The Anaconda standard., 1895-04-17
EXPANSE OF BUSINESS
More Building Necessary to Keep Up
With the Times
EXTENSIVE IMPROVEMENTS
The New Dry Goods Company
Quarter of Million Brewing
Plant = Great Northern to
Build More Bridges.

GREAT FALLS, April 16.-Great Fall.
, never suffered q boom and is not expert
encing one at present, but is constantly
gaining in population, the aggreg at,
monthly pay roll of the industries of the
city is steadily increasing and will reach
the quarter million of dollars mark be
fore the end Of the year. To meet these
increases new business houses arc de
manded, and as thore is not yaca Mt
building In the city fit for occupancy,
building is in active progress.
Robert Vaughn has just completed OK
tensive improvements to his block on the
south side of Central svenue between
Third and Fourth streets. The store
rooms have been entirely renovated and
remodelod. The room formerly occupied
by the Eiks' saloon has been fitted for q
drygoods store, with new interior decora-
tions and suitable shelving, and is occu-
pied by the Paris Drygoods company, a
new firm. The store has one of the ha nd
soonest show windows in the city. Next
door the New York Cash Bazaar rooms
have been redecorated and the show win
dows handsomely rearranged.
Across the street j. H. Mcknight has
remodeled the east room of his building
and the room is occupied by the Great
Falls Drygoods company, consisting of
George Tighe, formerly of Anaconda. and
George l.. Overfleld of Great Falls. East
of this room the excavation has been
completed for another block, which Mr..
Mcknight will erect. 1t will be 30x150
feet, two stories in height, with base
ment, and will be occupied by A.
Z. Curtin d Co. 1t will cost $50. 700.
AT the northwest corner of Central ave-
nue. and Fourth street the excavation has
been begun for a block to be erected by
Ira Myers, to cost at present $4,000. 1t
will be one story high, 100x150 fleet. The
corner room will be 75x150 and the inside
room will be 25x150. The corner room
will be occupied by beer garden, which
will also occupy the basement, 100x1O0
feet. The inside room will be occupied
by new grocery firm. When the de-
mand justifies it, another story will be
added to the building.
At fourth avenue north and Eleventh
street ground has been broken for hand.
some residence for l.. A. Hamilton, to
cost about $500.
Ground has been broken for the enor-
nous plant of the American Brewing and
Mating company, and the company's
product will be on drauqht before next
New Years day. The company's agent,
We Es -atuDc1s anu tue contractor DOtn re-
fuse to divulge the contract price, but,
judging from the plans and specifications,
the contract price will not be less than a
quarter million dollars.
William Roberts Is preparing to erect a
large brick and stone block east of the
Realty block, to cost about $4,000.
M. r. Freeman and w. o. Tock, of
Flushing, Mich, have had plans prepared
for Central avenue block. and work will
be begun as soon as Mr.. Freeman returns
from the east, whittier he was called by
sickness in his family.
An encouraging feature in connection
with these buildings is that they have all
been leased, to be occupied as soon as
completed.
Captain Vincent and large force are
engaged in dredging the river above
Great Falls. The government appropria-
tion is $50 900 for this year and work will
be continued as long as the weather will
permit. As il is usual in such cases, the
next year is expected to be
10 times as great.
The Great Northern railway has Just be-
gun its seasons improvements along the
eastern part of the line and il is expected
that the work of changing the road here
will be soon begun. it is intended to
cross the river at Rainbow falls, building
a large bridge there, and come up on this
side TO the Union depot. Thence the line
will extend up the Sand Coulec branch 10
a point opposite Gibson island, where a
bridge will be built, and the new line will
meet tho present line on the butte south
of Sun river bridge. The change will in
volve the expenditure of 100000. 1t will
shorten the main line, avoid the "Y" and
give greater yard-room on the west side,
which is badly needed.
Other building operations may be
looked for this year and the amount of
expenditures in building will be hand
some sum.
The city council met last night in reru.
lar session, Mayor Gelsthorpe presiding
md all aldermen except Hanson werc
present.
In accordance with the unanimous re.
quest of the board of trustees of the Va
erie public library, the mayor nominated
Miss Belle Brown for librarian, and the
was unanimously confirmed. |
Miss Brown has been acting as assistant |
% Librarian Mrs. H. p. Brown for several |
month. She came here about year ago |
rom Canada and is thoroughly convers- |
int with her duties and is very opular |
With library patrons.
A petition was presented, signed by DR.. i
srnest Crutcher and others, asking that
;entral avenue west be graded from tho |
liver to the railroad. During the discus
ion DIR. Crutcher attempted to speak on |
he matter. There have been strained |
elations between DIR. Crutcher and the
mayor ever since the latter was nomi-
'ated two years ago. The mayor refused
o let DIR. Crutcher speak. The latter per-
isted and the mayor called the marshal
o seat him. DIR. Crutcher subsided with
threat TO settle with the mayor after
ards. The petition was referred.
The ordinance regulating plumbing per-
nits was unanimously passed.
The matter of collecting city poll tax
rom employees OF tho smelter who reside
Tithin the city limits was referred TO the
ity attorney for an opinion. That off,
ial was also requested to take steps 20
ollcct the shortage of the last collector