The Butte daily miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1885-18??, 1886-01-01

Our thriving mountain city. nesting as
shed in IL basin among the Rocky noun
tains, at an altitude Of something over
5000 feet has pursued the even tenor Of
her way from an obscure and almost un.
known-place. mining-camp, ten years ago,
until to-day with her population Of at least
~, 900 souls, .he is known all over the civ.
i'izcd world. As Il tirst-class city in every
particular, she stands, 50 far as her mate.
rial progress and the enterprise and thrift
al her people are concerned, without peer
among the cities in the Great West, distin.
gnished alike for their rapid growth and
marvellous development. Possessing as she
does an efficient fire department, tclegra Ill
ic and telephone facilities electric lights
gas service, hydrant water, railroad com
munication aud all the other comforts and
she ontranks thousands 81 older cities and
aspircs t" vie with the largest and most
popnlous on this continent. No city. from
st. Paul t" San Francisco, excepting Min
neapolis Kansas City, Denver and Salt
Lake, can boast OF a larger permanent pop.
ulation, and none Of these have finer bust
ness houses or handsomer public buildings
The climate, considering the high alti.
tude, has no superior on this continent,
tempered as it is BY warm breezcs from
tn" Pacific, and, the city being protected
by mountain ranges on every side
from the high winds, it ia free from intense
heat or cold. From early spring until mid
winter there is scarcely any perceptible
variation in the temperature. From six
to eight weeks the temperature is exceed
ingly low, ranging from ten degrees above
to forty degrees below zero. but even when
the thermometer registers the lowest there
is very lit tie suffering from, or complaint
about, the severity Of the weather, because
the rarified condition OF the atmosphere,
and it's freedom from dampness, deprives it
OF that penetrating chilliness which it pos
sesses in lower lands, hence one feels more
with n temperature Mt forty
degrees below zero than he would in other
places, distant from the mountains, where
the atmosphere is affected by humidity, at
thirty degrees above.
The growth OF the city has been rapid,
but permanent in character. The streets
are broad and hard, having foundation
Of crushed rock and lava. The dwellings
and stores on the principal streets are
mostly brick, while Others are neat, com.
Portable and convenient frame buildings.
The population consists principally OF the
laboring or producing classes, who are EN-.
ployed in or about the mines and shelters.
There is no city Of the same size on the
continent where better order is maintained.
This may not be ascribed SO much to the
police regulations, which are as perfect as
those found elsewhere, as to the orderly
and peace abiding disposition OF
the population. Butte is not such place
as holds out inducements for idlers, drones
Or adventures. Only active, live, enter.
prising business men and industrious labor.
srs and mechanics find Butte to he con-
genial to their tastes. Industry and enter.
price will not affiliate with Incidence or
'hiftlessness. The incomingtra hs are some.
times freighted with the latter classes, but