The semi-weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1890-1891, 1890-05-03
THE BUILDING BOOM.
Mention Of Some of the Fine Blocks that
are Being Built in this City.

h BUILDING BOOM.
Mention Of Some of the Fine Blocks that
are Being Built IN this city.
The public can hardly realize how well
Great Falls will look when the buildings
now in progress are complete.
The addition to the Park hotel will
give Great Falls a metropolitan hotel in
all that the name implies. The furniture
and carpets will all be new in the addi-
ton which will be about double the
capacity of the present hotel.
Mr.. Horst will then feel at liberty to
invite tourists to come here in great
number. Well-to do people from
Helena and Butte will also flock in to
spend a week, a fortnight or a month in
seeing the city and its picturesque sur
roundings. They will be within easy
distance Of their business and will be
among friends and neighbors which is not
the case when they 90 to the Atlantic
coast.
Vaughn Il Paul's livery stables will
also form a valuable feature In the new
Great Falls. As they will be lei thePark
and other hotels they will be in a posi-
ton to accommodate readily travellers
who come here on business or pleasure.
Combined with the other livery stables,
they will put Great Falls on an equality
with larger cities in all that concerns
rigs and fine carriage horses.
The fine hall which MI. Vaughn is also
building will fill a long felt want to use
a a + phase. At least the politicians,
lecturers and church societies will think
So. There is now No building that could
accommodate the large audiences that
may be expected at public meetings and
dramatic entertainments, al we'll as at
church fairs and concerts. The hall
should and we are confident will, be free
from ali entanglements. Let it be rented
to whoever will pay for it, always pro.
vided that the entertainment is proper
and orderly. No "friendly glove con.
tests" should be allowed there.
The Germania concert hall, will also add
to the public entertainment. Inthe good
times coming when beer will be five cents
a glass, 1t will be crowded with people
like the Atlantic garden IN New York OF
the California hall in Butte. Such people
will go there to hear good music and will,
drink in moderation beer, lemonade ani
other beverages.
The new Dunn block will also be
prominent feature on the Broadway O.
Great Falls. 1t will provide offices fol
the mining companies and other IN
dustrial enterprises that will be startet
here. Its pressed brick front will var,
agreeably the street architecture and Sc
a good example for all others who built
on Central avenue. ,
The Realty company's building OF
Central avenue and Fifth street will ais,
be a noteworthy structure which will
include a~spacious court room and county
offices. 1t will give t. strong impulse tt
that part of the city and cause Contra
avenue to be built up evenly to its QUITE
limits. Room may be found in thi'
block for artists studios and for a bust
ness college.
No mention is made here of such build
ings as the Ulm and the Gibson & Rennel
block which are more of the strict,
business order. Nor would space allow
to speculate on the great benefits tina
will accrue from the fine residences tina
are being constructed on the North ant
South sides. They have already render
ed the school-house hill one Of the mos
attractive portions of the city and impl.
increased business for our merchants a
well as comfortable homes for many o
our people.
The Collins-Lepley brick block which
is being built on Third street between
Central and First ave. south will be ON
of tie finest structures in the city. l
will have a frontage of 60 feet and vii
be three stories high. It will have also
spacious basement. There will be thre
stores in the first story. The upper floor
will be divided into Offices and apartments
The central location of this building en-
sures it public favor from the start.