The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-02-11
ANACONDA NEWS.
COMMISSIONERS RETURN
They Went to Livingston, to Ex-
anime the Court House.
THEIR VISIT IN HELENA
Several Hours Spent in Looking Through
the Court House at That Place.
Their Trip Very Prof
liable One.
THEIR VISIT IN HELENA

County Commissioners Walker and
Rom and County Clerk and Recorder
Martin returned yesterday from their
tour of inspection of court houses and
Jails. During their absence they Wis
tied Livingston and looked over the
neat little court house of Park county
and also inspected Lewis and Clarke
county's home. They were very ia
vorabIy impressed with the Park coun-
ty bl.- 41ng, which is a model court
mouse .-d mas the advantage of being
cheap, yasting only $22, 900. While such
a bu1ia : would not be adequate for
Deer Il Sc county's needs, neverthe-
less the commissioners consider that
their inspection of it has furnished
them witt ideas that will probably be
embodied IN the new court house to be
built in this city.
OF their stay in Helena the Indepen-
dent says:
Helena yesterday entertained three
Anaconda men, who came to the capt.
tai in search of ideas. The delegation
was composed of A. NJ. Walker, chair
man of the board of commissioners of
Deer Lodge county: ]. d. Rom, mem
Der of the board. and NJ. Martin. clerk
and recorder of Deer Lodge county Its
object was to secure information that
may be useful when the board consid-
ers plans for the new buildings that
Deer Lodge county will erect this year
at Anaconda.
The visitors arrived yesterday morn
ing from Livingston. where they went
on the same mission that brought them
to the capital. Park county a little
more than two years ago, completed
court house at cost of $4,000. 1t is
brick structure and is handsome and
scommodious. Although Deer Lodge
county Will have a more pretentious
court house. the commissioners desired
to become acquainted with the general
plan of the Park county building with
a view to adopting any features sug-
gested by 1t that might seem desirable.
The Anaconda delegation spent sew
eral hours at the Lewis and Clarke
court house yesterday. The visitors
were escorted through the building by
Col. w. B. Hundley of the board of
county commissioners and County
Clerk and Recorder Charles J. Clark.
They inspected every room in the
building from basement to the clock
tower of the building. Colonel Humid
ley and Mr.. Clark gave them all the
information they desired concerning
the cost of the building, the length of
time it was undergoing construction
and other details that might interest
board about to superintend a similar
although less important. work.
In the afternoon the Deer Lodge
county officials visited the county jail
where they We're shown about by Sher-
III I. j. Davidson. They We're we'll
pleased with both the buildings which
they agreed We're the finest of their
Kind in Montana
At recent special election the peo-
pie of Deer Lodge county voted a $780,
900 bond issue the money to be used
IN the construction of a court house |
and jail. The county seat had been re-
moved from Deer Lodge to Anaconda,
and the court house at Deer Lodge.
which had done service many years.
could not be utilized after the change
The money from the bonds will become |
available at an early date so that con-
Struction on the new buildings NAV be |
prosecuted without delay
Chairman Walker and Commissioner |
Rom left last evening for home. but |
County Clerk and Recorder Martin re-
NAMED in the city. Each of the visit
ing officials expressed satisfaction at |
his visit yesterday. They believed that |
they had been repaid for their trouble. |
The information we have received |
will be of no little value to us when we /
come to consider plans for our new /
buildings said Chairman Walker at /
the Montana Central depot last even
ing just before he boarded the train
for Butte
Mr.. Martin expressed himself in
much the same way last night.
You have magnificent building
here he said "and While we do not
expect to erect such pretentiolIs
structure, the ideas secured to-day will
certainly be of great use to u.s. Your
county buildings have cost more than
twice As much as will be available for
ours, for the bond issue voted a few
weeks ago by Deer Lodge county must
provide money enough to build both
our court house and TAIL The fact is
that Lewis and Clarke county has
much bigger and more costly building
than it needs. There is more room i'm
that big granite building it seems TO
me- than the county can possibly use
to advantage.
Yes. work on the new buildings will
be commenced very soon. There will
be no need of a long deiav for if the
weather permits the work could be
commenced early in the spring The |
have not vet decided
the material from which TO construct
the building. We have all the material
near our doors-at least there would
be no necessity of going outside Of the
county for either stone or brick There
are fine granite sandstone unarrias
near Anaconda. and there is a good
pressed brick nlant in the county"
rs ii nronosed to erect a building
with the idea Of adding to it in the fn-
ture should the necessity seem RI de-
naand it," Mr. Martin was asked.
No" was the renly 1T is nranosed
to put I'm a comnlete building with the
money that will become available hx |
The sale Of the bonds and no more
money will be necessary so far as con-
81 rfiction is cnncarnedt
Mr. Martin said that Anaconda is en-
Avinf LARGE 7a1aa sure of nrpsparify