The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-12-11
BUILDING GOES ON
The Frigid Weather Doesn't Bring
Building Operations to-.
- a standstill. ..
Much Work for. the Winter-The
Outlook for 1908 Is 2 -:
Excellent:

Winter building in MINNEAPOLIS is pro
ceed1ng this year to a degree hithert q
unknown by architects and contra ctors.
Owners of prospective buildings in soma
cases are doing the question: Bic work of
installing stone foundations with the idea
OF being early on 1.-the ground for rental
next spring. Whiles brick work IN Port
land cement is perfectly safe in cold
weather, there is mo absorption In stone
masonry and aira. results are likely Ito
prove disastrous owher the frost goes out.
Only two days have ma sons been ds
layed in their work by cold weather.
twice last week the bricklayers we're
called away from work on the :buIlding of
the gas company, the Bradley Clarke
structure. the Alden Smith stores. the
Harrington residence, the Northwestern
National bank : nd other brick ,bufldines
which, with the aid of salamanders and
warm water are being kept steadily under
construction. Hundreds of house build .
ers were fortunate in getting under cover
and inside board wallis before the cold
snap and interior work in their buildings
Is going on merrily. =,
In several sections of the city new
houses are not above the stone work, but
winter and much Roadway will be made
before the time comes to paint
. ,..,. Prospects. for 1903. 49, -.
AS for 1903 building, the architects and
contractors are divided. 1t is remark BILE
TO discover to what numbers fat build
lngs will go up if prices and labor renal in
stable. Some unusually big affairs, which
We're to have been begun this fall, for
various reasons were delayed until after
frost at1me, 1t vas the plan to let the
foundations lie during the winter At
least one big block will not be begun until
just before next fall, so that interior work.
iYoI1o ~, CIV
A marked tendency in fiat construction
Is toward the !small-roon1.s part ments. A
theory for this is that such apartments
pay better. The occupants are on a. sal
airy, which is sure every month, the rental
IS, low, and consequently the rent is paid
regularly. In the higher priced fat build
ings the occupants are not always sure
OF income. and the loss from non payment
or from delayed payments is considera BILE
A great. deal of figuring is being done
and several plans have been submitted
for improvements. ranging; all the way
from the $4,000 house to. the expensive
and manufacturing plant.
-. I, : sUncertalnty as to Prices o..
:; Entertaining as 10 the price OF materials
and as to- what the labor Element is go
ing to do has pu 1.-THE construction ques-
latiVe column. If: prices remain at the
present standard, building will be les
sened but not brought to a standstil,. It
is not know, for instance, what the brick
layers will do a to the next years scale.
Premiums upon the agreed schedule this
Year were paid because labor was scarce.
One feature Of the real estate market
practically insures a. large amount of low
priced dwelling building. For nearly a
year salaried men have been buying lots
to begin the establishments Of homesteads,
The Ia boring men. OF the city. have, also