The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-11
new PLANT FOR
PAINT } 4 II FACTORY.
MINNESOTA LINSEED OIL PAINT
z; COMPANY WILL BUILD. IL:
Five-story Wholesale House Will BE
Built at Eleventh Avenue S and
Third Street in the Spring Plans
Call for Other Buildings as They
Are Needed. @ g-s...;

The Minnesota Linseed Oil Paint
company, now at Third street and
Tenth avenue S, has let contract to
Pike & Cook for, a flve-story and base
west corner, Of Third street and Elev-
enth avenue S to stand on founda-
lions laid last fall, This is the first of
a series Of buildings necessary to a
modern and complete pain and oil
manufacturing plant. Other buildings
will be the power plant, fax eleva-
tor, linseed oil mill and a cake stor-
age house..
F. B. & L. L. Long are the architects
for the wholesale huilding,f which will
contain the offices. The plans call for
heavy mill construction Of modern
type, red pressed brick exterior with
terra Gotta and red Portage sandstone
trimmings, and plate glass show win
dows on the first floor. The building
will front III feet on Third street
with a depth on the avenue Of 1853
feet.
Ample provision is made against fire
in accordance with the latest ordi-
nance covering the building of such
structures. A"1oad of 800 pounds to
the square foot Of floor space will be
provided for, and there willtbe two
large freight elevators at separate
points in the building. The shafts and
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| est methods and will be further pro-
tected with automatic iron-sheathed
! doors to shut in case of fire. An elab-
| crate sprinkler system will be in
| stalled, and for the protection of en-
ployes an iron stairway fire; escape will
| be built outside. - 80 -. T.
t. The floors will be laid in maple.
The first story only will be finished in
birch. This will be divided; into Of
fees and shipping-room. 1t will also
have tiled vestibule. The basement
will be used for grinding heavy MAJ
terials such as white lead. and putty
| and for storage. Other grinding and
mixing will>be done, on the third. and
! fourth hoors.s: The fifth will be used
| entirely for: the advertising depart
ment and the second floor for packing
and shipping. ,<s~;
! = In addition to-: the wholesale house
1 it is expected. to build a twelve-press
linseed Oil mill to supply oil for paint
| products, which this company has al
ways manufactured for its own use.
The plans include, also a flax: elevator
] with 10000. bushel capacity, - The
working house will be f1reproof,y Of
steel and tile, with tile storage tanks.
To complete the equipment of this
model plant. a, brick, boiler-house and
engine-roo Ohm to. ruin all the machinery
will be built in the rear. A battery
Of two boilers and a 250-horse power
Isengine will furnish the power: 49,.
e.. Work. will begin in the spring and
contracts will be let from time to time
|s$unul the entire plant is completed.
+ The buildings now occupied by the
i Company and owned by the American
Linseed COMPANY have been operated
for several years under lease which
expires next summer. The building Of
this, new plant, made necessary by the
steadily increasing. bt1sinfess;;s will en-:
aRie the Mi t51 qt L9seGd 2Rai T.
business and to supply the trade more
promptly than in its present longest.
ed quarters. Furthermore, iii the alb
solute ownership Of a plant, the com.
pany will maintain its past record az
4 an entirely independent institution.