The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-04-24

Warden N. Boucher and the board Of
prison managers of the North Dakota
state prison passed through the city yes
terday on their way to their home in
the Fl1ckertail state. The party has been
In Chicago for the last ten days pur-
chasing machinery for the new binding
Irvine plant for the state prison author
lied by the legislature at its recent ses-
1son. 1t is the intention of the board
to commence building operations on the
new plant Immediately, although 1t is not
thought the farmers of the state will re-
ceive any benefit from it's output until
next year. The construction and equip
ment Of the plant involves an expendi-
ture of $4,000, and it will require from
Six to eight months to get the buildings
up and the factory in operation.
Warden Boucher says the new plant will
give the farmers binding Irvine on a basis
on ~ cents per pound, as against IA cents
now charged by the trust. 1t will, how
ever, be some time before they will be
able to get the price down to level with
that charged by the Minnesota state pris-
on, as the difference in freight rates al
ways has to be figured in when COM
putting the cost to the consumer In North
Dakota.
Plans have been drawn for new build
Ing. 140x4O, and contracts will be let at
the next meeting of the board. The struc-
,ture will include an electric light plant,
which will furnish light and power for
the entire prison and the new binding
Irvine plant, which will be situated on
the first, second and third floors of the
building.
J While in Chicago the board contracted
Tor a large amount Of the machinery nee
essary to operate the industry, but as
there Is no particular hurry about the
equipment Of the plant the board left
several matters unsettled pending fur
Their investigation. The machinery nee
essary for the operation Of the plant is
largely controlled by the trust, and the
board did not find as open a market in
Chicago as it would have liked, but ex-
poets to have all the machinery ready to
be put Ia place as soon as the contractors
turn ever the new buildings The fiber
machinery is all held at a evry high fig
ure, but the board hopes to complete the
building and put in. the machinery within
the limits of the appropriation.
s Our farmers" said Trustee Brattock,
ARE taking great interest in the plant,
and are looking forward to the time when
they will be independent Of the Irvine
tIuSt II ID q maCter OF regret that we
will be unable to put our product on the
market this year, but the extent Of the
undertaking makes this impossible
1--WE expect $4,000 immigrants to North
Dakota this spring. said Fred Falley, of
Wahpeton, secretary Of state Of North
Dakota, who was among the guests at
the Windsor yesterday. "The state is
rapidly filling up with settlers of a most
desirable class, and this year will I'M
questionably be a record breaker in that
respect. The railroad companies are
bringing in hundreds daily. Many of them
are from other states, Indiana Illinois,
IOwa-farmers who have sold their farms
at high figure and sought new fields.
We find among them many sons of rich
farmers of these states, who have bought
their boys farms. pinning their faith to
the promise of the fair West. There is
q large foreign immigration, too, Of a
good character
Politically, everything is very quiet in
North Dakota, and I think the election
of Senator McCumber has proven very
satisfactory to the commercial, business,
and even political interests of the state''
M. H. Jewell and R. N Stevens, of
Bismarck, were among the North Dakota
arrivals at the Merchants yesterday Mr.
Stevens was the leader Of the lower house
of the legislature last winter, and is in
the city attending to some business. Mr..
Jewell is the editor of the Tribune.
The other North Dakota arrivals at the
Merchants yesterday were H. F. Arnold,
Larimore. and H. e. Patterson, Bismarck.