Fergus County Democrat. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-1919, 1912-07-09
ANOTHER
FINE BUILDING
STRUCTURE TO COST $27O,000.00
WILL GO UP ON MAIN STREET
OPPOSITE BRIGHT HOTEL.
FINANCED BY LOCAL MEN
Walter S. Bright and George cochrane
Succeed in Interesting Eastern
People of Large Means in Big
Undertaking-LocaI People Take
Stock.

Stock.
Through the efforts of Walter S.
Bright and George Cochrane, two we'll
known young business men of this
city, who have been working on the
proposition for several months, about
everything Is now in shape for be.
ginning the construction of another
big, modern business block in this
city. From a financial viewpoint, 1t is
the most ambitious building enter
prise ever undertaken in this part of
the state. With an eastern concern
agreeing to provide $4,000 of the
$27O,000 required, it remained for the
promoters of the very laudable pro-
ject to raise approximately $S0,00O
through the sale of stock locally.
Forty thousand dollars worth of this
stock has been subscribed up to to-
day and the remaining forty thousand
dollars worth must be taken up be-
fore the end of the present week. 1t
looks like most worthy proposition
and the local end Of the deal will
doubtless be closed on schedule time.
Opposite the Bright Hotel.
The new building will be located on
the ground recently acquired by
Messrs. Cochrane and Bright of M. l..
Woodman and located opposite the
Bright hotel, between Firth and Sixth
avenues. AS planned, it will be a
three-story structure, exclusive of the
full basement, having frontage on
Main street of 100 feet and running
from Main to Janeaux street, giving
it depth Of 200 feet.
viii Cost Large Sum.
AS originally planned, the building
was to cost approximately $150,O00
but Messrs. Bright and Cochrane sue
ceeded in interesting large financial
concern in Chicago in the project
who, before they would agree to &c
into the proposition, insisted that ii
be made wholly fire-proof. Under the
revised plans, changed to meet that
condition, it is estimated by the archi
tects that the structure will represent
an investment of approximately $270,
100000, making it one of the most cost
ly privately constructed buildings ii
Montana.
wiz SOUIdIJ SpCId IIOuoCs
The most important feature of the
new building will be a modern oper;
house, which will be located on the
Janeaux street end. No expense will
be spared in making this one of tn,
most beautiful, cOmmodious and com
Portable playhOuses in the northwest
1t will have seating capacity o
about nine hundred and provided will
every modern convenience known t.
opera house construction. The mail
entrance to the opera house will b.
from the Main street side through al
arcade Is feet wide and 40 feet long
On each side of this arcade will b.
number of small store rooms sucl
as are found in similarly constructe'
! buildings in the larger cities. Thes
store rooms will be leased to cor
fectioners, news dealers and for othe
purposes which require the establish
ments to remain open and lighted ur
til after the close of the theater.
! Apartments and Rooms.
The second and third floors of tn
building, excluding the portion use
for the theater, will be divided up IL
to apartments and rooms, all moder
in every detail. Walter S. Bright ha
already submitted a proposition t
lease these apartments and rooms
which will be managed in connectio
with the big hostelry across the stree
Fill a Long-felt Need.
The people of this city will take tn
utmost satisfaction in the announce
ment that Lewistown is to have
| m q
now outgrown the capacity and equiI
ment of the building used at presen
for that purpose. With the compile
tion of the two main lines of railroad
now In course OF construction, Lewis
town viii be in position to secur
the best theatrical and operate a
fractions that pass from coast t
coast, and the new building will b
equipped for staging any sized attra'
ton that may come this way. Wit
the railroad facilities mentioned, thi
city, being located In the geographics
center of the state, is also destine
to become the convention city of MOI
tana. The new opera house will PR
vide a place for holding these larg
gatherings and be distinct asset /
that particular.
| Success Result of Hard Work.
The success of the enterprise
the result of a great deal of har
work on the part of Bright and Cocl
rane. They first tried to interest cal
ital in the Twin Cities, but withou
avail. After interviewing numerou
concerns in Chicago, they finally &c
in touch with some people who ar
largely Interested in this section {
Montana and know something of tn
Judith Basin and Lewistown and thei