The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-04-16
BUILDING Up BOISE
There Will be a Building Boom
This Summer.
MANY HANDSOME RESIDENCES
The Boise Butte Road Meeting With Favor
The Fort Hall Reservation Survey
Mining Matters.


to THE HERALD. From present indi-
cations Boise City will have large
building boom the coming summer. The
city is building large city hall on the cor
ner OF Eighth and Idaho streets which will
cost, when completed together with the
jail and fire station, SAC, OOO 1t will cover
a space 50x70 feet. The building will be
I'VE stories high, adorned with handsome
tower 70 feet high. The style will
be Roman, the basement story of cut
stone, while the wall of the other stories
will be of pressed brick. The interior
finish of the structure viii be of red oak,
while the floors of the halls, vestibules and
lower stories will be of tile. The building
viii have offices for all city officers. 1t is
expected that the building will be COM
pleted by the 1st of June
One of the most important public build
lngs OF BOISE is the natatorium, now near
ing completion. This building is 200 feet
long with frontage of l46 feet
ITS ARCHITECTURAL APPEARANCE Is 1MPos-
ING.
1t has bail towers los feet high. The
main body of the building has plunge in
the form of miniature falls, and is arched
over with spans Sc feet wide. 1t will be
furnished elegantly and the grounds will
laid out in handsome style. The water for
the baths will be brought from the hot ar
teslan springs about mile from the build
ing. II is pronounced by visitors to be the
handsomest building of the kind in the
northwest.
quite number Of private residences are
In course of erection. a careful estimate
OF buildings, the plans for which have al
ready been drafted by the architects and
are now in course of erection, shows that
over 100000 will be spent in Boise this
year in residence buildings. Business of
all kinds is good. In fact, commercial men
who visit ali the cities of the northwest
say that Boise compares favorably with
all of them in point of trade
TIE BOISE BUTTE ROAD
is meeting with general favor in the east
Mr.. Miller writes that he is meeting with
GOOD success and encouragement as to this
property. Boise citizens are taking hold
OF this enterprise with their usual energy
and will no doubt push it to a successful
issue. All the additions laid out near the
city are being sold with reasonable rapid
lily. Hon. H. Z. Johnson will soon com
mence the erection on his property ON
Seventh and Idaho of fine row of build
lngs. They will be two stories in height
ana Will be built Of pressed brick. Mr.
johnson estimates the cost of his fat at
SIC, 000.
Interest in the Worlds fair continues
undated. Captain Wells is travelling
throughout The state delivering addresses
a 4 49,
organization for the purpose of giving
Idaho good exhibit. The following is the
list of
ASSISTANT COMMISSIONERS so FAR APP
POINTED:
Owyhee county, E. H. Dewey and w.
Turmes; Gilmore county, Green White.
George P. Hall, G. c. Glenn. Mrs. M. j.
Bearby; Cassia county, A B. Roberts:
Boise county, j. G. Watts. John Irefon
Mrs. j. 1reton, Mrs. d. E. Coughanour;
Alturss county; John Worstwick; Arthur
Smith, L L Lewis; Bear Lase county. ].
L. Underwood, Walter Hoge; Logan coun-
". j. A. Lusk, a. S. Senter, j, S. Hunter:
Bingham county, E. p. Henry, A L. Nor
rlson, f. M. Merrill, Mrs. Carrie Eastman;
kootenai county, j. L. Sanborn, Monroe
'Daggett, s. b. Wright. H. M. Jorgeus;
Shoshone county, z. Clark, A Finch. w.
d. Moore, Charles Sweeney, Robert Neil,
A. o. Ingalls,; Latah county, A. j. Ralph,
Thomas Kirby, Mrs. j. H. Forney: Nez
Perez county, M. ]. Wessles; Idaho coun-
ty, 5. Z. Bibby; Custer counny, C. C.
Clawson, j. M. Shoup; Lemhi county,
James McNab, William H. Andrews;
Washington county, Lew Allen, V. d. Han
nah. Ada and Oneida counties have not
yet been organized, cut will be soon, when
commissioners viii be appointed.
The firm of Miller s. White, surveyors.
have the contract for surveying the FortJ
Hall reservation and they are now here to
obtain instructions as to the survey. 1t
will cast probably $4,000.
Suryeyor-General Petit is preparing the
Nampa survey. Tor final examination. 1t
includes land between Nampa and Cald
well which will be opened to entry as soon
as completed.
gentleman in from Emmett told your
correspondent that the large ditch enter
prise mentioned in your columns few
weeks ago Will certainly prove a success.
Mr.. Deus, who represents syndicate of
German capitalists, is behind the enter
prise and Will push it TO completion.
IT is THE GENERAL OPINION