The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-10-13
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Notes Gathered Here and There by a Leader
Reporter.

Notes Gathered Here and There by a Leader
Reporter.
Notwithstanding the cry of hard
times, it is quite evident that there is
considerable surplus capital still in
Cheyennee, from the number of fine
buildings that have been erected in this
city during the past season. The fol-
lowing embrace the most important:
The masonic temple. on Sixteenth
street, is a fine brick building, 4xSO
feet, two stories high, with two elegant
store rooms on the first floor, with
french plate fronts. The second store
is used exclusively for society pur-
poses, one fine, large hall and the GUS
tomary anti-rooms. 1t is the finest
building of the kind in the city.
McDaniels' block, on Eddy street, is
another fine structure, 65x66 feet, two
stories high. with stone trimmings.
On the first floor are three fine store
rooms, with French plate fronts. In
the second store is a fine hall, which is
fast becoming the popular resort for
select parties and dances. There are
also several fine rooms for Offices, 'front.'
ing on Eddy street. The roof is COW
cred with tin. 1t is one of the finest
business blocks in the city.
The Collins block, on Ferguson street,
Is another business establishment, 21x50
feet, two stories high, with fine store
room on first floor, and French plate
glass front. The second story is de-
voted exclusively to rooms. Mr.. r.
W. Jordan wa the architect.
The brick building built by D. Fitz-
gerald, on Seventeenth street, rear the
Simmons house, is 24x40 feet, and is
two stories high. The front floor is
taken up by one store room, and the
second to rooms.
Joseph Dillmann has just completed
a fine brick building On Eddy street,
22x50 feet, which he is using for a
saloon; making one of the finest in the
city.
The Catholic church, which is now
nearly finished, is a fine brick, with
stone trimmings, 42x76 feet. 1t is
located on the corner of Nineteenth
and Ferguson streets, and will be the
only brick church in the city.
The Montana house, located south Of
the Union Pacific track, is a nice brick
hotel, 22x4S feet, two stories high,
with verantia in front. The hotel is
owned and was built by Mrs. Callahan,
costing $4,000. Mr.. R. ". Jordan was
the architect.
The Alert hose house, located on
Hill street, is a neat little brick, 22x40
feet, built by the City of Cheyenne for
that company, costing $1,000.
Geo. R. Thomas residence on Seven
teenth street, is 22x54 feet, built of
brick, and elegantly finished. 1t cost
80, 300. R. w. Jordon was the archi-
tect,
The residence of W. L. Seely ON
Nineteenth street, is a fine brick, 22x36
feet, with veranda in front, costing
$1,000 r. W. Jordan was the archi-
tect.
Judge ID. q. Tracy is building a fine
residence on Sixteenth street, 20x36
feet; two stories high, stone trimmings,
and the interior finished with hard
wood.
R. B. Horrie is building himself a
nice brick residence on Nineteenth
street, 16x28 feet, on the Swiss Gothic
style. The interior will be finished
with hard wood.
The barn Of Hon. A. H. Swan, on
Seventeenth street, is 2Sx62 feet, with
v~entilating tower on top. 1t will &C.
commodate twenty-four horses, with
an office and room on first floor. The
structure cost $4,000. R. w. Jordan
was the architect.
The fine brick mansion on Eighteenth
street, built by Miss Ida Hamilton, is
3Sx45 feet, two stories; the first story
being thirteen feet high and the second
one eleven feet. There is an ell in the
rear, 16x39 feet. A large hall runs
through the centre Of the main build
ing, ten feet wide, with an elegant
stairway leading to the second floor,
four feet wide. On either side of the
hall are two fine parlors, and on the
second floor are six rooms. The entire
building is lighted by the Springfield
gas machine, the generator of which is
buried in the ground, thirty feet from
the house. The edifice is heated by
Richardson & Boynton's Salamauder
furnaces, No. so. The building is the
finest in the city, costing $1,000, and
the furnishing of the same $1,000. R.
W. Jordan was the architect.