The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-04-26
LOOKING UP A PLACE
Where 10 Put the Federal Building
When Butte Gets II.
Some OF the Sites That Would
Give the Building a Good
Location and Suit
the People.
BY the standards Special Wire.

By the Standards Special Wire.
BUTTE, April 25.-The prospects that
Butte will soon have q new federal public
building, to cost not less than $4,000, has
attracted no little attention i'm cal estate
circles. The question of where the build
ing will be located is being actively cam
vassed by anxious property owners. The
likely TO obtain Is to the cost OF both
building and site, and the chances are
that more money will be paid by the gov
eminent for the site than in erecting the
building. The regulations Of the govern
ment in reference to such buildings re-
front on all sides of the building. This
requires that quite n large piece OF
ground be obtained of course. Be-
ing a p~ostofiice this building will
require to be centrally located.
The present postofiice is too far up on the
proposed building should be situated
somewhere on Broadway or Park street,
not very far east or west of Main street.
But there will not be n very large collec-
ton of suitable sites i'm that portion of
the town to select. To secure a piece of
land in the vicinity of Main street, say
200 feet square, would consume almost
the entire appropriation, besides the avail
bile sites are very scarce. Some time ago
mention was made in the STANDARD of n
syndicate which IL was proposed to form
To buy up all available sites In the city
and hold them in the hope that the gov
eminent would be compelled to pay the
syndicate's price for n of these pieces of
property. This scheme, however, has been
dropped as its promoters argued that the
margin of profit upon such n transaction
would be necessarily small owing to the
smallness OF the appropriation. Where
then the building be put? There is
no better site in own for the postotflce
than the school grounds OH West Park
street. This property is in n central
part OF the city and would be very con-
venient. 1t Is about two hundred feet
square and faces the three streets. This
property would probably cost about
seventy-five thousand dollars. On the
northeast corner of Main and Quartz
streets is n piece of available property
about n hundred and seventy-five feet
deep and one hundred feet front. This
would not he considered n bad location,
though nearly, as far up as the present
probably be purchased for $4,000. Some
weeks ago some California capital
list purchased three lots on the
corner of Broadway and Wyoming
streets for $1,000. This property has a
frontage of 80 feet on Broadway. Be
tween IL and the corner is one lot 10 feet
wide. The whole of this property could
be bought for about $4,000, and would
make a very suitable site for the post.
Office. Directly opposite this is a fine
property about $50 fee on Broadway and
leo OF Wyoming street. This is owned
by the Thornton estate and could be
bought for something in the neighborhood
of $4,000. The last mentioned piece of
property is considered as the most likely
10 be selected as n site for the new build
ing. II is understood that n liberal in
ducement will be offered the government
by the owners of his property TO cree,
the building there. There will be some
strong wire pulling on this matter during
the coming weeks.