Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-06-02
SITE IS SELECTED
Federal Building Commission
erS' LabOrS Concluded.
RESULT NOT MADE PUBLIC
Report Forwarded to Washington
Today---Decision Will Be
Announced Later.
RESULT NOT MADE PUBLIC

The work of the federal building site
commission was completed this after
noon and tonight the members OF the
commission will go to their homes, Mr..
Window, the chairman, going to ms
headquarters in Washington, MI. Hail
to his home in Big Timber, and Mr.. Osann
to Chicago. The location OF the federal
building has been agreed upon, ana the
findings of the commission were forward
ed to the secretary Of the treasury at
Washington by registered mail today,
and, aside from the members OF the COM
mission, no one in the CITY is possessed
Of any information whatever relative
to the site selected by the commissioners.
Public rumor fixes the location of the
site on the west side of Montana street,
extending from Park to Broadway, with
a. frontage of 212 feet on Montana street
and $50 feet on Broadway and Park.
This site was rendered to the commls-
sioners at 5 O'Clock last evening ~ a
committee of representative cltlzens, Oh
which Judge A. H. Barrett acted as
spokesman. The gentlemen who accom-
panied by Judge Barrett on this mission
were +. NJ. Hodgens of the State Savings
bank. S, ", Kemper of realty fame, ana
Joseph Oppenheimer. They were equipped
with maps and data showing that the
site is nearer the center OF population
than any other offered. and possessed more
natural advantages thar other locations.
They met the proposal of the gentlemen
interested in the Leyson site at the cor
ner of Main and Copper streets by offef-
ing to sell the property to the govern
ment for 81, guaranteeing an aDsolute
title. without mineral reservation. The
- ~ az o"o To ~ II y.Nnrh
Mrs. Mary Patten, NJ. Meyer, Juliu
Levy. Mrs. Matte Thomas and the Hale
The instructions of the commissioners
are to give out no information whatever
regarding their decision, and they are
living up to the letter Of their instruc-
lions and declined to say anything this
morning with reference to what conclu-
sion they had arrived at. AS soon as
their report reaches Washington the sec
rotary of the treasury will probably give
it out to the public, and the decision VIII
probably be announced in four or i've
days, This provision, as Mr.. Osann
ioculariy remarked this morning, is a
wise one, inasmuch as it gives the MEM
bers Of the commission plenty of time
to get out of the country, and out of
the way of the wrath of the unsuccessful
bidders before their decision is made
public.
NIL, oldASo NAAo INV arg NAiNS
a number of very desirable sites could
not be considered on account of the min
eral reservations, and others could not
be considered on account of not being
sufficiently spacious, and still others were
barred on account of price. 1t is UNDER
stood that the commission was instruct
ed not to pay more thar $40, 600 for the
property they selected, and if the SuS-
picions of the public are correct they
are under the limit mark by an even
$39, 900. Recently, when Senator Thomas
H.. Carter visited Butte, in an interview
with an Inter Mountain reporter, he
stated that he would make a determined
effort, at the next session Of congress, to
increase the appropriation by 500, 900. If
he succeeds in this matter the total ap-
preparation for the Butte building will
be $500, 600. which,, if it all goes towards
the construction of the building, will be
sufficient to erect a very handsome struc-
ture.
'The members of the commission are
very grateful for the kindness and con-
sideration received at the hands of the
citizens of Butte said Mr.. Osann. This
courtesy might have been somewhat m
barrassing but for the fact that it came
from everyone, and was not limited to
those who had bids before the commits
sion. 1t has made our stay of ten lays
in Butte a very pleasant one, II we
appreciate it very much.'
And the competition has been very
good natured," remarked Mr.. Window.
And / heartily concur in what Mr..
Osann has just said.'
My colleagues echo my sentiments"
said Mr.. Hail..
1t is just possible that Mr.. Windcm
ma return to Butte to supervise the
construction of the building.
The site said to be selected is a norton
of the Macmillan lode, the mineral rights
OF which are owned Jointly by the heirs
Of the Davis estate and A. WAYNE Ber-
nard, the former owning 17-32nds and
the latter 15-32nds. 1t was rumored to-
day that the heirs of the Davis estate
would refuse to give a mineral title to
the ground. Mr.. ]. H. Leyson, the adj
minlstrator Of the Davis estate, when
questioned about the matter. remarked
that "the Davis heirs We're pretty good
fighters among themselves" and his be-
lief was that their consent to a mineral
title could not be obtained.
On the other hand, it was stated that
Judge Barrel would give the commits
sloners or the government a warranty
deed to the ground selected, which would
carry with it everything that a mineral
title would.
I'm fact" said the Inter Mountains in
formant the commissioners were urged
by many of the residents of Butte to
ignore entirely the mineral title. That
is a matter that will regulate itself. The