The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1897-12-21
IN TWIN BRIDGES.
Frost Stops the Construction Work on the
Raiiroad-Many Men Have Been
Thrown Out of Work.

Special Correspondence of the Standard.
Twin Bridges, Dec. 19.-"All the
kings horses and all the kings men
will not bring the long promised iron
horse to Twin Bridges this winter, for
Jack Frost has said it, and his dictum
has been issued in tones that admit of
no contradiction. There was some
slight hope that the road graders at the
south end would be able TO resume work
after the blizzard which visited this re-
gion about Thanksgiving time, and Con-
tractor Jackson essayed an effort with
several teams To do so, but the frost had
struck in too deep.i and he had to give
up the job. However, the latest news
from the front Is that the track Will be
finished to Iron Rod by Christmas, or at
latest by New Years, and If the COM
pany put on service on its completion
to that point, a walk of about six or
seven miles will be all that Will be
necessary for Twin Bridges to take TO
enable them to get on board the cars.
The stoppage of work on the road,
following so closely upon the suspension
of operations by the Montana Smelling
and Mining company, has thrown a
good many men out of work who came
here with the expectation of finding
winter employment. and produced
state of quetude which is not pleasant
TO business men and others who We're
anticipating lively times resulting from
the successful running of both enter
prises. But IL is apparent that they
must possess their souls in patience. and
prepare to put in the winter much after
the fashion of bygone years.
Notwithstanding the prevailing quiet,
there will be no lack of life during the
holidays, and the secret societies and
debating societies and ladies' aid socie
ties and reading clubs and others of that
ilk have cards on the programme which
insure a lively time at Twin Bridges
during the closing weeks of this year
of grace. There viii be balls and festi-
walls and rifle contests and turkey shoots
and oyster suppers and all sorts of good
things galore, and he or she who can
not get some fun out of all that has
been announced must be the veriest sort
of a hypochondriac. No. Stree, Twin
Bridges will be anything but dead dur
ing holiday time.
As illustrative of outside confidence in
the future Of this burg. Twin Bridges
is to have brewery. 1t is located on
ground purchased from the Lott broth
ers- contiguous 10 the coming railway
track. Glendale parties are the promot-
ers of the new enterprise and have al
ready begun the erection of their build
ing.
Another new institution which is
(some say to supply a slang-felt want
in Twin Bridges is Chinese restaurant
Which Will occupy site i'll the heart of
the business part of the town. The lot
has been purchased and the. proprietor
went 10 Butte the other day TO buy lum-
Der for the building. But. like many
Mclean man" who visits that city of
sin, he fell among thieves. Butte sports
Of the Monaghan sort We're too fly for
him, and the first thing he knew he was
'bloke. and he had To wait till luck
came his way before he could buy a
board. The buttons did come right at
last. and Sam made Decline for the
lumber yard and thence 10 Twin
Bridges. So the China restaurant. after
much tribulation, is a go"
On Friday week Grand Master Work
man Patrick Carney and Grand 1,ujda