Great Falls Tribune from Great Falls, Montana • Page 38

4P Sunday, January 31,1 999 1 Great Falls Tribune 1894 105 Years and' Railroads serge into Montana 1999 Four Generations! By Tribune Staff This ad ran in the Great Falls Tribune in May 1899 scratched at the end of April 1971, when Amtrak took over. The Milwaukee Road collapsed in 1980, selling some UVi miles of its track in the Great Falls area to Burlington Northern. The last Milwaukee train left the Great Falls yard March 20, 1980. (Complied from Tribune files and Gary Moseman's story In the Tribune's City Centennial edition In 1984) iiSPECIAL between 1st Avenue North and Gibson Park, to the city, which subsequently sold it. The last Great Northern trains ran March 1, 1970.

After that, they were "Burlington Northern" trains the merger of the Great Northern, Northern Pacific and Burlington routes had finally been finished, leaving the struggling Milwaukee as the only competitor. A little more than a year later, the last passenger train of any kind left Great Falls. Well-known passenger trains The Western Star, along with the famous Empire Builder (named for empire builder James Hill), were also corporate umbrella as the Great Northern, Northern Pacific and Burlington. It gave the Burlington, like the Milwaukee, a thriving Midwestern railroad, transcontinental connections. By the time the United States entered World War Great Falls had direct connections to virtually every major western railroad.

But after World War II, the story of the railroads was one of contraction, not expansion. The list of "lasts" tells the story: The Milwaukee ended passenger service on its Harlowton-Great Falls spur in the 1950s. It gave its towering passenger depot, built in 1915 12.00 A sr d4 Mose Kaufman Founder 1857-1938 IN spring Natural Herbs SUETS Fred Kaufman Ira Kaufman SO-day Free Trial For a limited time You can get worldwide internet Access with Insanely great-personalized customer service. Call today before this offer expires i 1-877-860-2200x529328 (Mm Mire Dietary Supplement qqt The Weight is Over!" Feel the Energy! BID As Advertised KAAK K-99 Independent Distributor Shipping Available We've told the story of how Mose Kaufman originally came to Montana aboard the river boat "Red Cloud a trip up the Missouri River from Bismarck to Fort Benton that took 22 days. And, we've told you the story of how Mose Kaufman started his own business in 1894 and was later joined by his sons Fred and Ira.

The third generation began when Ike, a grandson of Mose, joined the business. The fourth generation is represented by Ike's son Brian. But, what we haven't told, is that many': basic business policies that were established by Mose 90 years ago are still in practice today! To quote from M. Kaufmam 1894 grand opening advertisement that appeared in "The Great Falls daily Mose wrote "If you buy goods of us and are not fully satisfied, your money shall be refunded. "Our -policy today still is The decade of 1900 to 1909 was a significant and busy time for the development of railroads in Montana.

In 1906 the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad entered Montana, and two years later it was completed across the state. In 1908 the Great Northern Railway lines were built from Great Falls to Billings. Agriculture and industry were to provide the lifeblood of Great Falls, but railroads made the blood flow. Without the railroads, most settlers wouldn't have made the long journey from the East in the first place, and even if they had, they wouldn't have been able to trade with faraway population centers.

'i What's more, without railroad tycoon James J. Hill's ability to raise money, Paris Gibson wouldn't have been able to plat Great Falls. 1 It was autumn 1887, just three years after the first permanent structures were erected in Great Falls, that Jim Hill's St. Paul, Minneapolis Manitoba arrived. With a corps of railworkers that averaged 8,000 men, ithe "Manitoba" had set a track-laying Jrecord that still stands, covering in six months the 545 miles between a point west of Minot, N.D., to Great Falls (which, but for Hill's veto, 'would have been named On Saturday, Oct.

15, the first train pulled into the young town. It was the construction train, mostly box cars. Not far behind were the dormitory cars two and three stories high. A couple of weeks later, the first regularly scheduled passenger train puffed around "Jim Hill" (later to be named Hill 57) and descended to the end of the line on the west bank of the Missouri near the present Burlington Northern Santa Fe yards. The fares: $46.15 for a first-class ticket from St.

Paul, $32.50 for second-class. The bridge to the townsite wasn't completed in time for the railroad's arrival, so incoming passengers had to pick up their baggage at the "caboose" that served as a depot, then ride a ferry across the river to town. A frame depot was erected a short time later, but it, too, was on the west side of the river. In the meantime, the Montana Central Railway was completed between Great Falls and Helena. This project was spearheaded by Col.

Charles A. Broadwater (namesake of Broadwater Bay) and associates of Helena; the money came from Hill's personal finances. The Montana Central and the Manitoba lines joined near the confluence of the Missouri and Sun rivers. At the same time, Broadwater's outfit also was building a line to what were reported to be the "unlimited" coal supplies of the Sand LVISIT OUR CART AT HOLIDAY VILLAGE 727-7883 or TOO Ifiears Suits That Are Distinctive without being vulgar are the kind we offer. And distinctive merit is seen other things besides pattern and style.

