The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-01-23
BUILDERS OF HOMES
WOrkingmen of Families and Steady
Habits Always in Demand.
THEIR PRESENCE WELCOMED
The Travelling, Restless, Roaming
Miners Do Not Make the City
Butte's Future Outlook Was
Never Brighter Than Now.

There is every indication that the
year 1896 is bound to be the best year
Butte ever had. This is in spite of the
fact that all silver mines are closed.
In the days when silver was booming
there were not so many men employed
in Butte as there are to-day, and the
city did not give at that time such in
dications of permanent prosperity as
it gives to-day. The copper mines are
employing more men than ever before
and working more steadily than ever
before.
Many new buildings are projected for
this year, and 1t is quite likely that the
total of s350000 in building, reached
during 1895, will be far surpassed. 1t
Is generally understood, however, that
building will not be as cheap this year
as IL was last, and that a combination
has been entered into by which build
ers will obtain a slightly larger profit.
II is claimed that the building in Butte
the past three years has been done on
a very narrow margin.
1t has been often said that there is
no room in Butte for more laborers, and
that the camp is already crowded. par
ticularly with miners. This opinion is,
however, not generally held, and there
is a warm welcome in Butte for men
with families who come to Butte to
stay, who become q permanent part of
the life of the city, and who increase
the number of homes. One of Butte's
mining men said on this point yester-
day:
There are a great many miners who
are in Butte for a short time and who
move on as soon as they are temporar-
lily out of a job. or as soon as they think
there are prospects of lettering their
condition in some other part of the
country. Those people add nothing to
Butte. If they were married men, or
men in Butte to stay, they would be
very welcome. All my money is in
vested in mining and real estate In
Butte. l am not only interested in
Butte's prosperity as a mining camp,
but in it's development as a city of
homes. / give the preference to men
who are permanent parts of Butte's
life. and l think echo the sentiment of
mining men and employers of labor in
Butte generally when l say that men
of family coming to Butte, who are able
workmen, will not have to look long
for permanent job. They are certain
to be preferred to the miners and other
workingmen of a flying character, who
are in Butte for a few months and
then move to some other locality. We
want responsible, hard working men,
who have families to support and do
nOl Spenu ALI their money III saloons
and gambling houses. The travelling
miners and workingmen are a good
thing for the lower part of town, but
the men who choose Butte as their
permanent home are good for the mer-
chants and for business of all sorts,
and add to the value of Butte as q. per-
manent residence city.
MY experience in employing men is
that UNNECESSARILY greater satisfaction
is obtained from the men with fami-
lies, or from the men who are in Butte
to stay. l believe every mine In Butte
employs men of irresponsible charac-
ter that II would gladly exchange for
men who wish to remain permanently
in Butte, and who are steady, every
day men because they have families.
or wish to get ahead in order that they
may establish homes in Butte OF this
latter class l think Butte cannot have
too many. They are growing in demand
and I'm favor, while the old class of
travelling miners is becoming monthly
less popular as men of value i'm the
mines and smelters. In my opinion there
is demand in Butte for workingmen
and miners who intend to stay here
and become permanent part of
Butte's prosperity. No place pays bet
ter wages than Butte. and the city Is
therefore entitled 10 the best service
to come who is a first-rate man in his
line and wants to make a home in
Butte"
The fast trains on the Butte Anaconda
e. Pacific railway make the run batuaar