The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1882-04-19
BARKER,s BUILDING BOOM.
The Advance Guard Of the Stampede Ar
irving at the Camp.
Good and Wholesome Advice Given to Pros
pectors.
GOLD RUN, April 9Th, 1882.

on every hand, AND not mere SnanIes, out
good, substantial buildings of good siza. and
the largest proportion of hewn logs. 1t
il only about six weeks since we left the
camp and what a change Coming up the
gulch, on ascending the hill to the plateau
upon which the smelter is located, the first
change we notice, was upon the right hand
where a fine hewn log building with iron
roof met our gaze, and in the large transome
light over the door the word Bank is seen.
About fifty feet in the rear a we'll built ware
house for storage has been erected. Step
ping inside the bank, hoping to borrow a
couple of hundred, we find it is only a bank
of deposit, where we are expected to deposit
twenty-five cents every time weasget thirsty.
Not having the required quarter, and hearing
one after another of several persons sitting
around a table at one side OF the room cry
out. ~.spass," ~stpass," we concluded they
wanted us to move on, so we pass out and
pass on to the new building on the adjoining
lot above. This is a fair sized building, be-
ing erected for George Houk. of Benton, the
agent of the new stage line from Benton to
Barker and the Yellowstone. The building
is probably intended for an express and
stage office. A few rods above John q.
Guthrie has erected a fine building 24z36,
with a wing 1922 for a boarding house.
Across the street and just below the drug
store, J. T. Boothroyd, the young and enter
nrising lawyer of the camp, is now engaged
II hnjlding d nice double Office 1928 feet in
size, to accommodate his fast growing busl-
ness, Returning again to the right hand side
of the street, we come to a fine store builL-
ing, 52x25 feet in size, to be finished in good
style, with an open front, which is owned by
Messrs. johnson & Ford, Of your city, and
when completed will be filled by a well Sc
lected assortment of everything needed in a
mining camp. Opposite the last named
building, we must not forget to mention the
improvements of our enterprising young
friend, Peter J. McDermott, who has had
his building raised up three feet and an e1-
tention of 30 feet added to the rear. lie al
ways keeps the very best Of liquors and CT
CARS and although his place is usually crowd
Su WItu ulluCics JCt ~ S@A ASSP
quiet and orderly. A few months since he
came into the camp with only his hands and
an indomitable will, and now he owns his
lot, with a fine building on it, and has a good
stock On hand, besides some other valuable
property on Main street.
On the next street back Of Main we note q
neat residence just completed by H.. O.. Mad
ison, the jolly caterer at the restaurant OF
Courtney & Madison. Mr.. M. has Justtaken
the smelter company's boarding house,
Courtney continuing the old business. Inos.
Maddox has sold out his store and stock to
f. W. Reed.
Going above the smelter to Gold Run
creek we find that McDevitt & Wright have
sold their stables, and near by a new lime
kiln has been built just up the run, while on
Maia street a new blacksmith shop built by
Gorham Bros. has gone up opposite a
brewery is being built, while just above the
blacksmith shop Messrs. Scott and Thomp-
son have erected a comfortable dwelling
house. From this point up the gulch towards
Hughes City we count tWenty-slx new
buildings. Upon the right and left hand
nearl every lot has q house either completed
o. in couse of construction for a distance OF
about two hundred yards. Upon the right
hand side Frank Gauthier has erected a nice
two story building, in the lower story OF
which he keeps a saloon and above he has
his residence.
A short distance up the gulch, and on the
left. Mrs. G. M. Watson has opened a board
ing house, and adjoining the building now
occuoied by her she is having another large
large building put up which, when complet-
ed, will give her four times the room she
nov has. AS to the purpose for which the
other buildings in Central City were erected
we did not learn in a business way, as we
make it q practice never to find out in any
O her manner. Suffice to say this is the new
addition to Gold Run called Central City,
connecting Hughes City and Gold Run. The
building boom seems to have struck here
with great force and energy.
Professor Foss having returned from Ben
ton, where he has been to recuperate his ex-
hausted energies upon eggs and other luxu-
ries unknown in the camp, business at once
~revives, and to- night the blast furnace is ex-
pected to be fired up. He has about 200 tons
of ore which has been run through the roast
ing furnace, now in the form of Galena
matte, ready for smelling, which he expects
will take about six to eight days to reduce to
bullion