The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-05-07
ANOTHER BIG BUILDING
A Five Story Brick to Be Erected
on Main Street.
1T BEGINS THIS MONTH
Work Rapidly Progressing on In Large
Iron Building 1t the Corner OF
Main and 0~ranite-Chapee
in the Plans.

Plans were completed yesterday for
another big. five-story brick building
which will add very greatly to the APP
pearance Of the business part Of lain
street. The new building will be erect
ed on the east side OF Main street. be-
tween Park and Broadway. on the side
now occupied by Gallogly's drug store.
Ii will adjoin the owsley block on the
north and will be an snnex or addition
to the Owsley block. The Gailogiy lot
has been owned for some time by the
Owsley people N the substitution Of
a ive-story building for the little one
story frame now there will add i'm
mensely to h appearance Of the street.
The annex will be Of the same height
as the Oweley and will make Of the
Owsley a square. Ground will be
broker for this important work some
time this month. There will be a very
handsome front for a store on the
ground foor and the other four stories
will be fitted for Offices and apart
ments.
The great iron building at the south
east corner OF Main inc Granite streets
IL progressing with marvellous rapidity.
An important change has just been
made in the plans. II was originally
proposed that only four stories OF the
six should be of iron and that the w
upper stories should have wooden
joists. 1t has now been decided that
the entire six stories shall be Of iron
and there win be no wood In the build
ing at all. IL will be absolutely fire.
proof.
Those who have charge of the erection
OF the building are confident that 1t
will be so far completed that the Hen
messy Mercantile company can move
into its new quarters on Oct. !. At
the present rate OF progress there seems
to be no reason why the lower stories
should not be ready for occupancy by
that time and the entire building COM
pleted by Nov. 1. The Hennessy peo-
pie are very desirious of getting into
their new quarters in time for the holt
day trade.
Work Is progressing very fast on the
Karleman Il Jennings building at
wyoming and Platinum streets. This
was intended to be a one-story building
with the great frontage OF 40 feet,
covering the whole lot. 1t has now
been decided. however, to make II a
three-story instead of one-story
building. The ground floor will be for
stores as originally planned and the
other stories will be for apartments.
The walls Of the Hale house have
been torn down the past two days and
the bricks are being carted away.
Work on the new miners hotel Will be
pushed. The building Ii to be as a
ly freproof as 1t is possible to make IL.
All signs point to a very prosperous
business season. The only black y
OF the season was the suspension OF
work on the McDermott hotel mex.
caused by the interference Of n OF the
unions with a contract let by Miles
Finlen. the proprietor. II was reported
yesterday that the trouble had been
fixed up and that work would be re-
sumed. Mr.. Ffnlen strongly denied this
report. He said that he did not pro-
pose TO take chance on having his
building left partially completed after
he had invested several thousand dol
lars and he had decided not to build
the annex and would stand by that re-
solve.
/, Twenty permits have already been Is
sued by the building Inspector thus far
this month and without doubt the total
number for the month will exceed 100.