The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-04-24
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WORK ON TWO BUILDINGS
Operations Resumed on University
and the Widman Hotel Build
ings-Will be Pushed.

Active operations over at the
University are in force on the Gen.
fury Memorial Hall. For the past
week Contractor Felt has been look
ing after the setting Of the iron
beams and girders for the erection
of the second story. This has been.
successfully accomplished and yester-
day the force Of masons was put to
work to lay the stone. Two stone
masons arrived from Sioux Falls
Tuesday and began work on the
structure Wednesday. There is a large
quantity Of stone already dressed
and ready to be placed in the wall
and there will be no delay on this
score. The work will be pushed this
summer with all possible speed so
that the building will be ready for
occupancy this fall at the beginning
of the term. When the Methodist
educational convention meets in this
city May II to IA the friends of the
institution will be given an oppor-
tunity to see what is being done
toward the completing the building.
Fred Widmann has set the men to
work on his new hotel structure.
Fred Bjordstrup and his carpenters
are putting in the joists for the first
floor and they are being backed up
with stone and mortar. AS soon as
this is completed the building will
then be ready for the masons to
commence to RUIZ up the walls.
Mr.. Widmann says he will put on a
large force Of men and this part of
the work will be done quickly for
the amount of labor that is on hand.
Mr.. Widmann has discarded the idea
Of backing the walls with Gladstone
and in place he will use Portland
cement and stone of small size for
this purpose. It costs but very little
more and. increases the solidity of
the structure. Messrs. Williamson
have a large quantity Of stone
dressed for the big structure and
are at work in getting out the arches
and other stone for specified places.
These two buildings will add
materially to the building enter
prises Of Mitchell this summer and
both will be highly priced, as they
are needed, M for the increased at
tendance at the University and the
other for the accommodation of the
travelling public.
Aside from these two structures
Mitchell's new city hall will doubtless
be started within five or six weeks.
Just az 500 as the plans and speci-
i%cations are received from the archi-
tect at Sioux Falls, Mr.. Dow, the
city auditor will advertise for bids
for the construction of the building.
The finishing touches are being
put on the Carnegie library build
ing and within a month it is very
likely that the new building will be
ready for opening to the public. The
interior woodwork is being put on at
the present time.
In all parts of the city new houses
are being erected that shows d very
healthy growth in the residence dis
trict. The increasing population of
Mitchell demands more houses and
the many that are under curse of
construction will, in a measure, re-
lieve the hitherto c%ongested condi-
ton. Mitchell's growth this summer
will be in accord with what has
been done along the same line for
the past two or three years. At the
present time there is a strong de-
mand for houses.