The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-07-31
ELY CITY MAKING
RAPID PROGRESS
SEVERAL LARGE BUILDINGS
WILL SOON BE READY FOR
OCCUPANCY.
ARE MAKING MANY IMPROVEMENTS
Salt Lake iirewing Company Erect
ing Two-StOry Structure
Other Buildings.

ELY Clty Is Gdpiuiy SioWlnS anu
each week sees considerable advance
ment in the building line. The sew
eral large structures that are now in
the course of construction are being
rushed to completion and by Septem-
Der 1st number of the business
houses will be ready for the public.
Fulmer & Ives building is practi-
cally finished and the two stores will
be finished in less than month. The
second story will contain thirty
rooms and furniture has been or
dered for modern rooming house
The Phillips building is also
finished and In less than month
the first floor will be fitted up as a
first-class saloon.
The hotel annex Is another struc-
ture that will be finished in a few
weeks and will be as modern a hotel
as can be found in the state. The
| furniture is being ordered by Man
ager Klein and the fixtures will be
| the very latest. In fact, the hosiery
will be first class in every particu-
| lar. The cafe on the first floor will
be one of the finest dining rooms in
this section.
| The depot will also be ready about
| the same time as the above mention
| ed structures are finished Without
| doubt the passenger depot will be the
| most attractive in the state. The
roof has been finished and carpenters
are now engaged in putting up the
woodwork on the second story.
| William keenan,, agent for the Salt
Lake Brewing company, has had the
excavating commenced for a two
story brick building to he erected on
| the southeast corner of Twelfth and
B streets. The work will be pushed
to completion.
The foundation is being laid for
the Nunnelly block. The building
will be a two-story structure and will
| be located opposite the Townsite
companys office.
The Graham Mercantile company 5
warehouse is just about completed
and will soon be ready for occupancy.
| The construction of the Thompson
| Gum building is also being rushed
and large force of men is engaged
in putting up the structure. 1t will
he built of steel and brick and will
! be one of the finest buildings in Ely
City.
The power house, with a capacity
of 800 horse power. will be ready
! by September The brick masons
are rushing the work and much OF
the machinery is on the ground ready
to be installed as soon as the struc-
| ture is far enough along The plant
will produce sufficient power to light
the new city in a first-class manner
Large arc lights will be installed al
each street corner and the munich
pality will be as we'll lighted as any
city in the west.
Work will soon be resumed on the
| HinkleSmith buil9Ing. 1t will be
a three-story building, So by 100 feet
| in dimensions, and the cost will be
| $4,000.
f. C. Berendes of Seattle has been
spending a few days in Ely City
looking over his holdings and also
Investigating his mining interests
He left yesterday morning greatly
elated over his purchases in Ely City
and expects to start the erection of
business block within the next two
weeks.
Mrs. Hodge has moved into her
new cottage in Ely City. Several
| cottages are in the course of con
struction and many families arc
making the new city their place of
residence.
For some time street scraper has
been on the way and should arrive
any day AS soon as it arrives it will
be used in putting the final touches
on the streets. Every graded street
in the city will be put in first-class
condition. The thoroughfares are
being sprnkled and will soon be eX-
cellent highways. The street depart
ment is busily engaged in improv-
ing the thoroughfares and that sec
ton of the city is keeping pace with
the remainder of the rapidly grow
ing municipality.