The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-03-23
LIVELY AT GAYLORD
An Account of the Construction Work
Being Done There.
1T is A PRETTY TOWNSHIP
The Smelter Sets on a Prominence
and viii Be Fire Proof-About
the New Bridge-All Ac-
tivity and Bustle.
is A PRETTY TOWNSHIP

The Madisonian of Saturday has the
following detailed account of the work
at Gaylord:
There is life and hustle and activity
at Gaylord. Drawn and brains and
capital have formed a combination and
the preliminaries of the big work are
fairly under way. One must needs
visit Gaylord to get any idea of the
amount of work that has been done or
is contemplated by the Parrot COM
pany. Few people of Madison county
save those who live in the vicinity of
the new town, can realize the stipend
Gus undertaking which the Parrot com
pany has assumed on the extent of the
plant which it proposes to construct.
the work on which is fairly under way
"A Madisonian representative, ac-
companied by John E. Davis, manager
of the jefferson Valley Trading COM
pany, Hon. Patrick Carney, Commits
sioners Crisman and Copp and zephyr
that insisted upon travelling at the rate
of 40 knots an hour, visited Gaylord,
Monday. Mr.. Gaylord was there, as
was also Mr.. Grant, who has charge of
the Butte business of the company, and
Joseph Harper, engineer in charge.
The weather was too severe to allow
more than a casual inspection of the
work that has been done.
lone big iron building is nearing
completion. 1t stands on an abrupt
bluff, 80 feet above the water level and
can be seen for miles up the valley. 1t
is about $50 feet long by 200 feet wide
and looks like some of the big worlds
fair buildings must have when under
construction. 1t is of iron in its en-
tirety, absolutely fire proof. Above
this are the stone foundations of a
score of buildings. destined TO be of
heroic size. In the center of these
foundations is a large excavation to
bedrock on which will be built the
foundations of the big smoke stack.
This stack will be the largest in the
country. 1t will be 40 feet square at
the base and $50 feet high. AS the
foundation is about 100 feet above the
valley level the top of the stack will
be $50 feet above the valley. Around
the top will be a circle of arc lights.
Just under the brow of the bluff on
which is situated the big iron building
the Northern Pacific bridge spands the
jefferson. This spur connects with the
Northern Pacific two or three miles
above Whitehall After crossing the
jefferson the spur describes a circle on
the adjacent bluffs and ends in the
center of the smelter site. making the
transportation of the heavy building
materials an easy matter. n depot
site was selected Monday, and plans
for a neat little depot were approved
by Mr.. Gaylord about the same time.
This will be built at once.
above the railroad bridge and at
the base of the bluffs on which the
smelters are being constructed Is a
small strip of land which looks as
though designed by nature as a dump
ing ground, and as such IL Is proposed
to use IL. Opposite this the river is
comparatively narrow. This was one
of the bridge sites considered by the
commissioners, but as the Gaylord peo-
pie would suffer much Inconvenience
and considerable loss of valuable
dumping ground through its location
at this point they did not consider the
site long. The bridge site now being
considered is Immediately below the
railroad bridge and the matter will
probably be definitely settled as soon
as the jefferson county commissioners
meet with our commissioners.
THE proposed townsite is located on
n fiat Just east of the smelter site and
separ rated from the latto6 by a gulch
about 200 yards wide. The townsite IL
an ideal one, sloping gently to the
northeast. 1t is a very desirable place
for a town and will be the scene OF
much activity in she near future. 1t Is
wholly in Madison county.
Just now the force employed at
Gaylord is small. consisting principally
OF mechanics and builders. but as soon
as the weather permits 500 men will
be busily at work.
THE Jefferson Valley Trading COM
pany has an establishment at Gaylord.
The Gaylord business of this strong
concern is transacted in a log cabin
l4xl5. but before the summer is over
they propose TO have one OF the hand
soonest brick buildings in the new
town"