Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1904-08-24
MANY NEW
BUILDINGS
Work Of Construction Going on Rap
idly on Nine New Buildings in
Progressive Lewistown.
NUMBER OF STONE STRUCTURES
Character of the Buildings Being Put
Up Will Add to the Appearance
OF Main Street.

When the new buildings, which are
now in course of construction in Lew
istown. are finished the city will be
vastly improved in appearance. There
are now being put up nine business
blocks and buildings and all are to
be a credit to the city. There has
heretofore been a lack of store rooms
and Office rooms in the town, but
when the new buildings are complet-
ed there will be room and to spare.
The new Methodist church is rapid
ly nearing completion and will be zone
of the finest church buildings in the
state. The stone work is all com
pleted with the exception of a little
remaining to be done on the tower.
The roof is on and all that remains
to be done is the interior finishing,
which should not take long. The
windows have been shipped but have
not as yet put in an appearance. but
they will be in keeping with the rest
Of the church The building will cost
when completed Sl5,0uo ana will
have a seating capacity OF ijO, which
can be increased TO Jl2. The erec-
tion OF this fine church is due to the
untiring efforts OF its pastor. the Rev.
W. A. Winters, who has given so
much OF his time and energy toward
that end.
The city hall will be finished by the
first OF January at the most and will
furnish the city with building that
will be second 10 none IN the state.
The foundation is being put in now
and as soon as this is done a force
OF men will be put To work and the
work of construction rushed. 1t will
be of stone and two stories in height.
Aside from the council chamber 1t
will contain the fire department
house aud city jail. lheie viii also
be an office for the police magistrate.
The entrance will be on Watson
street
The Bank OF Fergus County will be
installed in their new quarters about
December / and when everything is
completed they will have one OF the
most complete banking honses that II
is possible to imagine. The building
will be of stone and red pressed brick
nj mil IA. ~ iuttn etA
work on the building is nearly done
and the work of laying the brick is
well under way. The entire first
floor win be occupied by the bank and
the second floor will contain suites
of Offices. The basement will be ft.
ted up as a barber shop.
Next TO the bank Frank +. Wright
Is putting up store building. This
building is TO be of stone, one story
in height. The south side of il will
be- occupied about October by a
dry goods company of Billings, and
1t is reported that restaurant will
go In the other half.
Across the street from this build
ing two new store buildings will be
built. The Lewistown Telephone Co.
is putting up twostory stone build
lng next To the one occupied by the
telephone company. They will have
this finished by November | and the
Central Meat Market will move into
il temporarily. AS soon as this build
ing Is completed the frame structure
now occupied by the meat market will
be moved away and Philip Laux will
build a two story stone building in It's
place at the same time putting a Sec
0nd story over the one story stone
building occupied by the Shamrock
saloon next to IL. When the Laux
building Is finished the meat market
will move back into it, This will
make a solid stone block from the
telephone building to the corner OF
Main street and Third avenue and
will greatly improve the looks OF
Main street.
Going further up Main street it is
seen that a new building is being
constructed on the east side of Main
street between Fourth and Filth
avenues. This building is being put
up by II. II. Lang, of Kendall. and
will be a modern one in every partic-
ular. IL win also be a two.story stone
building, the lower floor to be for
store rooms and the second for the
Masonic hall and office rooms. w.
II. Fernald will occupy the north
room on the first floor with his hard
ware store. The other room has not
been rented as yet Mr.. Lang expects
to have everything completed by jan
uary I.
An account of the county Jail ap-
peared In recent issue of the Argus
and a detailed description OF the
building was there given. The work
OF removing the cells from the old
Jail under the court house and plae-
ing them in the new jail has been
going on rapidly and as soon as this
is done the building can be complet-
ed.
The creamery building near the
fair ground is almost completed and
the machinery is being put in. II
will not be long now until the city
of Lewistown will have butter on sale
made at its own creamery.
MI this for one summer seems like
a big thing for town the size OF
Lewistown and our citizens can take
great pride in the looks Of the city.