ckokuv,f'lerk of the Board.It srenut to tiie Trihknr that it will work a hardship to require the resilient* of W*wt f!rent Falls, just ucroa* the river, W go to Nurth Great FnlU to v,**. It la much fatt ier than to clt;*n* here and i: InReWillhull.ThuNlt;iSehntrierhj!i»rt. im H-.IUitil.rtnu4sMI'S i*r • t•.nixiitH-W in si twr,wholly umecesaty that such an order:?.1*
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The Semi Weekly Tribune
Great Falls, Montana, US
Sat, Sep 27, 1890
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