The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-05-13
BUTTE IS ALL RIGHT
A Large Amount Of Building Is Being
Done.
MECHANICS ARE VERY BUSY
Upon Every Side New Houses
Are Being Constructed and
no the General Tenor OF
re Business Is Good.

Butte. May 12.-An encouraging
amount of building is to be done in
Butte this season. While there is no
building boom on such as kept things
stirred up here four and five years
ago. there is nevertheless a steady
growth. and every year marks a sub
stantial Improvement in the city's APP
pearance- Building will be fairly live
~ this year.
Ground has been broken for the OPP
penheimer block. In West Park street.
three lots east of the corner of Acade-
my, to be erected by Joe Oppenheimer.
| The building will be AZ by lis feet,
three stories and a basement, pressed
brick front. trimmed with terra Gotta
and granite. on plans drawn by Ar
| finished hardwood, heated by hot wa
ter. Spokane pressed brick of super
| Tor quality will be used in construc-
ton. The building will cost $4,000.
Excavation has already been started
| for the Curtis. Largey and Hamilton
building, In. East broadway. between
I the Butte and the Southern hotels.
| This well be 35 by 100 feet. three stor-
| les and a basement. 1t will be very
similar In construction to the Open
heimer building, the plans being drawn
by the same architect, except that
steam instead of hot water heating
will be provided. The side walls for
this building being already provided.
the cost will be about $4,000. The up
per portion will be used in connection
| with the Butte hotel
4 The mammoth boarding house being
erected by Pete Hale is progressing
\ rapidly. The plans for this building
were drawn by Charles Lane and are
for a three-story and basement build
ing. with all modern improvements
The cost will be $4,000.
Il Architect Robert Nichol has drawn
plans for a three-story building for
Mr.. Davis. on East Granite street. near
the high school. There will be store
/ on the ground floor and offices and
/ rooms above. Mr.. Nichol also has the
Il plans of the Butchering company's
| mammoth building. to be erected In
| Anaconda
j ID. M. Newbro will erect a fine res.
] idence at No. ALB West Broadway or
| plans for an attractive modern cot
tage hprepared by Mr.. Patterson. II
4 will be a nine-room residence, with
i hollow brick walls. heated by hot wa
| ter ielectric lights, hardwood finish
etos The cost will be 5000.
Pat Conlon will erect 10-room cot
tage of two stories at the northwest
corner of Gagnon and Main streets
Thehcost will be $500.
Charles Passmore is building a nm
residence in West Granite street
across the gulch, 10 cost about $500.
sJohn Floyd will build a fine residenc,
In West Park street. opposite the Cam
pana building, on plans furnished b.
Mr. Nichol.
MIR. Loagren has on hand the cree
ton of a nine-room residence on Eas
Broadway.
'mfnePatterson also has charge o
the finishing of the upper floors of tn
Mantle building this summer. an,
VIII put a steam heating plant into tn
building.
The residence of James A. Talbot
at the northwest corner of Galena an
jackson streets. will be remodeled dur
ing the summer.
In addition there will be a grea
afhbunt of small building and repair
ing. and a fairly busy season in tn
| building line is assured