The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-04-16
ON EXHIBITION
Designs for the New Court House
Can Be Seen by All.
IN THE DISTRICT COURT
Many Expressions Of Approval Heard Of
the Handsome Drswings-Inspected
BY . Large Numbor-WM b
on Exhibition To-Day.

> The plans for the new county court
were yesterday afternoon put on
exhibition for the benefit OF the gen.
the walls OF the district court room, and
occupy all the space of the four walls
of the big chamber. There are nine
sets Of plans. each of which covers
about 10 feet of the wall space. Some
of them are shown in such a variety
as to occupy nearly the whole Of one
side Of the room.
A soon as the plans were put up cit
liens began to wander in. and during
h afternoon no less than 500 persons
interested in the designs for the new
county home passed through the room
and inspected the different plans with
critical eye. "a set of the plans had
Its special admirers. and the divergence
OF the views expressed with respect to
h beauty Of this or that set was great
indeed. Some liked the purely classic,
some were especially taken with the
plans that showed the Ionic columns,
and some admired the graceful outlines
of the domes and towers, with which
nearly all Of the designs are embellished.
. The county officers were, OF course,
h most interested persons who visited
h court room. They did not pay SO
much attention to the exterior of the
building. but they took a mighty inter-
est In h arrangements Of the Offices
and rooms. The arrangement Of the
Omces are as varied in the plans as
are the exterior outlines. and 1t requires
q person with an extended knowledge
OF architecture to be enabled to thor
oughly understand the different views.
There are sectional views, showing stair
ways, Hobbies, vestibules, Railways,
and there are longitudinal views and
front elevations and side elevations and
perspectives until n becomes thor
oughly befuddled with the straight
lines, the curved lines, the shading and
the rest of ii.
Then there are the designs for the
Jail. Some Of the jails in the drawings
look to be about as nice a building as
anybody would care to own. Some Of
he jafls are shown on the same plans
with the court house, and some of them
are drawn upon separate sheets of pa
per. Most of the architects who SUBJ
mitted plans were in attendance in their
own special division, and were ready
and more than willing to explain to all
corners the especial advantages OF their
cour house and their Jail.
The plans will remain on exhibition
for the inspection Of the public until to-
night, at least, and IL the interest that
was manifested yesterday Is kept up, II
is probable hat they will be kept there
longer. Every one who visited the
room expressed the opinion that the de-
signs were the best lot that had ever
been gotten together, and they freely
aid that while they had their own plan
picked out, any of the plans submitted
would max a handsome and imposing
court house. OF which the people of Deer
Lodge county might well be proud.
The following named architects have
plans on exhibition: Frank S. Van
Trees. San Francisco; Bell & Kent. Hell
ina; Smith & Black. Anaconda; Floyd
& Stone. Terre Haute, Ind: w. T.
whiteway, Butte; p. j. Donoghoe. Ana
conda: H. M. Patterson, Butte; w. w.
Hyslop, Anaconda, and Neuhauser,
Birch & Hensgen, Salt Lake.
The county commissioners yesterday
put in the entire day in examining the
specifications submitted by the differ
ent architects in connection with their
plans. In some cases 1t was found that
the specifications did not at all jibe with
the plans, and the result was that last
evening four of the architects were
notified that their plans were not to
be considered further. They are those
Of N~eushauser, Birch & H~ensgen of
Salt Lake. p. J. Donoghoe Of Anaconda
and w. T. Whiteway Of Terre Haute.
Ind.
The commissioners then adjourned
until next Tuesday.