The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-08-12
A HANDSOME BUILDING
Will Be Erected at the Corner of
Broadway and Wyoming
BY THE THORNTON ESTATE
ing Will Be Four Stories in Height
and WILDE Model Of
Beauty.

1t will be very gratifying to the peo-
pie of Butte to learn that on Monday
work will begin on another splendid
building in this city-one that is proph-
esied will prove as handsome as any
block in the town. The new block will
be erected by the Thornton estate and
will stand at the northwest corner of
Broadway and Wyoming streets, where
for years have stood a number of frame
shacks. At noon yesterday the bids for
clearing the ground and excavating
were opened and the contract for this
portion of the work was let to Will
liam Harkins. 1t is one of the condi-
tons of his contract that he shall start
on Monday morning.
The new block will be four stories
in height and the plans. as prepared
by Architects White and Lignell, disclose
building which will prove one of the
handsomest, as well as one of the
most substantial blocks, in the city
The building will have two fronts. one
of 80 feet on Broadway and the other of
100 feet on Wyoming street. The fronts
will be laid up with fine pressed brick
with stone trimmings. The interior will
be carried on steel and the building
will be fireproof. The main floor will
be arranged on columns like the Hen
messy building, in such a way that the
entire floor can be thrown into one
great store or can be divided into eight
stores, as may be desired. Five of
these smaller stores will have entrances
on Broadway and three on Wyoming
street. The three upper floors will each
be divided into % rooms. These rooms
will all have hot and cold water. and
will ha fnjSha6 in fine ha rH wood
The rooms will be in suites of two or
three rooms each, and each suite will
have toilet room and bath There
will also be two general bath rooms
on each floor. The entrance to the upper
floors will be elegant and roomy and
will be on Wyoming street. 1t is un-
derstood that most of the stores and
| nearly all the suites are already rent
ed There will be a large basement
under the building and also under the
sidewalk. The outside appearance
promises to be exceedingly attractive,
the finish being in terra Gotta and
moulded brick. The floors will all be
first-class in every respect. Every
room will have outside light. The cost
of the new block will exceed 100000.
As soon as the work of excavatng is
completed the masonry will be laid.
1t is expected to have the brick laid be-
fore cold weather ana to nave the bulld-
ing under roof not later than Dec. l.
The interior will be finished during the
winter and the building will be ready
for occupancy by early spring.
Building has been slow in getting a
start this season, but will. to all ap-
pearances, be lively enough from now
on. black eye to the building boom
was received when w. A. Clark backed
out on his severn story block PROPOSE
ton but it seems that there are plenty
who have confidence in the future of
Butte and are ready to put their money
into building up the town.
The foundation has already been laid
for four-story brick block to be erect
ed by Dave Goldberg. the enterprising
merchant of this city. Mr.. Goldberg's
block will be in East Park street, ad-
joining on the west the other four-story
block just completed by Tallant e.
Jones. 1t will be 10 feet front and SO
feet deep.
The front is of very pretty design
beng Of 'wo shad IS Of pressed huff
brick. This building will cost about
$4,000. T.ere viii be hot an cold wa
ter in each ltCrl. , he ground floor will
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