The Daily Missoulian., 1913-03-02
INA|M|[ TON MAS0NS
ARE PLEASED
ANNOUNCEMENT OF NEW HOME
FOR THE ORDER GRATlFY-
ING TO ALL LODGES.

Hamilton, March 1.-(Special.)-It
was with interest that the announce
ment in this mornings Missoulian
concerning the building plans of r. A.
O'Hara and the Masonic lodge of this
city, was received in this city. It has
been understood that a committee of
Masons was busy formulating plans
for the housing of the various Ma
sonic organizations of the city in home
of their own, and the announcement
that the agitation had taken definite
form in a modern business building on
Main street is mighty good news.
The committee met last evening, and
plans, as briefly announced in todav's
Missoulian, were agreed upon. The
plans call for building costing in the
neishborhood of $4,000, to be erected
and used Jointly by the Masonic or
ders and Attorney r. A. OHara The
building will be located on Mr.
O'Hara's two lots at the corner of
Main and Second streets.
The building will be a two-story
structure with ground floor of 5Ox13O
feet. The south and east fronts of the
building will be pressed brick The
structure will extend to the alley in
the rear. The first floor on Main
street will be occupied by the Citizens
State bank in which Mr.. O'Hara is
interested, and a store room. Other
store rooms will be located to the rear
of these rooms, to open onto Second
street The first floor of the presen. !.
building is occupied by the bank,
al ctr Gov ltS,
barber shop and Newman's tailor shop.
The second floor of the proposed build
ing will be occupied in front and for
a distance of SO feet to the rear by the
law offices of O'Hara, Edwards & Ma
deem, and the offices of the abstract
company, in which Mr.. O'Hara is in
terested.
<The Masons will occupy the rear 80
feet of the second floor, a floor space
S0x5O feet. All of their rooms will
have 1S-foot ceiling. The main lodge
hall will be 60x4S feet in the clear. The
dining room will be 29x17 feet in the
clear. The rest Of the floor space will
be taken up with ante rooms and other
necessary rooms. Entrance to the sec
ond floor will be made by a stairway
opening OnCO MAIN street, between the
bank and store rooms. The same en-
trance will serve for all the rooms on
the second floor. In speaking today
of their plans, a local Mason stated
that they would have a lodge room
ranking sixth in size in the state when
the building was completed. 1t is es-
timated that the Masons will put $1O,
600 into the cost of the structure. The
vaults of the building will be con-
structed to extend to the second floor,
so that they may be used by the bank
on the second floor. Such are the
plans as have been agreed upon by
Mr.. O'Iara and the committee from
the Masonic lodge.
The Masonic organizations interested
in the proposed building are as fol-
lows: Ionic lodge No. SO, A. f. & A.
NJ; Hamilton chapter No. IS, r. A. M.
and Leona chapter No. 81, or Eastern
Star The building will be so planned
by the Masons to care for COM
mandery of knights Temp1ars, as it
is probable that a commandery will be
organized here within the next two
years.
The time for starting the work on
the building has not been decided on,
but it is hoped by the Masons that
work can begin this season.