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Show and sandstone tile hearths, of which they carry a large variety. They furnish fur-nish constant employment to from 60 to 80 hands. Mr. Jos. M. Watson will be found genial and thoroughly expert in all the details of the business. Personally, Per-sonally, ho is the prince of good fellows, honorable and fair in all transactions, and one with whom it is always a plea-ure plea-ure to transact business. Robert Bowman, Bow-man, who has graduated as a practical mechanic, under Watson Brothers, was the able architect that designed the Clark -Eldredgo building and the new Constitution building, opposite the Z. C.M.I. WATSON BROTHERS. Builders and Contractors, 77 and 79 South Temple Street. W ho can stroll through the halls of our finest public buildings, or even through the apartments of some of our sumptuous citizen's residences and not quickly see that tho building art of today to-day is a tremendous advance on that of a few generations ago. Never before in auy age of the world was the builders build-ers art so thoroughly understood and fully represented in attention as now, to all the thousand fold details of careful care-ful and scientific construction. To be a master builder means a great deal in this day of critical scrutiny and a demand de-mand for a close approach to absolute perfection iu work and strictest economy econ-omy of expense. But Watson Brothers stand at the head and in the frout rank of their trade as contractors and builders. build-ers. Mr. Joseph M. AVatsou for tho past 24 years has followed his calling iu this city where ho has constructed some of the finest dwellings and public buildings build-ings of which the city now boasts. Among the many edifices of his construction con-struction he can point to such tine business busi-ness buildings as tho Zion Savings Bank building, Hooper block, Eldredge block, the shoe factory, also the Denver chimney chim-ney stack. Ft. Douglas, and nearly all of the palatial residences of the city are the contributions of Watsou Brothers to our own local improvement. These are all monuments of skill and tokens of practical art faculty that should and will insure the orders of all who need building services and who wish to consult con-sult upon any perspective structure no matter of what character or how extended ex-tended proportions... .They are also artistic workmen in tombstone, monuments, monu-ments, plaster and cement pieces, and mantels aud grates. They are also wholesale and rekiil dealers in marble, stone, iron and slate mantels and grates '" : ii - |