Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1888-12-29
A YEARS RECORD.
The Long Strides Of Progress
in Devils Lake.
One Hundred and Thirty Six
Thousand Dollars
Expended in Public and Pri.
yate improvements.
Graded Streets and Broad New
Sidewalks.
The Center Of the Earth
Tapped for Water.
Fire Proof Buildings and
Warm Residences.
| A Mill, Bank, Hotels and Other
Enterprises.
Fire Proof Buildings and
Warm Residences.
A Mill, Bank, Hotels and Other
Enterprises.

to the facts and figures given below.
They embody in detail almost every
item OF the improvements made In
Devils Lake during the year 1883. The
marvellous growth of our city will be OF
considerable interest to those of our
eastern friends who have listened to the
horrible stories told OF us by the south
western railroad agents. Men of in
telligence will not spend els6, 900 In one
year improving city of 1000 inhabitants
located in "a DESERT" Business men
will not put a quarter of million
dollars into buildings in place "where
people freeze and starye to death by
hundreds and are buried in trenches by
the wagon load" Roasted railroad run
ners will be numerous when the deyil
begins to punish the liars who have de-
famed this the most fertile, fruitful and
promising country on earth.
In gathering and preparing tho infor.
nation contained herein the INTER.
OCEAN has seen the owners or managers
ofthe property. and in view OF the fact
that the same persons haye been and
are again likely to bo callod upon by
tho tax assessor, THO figures given in the
list or general improvements represent
low value rather than a high one.
Tho figures relative to the public i'm
provements are taken from tho city
records. There has been no cxaEcr-
alton Of any Improvement and there is
not a fictitious item III the whole list.
COURT HOUSE.
Mention and description Of the Ram.
sey county court house have preyiously
occupied space in these columns. We
have yet to learn of a county anywhere
in the northwest that has been az fortu.
nate as Ramsey county in the matter o
court house. The building as it now
stands, steam heated and furnished
Throughout, cost about $4,000. 1t can
not be duplicated for S25,OOO Men Of
affairs who have been asked to give al
estimate OF its cost have placed tn,
amount a. high as as, QUO. Built solidl,
OF the best quality Of material, standing
upon foundation as enduring as tn,
crock OF ages,' trimmed throughoQ
its interior with seasoned oak, its broaC
stairways, deep-panelled doors ant
carved railings and castings composed
Of the same material heated in eyery ap
partment by the best and most approved
steam apparatus, all the wood work, in
side and outside, painted in first-clas
style, with fre-proof vaults larg
enough to accommodate all the record
that will accumulate in the next quartz
Of q century, and as good a Jail as cal
be built, the Ramsey county court hous
is not only an ornament to tho city an,
most valuablAeiece Of property to til
county, but it is as we'll credit to tn
board OF commissioners under who's
supervision 1t was constructed.
FIRST NATIONAL BANK.
The chief improvement made i
Devils Lake this year, in the way {
building, is the structure at the corne
of Fourth and Kelly, costing $500
Warren II. Hayes; the .Minneapol
architect, furnishes US, through NJ
Hubert, president OF the bank. with Il
following description Of the building
. 1.-THE First national banks new buildin
Iof Devils Lake is three story structur
Including a high finished baseme,
story. The floor dimensions are 25x'
feet; the hight of basement story 10 fee
banking story IA feet and the Office fot
II feet. with attic over this. The sty
OF architecture is an adaptation .
:, modern Romanesque. The materia
Of construction and finish are as follow
Facing of basement story and arches
first story, native variegated Dako
granite rock, faced in random
rustic style of masonry neatly pointed
colored mortar. The stone for 9th
trimmings of the walls, corners. ETC.,
Lake Superior red sandstone neat
dressed and carved --Yhe walls of Il
first and second story and attic are in
pleasing tint OF cream coiored brit
laid in colorod Joints, the frieze or ma
y cornice being in the form of an arcade
small brick arches. The root over ma
building Is Of low pitch and construct.
of q composition Of gravel and 9th
/. constituents, making 1t fire proof fro