The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-29

! building will be put in repair at once
! and will be occupied before fall. 1t is
! understood that the price was about
$65, 900. -. .. a.. - -.
The exposition. was bought from the
present owners through the agency OF
Thomas A. Jameson, who long ago suS-
gested the site as an ideal one for the
| international Stock Food Z business, In
which Mr. Savage is engaged.
- To Retain Auditorium.
Mr.. Savage will spend about $4,000 on
the building. He will maintain the au-
ditoriuln, not with the purpose of cutting
out the new music hall proposition hut
! to provide large hall for big gatherings
and conventions as long as required, He
will construct direct entrances from three
| sides of the auditorium, doing away, with
the present tortuous exits.
| The first, floor will be retained for the
{ accommodation Of large horse, stock, poul-
try and automobile shows. With the ex-
ception of the printing establishment, this
floor will be free from wall to wall. The
manufacturing business will be confined
to the two floors of the present art gall
lery building attached to the exposition.
On the second floor will be the largest
! Office in the northwest. I'm dimensions
! it will be SO by 300 feet. The large force
of stenographers, clerks and bookkeep-
ers will be housed in a room which for
| light and air will not be surpassed in the
country. It will be built on the river
| side Of the building with the entire west
wall formed of glass windows. /
Stock rooms will take up a portion of
the building. The building with six
| floors and the art gallery will have 6OO,-
900 square feet Of floor space. Some Of
| this will be devoted to storerooms Mr..
| Savage said to-day that he wanted the
rema inder of the room to grow in The
business has oVeri,owed the capacity of the
present factories but it is expected that
some time will lelapse before the exposi-
| tion will be outgrown.
| Mr.. Savage's Idea is first to make the
building safe, next to put it in present
able shape and lastly to arrange it for
his business. The only signs which will
! be placed on the building will, if placed
at all, be on the roof; the river side Of
the building will not be defaced.
| -. r.. T.. A Park Feature.
Mr.. savage's public spirit crops out in
his determination to improve and pre-
/ serve as semi-public park the valuable
frontage on Main street. .s & =
| Minneapolis will profit much by this ac-
QUESTION by Mr.. Savage. The first thing
he will do will be to issue all over the
world one million lithograph pictures of
this new home for the International Stock
Food company. This will make Mime
apolis famous. or as Mr.. Savage ex-
presses it, will not hurt Minneapolis
any, His will be the largest industrial
| plant under one roof in the northwest
! Plans for Social 6etterment.
| Mr.. Savage vii seize this opportunity to
I develop social or industrial betterment
plans, which he has had In mind for some
time. The factory now has force of
800 employees. OF this number at least
200 are girls. 11O Of whom are in the Of
flee. It. is expected that with the ma atural
growth of the business the. women en-
ployes. will number eventually about 500.
To provide entertainment for this, large
number along the lines advocated by the
Institute for Social service of New York,
Mr.. Savage vii devote considerable space
in his new building, and it. is expected
that this will work Improvement in con-
tiguous sections of the east side
During the summer or outdoor months
the park on the river front of the build
ing. with its grass and flower plots and
with its magnificent view of the river and
falls. will be a place of recreation In
addition there will be provided artistically
arranged reading. rest gymnastic rooms
and lunchrooms. In the reading room will
be periodicals and newspa pers; in the rest
rooms WILDE cots and lounging divans: in
the gymnasium will be light apparatus.
The funchrooms will be made tlloroly UP
to date, with the latest accessories for the
| comfort Of employees who bring their meals
OF secure them at the factory. ~ 4:
Another plan in mind is to arrange en-
tertainments for the employees, perhaps
during the noon hour. or in the evenings.
These will take the form of concerts, pop
ular lectures and the like.