The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-09-13
BUILDINGS WILL
SOON Be FINISHED
RUSHING THE CONSTRUCTION OF
MANY STRUCTURES IN
ELY CITY.
ELEVENTH STREET IN FINE SHAPE
Power House Chimney Finished And
Machinery Will Soon BE In
stalled-The Hospital.

As each day passes it sees many of
the big structures in Ely City nearer
completion. Scores of men are bust
ly engaged in hauling material and
in putting up the buildings.
The new city is taking on a better
appearance as the street department
progresses with the great amount of
work it has in hand. Eleventh
street has been put in fine shape and
the view from the hill toward the
elegant new depot is an attractive
one. The depot is exactly the same
length as the width of the street and
is admired by all who see it. The
plumbers have about finished their
work and the building is now ready
to be opened The furniture for the
numerous Offices upstairs will soon
be installed and ere long trains will
stop at one of the finest stations in
the state of Nevada. A large force
of men will be engaged in attending
/ to the clerical work of the road, as
the main Offices will be upstairs.
The exterior work of the Gum
! Thompson building is completed with
/ the exception of the roofing. Phe
cornice has been put up and the roof
will soon be finished. The building
is 55x100 feet in dimensions and is
one of the most substantial structures
| in the city.
Across the street from the Gum
| Thompson building is the bank
! building. another structure which is
practically completed with the eX-
ception of the inside work. Steel,
brick and concrete are the materials
of which it is composed. The vaults
were built in the rear of the build
ing and will contain three steel doors.
The floor is composed of concrete,
A large American flag floats from
the top of the hotel annex and in a
few days the furniture will be in
stalled and the structure opened to
the public Without doubt it will be
first class in every particular. The
hotel proper will be built before long,
| the material having been placed on
the ground. The foundation is COM
pleted and the pressed brick, stone
and steel is now on hand. A big
force of men will be put to work on
the structure and it will be rushed
to completion.
In week or SO the Nunnelly
/ block will contain two stores, a gro
plasterers have finished their work
and the doors and windows are be-
ing put in.
The men who have been construct
ing the mammoth chimney for the
power house have finished their job
The stack is $50 feet high and is
composed of reinforced concrete. The
power house is about ready for the
inc CT oil 1ef of q 1,11 ri
; will not be long before the general
ors will be working and every street
corner in the city will be we'll lighted
The big hospital buildings are al
most completed and in short time
one of the finest if not the finest hos
pital in Nevada will be open to the
sick and injured. There are five
buildings, each connected by long
Railways. The institution will con-
tain all the latest improvements and
every accommodation that can be had
will be afforded the patients. The
operating room is patterned after the
most improved style and the best
surgical instruments made will be
found in the hospital The nurses
will occupy the quarters in the south
ern section of the building while the
: Offices will be found in the main
building, which is a two-story struc-
ture facing the north.
The hospital will face the large
park, the plans for which have been
prepared for some time. The trees
and grass will be planted next spring
and Ely City will have a garden spot
that will prove a great attraction
About the same time as the park is
planted the Townsite company will
set out $500 Carveina poplar trees
ranging in height from II to IA feet