Bids opened for N P depot job. two from Butte contractors
Twelve bids were received in St Paul for the Northern Pacific station project. No award yet. The old freight depot will be moved west of its present site. A subway will connect the south platform to the second track to avoid crossing the first.
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Northern Pacific
St. Paul
Butte
South Butte
Snake River
Lewiston
Idaho
Riparia
Wash
Harriman
New York Commercial
Oregon Railroad and Navigation Company
Kendrick Hill
Spokane
Cascade Mountains
Grangeville
Camas Prairie
Pullman
Colfax
Pullman Southwest
Thousand Springs
Taylor Ranch
Massive balanced compound locomotive built for Oregon RR
At Baldwin locomotive works engineers completed an engine of the balanced compound type for the Oregon Railroad and Navigation company. It weighs 220000 pounds with 141000 pounds on the drivers. Cylinder sizes 17 by 28 inches high pressure and 28 by 28 inches low pressure. Working steam pressure 200 pounds. Boiler 70 inches diameter with 245 214 inch tubes 20 feet long. Firebox 108 by 66 inches. Total weight 229000 pounds. Tender capacity 9000 gallons water and 10 tons coal.
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Baldwin Locomotive Works
Oregon Railroad and Navigation Company
Horses Offered In City Hall Market For Patrol Service
Broadway crowds gathered as the city hall grounds resembled a horse market. The city council authorized new horses for the city engineer street commissioner and patrol, but buyers were unsure which horses would fit. The patrol wagon needs a lighter team and a new lighter wagon is awaited.
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Broadway
Death of John Sullivan at 42 in Butte
John Sullivan of 609 North Wyoming street died suddenly after a brief illness believed pneumonia. He was taken to St. James Hospital where he rapidly worsened. Survived by his mother Mrs. Kate Sullivan sister Miss Mary Sullivan and brother Pat Sullivan, all of Butte.
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John Sullivan
Wyoming Street
St. James’ Hospital
Sullivan
Anaconda
Kate Sullivan
Mary Sullivan
Pat Sullivan
Butte
New Confidence Game Targets Prospector on South Main Street
A Boise prospector was waylaid on South Main street by two men posing as deputy sheriffs. They seized his $20 gold coin and money, tested it for credibility, and released him with an implied warning. He contacts the city jail, suspecting a counterfeit scheme. Several names and a school program are listed in the article.
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Boise
Butte
South Main Street
Main Street
Closing Events at the Parish Schools in Butte
Catholic parochial schools in Butte prepare closing programs with Sacred Heart and St Patrick’s holding commencement exercises. St Patrick’s Broadway theatre events feature Tyrolean Queen cantatas, a baby show, and the high school graduates including Mabel Barker Elizabeth Toomey and Fannie Kelly. The St Patrick’s orchestra performs with a wide list of student musicians and a closing address by Rev Father C B McGlynn.
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Edward Whalen
Charles Dutcher
Matthew Gagner
Walter Reichli
Howard Oeschli
Ernest Leinemann
Lewis Boyer
Thomas McCarthy
Clarence Freudenstein
Augustus Pohndorf
Willie Tobin
Peter Gallagher
John Duffy
Joseph Sullivan
Thomas Doran
Marcus Grandpre
Teddy Walsh
Bernard Holland
Leo McDonnell
P. J. Brophy
Elmer Harrington
Henry Dussault
Edward Lawler
John Meehan
Joseph Dawson
Edward Sullivan
Harry Hanrathy
Byron Haggerty
Paul McDonald
Mary Murphy
Susie McDermott
Agnes Foley
St. Lawrence
James O'Donnell
F. K. Batens
J. H. Leyson
Batens
Father Thompson
Bozeman
M. O’d. Barry
Butte
Sacred Heart
Hibernia Hall
St. Patrick’s School
Sacred Heart School
James J. Gleason
Francis A. Cantlon
James J. Shea
James A. McKeon
Carol A. Driscoll
Katherine A. Earls
Katherine W. Keelan
Ella G. Cross
Mary E. Green
Alice A. Naughton
Mary C. Burns
Catherine L. Tripp
Broadway
Mabel Barker
Elizabeth Toomey
Fannie Kelly
Helen Gleason
Eugene Harrington
George Daley
Vincent Meehan
Martin Kern
Tevis Hunter
George Haggerty
James McBride
John Driscoll
Francis Duignan
Welterweight Title Fight Set for July 4 in Montana
Abe Cohen of the Montana Athletic Club booked a welterweight championship bout for July 4 at the arena on the road to Columbia Gardens. Champion Buddy Ryan meets challenger George Herbert, a rising San Francisco fighter. Corbett and Weeden, backing Herbert, praised treatment in Butte as they flew to Chicago.
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Abe Cohen
Montana Athletic Club
George Herbert
Buddy Ryan
Columbia Gardens
Ryan
Herbert
San Francisco
Weeden
Corbett
Chicago
Butte
Fire Sparks Cause Small Blaze at South Gaylord Street
Firefighters were alerted at 1:15 PM yesterday to 2301 South Gaylord Street where sparks from a locomotive started a small fire. The blaze was extinguished with only slight damage to the residence owned by Albert Grensberg.
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South Gaylord Street
Albert Grensberg
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Montana
Luteys
S. Wyoming St
Uptown
West Broadway
Chequamegon Cafe
West Park Street
S. Hirsch & CO
Kansas City
N. P
Snake River Cutoff
Canadian Pacific
Great Northern
Kootenai
Canadian Octopus
Washington
Tacoma
Portland
British Columbia
Victoria, Vancouver & Eastern
Canadian Road
Seattle
Northern Pacific Railway Company
State Board of Equalization
Main Siding
Northern Pacific Eee
Bitter Root
Boulder Branch
Butte Line
Clark’s Fork
Coeur d’Alene
Cokedale
Elkhorn
Gaylord & Ruby Valley
Marysville
Montana Union
Ween
Butte Hill Spur
Park Branch Oe
Philipsburg
Pony Branch
Rocky Fork Branch
Wickes Branch
Yellowstone Park Ry
U. R
Pritchard-Harrison Carpet Co
Corner Park and
Main, Butte
High Lip
Hele
Carters
Carters Iitl Iver
Quality
J.A. Folger & Co
Golden Gate Coffee
J. A. Folger & Co
Lislegy Gr
Ata
A. Booth
Cash Grocery
Grocers
To-Mor
Main and Broadway
Butte, Mont
Clark’s Bank
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