The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-01-23
BUTTE News.
ARCHITECTS ARE BUSY
Plans Are Being Drawn for Sew
eral Large Blocks.
TO GET AN EARLY START
a Wonderful Change Will Be Made in
the Appearance of Butte If All the
Plans Are Carried Quito
Change the Bad Lands.

The architects OF Butte are very busy
now and plans are being drawn for a
number of big blocks, and if all are erect
ed which are now contemplated there VIII
be wonderful change in Butte's appear
ance inside of a year. The intention
seems to be to get as early a start as
the weather will permit and have the
new blocks ready for occupancy before
next winter.
There will have to he a new map of
the bad lands If the blocks planned Tor
the south side of. East Park street, be-
tween Main and Wyoming streets. are Ill
carried through. This block is the eS esore
Of Butte. While the north side of the
block has been well built up with fine
brick blocks. civilization has not teen
able to gain foothod ON the south side
of the street, where are little shacts
utilized as dens for the lowest and worst
of Butte's people. The erection of blCc6s
where the shacks now are will move The
bad lands one block further south Al d
render Park street purely business
street.
The first start i'm the redemption of
this block was made last fall with the
erection of Jack Dowds three-story brick
block. Now Frank Jones has bought the
lot next west of Dowd's and is hav ng
plans drawn for block TO be started
there soon.
Then there is a syndicate which has
bought the 81 feet next east of Dowd's
block. and they viii build this year. They
are trying to acquire the lots clear to
Wyoming street, and If they do this
block will be marvelously transform ed
and win be almost entirely of brick where
now il is nearly all shacks.
Main street too, is likely to be greatly
changed this year. Besides the erecting of
the new Hennessy block another new
splendid block is contemplated on the
west side of Main street, between Park
and Broadway. Agents of w. A. Clark
have for some time been negotiating for
the Combination building, which adj II
Clark's bank on the south, and the CHI is
Nissler block, which adjoins the Comb. ma
ton on the south. These buildings have
not yet been acquired. but If the negotia-
tons go through the plan Is to tear down
Clark's bank the Combination and The
Nissler building and erect in their stead
splendid four or five-story block. which
WIN give ample room for the bank and for
stores on the ground floor, with offices,
etc. above. 1t is one of the most des ra-
BILE sites in town. While gambi ng was on
the Combination could not be purchased,
but il Is said that il is now for sale, as
Ike Morehouse Is going to the klondike.
There is also a likelihood of a big bl elk
going up on the southeast corner of Main
and Broadway where the California
brewery and the Union Pacific Office are
Lienemann & Schmidt said to be de-
sirous of building if thoy get Il long
enough lease from Fred Loebers the own
or OF the lot. and John Noyes who owns
the Union Pacific building. Will. IL is un-
derstood. be ready to go In with them on
The new block. With three new blocks on
Main street Butte's great thoroughfare
will scarcely be recognizable.
The building this month is confined 20
dwelling houses, and very many of them
are being erected. All mechanics do work
at better rate in midwinter and small
builders take advantage of the reduced
rates to get the work done now instead
of waiting until spring. when the me-
chanics will all have their hands full and
wages will be high