The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1881-10-18
From Tuesdays Daily.
BIZ ILDING NOTES.
General Survey.

All buildings in progress in Butte are
being hurried along now, while wind and
weather permit. The heavy work OH most
OF the larger buildi, gs Is we'll advanced, and
a short continuance of working weather will
enable the builders and contractors to DEFY
the winter season. Hi "i" sif& t79saF
CLARk's BANK BUILDING.
The stone work on this building, corner of
Main and Broadway, is ABOUT finished. This
morning Mr.. James Whaland, who has the
Contract for the brick work, will commence
building the walls from the first floor up.
The building is one hundred feet deep and
about twenty wide, the cu,-off at the upper
corner making the frontage of the building
on Main street seem less than IL is in reality.
Tf2 fist floor will be oecupied entirely by
tie bank and bank office. On the second
foor there will be a hall running tile full
depth, with some six or eight offices, the
number varying with the size proposed. The
second floor will rent for about $3.50 per
month, at an aggregate estimate.
THE COURT HOUSE. ....
This building would do credit to any town
or city, and will afford the bar Of Butte a
handsome and capacious court room, forty
feet wide by seyenty-two feet long. The
trout offices OH the ground -four will be occu-
pied by tie County Clerk and Recorder in
the northern {, rner, and the County Treas
urer, Sheriff and Probate Judge in the south
cru corller. The court room proper win b.
in tile southW est corner Of the building. The
brick work is now finished and the wood
work well in hand. The ,tiees can be- made
ready for occupation by December list. lie
building is now 50 nearly done that it can be
finished throughout irrespective Of the wealth
er. When completed Inns Will be the finest
aud most expensive court house in Montana.
TIE SCHOOL HOUSE.
The brick work Oh the new school nous. is
about halt flushed and Is BENZ pushed 10
completion rapidly. ..
THOMAS NEW GROCERY.
The iron ilOnL and raflers Tor Line inst luu,
ceIllng are how i'll place and the bIict; VT TX
is 50 well III Lahu that tlleIe is Tut little fear
OF Interference from weather, II HE present
b%uiluiIls boom conLlllles.
kENsHAw's HALL.
T..e second floor vi the new ur.ck how be-
lug built Oh Me south side OF PaIk X street will
be USED as a pubic hall aud theatre. IIe
fuuIn will hA lhA fI.ll IA ilI 4, nf tI.. l,,iI,i,,.
which is torly-iour feet wide, and will have a
Iwenty-tour foot ceiling. The first floor walls
Will lie lnlshed with Stone ~ their full
heighth, fourteen feet, aud, ii available, brick
will be used 70 complete tie walls TO the
full height OF The building, about forty ieet.
The entire work call be t~i..isheu, Nth !avora'
bic weather, III about six weeks from this
date. A new theatre ninety feet deep and
forty odd feet wide will be quite a haluAolne
addition ~ tue public facilities ot butte.
The speedy completion of the
MINERS HALL
now depends on the Miners Union.
The stone work Oh the walls. il
done, up to the second floor. Ii
devulved OIL tie miners under the contract.
to move the mass Of loose stone piled ur
between the walls which interfere ed serious.
~, at this point, with finishing the building.
1t will be remembered by all who noticed the
excavation for the site for the hail. that al
enormous mass of rock as biased out, max.
ing a pile almost rs large rs All ordinary two
story building itself. Bets were freely made
that the stone could never be put back in the
excavation. and indeed this is true As a gen.
elal proposition.
5. W. Fuller, of Dillon will occupy one
store in the basement E the new / all with
wholesale and retail stock Of wines ant
liquors just As soon as it can be finished fol
occupancy. lie will probably lie able Il
move in by December first.
The work OF lem owing this loose rock Wal
in active progress on yesterday, and to-day
there will be no further difficulty on thai
score. The ceilings of the two store rooms
in tue basement will be fourteen and sixtecI
feet respectively.