The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-10-27
From the Daily Of Friday.
A FINE BUILDING.
Enterprise Of One of Our Most
Popular Firms SHOWING the
Prosperity Of Our
Merchants.

We yesterday visited the new brick
building just completed by the en-
terprising firm of E. L. Bonner Il Go.
and, through the courtesy of Mr.. D..
J. Hennessy, were shown through
the various rooms and departments
This building is undoubtedly the
handsomest of its kind in the Terri
tory and is a great credit to the firm
rs well as to our city. The building
consists of three stories, including the
basement which is used for q jobbing
and ware room, and is strongly and
substantially built. The walls are
all solid, those of the first story being
about eighteen inches and of the
second story fourteen inches in thick
ness. The exterior appearance is
very imposing, the heavy window
caps, the large show windows, the
massive galvanized cornice. and the
general handsome design rendering
it very attractive to the eye of the
observer. The lumber is all native
but the iron pillars and walnut rail-
ngs were shipped from Chicago. The
dimensions are forty feet front by
one hundred and thirty-two feet
depth. As one enters there are three
fine show-windows, one to the right
and two the left, eleven by fourteen
ieet in size. with four panes each of
fine French plate glass. To the right
is a large mirror eight by ten feet.
The central counter is hand
somely finished and extends two
thirds of the length of the store.
To the right of this is the gents
department and the left is reserved
for the ladies'. There will be twelve
departments on this floor besides the
carpet department which occupies the
whole Of the e of the store and is
about forty feet square.
In the ladies' department one
comes first to the dress goods and
silks, and then to the flannel and do
nestle department, then to the ladies'
suits, then to the notions and ribbons,
then to the hosiery. and finally to the
ladies' and childr Ems shoes and Slip
pers.
The gentlemen's department is d.
vided as follows: hats and caps, gen.
tlemen's clothing, (which occupies
the whole centre of this side) shirts
and underwear. ooots and shoes and
rubber goods. just tothe rear ofthis
is the wall paper department. The
office, which is centrally located and
just forward of the carpet depart
ment, will be handsomely fitted up,
and is surrounded by a finely fin
ished black walnut railing. Just in
front OF this again is the staircase
leading into the basement. Here
some four hundred cases and bales If
merchandise, selected by MI. M. j.
Cornell while in New York, have al
ready been opened. The height Of
the ceiling of the basement is 81 feet,
that of the first floor IL feet and of
the second floor IL feet in the clear.
In the second story n sixteen
large and handsomely furnished
rooms for renting purposes, with al
outside stairway for descent, ifso de-
sired.
The first floor is lighted by eigh-
ieen chandeliers consisting Of "a
lights, and is fitted throughout with
the only bracket shelving in Butte,
and probably in the Territory. In
the extreme rear, back of the carpet
department., is a nicely furnished
cloak and wash room. In the base
ment a boiler is being set under the
supervision Of Mr.. James Renshaw
for the purpose of heating the entire
building by steam. This building
was designed, the plans drawn ana
the construction superintendent by
MI. George Selfridge of this city, tor
all of hich he deserves much praise
and credit. The old store will be
closed all day to-day, for the purpose
of moving, and will reopen in the
new Quarters tomorrow morning.