The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-05-18

ONTANA. SUNDAY MORNIl
boulevards. Boulevards have been sstab-
lished. grading considerably done and work
generally commenced ON the ones that lead
to the falls of the Missouri. public
library has been established, handsome do
nations OF books given, besides plat Of
the erection of building, sufficient funds
now being on hand for the erection Of the
same the coming summer. Two banks are
veil supported. One, the First
National bank. with a capital OF
1 ~ Ooo, and an authorized capital OF
~, 1859 the sworn statement of the bank
shows for that period: Surplus, $5l. 529, 10;
individual deposits, $296, 1892, and time
deposits. $lO6 Son. "a; the statement at that
,ri showing the resources to be $64O. SO.
Inc other is private bank called the Cas-
also enjoying an immense business. In
connection with the city, a beautiful GENE
terry has been laid out about two miles south,
ana 1t ls incorporated on sound basis, and
not subject to removal, as is SO often the
case in new cities.
l0M mills on the dollar. The city corpora
ton runs smoothly, and the criminal oalen-
dar is invariably light. The principal
thorouPhtares have good, substantial side
walks, II feet in width.
THOROUGH SYSTEM OF GRADED SCHOOLS
il in operation under experienced
teachers. and occupy two buildings, one Of
which is handsome brick building which
cost $4,000. Six church are there, repre-.
senting the Episcopal, Catholic, Baptist
Presbyterian, Methodist Episcopal an Uni
versalist. The tone of society ia equal to
that of the cities of the older states, owing
to the influx of the educated classes here
during the past three years from Minnesota
and other states. There is post of the
Grand Army Of the Republic, and the secret
Masons, Odd Fellows, Knights Of Pythias,
Good Templars and Ancient Order OF
United Workmen. The city also is the
headquarters of Company ga" Montana
National Guards, numbering about GO men,
bers.
Hotel accommodation is ample and first-
class, one hotel alone, the Park hotel, hav-
ing cost $7O,O 600; other good hotels, the Mil
waukee, Minneapolis. etc., having ample
accommodations. The lumber trade ia
represented by three large firms, who
draw their supplies both by river and by
rail. and furnish material from the Pacific
coast, Montana and the pineries Of Michi-
OF lawyers, doctors and dentists. The va
rlous business houses carry immense stocks
OF goods, which cheap transportation and
competition enable purchasers to buy at a
small advance on eastern prices. There are
also two newspapers the Tribune and
Leader, both thorough representatives of
the growing city, and newspapers worthy of
city much larger than Great Falls. The
Tribune. now an evening issue, will soon
appea4 has morning paper, containing full
telegrfphic reports, and will be eight pages.
BUILDING IMPROVEMENTS.
All the streets of Great Falls are eighty
feet wide except Central avenue, the princi-
pal street, which is ninety feet. The streets
are kept clean and are sprinkled every day.
Facing the Park hotel, very large and
handsome structure, is park of two blocks,
which is kept in good condition by two
gardeners. A great deal of building is now
going on in Great Falls, important among
the improvements and additions to the city
being foundry which is to cost $4,000. It
is being constructed on the line of the
branch road on the northern edge of the
city, between the great dam, smelters and
railroad. The contract for building hand
some passenger and freight depot has been
let for $50, 900 and work will begin at once.
Central avenue. A large three-story brick
and stone addition to the Park hotel is now
under way and will add 12O rooms to that
structure, just doubling the capacity and
making the hotel property worth 500, 900.
The new addition will be 50x1O0 feet.
Messrs. Phil Gibson & Renner are
bPn paI up cost business siso block kobe Of
Vaughn is building a large livery stable Of
brick, and opera house adjoining, to cost
at least $4,000. Matt Dunn, already the
owner Of one Of the prettiest business blocks
in the city, is building another adjoining
and much prettier; it will be two-story
building with fifty feet frontage, to cost
$4,000. A new hotel, The Elm, is also be-
ing built. This will be 100 feet deep with
Is feet front, will be three stories high, and
erecting two-story brick on Central ave-
nue., to be used as drug store. On the
corner of Central and Fifth avenues the
Boston Realty company are erecting
three story brick and stone structure, to be
used in part as the county court house.
Hon, T. f. Collins is building three-story
brick between Central avenue and Third
street on First avenue south, to cost $15,-
600. J. d. Gore is putting up two-story
cost $4,000. The Great Falls Water Power
g. Townsite company's three-story brick
block, now the largest business block in the
city, will soon be increased to five stories
and an elevator will be put
in. Warehouses are being erected
near the depot. All the building material
at Great Falls is obtained in the immediate
vicinity of the city, where the finest quar-
ries of white, brown and greenish sand
enough rock is obtained to build the found
alton of buildings. Some beautiful blocks
of white and brown sandstone are quar-
ried near Great Falls.