Good Old Days 9/29/11

8 years ago

October 1, 1886

Work of excavating for the basement of the brick building to be erected by the city on the corner of Main and Canyon streets was begun Wednesday by McCord & Ford on a bid of $3,800. The structure will have a Main street frontage of 25 feet and a length of 40 feet on Canyon, be two stories high with a 20x25 foot basement. Ground floor will be devoted exclusively to the use of the fire company, while the upper story will be divided into three apartments, he largest to be used for a council chamber, the remaining as a sitting room and bed room for the fire company. C...