The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-05-15
REV. MR.. FISHERS SIDE.
some Facts Hearing Upon the Case nj
MIs.oula's Christinn Church.

MIssoUEA, May A.-Almost every day
brings the announcement Of some i'm
provemcnt or new industry In his city.
Fine business blocks, churches and
bridges, a variety theater, hotel and young
ladies' academy, are all immediate pros
poets or recent additions. Among the new
industries Of the city may he named the
Missoula Steam laundry, situated on the
school section north OF the railroad. II
this new establishment Is equalled by any
other in the state, there Is little danger in
saying II is o surpassed. All the ma
chinery came from Troy, that great pro-
Queer Of laundry supplies,and cos nearly
5000. IL consists OF two washers, a
chine, and mangle for ironing goods with
out buttons. TIN twelve-rack dry room
has n capacity of l52 shirts besides all
other clothes. The machinery is run by n
ten horse power engine n six ten horse
power boilers. Perhaps the great
beautiful delivery wagon, costing 500,
which may be seen on the street at almost
any hour.
The plans for Kennedy's new hotel.
which Fuller, Irwin 4 Van Den Stecn have
been working on for some time past. are
now completed. They tell a story of which
every Missoulian should feel proud. We
are To have "A hostelry whose size, ccom
modations and furnishing will compare
favorably with those of any in neigh
boring cities. The building will consist
of "a basement and three stories. The
basement will contain sample rooms for
drummcrs, store rooms and Offices to
rent On the ground floor will be
the hotel office, parcel rooms,
public and private dining rooms, kitchens,
pantries, closets for table linen, stair
eases, freight elevator, bar-room and
three stores. The Office will be reached
from Stephens avenue by the main en-
trance and ladies' entrance. The first
floor will contain two ladies' parlors, a
reading and writing room, a sample
room for travelling men, toilet rooms,
suites, and single rooms. The second
floor will he given up entirely 10 sleeping
apartments and toilet rooms. The build
ing will be of brick and stone, a large
amount Of iron being used as stays, etc.
The lower part will be finished, as far as
possible, In hard woods, and the upper
part in pine. Steam heat throughout, gas,
and electric call bells will he some of tho
features. The public dining room and
ladies' parlors will have large fire places
for ventilation n for use ON cool MORN
ings and evenings when the furnaces are
not running. Fire escapes Mt the end of
the CORR Tors will add greatly to the safety
Of the guests. The number OF rooms will
he about scventy-ive. Taking into con-
sideration the beautiful u substantial
manuer In which the hotel is to be built,
the latest convenicnces that will be every
where present and the experience of the
proprietors as hotel managers. Missoula
will hav much greater reason in the fu-
ture to boast Of the in which our
guests are entertained than she has had
in the past.
Yesterday your correspondent called
upon Rev. Eli Fisher and asked him to
make n statement concerning the un-
p~leasantness mentioned in sundays
STANDARD as existing among certain
parties connected with the Christian
church. He declined to make any state
ment and expressed n desire that nothing
be said which would east any reflection
upon the fairness or good intentions OF
any member of his congregation. lnas-
much however, as some Of the statements
which have been circulated do him a per-
sonal injustice, he explained them and
showed that the parties who started them
have quite mistaken ideas ON the matters
Of which they spoke. The heading of the
subscription which was taken by the con
~gregation for the purpose Of purchasing
the lots reads as follows:
"MissouLA. Mont, dee. A. ID. Iss7.
We, the undersigned, do hereby agree 10 pay
10 Eli Fisher, Trustee Of the Christian woman's
Board Of Missions, the sums set opposite our
names for The EarpoIe q aiding IN naTshasing Y
the town of Missoula, Montana, and erecting a
chapel thereon for the benefit Of the Disciples u
Christ or Christian Church, etc"
From this il can he seen that the prop
crty when acquired was To belong to the
Christian Woman's Board of Missions
and not to the Christian Church of Mis-
soula. Rev. Mr.. Fisher purchased the
lots, hut as he had To advance money
on them had the deeds made ont in
his own name. Early this spring.
however,. the property was transferred
To Eli Fisher, trustee of the Christian
Woman's Board of Mission. On Febru-
AIRY I. lSss, Shipley and Adams, of this
city rendered n bid to furnish The mater
ial except glass n sash, and build the
church according 10 the specifications for
Si.ss2. Under those specifications there
was tn he no basement and the tower
lacked II feet of its present height. The
cost of the church as built by Rev Mr..
Fisher was about 5000, hut that includes
the cost of the land, erecting the church
as IL stands. builders risks, insurance,
sidewalk, fencing. interest ON borrowed
none and all expenses of construction,
many of which are not how in the con-
tract. That the Board of Missions IL
satisfied with what he has done is proved
by letters from the secretary of that or
g%anization thanking him for his faithful
ness and industry in the matter. Some
Board of Missions that the church prop
erty he transferred tn somebody else than
himself. After taking legal advice, the
president wrote on January 10 of this
year that the board had decided TO trans
Ter il Ia the congregation here with rcver-
sion i'm certain contingencies. The only
debt on the church is IL shares Of Build
ing and Loa association stock amount
ing to S2.60p. Mr.. Fisher has taken IL
upon himself Ia pay the Si2.O "a month 10
meet this debt and for security depends
upon renting the basement and rooms
in rear of the church. II would seem that
a grave misconstruction has been placed
upon Mr.. Fishers actions and that the
dissatisfaction which has been reported
Ia exist is based upon insufficient grounds.
Judge George W. Reeves was confined
Ia his home yesterday with n severe at
tack of rheumatism. His condition Is
somewhat improved to-day, but he is re-
manning al home on account of the damp
l ....ual.u