Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-06-30
WILTON A COMMERCIAL Center
Surrounded by Remarkably Rich Farming Territory and
the WaShburn Mines and Brick Plant Wilton Is
Growing in Population and Prosperity

F. Wilton is growing very rapidly and
making solid Improvements worthy
of an older; country. Among the most
noticeable are: - j. S.
The improvements out at the mines
perhaps are among the most impor-
tant. Among those first comes the
completion of the brick plant. This
is just about accomplished.
The plant is one of the most per-
feet in design, construction and ma
chinery knownto pressed brick max
ers and while not as large as some
others it is equally perfect in detail
and has capacity of, 10000 per
day. The kilns are four in number
and the ones last constructed have
been especially designed to meen with
the requirements of burning Ignite
coal. The discoveries and improve
ments in this direction, for down
draft kilns, will lead to desirable
results beyond previous expectation.
The results obtained by E. F. Grim
sley, the superintendent. of this de-
partment, are truly gratifying.
With a little more laying of track
for switches and completion of sheds
the work of building will he finished
but in the mean time the active work
Of brick making is going right ahead.
BUILDING A NEWSToWN
In the mean time general improve
ments around the mine are being
pushed in every direction and the
engineers have just laid out new
town and the construction of twenty
brick cottages will be commenced at
once for the purpose of being. ready
for occupancy by fall. q Il
This town is to be situated about
half way between the present mine
and mine. No. 2, so that the men can
work at either place asseircumstances
require, and is named Langhorne, in
honor of Mrs. Stanley Washburn, nee
Langhorne. a
The new superintendent, "A. w. Pol
lock, is pushing matters to compile
ton very rapidly. /.
WILTON MERCANTILE COMPANY
The Wilton Mercantile Company is
putting in new brick building 50x90;
feet which is to be the main Office and
part of the store room used by this
active company, as well as the home
of the Mclean County State Bank
j This building is to have all the
modern conYeniences OF an up-to-date
business house in the way Of heat,
lighting, Office fixtures, vaults, etc.
used for the purposes for which it is
intended.
The building is to have heavy stone
foundation and the walls to be of Will.
ton brick. The construction Of the
building isSin charge of H. E. Win
slow y Bismarck's young and able
architect. This building is to con-
meet with Sthe building in the rear
which is 40x50? feet, in rear of which
is still a ware room $50 feet long,
giving floor space on the first floor
1o0x130 and the ware room similar
in amount Of floor. space, making
seommod ions building indeed, besides
their elevator building and lumber
sheds.
This company was incorporated in
1904, with a capital stock of $50, 900,
g. B. Little, s. M. Pye and J. G. An
derson incorporators, and the bust
ness has been known mainly by the
sobriquet of "the corner store" on
account Of its location.
The business of this company has
been very successful all the time
and the tremendous growth of trade
has made the further building as
above stated a physical necessity.
JAHR-EAsTMAN CO.
These people too find IL absolutely
necessary to enlarge their buildings
in order to accommodate their trade
They doubled their floor. space las,
April by putting UP a new building
and now they have added the under
taking and furniture business t.
their already large commercial bust
ness and had to build additional
4 room in the rear Their business i.
increasing BY immense strides ever.
year and in addition to the build
/ ings already mentioned they had tt
put up an immense machinery shet
which is 50x150 feet, being one Of til,
/ largest in the canntry.
DAKOTA HOTEL RE-oPENED Y
Some weeks ago G. III. Tracy re
1 opened the Dakota where he is doinl
good business, yet there Is no
any too much hotel room in tn,
town.
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