The Bozeman weekly chronicle., 1888-01-25
BONDS, YES.
The Proposition to Bond the City for
$25, 900 Carries Almost Unanal-
mOusIy.
Only Twenty-Five Votes Against the Pro-
posed New Building for the City, to be
Used for City Hall.

AT the city election, on Friday after
noon last, 279 votes were polled in the
four wards, 254 of these being in favor of
bonding the city in the sum of $25 900
for the purpose of completing the city
hall and 25 against the proposition.
In the First, ward, so votes were cast,
10 for and five against In the Second
ward so votes were cast, 43 for and eight
against. In the Third ward CO votes
were cast. 81 for and eight against. In
the Fourth, SO votes, 10 for and four
against.
1t will be seen by the above figures
that the project has been almost unani-
mously adopted in Bozeman, being car
ried by majority beyond the expectation
of those Intensely interested in the mat
ter. A majority vote is all that is re-
quired under the new law to legalize the
raising of municipal bonds. Heretofore
a two-thirds majority was required.
Under the new law it was also discover.
ed just before the polls opened that every
male person who resided in the city and
whose name appeared upon the county
assessors book of the preceding year
was entitled to vote; when previously
only those owning property in the city
were allowed to vote on matters in which
the raising of funds was consideration.
Several weeks will now elspse before
the bonds can be sold as it is necessary
that the proposals for bidders be adver-
tised in one or more county papers and
one New York city paper.
As soon as this is accomplished work
| will be continued OH the structure and
the building completed, under the sup.
ervision of building committee.
In September last, at a special meeting
of the council for that purpose, Archi.
tect Vreeland submitted his plans for the
city hall and they were unanimously ac-
cepted by the council. The building,
which will virtually be three stories in
height, is fashioned according to the
French Renaissance style of architecture,
with handsome bell tower and bristling
spires, entablatures. Gothic windows,
triglyphs, spandrels, facades, friezes, cor
nices all handsomely combined. Work
on the basement was begun last fall and
in time this portion of the super-struc-
ture is to be used for steam heating ap.
paratus, store rooms, etc. The dimen.
sions OF the building. which is to be of
native stone and brick, is 130x55 feet.
In the center of the building will be
double doors leading into hall eight
feet wide, % feet in length, partitioned
with brick and enclosing the vault open
ing into the assembly room. On the left
of hall is engine room, entered from
Main street by double folding doors and
by single door; this room is 23xS7. Ad-
joining this room in the rear is firemen's
regalia room, 14x23. In rear of this
room is cross hall which extends from
side to side of the building. From this
hall the Jail rooms for male and female
prisoners is entered. Returning to the
front of the building to the right of the
hall we lin few months cam enter u
room which can be utilized for store,
with front and side windows and en-
frances, this room Is 19x23. In the rear of
this is assembly room entered from tn G
| side by vestibule. From the same
vestibule entrance is gained to the trea-
| surer's office, next to this is an office
16x23, and further On is fireman's hall,
1sx23. These rooms are separated by
hall leading to fuel room and basement.
In the extreme rear of the building a
stairway leads to the property and dres-
| sing rooms for the use of actors.
From the double entrance in front
wide, open, stairway leads to the upper
story, and an easy flight of stairs brings
us to the box office of the hall, surroun-
ded by large vestibule from which we
enter each of five elegant, well-lighted
| front rooms, which are to be utilized as
offices. We next enter, through light
folding doors, the hall auditorium. To
our right and loft are wide stairways
leading to the gallery which covers the
space occupied by the officers and ex.
tends two-thirds of the length of the
opera house. the breast of the gallery
being what is known IL architecture as
serpentine. The auditorium of the hall
is 72x55 and the stage 34x55. Two boxes
will occupy each side of the stage, one
directly over the other, easily entered
by stairs frome side aisles of the audi
torium. In front Of the foot lights the
musicians are enclosed by railing the
floor at this place being depressed eight
inches The orchestra can reach their
stand by an entrance under the stage
where the dressing and property rooms
are located. Besides these rooms is a
waiting room, from which the stage can
be reached by two flights of stairs. The
procenium partitions are fire proof, and
directly above the stage, we'll lighted. is
ample room for the necessary machinery
of first-class opera house.
1t has not been decided yet whether
or not the floor of the opera house is tt
be level or inclined, but in all probabilit.
the latter plan will be adopted.