The Monte Vista journal., 1904-01-02
Uork Of the Builders.

growth in this city and many substantial buildings
! have been erected both in the city and the
rounding country.
{. \. Shakespeare assisted by A. L. Matthias
has done the carpenter work the following
structures: The High school two-story brick
building; A. NJ. Isbell's large stone office block;
two-story brick addition to Bank of Monte Vista;
U. G.. Carpenters magnificent frame residence; {.
n. Shakespeare's twostory brick residence; George
Blackmorcs dwelling; Travellers office ire
modelled; Addition to Gen. Bloomhelds law
office; w. a. .Bronaughs stable.
These parties have also done work outside of
town follows: dwellings and large barn at
! Parma; large granary, and tanks for sheep dip
ping on Sylvester ranch east oftown: a large board
| ing house at Camp Carpenter and C.V. Olson's
! house in Swede Lane. These buildings have been
| erected at cost of about $4,000.
Frank Bowdish has built ive-room brick
/ house for himself; an addition to another house
J I4xII feet nine-room brick parsonage for the Nj.
1 L. church, brick store building, 25xos feet. for
Charles Woning: 7-room frame house for Chas.
Woning: brick addition 25x37 feet for the Light
/ Plant; a groom brick and frame house for Robert
kerry of town and 5-room brick house for
/ Fred Bshoif east of Center
/ Peacock & Son contractors and dealers in
building supplies, have done the carpenter work
on the city hall and the following residences; Dr.
! ]. w. Thompsons Miss Breckenridge's s. F..
i Chew; l. ". kiccs: addition to Simpson HOTEL
repairs Medona ranch Robert Lewis Rock
| Creek school house (repairs) and other odd Jobs.
Wake and Whtead rank as the leading brick
makers and contractors Among the brick build
/ ings erected by this firm may be mentioned the
following: The completion of the two-story
I,ri,l. sch, -.
building. pressed brick front: a 25xoo feet brick
store for Charles Woning; history brick residence
for Miss Ella breckenridge: large pressed brick
residence for W. |. Clark which ranks as one OF
the finest in the city: cottage for w. Phyc
OF town veneered large 2-story dwelling north
of the river for ]. 5. (;illctt the brick work on
Chas Shakespeare's large residence; erected
the south and west walls of the 2.story bank
addition built nice brick residence for Robert
Kerry east OF town; 5-room brick residence for
Robert Lewis north of the river; vcnccrcd resi-
dcncc for David Miles, near Center
. This firm has also done the plasterng on all
the buildings erected by them and several others
/ They have moved several wooden structures to
make way for brick buildings
Messrs Wake and Whitcad with Robert Wat
own the lime kiln which Mr. l.chn has
operated for ., years and expect to burn enough
lime hereafter to supply the valley. The lime so
idI at tHls Mill - Ot cNtTa QuaIty better
than any shipped in and can be seen at o. A.
Cramcrs in this city. and the Weiss Mercantile
companys store at Del Norte. {. S Hotchkiss
has built large ,-story brick residence doing
mos, OF the work himself
Roy Campbell. OF Alamosa. bull, the stone
stable for the canal companies in the rear Of their
Offices W. o. Applcgate and Fred Plummcr
have each built for themselves residences by DAYS
NnSh has ,1sr k.s.u al
at the trade OF a brick mason and all the carpcn.
ters. brick and stone masons in the city have had
all the work they could do
1t is probable that $4,000 will not cover the