The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1889-07-02
THE MONTANA.
ADaconda's Large and Elegant Hotel For
msIIy Opened to the-PubIlc.

maIIy Opened to the-PubIlc.
| ANACONDA. July I-lSpeciaI 20 the
Independent The pride Of Anaconds
and in fact of the whole west side, the
finest hosel in the territory. and indeed IN
all the great stretch OF country between st.
Paul and the Pacific coast, the Montana
hotel at Anaconda, was the scene of the
most brilliant social event that has yet
taken place in Montana Your cores
pondeut visited the hotel yesterday and
was shown through it by ID. ). MeDeviti,
the accommodating supervising architect.
under whose watchful eye every detiaI OF
the great hotel has been brought TO a stage
OF perfection. To use a favorite expression
of ca > A. EsteI, who by the way is one
OF the leading stockholders, ''Its
pretty" The genial colonel thiaks
that expression IS complete
description of the property and those who
saw the hotel 10 night conceded with him.
The big hotel is situated on the southwest
corner OF Main and Second streets. Its
frontage ON Main street Is l20 feet; in the
center OF the front is an open court nifty
two feet in width and eighty IN depth, aud
the depth of the hotel is l20 feet The
hotel is four stories and basement in
height, the roof being S.xty-fOur feet from
the ground. There are ls5 rooms marked
on the bell board behind the clerks desk.
and billiard rooms, dining room and kitch-
en-. The floors are laid with encanstic tiles,
as Is also portion OF the floor above. Wide
statrways lead TO the second floor,
which is finished in red oak and co Itains
the parlOrs, ladies ordinary ana guest
rooms. The third and fourth floors are
finished alternately in cherry and red oak |
and are occupied by guest rooms. The en-
tire furniture and finishings of the house
are first class. The guest rooms on the |
second and third floors are in suites OF two |
and three ROOMS. with an elegantly ap-
pointed bath room for each suite. The |
rooms are furnished throughout with mo- |
Quette and Brussels carpets, and the furn-
IJure is of the latest design and finish. /
Electric call bells are IN every room and /
the light is furnished by the incandescent /
electric system. The heating is all by /
steam and IN every room is a new lnven- Il
tiOn called the thermostaL By means of /
this apparatus an alarm IS sounded IN the /
Office whenever the temperature of any /
room rises above ninety degrees
There are six IRE escapes on
various sides of the hotel, and a fire
plug for the attachment of hose is on every /
floor. A hydraulic passenger elevator
communicates with the floors. In short.
every appointment known to a first-class
Montana" IL is a verItable palace, and no
requirement OF comfort or luxury has been
overlooked.
The plans for The Montana were drawn
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work has been done entirely by w. +. Nc
Dewitt, of Butte. Ground was first broken
for the hotel May 10, 1888, and at that time
lt was the intention 70 make the structure
only three stories The plan, however,
grew on the owners hands and was con-
stantly enlarged. As 1t stands The Mon
lana cost 100000 for construction and
$4,000 for furnishing.
The first guest was the Countess |
Bozenta Chlapotski, or as the world knows
ler better, MOdjSska. This fair queen of
,le drama inscribed her name at the head
jf the great register on Saturday evening, |
Ind was the guest of the hotel for twenty
'Our hours. This morning the hotel was
brown open to the public and tonight the |
opening ball came of.
The opening ball this evening was un-
the most brilliant sOlial event
Montana has ever witnessed. The after
loOn and evening trains on the Montana |
Union were crowded with guests. Three
hundred came from Butte, seventy-five |
rom Helena and twenty-five each from !
Deer Lodge and Dillon. An elegant din I
Ter was served at O'Clock, and towards
the hotel began 20 fill rapidly. A
programme of twenty-fOuT dances had been I
rraDged and dancing was carried on in
he spacious dining room 10 the inspiring I
music of OrtOn's orchestra The hall i
till at its height at the present writing. |
Among the many distinguished guests I
resent were Hons. J. &. Toole, Martin
faginnis, Lee Mantle, Gen. Charles :. I
Warren. United States Marshal George A.
rvine, Daniel E. BandmaD, ex-Revenue
,ollectOr James Shields and Col Wilber r.
auders.