The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1895-09-28
THE POST AT HELENA
Formally Occupied by Companies
F and B From Assiniboine.
GIVEN A ROYAL RECEPTION
Already Nearly a Quarter of a Million
Dollars Has Been Expended
for the Buildings.

Helena, Mont, Sept 23.-Fort Harri-
son, the army post at Helena, was
formally occupied" today. Companies
F and b of the Twenty-second infantry
arrived this morning from Fort Assini-
boine, and were formally installed in
their new quarters. The occasion was
celebrated by the people of Helena,
for it was an event long looked forward
to and the new officers were given a
royal reception at the Montana Club, an
institution that is famous all over the
west for it's hospitality. The officers
here are Captain Mott Hooton and
Lieutenants Krebs and Ely of f COM
pany, and Captain Crittenden and
Lieutenants Edward o. c. ord and
Harry Clement of B company. There
was a good deal of rivalry for the hon
or Of being transferred to the new post,
for the Twenty-second regiment has
been on the frontier a long time, and
service in a city is always sought for as
a relief.
The original plans of the new post
called for accommodations for a full
regiment, but the first appropriation
was found to be inadequate, and so
the builders made allowance for all the
main buildings, such as the administra-
ton hall, the guard house, stables, balk-
cries, hospital, water system, railways,
and the driveway and parade grounds
for a full sized post, and then went
ahead to put in as many of the &C
commodahons for the companies and
company officers as could be done for
the money yet remaining. The result
is that when congress meets again it
will be asked only to All more barracks
and more officers homes, and then the
post will be ready to receive more Com-
panies, up to the full quota Of a regi-
ment. The total amount of money eX-
. pended thus far for the regular work,
exclusive of what it cost to beautify
the grounds, has been $226, 47922. 1t
was expended for buildings as follows:
Completed prior to July l, 1896
Contract of ID. p. Workman of
Helena guard house ............ 6.44S.20
Contract of Gebhart & Wegner Of
Helena, shops OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 3.SOO.OO
Contract of G. S. Appleton of
Helena, fuel building ............ 100000
Completed July L
Contract of Carlisle e. Sons of Mime
apolis
Barracks ........ .................... S7,O275O
store house Observation-Disclosures. o,0SSOO
Stable ............ ................... $4,000
Non-cOmmissiOned officers head
quarters ............ ............. s,121OO
Contract of Nichols & Crothers of
Tacoma, three sets of double
officers headquarters ............ S7,34s 81
Contract of the Kansas City
Construction company:
Bakery building NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 1.4sS.OO
Scale house NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 1900
Completed Sept. /
Contract of Nichols & Crothers,
double set OF officers quarters. 12.696.46
Contract of Gebhardt & Wegner,
hospital .......... .................. 2O5s1. 90
Contractor of G. S. Appleton:
Administrator building .......... n,s4S 80
Hospital stewards house ......... 2545.5 so
Double non-commissioned officers
: quarters ............ .....,........ s,56O.SO
y Wagon shed NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 10000
To be completed Nov 20
Contract Of White & Magee of st.
Paul, two double sets of officers 25,650.00
Other incidentals-
Permanent branch railroad. ..... $4,000
Water system Observation-Disclosures. II, ASS. 81
Sewer system NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 10,764. 70
Lockers in barracks, extra......... $500
Sidewalks, roadways, and cutters s,OOO.0C
IOlal- ......... ...... ..'..ss.'... .e11o.tt55 ~
Referring to the prospects of the fu-
ture, Captain Hoyt, the representative
of the quartermaster's department who
has been in charge of the work ever
since it was begun, said recently: 1T
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