The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-11-22
NOVEMBER BUILDERS
ARE BUSY
CONSTRUCTION RECORD OF THE
WEEK SHOWS GOOD PROGRESS
ON MANY FINE STRUCTURES.

The local contractors. are sunny
tempered these days. and do not seem
to take any slight vagaries of the
weather clerk in n serious way. Al
though the buildings in which con-
crete is an important factor. expert
enced a slight setback during the
week. the general progress on these
buildings has been such as to allow
literally for these triflinE delays. At
the new court house, where the work
men are busy on the tower. which Is
concrete clear to the top. and on
the upper floors. everything in NOV
ing along nicely, according to the
notion Of Mr.. Dysart, the superinten-
dent. On the first and second floors,
the plaster work has been completed.
and the rough plaster work on the
top floor will be about finished by
the end of this week.
With the exception Of n little mason
work yet to do on the tower. that
branch of the work IL also very near
completion. and insid. the next week
or 10 days, the contractors win start
taking down the staging. within a
day or two the bricklayers VIII be all
through with their contract.
Started two months ago, the one
story brick building on Stevens near
Main street, being built To the order
of Smith 4 Thomas, is now well on
toward completion. and the carpenters
are busy putting in the fronts. Mr..
Lyons, the contractor, expects tn have
no difficulty in getting the building
ready for occupancy within the spe-
Gifted time-the first of next month.
The owners have all the stores al
ready rented. and they figure on add
ing couple of stories some time in
the near future. The building which
will be known as the Marble and
which is OF white pressed brick, was
constructed according to plans sub
mitted by Link & Hare, the archi-
tects.
Among the contractors who are
kept busy with orders on hand and
to be executed. Is Harry Gilbertson.
who has the contract for the brick
work on the six-story Cowell-DiXon
building at Cedar and Higgine ave-
nue.. The forms are now being taken
off the concrete on the fifth and sixth
floors. and early next week the brick
layers will commence operations. This
contractor has also secured the con-
tract for the vault to be built for the
Scandinavian bank In the Evans
block. and will begin work on 1t
next week
Orville G. Englands one-story red
brick building mt the corner of Spruce
and Higgins avenue is coming along
in fine shape. This building which
consists of seven stores was started
about three weeks ago and has
fyas tao .,F f.n
The brick work is now all complete
and the men have started at the
plastering. At the back OF it. on
Spruce street. MIR. Gilbertson in pre-
pairing To put up q warehouse for the
Worden- Dorman Mercantile company.
with floor space of % by 40. This
company will occupy three OF the
stores. where II will run an up-to-
date grocery and general dry goods
business. When completed, which will
be some time in the early part Of
December. this building will material
ly strengthen the appearance of North
Higgins. and bring the general bust
ness section closer to the railroad
station. Besides the worden-D orman
Mercantile company, there will be a
jewelers. store. a barber shop, a shoe
shining parlor. and restaurant and
lunch stand in ,his hiliias. tho lease
of which has been secured by Mr.
worden.
Missoula has certainly no dearth of
well-equpped modern laundries, and
IL will have another bong swong'
establishment in that line. when the
Bakke Brothers get finished with the
two-story red-brick building, which
they have been erecting at Stevens
and Alder. The basement and first
floor will be Occupied by the laundry.