The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1900-02-09
LACK OF BUILDINGS
Mitchell is Greatly in Need Of Dwelling
Houses to Accommodate Demand
at Present.
Population Has Increased so Fast That
Rabitable Empty Houses are at
a Premium.
A Good List Of Farmers Who Have
Bought Land and Moved Here in
Past Year.
MITCHELL AND EXPANSION.
Plenty of Room for it in the Way
of Building New Residences
and Business Blocks.

There isn't a person in Mitchell but
who bsllves in expansion when it comes
to enlarging the city population and
the erection OF new homes and business
blocks. The point has been reached in
Mitchell where expAnslon in this
direction is actually forced upon US and
where the proposition must be met or
the city will stand in it's own light of
advancement The conditions which
confront the people is the ability to
furnish outside residents homes who
desire to move here and become one of
US. The case has frequently occurred
where person has come to the city for
the purpose Of making his home and
was forced to abando on the idea for the
simple reason that it was impossible to
secure house to live in. While this
shows prosperous condition yet it
deters the town from growing and at
tanning the magnitude as q residence
and business community as it's location
in the state would entitle it. Atten.
ton was called recently to the situation
on the south side of town where there
was great demand for houses for the
benefit of the young people who were
here to attend Dakota University. AS
stated at that time there were not
enough houses over there to accommo-
date the number OF people who desired
to make home in that part of town.
The same condition has been trans-
ferred to this part OF the city. There
does not seem to be any question but
what if fifteen or twenty houses were
erected here this summer they would
have good tenants as fast as completed.
This condition will be met TO some ex-
tent during the coming summer as
some as new houses are to be built
which will cause the vacation of other
houses and relieve the situation for q
time. This matter of building will ex.
tend to the business part of the city at
the same time and il is foregone con-
clusion that the laborers will have
plenty Of work to do from early spring
until late in the fall. Several build
ings for the business district are pretty
we'll assured. AT present should man
desire to engage in business here he
would have to practically give up the
project for the reason that while there
are plenty of people in Mitchell to
do business with he would have no
place in which to transact his business,
az there is not vacant building on
Main street and there are next on the
side streets. Last year some building
was done in the vicinity Of the Mil
wsukee depot when the j. I. Case Co.
and j. E. Turner & Son erected two
mammoth warehouses for their bust
ness, but the year 1900 ought to hold
out better nllurements for the building
of business blocks and as stated there
will be cousiderable done in this line.
Mitchell's location in the state is q
strong inducement for people to move
here and it ought to keep pace with
the demands made OF 1t. In tho latter
part OF 1899 four new firms began busi-
ness in the city and they made tho las,
draw on the empty buildings that we're
then obtainable.