It is prominent in Quality and workmanship. Each garment shows that care has been taken in the making. Nothing that would increase the dressiness or Finish has been overlooked nothing slighted. There is great 'value at these prices. errin's SJurniture ALL Fall Winter merchandise: REDUCED TO SELL as heen Delivering Another quote: "No old stock in this store; everything sold by us is made this season.

"Our policy today is still "fine quality in the latest, fashion." great Jalues John J. Ferrin opened Ferrin's Furniture in 1899 in Red Wing, MN. A native of Jamestown, N.Y., Mr. Ferrin was a cabinetmaker and finishing foreman Wedding Cottage IAUFMAN One thine has changed. We can't offer Spring Suits curat ci.

for $12.00 and for many Chicago public building Interior design firms. He came to Red Wing in 1887 as finishing foreman for Red Wing Furniture Mfg. Co. Mr. ferrin was also mayor of Red Wing from 1913-1915.

ALL PROM AND SPECIAL OCCASION DRESSES REDUCED 50 more BRIDAL GOWNS KAUFMANS CJEa A CENTRE 411 CENTRAL AVENUE 761-5010 ffTiTfS Frank J. Ferrin joined his father. The business expanded and the Ferrins purchased two more building. Joe Ferrin joined the firm after graduating from Interior design in Chicago. DRASHCAIIYREDUCED Saturday's At Home section is a great place to look for home improvement ideas.

50 OFF (velvet glitter) dob an Holiday Village 761-5777 UK 11 AT ALLS Tribune Coulee area, and the new mines in the Little Belt Mountains in the Does not apply to Previous Purchases or Layaway; Frank E. Ferrin graduated from Norte Dame and became a partner. The company expanded again by buying another adjoining building. hart area. By 1889, another Minnesota-based LBB 1980s Anne, Bill and John Ferrin came into the business becoming the 4th generation of Ferrins to run the business.

Bill Ferrin came to Great Falls, and continues the same great tradition. I Drug Today Ferrin's Furniture offers Great Falls 5 floors of your favorite lines of fine furnishings including Lane Richardson Bros. Mt. Furniture Industries Broyhill Clayton Marcus Sealy Mattresses Lexington railroad owned by Hill and associates changed its name to the Great Northern Railway; and on Feb. 1, 1890, took over the lines and property of the Manitoba.

The newly consolidated Great Northern soon absorbed the Montana Central Railway, which by then extended from Great Falls to Butte. Also in 1890, Great Falls was connected to another country by the Canadian-Pacific's narrow-gauge line to Lethbridge, Alberta. The Great Northern's tie-in to Helena and Butte connected the mines of those areas with the hydropower potential of Great Falls. About the same time in 1893 -Hill's Great Northern reached the Pacific Coast, making it, considering its connection points in the East, the third U.S. transcontinental railroad.

It connected Great Falls with fast access to both ends of the nation. In Great Falls, meanwhile, on Sept. 1, 1894, a fire destroyed the original depot on the west bank. A replacement depot near the site of what is now the Civic Center would serve until 1910. That year, it was replaced by the brick structure that now houses Energy West, formerly Great Falls Gas Co.

In addition to commercial benefits, the railroads provided entertainment and escape for Great Falls residents. One company, the Boston Montana Consolidated Copper Silver Mining provided special trains for its workers and their families. The trains traveled to Helena, where families visited museums and the Broadway Natatorium, had a picnic in Central Park and returned to Great Falls the next day. The Neihart line featured something that became known as the "fish train." Anglers could board early in the morning, travel to the "hole" of their choice on Belt Creek, spend the day filling their creels and return in the evening. By the early 1900s, Hill and friends had taken control of the Northern Pacific and the Burlington Route.

With the exception of the Union Pacific's line southward out of Butte, and although the commonly held lines kept their separate names, Montanans once again found themselves at the mercy of a single entity. But another monopoly-buster was on the way: the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific, known as the Milwaukee Road. After reaching Great Falls, it extended northwesterly to Choteau, terminating at Agawam, which doesn't even show up on modern maps. The hope had been to tie in to the Canadian Pacific, but the money ran out In the meantime, yet another line had been built, this one connecting Billings with Great Falls.

It was called the Billings Northern; it was under the same J. Morgan llT 1950-1930 Northside Drug 1301 5th Ave. lid. nrtiHtHtfifH iVvtrfkiMb The Snyder Pharmacy started in 1895 In Stockett, MT by Carl B. Snyder.

It was moved Into Great Falls in 1927 to the location at 1227 5th Avenue Morth. The name was changed to northside Drug. Carl was Joined by his son Carl J. Snyder in 1932. In 1950, the location moved across the street to 130 1 5th Avenue Morth.

lieil Snyder joined the business in 1962 after his college graduation. In 1970, Snyder Drug was opened In the northside Shopping Center. The Snyders operated both locations until 1980 when the northside Drug on 5th Avenue closed. The store in the northside Shopping Center was expanded in 1988 at which time Michael Snyder joined the store. Michael is the fourth generation Snyder to continue the traditions of Snyder Drug.

Michael ft Neil Snyder Snyder Drug Northside Shopping Center 1970 to present 25 13 6th Ave. No. if-. ULBiilfimmmwmm "Otd ItuAvuted" i 308 1st Avenue So. 761-2192 1-888-761-2192 S3 M-F Sat.

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