The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-12-18
THEY ARE BUILT TO ENDURE
Butte Had a Year of Building That Breaks All the Records.
The Proportion Of Structures Of the Better Glass Is Very
Large-The Year in Brick and Mortar and Iron.

Butte has been a progressive city
into history in the building improve
ments that have been made. Great
progress has been made In every sense.
More buildings have been erected h
in any previous year: the amount OF
money invested in their construction
has been vastly greater than in any
other year in the city's history and the
character Of the buildings that have
gone up has reached a high plane Of
superiority over that OF the years that
are past. The great difference in his
respect has seemed to be that. whereas
IN the past. in erecting a building the
governing idea has seemed to be to put
up n building that would answer the
needs OF the present. without much
thought Of permanency or OF the fu-
ture. during 1885 the reverse has gov
crned and the buildings that have been
going up on every hand have had the
appearance of being calculated to EN-
dure. as though built for the future.
OF course the idea Of the present rds
not been manifested i'm all building ppe-
rations Of the past-that idea Is not in
tended TO be conveyed. for there are
many fine structures in the city which
stand for the builders confidence in
Butte's perma1ency-but IL cannot he
disputed that thoughts Of the present
seem 20 have been uppermost I'm the
minds Of a majority of builders. from
the appearance Of their works. More
especially has this seemed 20 be the
case with the builders Of dwellings, as
Is shown by the fact that among all
the residences OF the city comparative
" few have the modern conveniences.
and fewer still. until within recent
years. have been erected on enduring
lines.
In marked contrast are the buildings
that have been raised during the past
year. But n very small number have
been cheap buildings. Nearly all arc
solid. substantial structures. OF the
bushes buildings erected all have been
of this character and Of the great num-
Der Of dwellings erected there are ex-
ceedingly few that have not been made
thoroughly modern. From a glance AT
the specifications for residences record
ed in the city building inspectors office
q; Is safe TO say that as many houses
with bath rooms and toilets in them
were erected i'm 1895 as there were in
the city before the year began. The
predominating idea with the builder of
1895 has seemed to he for permanency
and the future. The year 1898 may
therefore be said to have marked an
epoch in the building development of
Butte.
A review Of the records Of the city
building inspector will convey the best
idea of the gratifying progress made In
the city's building development during
the year. These records show that S33
permits to build were issued. The to-
tai amount of money invested In build
ing. as shown by these records. was
ssie. 4ss. but Is considerably more than
n third less than the actual amount
that was invested. Fer Instance. the
investment in the Hennessy building
does not aUpear in the records Of 1898,
yet the building was built entirely dur
ing this year. The permit to- build was
taken out In 1897. when IL was intended
10 build only a $500 900 building. but
only the foundation walls were laid
tina year. and before spring opened the
plans had been entirely changed to
provide for a $3.50. 600 building. For this
reason the additional investment does
not appear in the building inspectors
records. although II should be credited
10 1895 In summing up the years IN
vestments I'm building operations.
therefore, $3.50. 600 to the total contained
in the building inspectors records. and
the total investment I'm buildings FOR
1898 Is 81. 166. 466. an increase over the
highest previous year of S3'O.26O. But
even this grand total does not represent
all the money expended I'm the erection
of buildings I'm Butte during the year.
for the reason that IL has been found
during this year i'm particular that in
aking out permits for costly buildings
the estimated cost given the building
inspector for record has. In many in
stances. been far below the actual cost
Of the building. II these amounts could
be accurately gotten at 1t would doubt
less be found that a million and n
quarter Of dollars would not he far from
the amount of building investments for
1895.
Comparative Permits.
OF the S33 permits to build issued dur
ing the wear. $50 were for new build