The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1896-04-11
The New Creau,erY.

The board Of directors of the Kimbail
Creamery company met Saturday ana
received bids Tor the construction of the
creamery. Bids were put in by Wheaton
\ Gudehus of Brookings, the Mankato
Minn) Creamery Supply company and
the Sharpless company of Omaha. Bids
were made for the machinery alone,
placed in position, and Tor the building
and machinery complete. There was
but little difference between the bids for
machinery, and after careful dclibera-
tion the bid for this par, of the plant
was given 10 Wheaton Il Gulehus.
Subsequently the board met to con-
slider the building question whether it
was better for The company to construct
its own building, let it by contract or to
buy and make OYER an old building. The
Clifton House property has been offered
at low price, but the main part is so
small and the wing of such shape that
it would probably cost too much money
to place the building in any satisfactory
condition. 1t would also cost quite %lC0
TO get water to The ground. As near as
can be figured out the property when
put in shape would cost within two or
three hundred dollars OF the cost of an
entirely new eaiice and then 1ryer be
satisfactory.
Prof. Wheaton mad. another bid on
the building. The board offered him
500 less than the price named. BY
mail he subsequently, offered lc split the
difference, and il may be safely stated
that his offer will be accepted and that
lie will put in the plant complete. This
will, we think, prove TO be the most sat
isfactorY to all concerned. We want to
say, too, that the board before letting the
contract were in possession of a great
deal Of correspondence from creameries
all over this state and Minnesota and
other states and from butter makers and
expert creamery men, and they have
reason to believe that the Mmball plant
will be put in at as low igurc-capac-
ity considered-as any creamery that
has been put up, and considerable lower
than nina-tenths of them.
AT this writing the location has not
been selected, but this will probably be
done today. The delay has been un-
ayoldable BECAUSE time has been neces-
sary to consider different propositions
and lna.fippe Iu, fol I,C
also, for local builders to figure on the
cost of the building. We mention this
because scme appear to think that $1,000
can be RAISED for a crea uery and the
plant put in running 0rdgr in couple
of weeks time. Had there been prompt
response to the first appeals for subscrip-
ti0n-had not certain ones in town
thrown cold water on it f.on the start
had it not been necessary to tear the
clothes OIL some farmers pulling them in
to the company and ali the prejudice
i'll the town and country 10 conbat-had
it not been for all this. wc rcpcat-we
should be two weeks farther ahead.
Since the project has been lairly under
Why, however; there llas taeAp no let mp
not for a momont-on the part OF those
pushing the enterprise, and SO fal as the
officers OF the company are concerned,
they are crowding matters Just as fast
as it is possible to do SO. The creamery
subject should have been taken up last
fall or early in the winter. So long as
we did not do SO we must make the best
of it and get the plant started as soon as
we can.
Prof. Wheaton Will he here next weel,
and start the work on the building.