The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-07-06
FINISHED IN TWO MONTHS

EriNlSHcU IN IWU MONIHS
Montana's Capitol Building WIN Soon
|% Be Ready for the Finishing
EH Touches.
1 g The Montana state capitol Is fast APP
proaching the stage Of completion, and
I.tAe building will be ready for occupancy
| within two MONTHS" said G. c. White
EN Helena at the Thornton hotel thisJ
E1orning. There are now upwards OIL
Nightly men employed around the build
lhg, and they are all doing swift work.
IA large number of those employed
fsre carpenters, and are engaged in put
Etlng in the finishing work in the doors
F4nd windows. A large number of the
E4oors are in, and others are on the
E8round, and will be on their hinges
EHithin few days. The quarter sawed
oak. which is to be used in the COVER
Enors rooms and the supreme court
Echamber. is on the cars at the Black
Mot mills and will be shipped as soon as
Eat Is needed.
ESA"The plastering is being carried on
Every rapidly, and is also almost COM
Epleted. On each of the floors the vari-
f0us rooms which are located in the east
EAnd west ends of the building are fin
flushed, and the work is being carried on
in the center rooms and the rotunda. On
the basement floor, which Is to be usel
by the appointive officers, the work is
farthest advanced. these rooms, with
| the exception Of the flooring, being prac-
tically ready for occupancy. The doors
| and windows are all in the vaults are
In place, and the white walls Of these
offices seems to indicate that when tho
building is finished Montana's public
Eservants will have quarters that they
Ecan we'll be proud of.
T. s.On the main floor, while the rooms
Eare not as near finished, still enough
Ework has been done to show the general
arrangements of and give an inkling OF
the final appearance of the offices to be
fused by those employees of the state who
secure their jobs by the votes of the
tpeople. The governors quarters will, of
course, be the pride of the building, and
, are arranged on a very liberal plan.
!, With the exception Of the legislative
!, halls and the supreme court room, his
, reception room will be the largest room
lin the building. On one side of this will
Ebe the governors private Office, and on
. 1.-The other side the private secretary of
1.-The chief executive will hold forth. 1t
is on these rooms that the state furnish
Eing board who are to select the furni-
Eture and fixtures for the building, expect
to do themselves proud.
, 1.-THE legislative chambers are also
Iworthy of being occupied by the bes,
men in the state. These rooms are large
Tenough to accommodate the needs Of
Montana for many years to come, anC
are admirably arranged as far as f1ool
Ispace is concerned. There are large
( Icommodious galleries, surrounding eacl
Ehal, and the high ceilings over both the
Esenate and house give to them almost
ideal acoustic properties, which will BIZ
heartily appreciated by the Ciceros and
: Patrick Henrys of future Montana legis
e latures. The work of finishing thas,
e rooms is also we'll advanced, and tn,
, Entastering will be completed in a few
> EdAys.
y fsssss The electric elevators, which have
u been ordered from the Otis Elevator
: company of Cincinnati, are expected t
. I arrive this week, and viii be put in plac
~ shortly. The contract for putting in tn
. I electric lights and fixtures in the build
ing has not yet been let, but will be a
!" the next meeting of the board of capitc
+ commissioners.
70 1.-The grounds around the building ar
4, being graded, the contract for this wor
having been let to the Montana Build
Ing company at the last meeting Of tn
* board. Several teams and scrapers ar
&c engaged in the work, and when it
l. finished, fertile soil will be placed o
l.top of the coarser grading, and gras
kand shrubbery planted. The lawn wi
Ibe one Of the largest, If not the larges
Fin the state, extending one block eac
e fway from the building.
"Mr. Hamilton, the superintendent
Iwho for the past three months has ha
Icharge Of the construction of the build
in ing for the Montana Building compan,
I'd is very much pleased at the rate whic
h, the work is being carried on.
le1 &" Everything is very satisfaction
o. here said he yesterday, and if no VI
lyE foreseen cause delays us, the buldin
III will be completed in accordance wit
w my estimate when I took charge Of IL
Il work. when I told the commission tn;
Il believed I could finish the work
q the first of September. AS many men {
" III can possibly use are kept constant
pc at work. and new hands are being p,
20 on as fast as a place can be found fl
:. them"
II,
~. AMI HIS n0URl E Ri KEN Nh