Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-10-05
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Livingston, Mont, Oct. 8, 1899.
The Montana Coal and Coke company
at Horn are making extensive improve
| ments to their plant at that point ana
which will cost them many thousands
of dollars and make their plant one OF
the largest in the west. An electric
tramway from Horr to Aldrige is already
in course of construction for the purpose
of carrying the output of the Aldridge
mines to the coke ovens at Horn. An
additional one hundred ovens will soon
be added to the, plant besides a large
number of tenement houses for the use
of the miners who will be moved from
Aldridge to Horn. A much larger force
will be employed as soon as the improve
ments are completed.
What might nave been a very dlsast-
rous contla grafton was narrowly avert
ed in this city Saturday evening When
about I O'Clock fire destroyed the North
ern Pacific ice house and several loaded
dollars. The fire broke out during
a severe gale and it was with the
greatest difficulty that the North
ces were saved. The city and Northern
Pacific fire departments and entire shop
force were pressed into service and did
excellent work. At times 1t seemed next
to impossible to save the N. ?. plant bur
hard work the fire was finally got under
by hard work the fire was nnally 9ot
under control. .
Al an early hour this morning the
Office building of the Bear Gulch Mining
company at Jardine, was totally de-
at-nved nv fire. 1T was a two story
frame structure, the upper story being
occupied bv Dr.. Mackay the company
physician who was in Helena at the time
Of the fire and who lost everything. The
company's books were all saved. Inc
fire is supposed to have started from q
defective fue. The loss will amount to
several hundredsdollars, no insurance.
The T.. & D. Liquor company was clos
ed up by the sheriff this morning on at
tachment proceedings instituted by G
S. Hefferlin of the Merchants bank to
satisfy a note for eight hundred dollars
Other attachments have also been made
aggregating about sixteen hundred dol
lars. The creditors will probably re
ceive about 70 cents on the dollar.
A special train will run from Livings.
ton to Butte on the day OF the arrival o.
the First Montana volunteers from Sar
Francisco. The special will leave here
about ) a. m. and returning will leav.
Rntte about midnight, the fare viii
probably be 81 for the round trip. 4
large number will go from this city.
A large force of men We're put to worl
in the Van Dusen mine at Trail creel
Monday, under the supervision OF George
;, White, The railroad will be extended
:, from the Hoffman mine a distance O
three miles at once, and a large outpu
{ Of excellent coal will soon be placed IL
= the market.
The city council met in regular session
Monday evening and after allowing tn
= regular bills and so forth adjourned til
{ neyt Monday evening when a special SEES
= sion will be held to discuss the pur
chase of the Livingston water works.
i, r. H. Crawford, day operator at tn
N. p. depot departed for Sioux Rapid
Iowa, Sunday morning where he was sum
lmoned by the serious illness Of his saste
who resides in that city.
W. A. Bonnie, night chief dispatche
for the Northern Pacific here has re
signed to accept a similar position a
- Glendive. F. T. KERN of Denver, wi
. be his successor.
Phil Corcoran a we'll known news
paper man of Butte arrived in he cit
this morning to accept the position q
editor of the Livingston Enterprise.
Clifton Mcleod went to Butte Sunda,
a. to meet his sister. Mrs. =. S. Whitney
Salt Lake. who will spend several weel
will. her parents in this city.
Miss Ferguson of Hamilton. Ont, a
rived Tuesday morning to make an e!
re tended visit with her sister Mrs. Flo.
IL Thompson of this city.
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Mr.. n Mrs. f. C. Ross returned hon
Monday morning after an extended tr
in the east visiting friends and relative
Professor Nelson will make another o
- of his thrilling balloon ascensions
Meaderville Sunday at 4 O'Clock.
500 sets of teeth $40. DIR. Wix.
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